March 20, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Wilhelm Heinrich Michael of Prussia   {1940} (uncle of Georg Friedrich, The Prince of Prussia)

Prince El-Hassan bin Talal of Jordan   {1947} (uncle of King Abdullah II of Jordan)

Barbara Cano y de la Plaza   {1972} [wife of Bruno Gomez-Acebo y de Borbon (son of Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz {sister of King Juan Carlos I of Spain})]

Count Rodolphe of Limburg-Stirum   {1979} [husband of Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria (daughter of Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria {sister of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg & daughter of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg})]

Sheikh Marwan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai   {1981} (son of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emir of Dubai)

Prince Norodom Matteo Muniridhi (Norodom Matteo Monirith / Rithi Norodom) of Cambodia   {2001} [son of Prince Ravichakra (Norodom Ravichak) (b.1974) (son of Prince Maha Isvara Chakrabangsa b.1945 {4^th son of K.Norodom Sihanouk})]

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT

Princess Alexia of Greece + Denmark & Carlos Morales Quintana   {1999] [PART II, Public Announcement]

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Archduke Francis of Austria-Este, Prince Royal of Hungary + Bohemia, Duke of Modena, Reggio + Mirandola (as Francesco V; 1846-1875), Duke of Guastalla (1847-1875), Duke of Massa + Prince of Carrara + Lunigiana (1846-1859) & Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria   {1842}

Emperor Bao Dai of Vietnam (1926-1945) & Marie-Therese Nguyen Huu Thi Lan (Nam Phuong)   {1934}

King Peter II of Yugoslavia (1934-1945) & Princess Alexandra of Greece + Denmark   {1944}

Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg & Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg, Princess of Nassau, Princess of Bourbon-Parma   {1982}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Tsar Alexei of Russia (1645-1678)   {1629}

Emperor Napoleon II "the Eaglet" of the French (Apr.4-11, 1814 & June 22 -July 7, 1815), King of Rome (1811-1814), Prince of Parma (1814), Duke von Reichstadt (as Franz; 1818-1821)   {1811}

Archduke Anton of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary + Bohemia, Prince of Tuscany   {1901} (husband of Princess Ileana of Romania from 1931-1954)

DEATH

1816   Queen Maria I "the Pious/the Mad" of Portugal + the Algarves (1777-1816), Queen of Brazil (1815-1816)

1926   Queen consort Luise/Louise/Lovisa of Denmark, Princess of Sweden + Norway

  

1934   Queen consort Adelheid Emma of the Netherlands (1879-1890), Queen regent (1890-1898), Queen Mother (1890-1934), Grand Duchess consort of Luxembourg (1879-1890), Princess of Waldeck + Pyrmont

   

1975   Infante Jaime of Spain, Duke of Segovia (1933-1975), Duke of Anjou (1941-1975), Duke of Madrid (1964-1975), Legitimist Pretender to the French Throne (as Henri VI, Jacques II or Jacques Henri; 1941-1975), Legitimist Pretender to the Spanish Throne (1941-1969)

2004   Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (Queen regnant 1948-1980), Princess of the Netherlands (1909-1948 & 1980-2004), Princess of Orange-Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld