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Friday, October 31, 2014

October 31, 2014 :: Part III

IN MEMORIAM

Eleanor/Leonor of England, Queen consort of Castile + Toledo   {1214}

John VIII Palaiologos, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire   {1448}

King Vittorio/Victor Amedeo/Amadeus II of Sicily (1713-1718), King of Sardinia (1718-1730), Duke of Savoy   {1732}

Prince Burhaneddin Cem Efendi of Turkey   {2008}

October 31, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS, continued

Maria Elisabetta/Elizabeth Zellinger de Balkany (Italy) & Olivier Janssens   {2002} in Chene-Bourg, GenevaSwitzerland


Prince Richard of Isenburg & Andrea Zimmermann   {2008} @ the Burgkapelle in LangenselboldGermany


ROYAL CORONATION

King Letsie III of Lesotho   {1997}






HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

King Fernando/Ferdinand I “the Gentle/the Handsome/the Inconstant” of Portugal + the Algarve, King of Castile in Galicia   {1345}


King Duarte/Edward I "the Philosopher/the Eloquent" of Portugal + the Algarve, Lord of Ceuta   {1391}


Wladislaw/Vladislav/Vladislovas/Wladislaus III of Varna/Warnenczyk, King of Poland, King (as Ulaszlo I) of Hungary, Dalmatia + Croatia, Supreme Prince of Lithuania   {1424}


Charlotte Napoleone, Princess Francaise, Infanta of Spain (1808-1813)   {1802}

King Luiz/Luis/Louis I of Portugal + the Algarves (1861-1889)   {1838}


Queen consort Luise/Louise/Lovisa of Denmark, Princess of Sweden + Norway   {1851}

(former Prince Carl Johan of Sweden, Duke of Dalarna 1916-1951) Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg   {1916}

King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia (1941-1955 as King; 1953-1970 as a ruler in one form or another; 1993-2004 as King)   {1922}


Narriman Sadek/Sadiq (Queen consort of Egypt 1951-1954)   {1933}



October 31, 2014 :: Part I

Reformation Day (Protestant Christianity, Germany)


Halloween / All Hallows Eve / Samhain (Western Christianity, USA, etc.)














ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Margaretha of Sweden   {1934}


Prince Pedro Carlos of Orleans-Braganza, Head of the Imperial House of Brazil (disputed)   {1945}

Princess NorbertaNora” of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg, Dowager Marchioness of Marino   {1950}


Crown Prince Reza Cyrus Pahlavi of Iran   {1960}


Maria de Fatima Simonetta Gomez-Acebo y de Borbon   {1968} (Spain)


Infanta Leonor of Spain   {2005}


Prince Hashem bin Firas of Iraq   {2010}


ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS

Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine of Anhalt & Landgrave Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld   {1724} in Hoym, Germany

King Gustaf IV of Sweden (1792-1809) & Princess Friederike of Baden   {1797} in Stockholm, Sweden [divorced 1812]

Richard Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch + Queensberry & Lady Elizabeth Marian Frances Kerr   {1981} @ Dalkeith House/Palace, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, UK

Prince Henri of Orleans/France, Count of Paris, Count of Clermont, Duke of France & Micaela Cousino y Quinones de Leon  {1984} [CIVIL] in Bordeaux, France

Lady Amanda Knatchbull & Charles Vincent Ellingworth   {1987} in Ashford, Kent, England, UK

King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan & Dorji Wangmo Shabdrung Wangdi   {1988} [PUBLIC CEREMONY; privately married 1979] @ Dechog Lhakhang, the Pungtang Dechen Phodrang Dzong, Punakha, Bhutan (see photo below)

King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan & Tshering Pem Shabdrung   {1988} [PUBLIC CEREMONY; privately married 1979] @ Dechog Lhakhang, the Pungtang Dechen Phodrang Dzong, Punakha, Bhutan

King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan & Tshering Yangdon Shabdrung   {1988} [PUBLIC CEREMONY; privately married 1979] @ Dechog Lhakhang, the Pungtang Dechen Phodrang Dzong, Punakha, Bhutan (see photo above)

King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan & Sangay Choden Shabdrung   {1988} [PUBLIC CEREMONY; privately married 1979] @ Dechog Lhakhang, the Pungtang Dechen Phodrang Dzong, Punakha, Bhutan (see photo above)

Prince Charles/Carlo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria (currently The Duke of Castro) & Camilla Crociani   {1998} @ the Monaco Cathedral, Monaco






















Thursday, October 30, 2014

October 30, 2014 :: Part III

IN MEMORIAM


Karl/Carl/Charles IX, King of Sweden   {1611}

Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan   {1654}


Sultan Osman/Othman III of the Ottoman Empire   {1757}


Sheikh Ahmed bin Salman bin Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa of Bahrain   {2007}

October 30, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL WEDDINGS, continued

Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1889-1922) & Alice Heine, Dowager Duchess de Richelieu   {1889} in ParisFrance [judicially separated 1902]

Prince Jean of Orleans, Duke of Guise, Head of the House of Orleans & Princess Isabelle of Orleans   {1899} in Twickenham, LondonEnglandUK






Prince Johann Georg Pius of Saxony, Duke of Saxony & Princess Maria Immacolata/Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies   {1906} in CannesFrance

Friedrich Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha & Katrin Bremme   {1964} in HamburgGermany

Prince Michael of Kent & (Marie-Christine) Princess Michael of Kent (Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz)   {1978} [CEREMONY #2: RELIGIOUS - ANGLICAN] @ Westminster Abbey, LondonEnglandUK


ROYAL CHRISTENING

Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland   {1930} @ the Private Chapel of Buckingham PalaceLondonEnglandUK





ROYAL CORONATION

King Henry VII of England   {1485}




HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Emperor Chukyo of Japan   {1218}

King George II of Great Britain + Ireland, Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg   {1683} (October 30, 1683 is the Old Style date)




Prince Alfred von Schonburg-Waldenburg   {1905} (Albania)

Princess Fatimeh Pahlavi of Iran   {1928}