November 21, 2014 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Archduchess Marie Adelheid (Miriam) of Austria   {1959}

Maria Teresa Sartorius y de Liechtenstein   {1992}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

King James II + VII of England + Scotland & Princess Maria Beatrice Eleonora d’Este of Modena   {1673} in Dover, England

King George I of Great Britain + Ireland, Elector of Hanover + Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg & Duchess Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Celle (Braunschweig-Luneburg)   {1682} in Celle, Germany [divorced/separated 1694]

Friedrich August, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp & Landgravine Ulrika Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel   {1752} in Kassel, Germany

Princess Wilhelmine Luise of Anhalt & Prince Friedrich of Prussia   {1817} in Ballenstedt, Germany

Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria & King Johann of Saxony   {1822} [IN PERSON] in Dresden, Germany

Princess Maria Cristina/Christina of Savoy & King Ferdinando/Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies   {1832} in Voltri, near Genoa, Italy

Crown Prince Friedrich August of Saxony [Friedrich August III, King of Saxony] & Archduchess Luisa of Austria   {1891} in Vienna, Austria [divorced 1903]

Princess Luise of Tuscany, Archduchess of Austria & Enrico Toselli   {1891} in Vienna, Austria

November 8, 2014 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Elena of Hesse   {1967}

Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windor (Princess Louise of Wessex)   {2003}

Archduchess Katharina of Austria   {2010}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Tsar Peter I of Russia (co-Tsar of Russia 1682-1696; Tsar of Russia 1696-1725) & Martha Samuilovna Skavronskaya (Empress Catherine I of Russia 1725-1727)   {1707} [PRIVATE MARRIAGE CEREMONY]

Duchess Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp/Oldenburg & Prince Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst   {1727} in Vechelde, Germany

Duchess Anne of Holstein-Gottorp/Oldenburg & Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Gotha   {1742} in Hamburg, Germany

King Christian VII of Denmark + Norway (1766-1808) & Princess Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, Ireland + Hanover   {1766} in Christiansborg, Denmark [divorced 1772]

King Nikola I of Montenegro (The Prince of Montenegro 1860-1910; King of Montenegro 1910-1918) & Milena Vukotic   {1860} in Cetinje, Montenegro

Infante Miguel of Portugal, Duke of Braganza & Princess Marie Therese of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg   {1893} in Kleinheubach, Germany

Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria, Prince of Tuscany, Head of the House of Austria-Tuscany & Princess Maria-Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies   {1900} in Cannes, France

October 24, 2014 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Beatrice of Orleans, Countess of Evreux   {1941}

Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg   {1947}

Princess Caroline Marie-Constance Napoleon   {1980}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

King Erich I of Norway, Denmark + Sweden & Philippa of England   {1406}

Rene, Duke of Anjou, King of Naples + Jerusalem, Duke of Lorraine & Isabella of Lorraine, Duchess of Lorraine   {1420}

Christian Albrecht, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp & Princess Frederika Amalia of Denmark   {1667} in Gottorp, Germany

Princess Theresia Anna Felizitas “Maria Theresia” of Liechtenstein & Duke Emanuel Thomas of Savoy-Carignano, Count of Soissons   {1713} in Schwarzkosteletz (currently in Czech Republic)

Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco & Jacques de Goyon de Matignon   {1715}

King Charles X Philippe of France & Princess Maria Teresa of Savoy + Sardinia   {1773} [PROXY] in Moncalieri, Italy [separated 1789]

Anton, King of Saxony & Princess Maria Carolina Antonietta Adelaide of Savoy   {1781} [IN PERSON] in Dresden, Germany

Prince Carlo Emanuele of Savoy-Carignano & Princess Maria Cristina of Saxony   {1797} in Turin, Italy

October 9, 2014 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Earl of St. Andrews, Baron Downpatrick   {1935}

Dr. Carlos Zurita y Delgado, Duke of Hernani + Soria, Grandee of Spain   {1943} (Spain)

Princess Sirikit Nathalie (Sisowath Sirikith Nathalie / Lilly Sisowath) of Cambodia   {1979}

Sayyid Azlan bin Tariq Al-Sa’id of Oman   {2007}

Magali van Vollenhoven   {2007} (Netherlands)

Archduchess Lara of Austria   {2007}

Lola Parker Bowles   {2007} (UK)

