November 11, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL WEDDINGS, continued

Empress Anna of Russia (1730-1740), Duchess of Courland (1711-1730) & Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Courland   {1710} in St. Petersburg, Russia

Prince Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Prince Francais & Justine Eleonore Ruffin   {1871} [CEREMONY #3] in Brussels, Belgium

King George (Siaosi) Tupou II of Tonga (1893-1918) & ‘Anaseini Takipo Afuha’amango   {1909}

Prince Anton Philipp of Croy & Princess Clementine von Ratibor + Corvey, of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst   {1940} in Rauden/Rudno (before 1945 in Germany; now in Poland) [divorced 1948]

Prince Veit/Guy of Bourbon-Parma & Brigitte Peu-Duvallon   {1964} [RELIGIOUS] in Cannes,France [divorced 1981]

Heinrich, Prince of Furstenberg & Princess Maximiliane of Windisch-Gratz   {1976} [RELIGIOUS] in Sant’Angelo d’Alife, Caserta, Campania, Italy

Friedrich, Hereditary Duke of Wurttemberg & Princess Wilhelmine Marie of Wied   {1993} [CIVIL] @ Altshausen Castle, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Princess Iris of Saxony & Wolfgang Siegfried Dohring   {1996} in Sonsbeck, Germany

Archduke Sigismund of Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany & Lady Elyssa Edmonstone   {1999}

Princess Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck of Bhutan & Dasho Palden Yoeser Thinley   {2008} @ the Dechenchholing Palace, Gonpa, Bhutan

October 26, 2014 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran   {1919} [TWIN]

Lucas van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven   {2002} (Netherlands)

Amelia Morales y de Grecia   {2007}

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS

Lucien Bonaparte, Prince Francais (1815), Prince di Canino (1814), Prince di Musignano (1824) & Alexandrine de Bleschamp   {1803} [CIVIL] in Chamant, France

[Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria, Prince of Tuscany 1868-1902] Leopold Wolfling & Maria Ritter   {1907} in Zurich, Switzerland [divorced/separated 1911]

Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg & Princess Helene of Waldeck + Pyrmont   {1921} in Arolsen, Germany

Countess Clementine Erika Hedwig Mechtilde Ottilie Marka Martina Helene of Castell-Rudenhausen & Wilhelm Utermann   {1939} in Berlin, Germany [divorced 1954; remarried each other Jan. 24, 1967]

(Prince Sigvard of Sweden, Duke of Uppland 1907-1951) Sigvard Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg & Sonia Christensen de Robbert   {1943} in Copenhagen, Denmark [divorced 1961]

Patricia Mountbatten, 2^nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma & John Knatchbull, 7^th Baron Brabourne   {1946} @ Romsey Abbey, Hampshire, England, UK

Countess Ladislaja von Meran & Prince Karl Albrecht of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst   {1965} [RELIGIOUS] in Seewiesen

October 24, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL WEDDINGS, continued

Infanta Blanca/Blanche of Spain, Princess of Bourbon & Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Prince of Tuscany   {1889} in Frohsdorf, Austria

Crown Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Italy [King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy (1900-1946)] [Emperor of Ethiopia (1936-1943), King of Albania (1939-1943)] & Princess Elena/Jelena Petrovic-Njegos of Montenegro   {1896} in Rome, Italy

Friedrich August, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1900-1918) & Duchess Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin   {1896} in Schwerin, Germany

Archduchess Helena/Helene of Austria, Princess of Tuscany & Duke Philipp of Wurttemberg   {1923} in Altshausen, Germany

(later Colonel Sir) Henry Abel Smith & Princess May of Teck (1906-1917) [later Lady May Cambridge (1917-1931); then Lady May Abel Smith (1931-1994)]   {1931} @ St. Mary’s Church, Sussex, England, UK

Prince Johannes of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha & Baroness Marie-Gabrielle von Furstenberg   {1957} in Munich, Germany [divorced 1968]

Countess Ladislaja von Meran & Prince Karl Albrecht of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst   {1965} [CIVIL] in Seewiesen

October 23, 2014 :: Part I

Chulalongkorn Day in Thailand {1910}





ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Duke Ludwig Albrecht of Wurttemberg   {1930}

Masako Sen (the former Princess Masako of Mikasa) (Japan)   {1951}

Princess Mako of Akishino   {1991} (Japan)

