November 20, 2014 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Sayyida Nawwal bint Tariq bin Taimur Al-Sa’id of Oman   {1951} (cousin + also ex-wife of Sultan Qaboos of Oman)

Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Countess of Pfeil + Klein-Ellguth   {1970}

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi   {1970}

Prince Rakan bin Mir’ed of Iraq   {1995}

Prince Umberto Vidinski of Bulgaria   {1999} [TWIN]

Princess Sofia Vidinska of Bulgaria   {1999} [TWIN]

Princess ‘M’aSeeiso of Lesotho   {2004}

Princess Theodora of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg   {2004}

Prince Vinzenz Alexander of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn   {2012}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Princess Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine of Prussia & Margrave Friedrich of Brandenburg-Bayreuth   {1731} in Berlin, Germany

Princess Katharina of Wurttemberg & Prince Friedrich of Wurttemberg   {1845} in Stuttgart, Germany

The Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland [Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland (1952-present)] & Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten (Prince Philippos of Greece + Denmark, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg)   {1947} @ Westminster Abbey, London, England, UK

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 Norberta “Nora” 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, 10^th 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