ROYAL WEDDINGS

King Erik IV “Plough-Penny” of Denmark & Jutta of Saxony   {1239}

Queen Joanna II of Navarre & King Philippe/Philip III of Navarre, Count d’Evreux   {1329} @ the Chateau de Conflans

King Louis XII of France, Duke of Valois, Duke of Orleans, Count of Beaumont, Blois, d’Asti, de Soissons + Porcien, Lord of Genoa, Duke of Milan, King of Naples & Mary of England   {1514} in Abbeville, France

King Frederik I of Denmark (1523), King of Norway (1524), Duke of Holstein-Gottorp & Sophie of Pomerania   {1518} in Kiel, Germany

Tsar Alexander I of Russia (1801-1825) & Princess Luise of Baden (after marriage known as Elisabeth Alexeievna)   {1793} in St. Petersburg, Russia

October 7, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL WEDDINGS, continued

Jacobo Maria del Pilar Carlos Manuel Fitzjames-Stuart y Falco, Duke of Berwick, 17^th Duke of Alba de Tormes & Maria del Rosario de Silva y Gurtubay, 9^th Marquesa/Marquise of San Vicente del Barco   {1920} in London, England, UK

Prince Naif/Nayef bin Abdullah el-Hashim of Jordan, Regent of Jordan (July 20-Sep.6, 1951) & Princess Mihrimah Selcuk Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Princess Mihr-i-Mah Sultana of Turkey)   {1940} [ZIFAF] in Amman, Jordan [divorced]

Crown Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Italy, Prince of Naples & Marina Ricolfi Doria   {1971} [RELIGIOUS] in Tehran, Iran


King/Crown Prince Leka I of the Albanians & Susan Barbara Cullen-Ward   {1975} [CIVIL] @ the Hotel de Ville, Biarritz, France

Sir Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6^th Duke of Westminster, 8^th Marquess of Westminster, 9^th Earl Grosvenor, 9^th Viscount Belgrave, 9^th Baron Grosvenor & Natalia Ayesha Phillips   {1978} 

Princess Sophie Christina of Hohenberg & Baron Clemens von Trauttenberg   {2006} in St. Gilgen, Austria

Countess Isabel von Meran & Franz Strohmann   {2006} in Zweikirchen/Liebenfels, Austria

Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn & Count Stefano Hunyady von Kethely   {2006} @ Sayn, Germany

ROYAL ACCESSION + ENTHRONEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg   {2000}







HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

King Frederik I of Denmark + Norway, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp   {1471}

King Carl XIII + II of Sweden (1809-1818) + Norway (1809-1814)   {1748}

King Nikola I of Montenegro (The Prince of Montenegro 1860-1910; King of Montenegro 1910-1918)   {1841}

Crown Princess Antonia of Bavaria, Princess of Luxembourg, Princess of Nassau   {1899}

July 17, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Terence Taw Phaya Nge of Burma   {1925}

Crown Prince Alexander II of Serbia   {1945}

(Camilla) The Princess Charles, Princess of Wales, Countess of Chester, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Carrick, Baroness Renfrew, Lady of the Isles, Princess of Scotland   {1947}

King Letsie III (David Mohato Bereng Seeiso) of Lesotho   {1963}

Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg   {1991}

Felipe Juan Froilan de Marichalar y de Borbon, Grandee of Spain   {1998} 

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Queen consort Debsirindra (Rampoei) of Siam (Thailand)   {1834}

DEATHS

1762   Tsar Peter III of Russia, Emperor + Autocrat of All the Russias (Jan.5-July 5, 1762), Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1739-1762)  {New Style date: July 17, 1762; Old Style date: July 6, 1762}

1759   Queen consort Stephanie/Estefania of Portugal + the Algarves, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen    

1913   Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (mid-1800s/1878-1913)   

1918   Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Emperor + Autocrat of All the Russias (1894-1917), Grand Duke of Finland, King of Poland   {Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer/the Martyr}

1918   Princess Viktoria Alix "Alicky/Sunny" of Hesse-Darmstadt/Hesse + by Rhine, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia. Empress consort of All the Russias {Saint Alexandra the Passion-Bearer} 

