April 26, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Yasuko Konoe (the former Princess Yasuko of Mikasa)  {1944}

Prince Francisco of Orleans-Braganza   {1955}

Prince Philippos of Greece + Denmark   {1986} [son of King Constantine II of Greece & Queen Anne Marie of Greece (sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]

Prince Mirko Panagyurishtski of Bulgaria   {1995} (grandson of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria)

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg & Countess Stephanie de Lannoy   {April 26 & 27, 2012}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

King Christian X of Denmark (1912-1947) & Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin   {1898}

The Prince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI of Great Britain + Ireland, Emperor of India 1936-1948) & Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon   {1923}

Archduchess Maria Beatrice (Beatrix) of Austria & Count Riprand of Arco-Zinneberg   {1980} [RELIGIOUS]

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Queen consort Maria Amelia/Amalia of the French, Princess of The Two Sicilies (Princess of Naples + Sicily)   {1782}

DEATHS

1943   Alastair Arthur Windsor (Prince Alastair of Connaught + Strathearn 1914-1917), 2nd Duke of Connaught + Strathearn (1942-1943), Earl of Macduff (1917-1942)   

1957   Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1913-1949)   

1994   Queen consort Zein al-Sharaf Talal of Jordan