April 30, 2013

Queen's Day  (Netherlands)

Abdication Day of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands   {2013}

Inauguration / Enthronement Day of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands   {2013}

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven, Jr.   {1939} [husband of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden   {1946}

H.H. Tunku Datuk Sri di-Raja Soraya binti Tengku ‘Abdu’l Aziz   {1960} [TWIN; youngest born + only surviving] (adopted daughter of K.Abdul Halim of Malaysia)

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi   {1972}

Miguel Urdangarin y de Borbon, Grandee of Spain   {2002} [son of Infanta Cristina of Spain, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca (daughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Infanta Cristina of Spain & Ignacio “Inaki” Urdangarin y Liebaert   {1997} [ANNOUNCEMENT]

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Akhazul Khairi Waddien of Brunei (1924-1950) & Tengku Raihani of Selangor    {1934}

Archduchess Helene (Ilona) of Austria & Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg   {1946} [RELIGIOUS] [divorced 1974]

Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss of Kostritz & Baroness Johanna Raitz von Frentz   {1995} [RELIGIOUS]

Prince Heinrich Julius of Hanover & Thyra von Westernhagen   {1999} [CIVIL]

Prince Nader Chafik of Iran & Catherine Moore   {2005}

ROYAL ACCESSION + ENTHRONEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands   {1980}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1948-1980), Princess of the Netherlands (1909-1948; 1980-2004), Princess of Orange-Nassau (1909-2004), Duchess of Mecklenburg (1909-2004), Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1937-2004)   {1909}

DEATH

1991   Ghislaine Dommanget Diey Brule, The Princess consort of Monaco (1946-1949), The Princess Dowager of Monaco (1949-1991)