1918   Grand Duchess Olga "Olishka/Olya" Nikolaievna of Russia {Saint Olga the Passion-Bearer}  

1918   Grand Duchess Tatiana "Tanya/Tatya/Tatianochka/Tanushka" Nikolaievna of Russia {Saint Tatiana the Passion-Bearer}  

1918   Grand Duchess Maria "Marie/Masha/Mashka" Nikolaievna of Russia {Saint Maria the Passion-Bearer}

1918   Grand Duchess Anastasia "Anastasie/Nastya/Nastas/Nastenka" Nikolaievna of Russia {Saint Anastasia the Passion-Bearer}

1918   Grand Duke Alexei "Baby/Alyosha/Lyoshka" Nikolaievich of Russia, Tsesarevich of Russia 

  

2004   Queen consort/Crown Princess Susan of the Albanians

   

June 20, 2013 :: Part II

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Infante Juan of Spain, Prince of Asturias (1933-1977), Count of Barcelona (1941-1993)   {1913}

DEATHS

1818   Hedwig/Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte/Charlotta of Holstein-Gottorp, Duchess of Oldenburg, Queen consort of Sweden + Norway  

1837   King William IV of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland, King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg  

1856   Prince Tancrede Florestan I of Monaco (1841-1856), Duke of Valentinois

May 20, 2013 :: Part II

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAY

King Faisal I bin Hussein bin Al Al-Hashemi, King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria (Greater Syria) (Mar.8-July 24, 1920), King of Iraq (1921-1933)   {1885}

DEATH

1875   Queen consort Amalie/Amalia of Greece (1836-1862), Princess of Bavaria, Duchess of Oldenburg, Princess of Holstein-Gottorp

March 22, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Edward Taw Phaya of Burma, Pretender to the Throne of Burma   {1924}

Duchess Elisabeth Christine of Mecklenburg   {1947} (sister of Duke Borwin of Mecklenburg, Head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz)

Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg   {1956} (wife of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg)

Baron Carl Silfverschiold   {1965} [son of Princess Desiree of Sweden, Baroness Silfverschiold (sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden)]

Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau   {1972} [son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]

Kohen de Roumanie Kreuger   {2012} [son of Michael de Roumanie Kreuger (son of Princess Irina of Romania {daughter of King Michael I of Romania})]

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Prince Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Prince Francais & Justine Eleonore Ruffin   {1853} [RELIGIOUS/CEREMONY #1]

Princess Stephanie of Belgium, Princess of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha, Duchess of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria, The Dowager Crown Princess of Austria, Hungary + Bohemia & Count Elemer Lonyay de Nagy-Lonya et Vasaros-Nameny   {1900}

Mircea Gregor/Grigore Carol Lambrino (Prince Mircea Grigore Carol of Hohenzollern/al Roumaniei) & Helene Nagavitzine/Navagatzine   {1948} [divorced 1958] 

Sheikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani of Qatar & Sheikha Al-Maha bint Muhammad bin ‘Abdu’llah bin Hamad al-Attiyah   {2012}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Queen consort Hedwig/Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte/Charlotta of Sweden + Norway, Princess of Holstein-Gottorp   {1759}

King Wilhelm I of Prussia (1861-1888), German Emperor (1871-1888)   {1797}

October 7, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Queen Saleha of Brunei   {1946} (wife of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei)

Harry Lopes   {1977} [husband of Laura Lopes (daughter of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall {daughter-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland})]

Princess Mary Senate Mohato Seeiso of Lesotho   {2001} (daughter of King Letsie III of Lesotho)

                                                                           (shown here with her brother)



ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma, Prince of Piacenza, Duke of Madrid & Annemarie Gualtherie van Weezel   {2009}

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Grand Duke Paul (Pavel) Petrovich of Russia (the future Tsar Paul I of Russia), Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Count of Oldenburg & Duchess Sophie Marie Dorothea "Sophia Dorothea" of Wurttemberg (shortly before marriage upon her conversion to Russian Orthodoxy: Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna of Russia)   {1776}

Prince Andreas (Andrew) of Greece + Denmark & Princess Alice of Battenberg   {1903} [2 Separate Religious Ceremonies: Lutheran & Greek Orthodox]

Crown Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Italy, Prince of Naples & Marina Ricolfi-Doria, Duchess of Sant'Anna di Valdieri   {1971} [religious]

ROYAL ACCESSION + OATH-TAKING ANNIVERSARY

Abdication of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg {October 7, 2000}:

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, Duke of Nassau, Count Palatine of the Rhine, etc.   {2000}