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 17, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL WEDDINGS, continued

Prince Ludwig of Hesse + by Rhine & Hon. Margaret Campbell-Geddes   {1937} in London, England, UK

David Mountbatten, 3^rd Marquess of Milford Haven & Janet Bryce   {1960} @ St. Andrew’s Church, Frognal, London, England, UK

Prince Michel of Orleans, Count of Evreux & Beatrice Pasquier de Franclieu  {1967} [CIVIL] in Casablanca, Morocco

Duchess Mathilde of Wurttemberg & Hereditary Count Maria Erich of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg   {1988} [CIVIL] @ Altshausen Castle, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus/Vespasian Augustus, Emperor of the Roman Empire   {9 AD}

Queen consort Maria Antonia Ferdinanda/Fernanda of Sardinia, Infanta of Spain   {1729}

King Louis XVIII “the Desired” of France + Navarre   {1755}

Princess Marie of Belgium, Countess of Flanders, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen   {1845}

Queen consort Astrid of the Belgians, Princess of Sweden   {1905}

Princess Ferial (Farial/Feryal) Farouk of Egypt   {1938}

November 16, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL WEDDINGS, continued

King Muhammad Zahir Shah of Afghanistan (1933-2007) & Humaira Begum   {1930} [NIKAH]

Princess Marie/Maria Eleonore/Eleanora of Albania, Princess of Wied & Prince Alfred von Schonburg-Waldenburg   {1937} in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Princess Maria Luisa (Marie Louise) of Bulgaria, Princess of Kohary & Bronislaw Tomasz Andrzej Chrobok   {1969}

Prince Eugen of Bavaria & Countess Helene von Khevenhuller-Metsch   {1970} [CIVIL] in Munich, Germany

Prince Wolfgang of Bavaria & Countess Beatrice of Lodron-Laterano + Castelromano   {1990} [CIVIL] in Starnberg, Germany

HISTORICAL IMPERIAL BIRTHDAY

Tiberius, Emperor of the Roman Empire   {42 BC}

November 8, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS, continued

Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr. & Bessie Wallis Warfield   {1916} in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Princess Anastasia of Prussia, Princess of Hohenzollern & Prince Alois/Aloys-Konstantin of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg {1965} [RELIGIOUS: Roman Catholic] in Erbach, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Princess Marie-Therese of Croy & Peter Gumprecht   {2008} @ Vienna, Austria

Prince Nils of Saxony & Jedida Taborek   {2008} @ Moritzburg, Germany

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Nerva, Emperor of the Roman Empire   {30 AD}

Queen consort Elisabeth of Prussia, Electress consort of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel-Bevern   {1715}

King Prajadhipok (Rama VII) of Siam (Thailand) (1925-1935)   {1893}

Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse   {1906} (Greece)

Emanuela de Dampierre, Duchess consort of Segovia, Duchess consort of Anjou (Spain/France - Bourbon)   {1913}

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}