November 25, 2015 :: Part II

HISTORIC ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Nobil Donna Catherine/Catarina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus   {1454}

Princess Henrietta Maria of France, Queen consort of England, Ireland + Scotland   {1609}

Catherine of Braganza, Infanta of Portugal, Queen consort of England, Ireland + Scotland   {1638}

Princess Victoria Melita of Great Britain + Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha, Grand Duchess of Russia   {1876}

King Putra of Malaysia (1960-1965), Sultan of Perlis (1945-2000)   {1920}

ROYAL CORONATION

Elizabeth of York, Queen consort of England   {1487}


IN MEMORIAM

Malcolm II, King of Scots   {1034}

Filippo II, Prince of Tarento, Emperor of Constantinople   {1374}

Caroline (Gibert), Princess of Monaco   {1879}

King Alfonso XII of Spain (1874-1885)   {1885}

King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) of Siam (Thailand) (1910-1925)   {1925}

Sadije, Queen Mother of the Albanians   {1934}

Prince George/Giorgios of Greece + Denmark   {1957}

Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1960-1972)   {1977}

November 24, 2014 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Patricia “Bambi” Lascelles, Dowager Countess of Harewood (UK)   {1926}

Princess Isabelle of Liechtenstein   {1947}

Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai   {1983}

Tatiana Santo Domingo Rechulski Casiraghi (Monaco)   {1983}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

King Louis XIII of France & Anna of Spain   {1615} in Bordeaux, France

King James II + VII of England + Scotland & Lady Anne Hyde   {1659} in Breda, the Netherlands

Princess Anna Maria of Saxony & Ferdinando IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Archduke of Austria   {1856} in Dresden, Germany

Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria & Blanche of Castille, Princess of Bourbon, Infanta of Spain   {1889}

Archduchess Maria-Anna of Austria, Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary + Bohemia & Prince Peter Dmitrijevitch Galitzine   {1981} [CIVIL] in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium

ROYAL CORONATION

King David II of Scotland, King of Scots   {1331}

November 22, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL ACCESSION + INAUGURATION

King Juan Carlos I of Spain   {1975}







ROYAL CORONATION

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor   {1220} in Rome, Italy



HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Elisabeth of France, Madame Royale, Queen consort of Spain + Portugal, Archduchess consort of Austria   {1602}

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia [briefly Tsar of Russia on Mar.2-3/15-16, 1917]   {1878} {Nov. 22, 1878 is the Old Style date}


Francisco de Asis de Borbon y Martinez-Bordiu, Duke of Bourbon (France/Spain/Bourbon)   {1972}
 

IN MEMORIAM

Olav Magnusson, co-King of Norway   {1115}

Erik/Eric V Klipping, King of Denmark   {1286}

Sultan Ahmed I of the Ottoman Empire   {1617}

Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg, Duchess of Hohenberg   {2011}

November 7, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL WEDDINGS, continued

Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (Japan) & Nobuko Aso   {1980} 

Prince + Duke Charles-Louis of Arenberg & Fiammetta de’ Frescobaldi Franceschi Marini   {1988} [CIVIL] in Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Prince Michael Romanovsky-Ilyinsky & Paula Maier   {1989} in Cincinatti, OH, USA [divorced 1996]

ROYAL CORONATION

King Gyanendra of Nepal (1st accession)   {1950} [deposed Jan. 8, 1951; 2^nd accession June 4, 2001]

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Constans/Constantine II "the Bearded", Emperor of the Byzantine Empire   {630}

Queen consort Aishwarya of Nepal (1972-2001)   {1949}

IN MEMORIAM

Queen consort Ingrid of Denmark, Princess of Sweden   {2000}

Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Humaid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah   {2010}

November 6, 2014 :: Part III

ROYAL CORONATIONS

King Henry VI of England (as King of England)   {1429}

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan   {2008}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Julia Augusta Agrippina “Minor/the Younger”, Empress consort of the Roman Empire   {15 AD}

Queen Juana/Joanna “the Mad” of Castile, Leon, Aragon, Sicily, Valencia, Majorca + Naples, Countess of Barcelona, Roussillon + Cerdagne   {1479}

Sultan Suleiman I “the Magnificent/the Lawgiver” of the Ottoman Empire   {1494}

King Carlos/Charles II “the Bewitched” of Spain, Duke of Milan, Lothier, Brabant, Limburg + Luxembourg, Count of Flanders, Hainaut + Namur, Count Palatine of Burgundy, Archduke of Austria   {1661}

IN MEMORIAM

Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan   {1231}

King Joao/John IV “the Lucky/the Restorer” of Portugal + the Algarve, Duke of Barcellos, Duke of Braganza   {1656}

Emetullah Rabia Gulnus (Evmania Voria) Sultan, Consort of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire   {1715}

Princess Sophie Auguste Friederike of Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg, Empress consort Yekaterina Alexeevna of All the Russias (1761-1762), Empress + Autocrat Catherine II “the Great” of All the Russias (1762-1796)   {1796} {Old Style Date}

Princess Charlotte of Wales (Great Britain, Ireland + Hanover), Princess of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha/Saalfeld, Duchess in Saxony   {1817}

King Charles X of France + Navarre   {1836}

Emperor Khai Dinh of Vietnam (1916-1925)   {1925} 

November 4, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL WEDDINGS, continued

Prince Luis Maria of Orleans-Braganza, Prince Imperial of Brazil & Princess Maria di/della Grazia/Grazie of Bourbon-Two Sicilies   {1908} in Cannes, France

King Alexander/Alexandros I of Greece (King of the Hellenes 1917-1920) & Aspasia Manos   {1919} [CIVIL] in Tatoi, Greece (or Athens, Greece)

Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium, Prince of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha [King Leopold III of the Belgians (1934-1951)] & Princess Astrid of Sweden   {1926} [CIVIL] @ the Hall of State, the Royal Palace of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

Princess Maria Teresa/Thereza of Orleans-Braganza & Jan (Johannes) Hessel de Jong   {1995} in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lord Nicholas Windsor & Paola Doimi de Lupis de Frankopan   {2006} [RELIGIOUS] @ the Church of Santo Stefano degli Abissini, Vatican City

PAPAL CORONATION

Pope John XXIII   {1958}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

King Alfonso/Alfons III “el Liberal/the Free” of Aragon + Valencia, Count of Barcelona   {1265}

King Alfonso II of Naples + Jerusalem, Duke of Calabria   {1448}

King Edward V of England   {1470}

King William/Willem III of England, Ireland + Scotland, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau, Stattholder of the Netherlands (Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland + Overijssel), Baron of Breda   {1650}