November 24, 2014 :: Part II

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Queen consort Maria Amalia of Spain (1759-1788), Queen consort of Naples + Sicily (1738-1788), Princess of Saxony   {1724}

Infanta Maria Luisa/Ludovika of Spain, Holy Roman Empress consort, Queen consort of Germany, Queen consort of Hungary + Bohemia, Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany, Archduchess of Austria   {1745}

Queen consort Soraya of Afghanistan   {1899}

IN MEMORIAM

Emperor Kotoku of Japan   {654}

King Bagrat IV of Georgia   {1072}

Sibila of Fortia, Queen consort of Aragon   {1406}

Grand Duchess consort Adelaide/Adelheid-Marie of Luxembourg, Duchess consort of Nassau, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau   {1916}

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Duchess of Oldenburg (1901-1916)   {1960}

November 10, 2014 :: Part III

IN MEMORIAM

Emperor Junnin of Japan   {765}

Theophano Martiniake, Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire   {893}

Adelaide/Aelis of Paris, Queen consort of the West Franks/Western Francia   {901}

King Wladislaw/Wladyslaw/Ulaszlo/Vladislav V/III of Poland + Hungary   {1444}

Ibrahim Pasha, Khedive of Egypt + Sudan (Mar.2-Nov.10, 1848), Wali of Egypt, Sudan, Palestine, Syria, Hejaz, Morea, Thasos + Crete   {1848}

Count Pierre de Polignac, Duke of Valentinois, Prince of Monaco   {1964}

Duchess Elena of Leuchtenberg   {2013}

October 31, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS, continued

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

Prince Richard of Isenburg & Andrea Zimmermann   {2008} @ the Burgkapelle in Langenselbold, Germany

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 20, 2014 :: Part III

IN MEMORIAM

Aelia Licinia Eudocia Augusta, Empress consort of the Roman Empire   {460}


Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, King in Germany, King of Bohemia (as Charles II), King of Hungary + Croatia (as Charles III), King of Serbia (as Charles I), King of Spain, King of Jerusalem, Archduke of Austria   {1740}

Queen Saovabha Phongsri of Siam (Thailand), Half-Sister & Consort (1878-1910) of King Chulalongkorn “the Great” (Rama V) of Siam (Thailand) (1868-1910), Queen Regent of Siam (1897), Queen Mother Sri Bajrindra   {1919}

Jamalul Kiram III, Sultan of Sulu + North Borneo   {2013}

October 12, 2014 :: Part III

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS, continued

Queen consort Elisabeth of Greece (1922-1925; 1935), Princess of Romania   {1894}

IN MEMORIAM

Clementia/Clemence of Hungary/d’Anjou, Queen consort of France + Navarre, Countess consort of Champagne   {1328}

Maximilian II, King of Bohemia + in Germany, King of Hungary + Croatia, Holy Roman Emperor, Archduke of Austria   {1576}

King Frederik IV of Denmark + Norway   {1730}

Queen consort Friederike Luise Wilhelmine of the Netherlands (1815-1837), Grand Duchess consort of Luxembourg (1815-1837), Princess of Prussia   {1837}

Prince Naif bin Abdullah el-Hashim of Jordan, Regent of Jordan (July 20-Sep.6, 1951)   {1983}

Sheikh Ahmad Mohammad Faisal Al-Malek Al-Sabah of Kuwait   {2010}

November 29, 2012

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau & Marie Helene "Marilene" van den Broek   {1997}

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia (future King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia) & Princess Elisabeth "Elise" Ludovika of Bavaria   {1823}

King Alfonso XII of Spain & Archduchess Maria Christina "Christa" of Austria   {1879}

The Prince George, Duke of Kent, Earl of Saint Andrews, Baron Downpatrick & Princess Marina of Greece + Denmark   {1934}

DEATHS

1780   Empress Maria Theresia of the Holy Roman Empire, Queen of Germany, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Slavonia, Galicia + Lodomeria, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Burgundy, Styria, Carinthia + Carniola, Grand Princess of Transylvania, Margravine of Moravia, Duchess of Brabant, Limburg, Luxembourg, Guelders, Wurttemberg, Upper + Lower Silesia, Milan, Mantua, Parma, Piacenza, Guastalla, Auschwitz + Zator, Princess of Swabia, Princely Countess of Habsburg, Flanders, Tyrol, Hennegau, Kyburg, Gorizia + Gradisca, Margravine of Burgau & Upper + Lower Lusatia, Countess of Namur, Lady of the Wendish Mark + Mechlin, Duchess of Lorraine + Bar, Grand Duchess of Tuscany

2009   Prince Alexander of Belgium