May 18, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Sheikh Khalid bin Badr Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah of Kuwait   {1967}

Prince Alfons of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg   {2001} [son of Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein (son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]

Prince Leopold of Baden   {2002}

Prince Benedikt of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg   {2008} [son of Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein (son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]

ROYAL WEDDINGS

King Pedro V "the Hopeful" of Portugal + the Algarves (1853-1861) & Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen   {1858}

Princess Anna Petrovic-Njegos of Montenegro & Prince Francis/Franz Joseph of Battenberg   {1897}

Prince Ali/Aly Salman Aga Khan (“Aly Khan”) & Hon. Joan (Yarde-Buller) Guinness (known as Princess Tajuddawlah Aga Khan after Islamic conversion)   {1936} [divorced 1949] 

Princess Ana Luisa of Orleans-Braganza & Paulo-Ibrahim Mansur   {1996}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, Franconia + in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine   {1869}

DEATHS

1839   Marie Annonciade Caroline (Maria Annunziata Carolina) Bonaparte Murat Macdonald, Princess Francaise, Princess Murat, Countess of Lipona, Grand Duchess consort of Berg + Cleves (1806-1808), Queen consort of Naples + Sicily (1808-1815)