November 21, 2014 :: Part III

IN MEMORIAM

Emperor Reizei of Japan   {1011}

King Garcia VI “el Restaurador/the Restorer” of Navarre   {1150}

Emperor Franz/Francis Joseph I of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, President of the German Confederation, King of Lombardy-Venetia, King of Bohemia, Croatia, Dalmatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria + Illyria, King of Jerusalem, Archduke of Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany + Cracow, Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola + the Bukovina, Grand Prince of Transylvania, Margrave of Moravia, Duke of Upper + Lower Silesia, Duke of Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Guastalla, Auschwitz, Zator, Teschen, Friuli, Ragusa + Zara, Princely Count of Habsburg, Tyrol, Kyburg, Gorizia + Gradisca, Prince of Trent + Brixen, Margrave of Upper + Lower Lusatia & in Istria, Count of Hohenems, Feldkirch,, Bregenz + Sonnenberg, Lord of Trieste, Cattaro + the Windic March   {1916}

King Salahuddin Abdul Aziz of Malaysia (1999-2001), Sultan of Selangor (1960-2001)   {2001}

Prince Norihito of Mikasa, Prince Takamado   {2002}

Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud of Saudi Arabia   {2006}

Princess Patricia of Orleans-Braganza   {2009}

Princess Christina of Hesse   {2011}

November 17, 2014 :: Part III

IN MEMORIAM

Flavius Valentinianus/Valentinian I "the Great", Emperor of the Roman Empire   {375 AD}

Leo II, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire   {474}

Emperor Jomei of Japan   {641}

Queen Mary I “Bloody Mary” of England + Ireland, Queen consort of Spain + Sicily, Queen consort of Naples, Princess of Sicily, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Milan, Burgundy + Brabant, Countess of Habsburg, Flanders + Tyrol   {1558}

Antoine, Duke of Vendome, King consort of Navarre   {1562}

King Johan/John/Juhana III of Sweden, Duke + Grand Prince of Finland   {1592}

Princess Sophie Auguste Friederike of Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg, Empress consort Yekaterina Alexeevna of All the Russias (1761-1762), Empress + Autocrat Catherine II “the Great” of All the Russias (1762-1796)   {1796} {New Style Date}

Queen consort Charlotte of Great Britain, Ireland + Hanover, Duchess consort of Brunswick, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz   {1818}

Alexander I, The Prince of Bulgaria (1879-1886), Prince of Battenberg   {1893}

November 6, 2014 :: Part III

ROYAL CORONATIONS

King Henry VI of England (as King of England)   {1429}

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan   {2008}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Julia Augusta Agrippina “Minor/the Younger”, Empress consort of the Roman Empire   {15 AD}

Queen Juana/Joanna “the Mad” of Castile, Leon, Aragon, Sicily, Valencia, Majorca + Naples, Countess of Barcelona, Roussillon + Cerdagne   {1479}

Sultan Suleiman I “the Magnificent/the Lawgiver” of the Ottoman Empire   {1494}

King Carlos/Charles II “the Bewitched” of Spain, Duke of Milan, Lothier, Brabant, Limburg + Luxembourg, Count of Flanders, Hainaut + Namur, Count Palatine of Burgundy, Archduke of Austria   {1661}

IN MEMORIAM

Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan   {1231}

King Joao/John IV “the Lucky/the Restorer” of Portugal + the Algarve, Duke of Barcellos, Duke of Braganza   {1656}

Emetullah Rabia Gulnus (Evmania Voria) Sultan, Consort of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire   {1715}

Princess Sophie Auguste Friederike of Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg, Empress consort Yekaterina Alexeevna of All the Russias (1761-1762), Empress + Autocrat Catherine II “the Great” of All the Russias (1762-1796)   {1796} {Old Style Date}

Princess Charlotte of Wales (Great Britain, Ireland + Hanover), Princess of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha/Saalfeld, Duchess in Saxony   {1817}

King Charles X of France + Navarre   {1836}

Emperor Khai Dinh of Vietnam (1916-1925)   {1925} 

November 3, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS, continued

Crown Prince Oscar Frederik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf of Sweden [King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1950-1973)] & Lady Louise Mountbatten (Princess Louise of Battenberg 1889-1917)   {1923} @ the Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace, London, England, UK

Lady Joanna Knatchbull & Baron Hubert Pernot du/de Breuil   {1984} in Ashford, Kent, England, UK [divorced 1995]

Countess Lavinia of Waldburg zu Wolfegg + Waldsee & Count Jacques de Lalaing   {2007} 

ROYAL CHRISTENING

Prince Giorgi Bagration-Bagrationi   {2013} @ Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Mtskheta, Georgia

ROYAL ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Emir of Abu Dhabi   {2004}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Sultan Osman/Othman II of the Ottoman Empire   {1604}

Emperor (Mutsuhito) Meiji “the Great” of Japan (1867-1912)   {1852}

King Leopold III of the Belgians (1934-1951)   {1901}

IN MEMORIAM

Constantius II, Emperor of the Roman Empire   {361}

John III Doukas/Dukas/Ducas Vatatzes, Emperor of Nicaea/Byzantine Empire   {1254}

Joan/Joanna of France/Valois, Queen consort of Navarre   {1373}

Princess Nobuko Asaka of Japan, Princess Fumi   {1933}

King Peter II of Yugoslavia (1934-1945)   {1970}

Princess Ameera bint Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia   {2009}

October 20, 2014 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Empress Michiko of Japan   {1934}

Prince Fahd bin Sultan Al Saud of Saudi Arabia   {1950}

Crown Prince Sayyid Mohammed al-Rida bin Sayyid Hasan al-Rida al-Mahdi al-Sanussi/El Senussi of Libya   {1962}

Duchess Maria del Pilar of Oldenburg   {1970}

Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster   {1974} 



ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS

Philipp/Felipe I, Duke of Brabant + Burgundy, King of Castile (1504) & Queen Juana of Castile   {1496} in Liera

Queen Joanna III of Navarre, Princess de Bearn, Duchess d’Albret, Countess de Goix & Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Vendome, King of Navarre   {1548} in Moulins

King Fernando VII of Spain (1819-1833) & Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony   {1819} [IN PERSON] in Madrid, Spain

Infanta Maria Teresa of Portugal, Princess of Beira & Infante Carlos of Spain   {1838} [IN PERSON] in Azcoitia, Spain

Duchess Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin & Prince Hugo of Windisch-Gratz   {1849} in Ludwigslust, Germany

Prince Valdemar of Denmark & Princess Marie of Orleans   {1885} [CIVIL] in Paris, France

Emperor Karl of Austria (1916-1918/1919) & Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma   {1911} [CEREMONY #1]

October 9, 2014 :: Part III

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

King Diniz/Dinis/Denis “the Just/the Farmer King/the Poet King” of Portugal + the Algarve   {1261}

King Charles II "the Noble" of Navarre, Count of Evreux + Beaumont-le-Roger, Baron of Montpellier   {1332}

King Charles X of France + Navarre   {1757}

(Princess Emine Marshan of Tsebelda) Emine Nazikeda Kadinefendi, Consort of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire   {1866}

Princess Marie Gabriele of Bavaria, Duchess in Bavaria   {1878}

IN MEMORIAM

Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen consort of the Romans, Queen consort of Germany, Jerusalem + Sicily   {1273}

King Juan I of Castile + Leon   {1390}

Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt + Sudan (1914-1917)   {1917}

King Alexander I "the Unifier" of Yugoslavia (1921-1934)   {1934}

Sheikha Baibi Al-Ibrahim Al-Sabah of Kuwait   {2008}