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Princess Giovanna Maria (Jeanne Marie) of Monaco, Mlle. De Valentinois & Charles Emanuel Philibert de Simiane, Marchese di Pianezzo, Prince di Montafia   {1659}

Elisabeth Charlotte of France & Leopold Joseph Charles, Duke of Lorraine   {1698} in Fontainebleau, France

Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt & Marie Adelaide Cheirouze, Countess von Lemberg   {1775} in Ems, Germany

Friedrich Ludwig, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin & Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia   {1799} in Gatschina, Russia

Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen & Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg   {1858} in Langenburg, Germany

Princess Antoinette of Monaco, Baroness de Massy & Alexandre Noghes   {1951} in Genoa, Italy [alternative wedding date reported as Dec. 4, 1951] [divorced 1954]

Princess Marie Gabrielle of Bavaria & Prince Georg von Waldburg zu Zeil u.Trauchburg   {1957} [RELIGIOUS] in Nymphenburg, Germany

Archduchess Agnes of Austria, Princess of Tuscany & Baron Peter von Furstenberg   {1976} [RELIGIOUS] in Salzburg, Austria

October 15, 2014 :: Part I

King Father’s Commemoration Day in Cambodia


ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Sarah, Duchess of York   {1959}

Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad of Jordan   {1966}

Archduchess Gloria of Austria, Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary, Croatia + Bohemia   {1994}

Prince Hussein bin Talal bin Muhammad of Jordan   {1999}

Prince Christian of Denmark, Count of Monpezat   {2005}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Philippe de Courtenay, Emperor of Constantinople & Beatrix d’Anjou of Naples   {1273} in Foggia

Emperor Leopold I of Austria & Archduchess Klaudia Felizitas of Austria   {1673} in Graz, Austria

Prince Anton Florian of Liechtenstein & Countess Eleonore Barbara von Thun   {1679} in Maria Schein bei Graupen, Czech Republic

Archduke Ferdinand Karl Anton of Austria (Duke Ferdinando of Modena, Reggio, Mirandola + Breisgau) & Princess Maria Beatrice of Modena, Duchess of Massa + Princess of Carrara   {1771} in Milan, Italy

Friedrich I, Elector of Wurttemberg (1803-1805), King of Wurttemberg (1805-1816) & Duchess Auguste of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel   {1780} in Brunswick, Germany

Prince Maximilian of Saxony & Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Parma   {1825} [PROXY] in Lucca, Italy

Prince Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst & Princess Marie Antoinette of Sayn-Wittgenstein   {1859} in Weimar, Germany

October 12, 2014 :: Part I

National Day in Spain (Fiesta Nacional de Espana)







ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Dina Mir’ed of Iraq   {1965}

Prince Firas bin Ra’ad of Iraq   {1969}

Princess Hajah Muta-Wakkilah Hayatul Bolkiah of Brunei   {1971}

Prince Rahim Aga Khan   {1971}

Prince Wilhelm of Lippe   {1999}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Jaime II, King of Mallorca (1276), Count of Roussillon + Cerdagne, Lord of Montpellier & Esclaramunde de Foix   {1272} in Barcelona, Spain

Vittorio Amedeo II, Duke of Savoy (1675), King of Sicily (1713-1718), King of Sardinia (1718-1730) & Anna Teresa di Cumiano, Countess di Spigno   {1730}

Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria [King Ludwig I of Bavaria] & Princess Therese of Saxe/Saxony-Hildburghausen   {1810} in Munich, Germany

Crown Prince Maximilian of Bavaria [King Maximilian II of Bavaria] & Princess Marie Friederike Franziska Hedwig Auguste Marie of Prussia   {1842} [IN PERSON] in Munich, Germany

Prince Max Egon of Hohenlohe-Langenburg & Dona Maria de la Piedad Iturbe y Scholtz Marquesa de Belvis de las Navas   {1921} in Madrid, Spain

Infante Juan of Spain, Count of Barcelona & Princess Maria de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infanta of Spain   {1935} in Rome, Italy

Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, The Duchess of Aliaga, Marquise of San Vicente del Barco, Duchess of Montoro & Pedro Luis Martinez de Irujo y Artazcoz   {1947} @ the Seville Cathedral, Seville, Spain

Countess Marie Cacilie of Meran & Count Karl Ernst von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg   {1949} in Stainz, Austria

Princess Irene of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld &Waldemar von Thomsen   {1957} in Lindau, Germany [remarriage]