October 25, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS, continued

Adolf I, Prince Schaumburg-Lippe & Princess Hermine of Waldeck + Pyrmont   {1844} in Arolsen, Germany

Prince Reginald of Croy & Princess Isabelle of Ligne   {1920} in Brussels, Belgium

Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria (1918-1943) & Princess Giovanna of Savoy/Italy   {1930} [1^ST CEREMONY – ROMAN CATHOLIC] in Assisi, Italy

Prince Dimitri Alexandrovich of Russia & Countess Marina Sergeievna Golenistcheva-Koutouzova   {1931} in Paris, France [divorced 1947]

Princess Luise of Saxe-Meiningen & Baron Gotz von Wangenheim   {1936} in Detmold, Germany

Prince + Duke Charles-Louis of Arenberg & Philomene Toulouse   {1975} in St. Cirq la Popie, France [divorced before 2005]

Princess Sibylla of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg & Dieter Franz   {1980} [RELIGIOUS] in Glucksburg, Germany

Prince Dmitry Bagration-Moukhransky & Karina Kharysova   {2003} in Kiev, Ukraine [divorced]

Amelie Roussel de Courcy (de La Rochefoucauld) & Patrice de Baudus   {2008}

ROYAL CHRISTENING

Prince Gabriel of Belgium   {2003}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Queen consort Elisabetha/Elisabeth/Elisabetta/Isabel Farnese of Spain, Queen consort of Naples + Sicily, Duchess of Anjou, Princess of Parma   {1692}

Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Wurttemberg (after marriage known as Tsarina/Empress consort Maria Feodorovna of Russia), Empress consort of All the Russias   {1759}

October 14, 2014 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Duke Egilmar of Oldenburg   {1934}

Empress/Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi of Iran   {1938}

Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg   {1938}

Archduchess Gabriela of Austria   {1956}

Hereditary Princess Floria of Hesse, Countess von Faber-Castell   {1974}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Alexander III, King of Scots & Yolande de Dreux   {1285} in Jedburgh

Princess Frederika of Orange/the Netherlands & Hereditary Prince Karl of Brunswick   {1790} in The Hague, the Netherlands

Princess + Duchess Sophie of Arenberg & Prince + Duke Jean Baptiste of Arenberg   {1889} in Brussels, Belgium

Prince Friedrich Aloys Johannes of Liechtenstein & Countess Maria Apponyi de Nagy-Appony   {1897} in Vienna, Austria

Engelbert, 9^th Duke of Arenberg, 15^th Duke d’Aerschot & Princess Hedwige of Ligne   {1897} in Brussels, Belgium

Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg & Countess Ortrud of Isenburg-Budingen in Meerholz   {1906} in Meerholz, Germany

Princess Masako of Mikasa & Soshitsu Sen   {1983} in Tokyo, Japan

Archduchess Viridis of Austria & Karl Harold William Dunning-Gribble   {1990} [RELIGIOUS] in Beuerberg bei Eurasburg, Germany

July 3, 2013 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Maximilian “Max” of Baden, Margrave of Baden   {1933}

Princess Marie Louise of Baden   {1969}

Princess Alix of Ligne   {1984}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Prince Sehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin Efendi of the Ottoman Empire (King of Albania 1914) & Elsie Deming Jackson   {1933}

Infante Alfonso of Spain, Prince of Asturias & Edelmira Ocejo y Robato & Marta Rocafort y Altazarra   {1937} [divorced 1937]

Archduke Rudolf of Austria & Marie Helene Baronne de Villenfagne de Vogelsanck   {1976} [RELIGIOUS]

Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg & Duchess Sophie in Bavaria   {1993}

Prince Rashid El Hassan of Jordan & Zeina Sha’aban   {2010} [NIKAH]

ROYAL CHRISTENING

Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein   {1995}

May 26, 2013

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC BIRTHDAYS

Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne, Prince d’Epinoy, Prince d’Amblise, Grandee of Spain   {1951} (nephew of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & husband of Princess Eleanora of Orleans-Braganza)

Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Count of Monpezat   {1968} (son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)

Luis Martinez de Irujo y Hohenlohe   {1978} [son of Alfonso Martinez de Irujo y Fitz-James Stuart, 16th Duke of Aliaga (son of Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 18th Duchess of Alba) & Princess Maria de la Santisima Trinidad of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]

Princess Maria Manoela of Orleans-Braganza   {1989}

Zenouska Mowatt   {1990} [daughter of Marina Ogilvy Mowatt (daughter of Princess Alexandra of Kent {1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland})]

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg [King Christian IX of Denmark (1863-1906)] & Princess Luise/Louise of Hesse-Kassel   {1842}

King Fuad I of Egypt + Sudan (Sultan 1917-1922; King 1922-1936) & Nazli Sabri   {1919}

King Mswati III of Swaziland & Nolighwa Ayanda Ntentesa  {2005}

Princess Sarah bint Fahd bin Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia & Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia   {2011} [MARRIAGE CEREMONY #1]

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Queen consort Victoria Mary "May" of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland & the British Dominions, Empress consort of India, Princess of Teck   {1867}

DEATH

1989   Kazuko Takatsukasa (former Princess Kazuko of Japan, Princess Taka 1929-1950)   

May 20, 2013 :: Part I

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC BIRTHDAYS

Princess Gyi Phaya Rita of Burma   {1924}

Archduchess Helene of Austria, Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach   {1937}

Prince HG Nabil Sultanzade Osman Rifat Ibrahim Beyefendi   {1951} (Ottoman Empire/Turkey)

Princess Eleanora/Leonor of Orleans-Braganza, Princess of Brazil, Princess consort of Ligne   {1953}

Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer   {1964}  (maternal uncle of Prince William of Wales, Duke of Cambridge & Prince Harry of Wales)

Prince Pavlos of Greece + Denmark, Crown Prince of Greece   {1967} [son of King Constantine II of Greece (brother of Queen Sofia of Spain) & Queen Anne Marie of Greece (sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]

Luis Beltran Gomez-Acebo y de Borbon   {1973} [son of Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz (sister of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]

Prince Rashid bin El Hassan of Jordan   {1979} [son of Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan (uncle of King Abdullah II of Jordan)]

Sheikha Najla bint Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain   {1981} (daughter of King Hamad of Bahrain)

Lady Cosima Windsor   {2010} [daughter of Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster (son of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester {1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland})]

Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed bin Dalmouk bin Juma Al Maktoum of Dubai   {2012}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Princess Lavinia of Yugoslavia & Erastos Sidiropolous   {1989} [divorced 1993]

Archduke Ferdinand of Austria & Countess Katharina of Hardenberg   {1999} [CIVIL]

Prince Karl Vladimir of Yugoslavia & Brigitte Muller   {2001} [RELIGIOUS]

Prince Ludwig of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn & Countess Philippa Spannocchi   {2011} [CIVIL]

ROYAL CHRISTENING

Princess Athena of Denmark   {2012}