November 9, 2014 :: Part I

Independence Day in Cambodia {1953}



ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Marie Eleonore of Saxe-Meiningen   {1950}

Queen Sylvia Nagginda of Buganda (Uganda)   {1964}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Simon August, Prince of Lippe-Detmold & Princess Casimire of Anhalt-Dessau   {1769} in Dessau, Germany

King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia (1797-1840) & Countess Auguste of Harrach, Princess of Leignitz {1824} @ Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Germany

Princess Luise Amalie Stephanie of Baden & Gustaf, Prince of Vasa (former Crown Prince of Sweden)   {1830} in Karlsruhe [divorced 1844]

Princess Sophie of Baden & Gunther Friedrich Woldemar, Prince of Lippe-Detmold   {1858} in Karlsruhe, Germany

Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia [Tsar Alexander III of Russia (1881-1894)] & Princess Marie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar of Denmark (after marriage known as Maria/Marie Feodorovna)   {1866} @ the Chapel of the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia

Duke Anton Gunther Friedrich Elimar of Oldenburg & Baroness Natalie Vogel of Friesenhof   {1876} in Vienna, Austria

Grand Duchess Tatiana Constantinova of Russia, Princess Bagration-Moukhransky & Alexander Korochenzov   {1921} in Geneva, Switzerland

King Michael I of Romania & Queen Anne of Romania, Princess of Bourbon-Parma   {1966} [RELIGIOUS: ROMAN CATHOLIC]

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 23, 2014 :: Part I

Chulalongkorn Day in Thailand {1910}





ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Duke Ludwig Albrecht of Wurttemberg   {1930}

Masako Sen (the former Princess Masako of Mikasa) (Japan)   {1951}

Princess Mako of Akishino   {1991} (Japan)

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Princess Giovanna Maria (Jeanne Marie) of Monaco, Mlle. De Valentinois & Charles Emanuel Philibert de Simiane, Marchese di Pianezzo, Prince di Montafia   {1659}

Elisabeth Charlotte of France & Leopold Joseph Charles, Duke of Lorraine   {1698} in Fontainebleau, France

Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt & Marie Adelaide Cheirouze, Countess von Lemberg   {1775} in Ems, Germany

Friedrich Ludwig, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin & Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia   {1799} in Gatschina, Russia

Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen & Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg   {1858} in Langenburg, Germany

Princess Antoinette of Monaco, Baroness de Massy & Alexandre Noghes   {1951} in Genoa, Italy [alternative wedding date reported as Dec. 4, 1951] [divorced 1954]

Princess Marie Gabrielle of Bavaria & Prince Georg von Waldburg zu Zeil u.Trauchburg   {1957} [RELIGIOUS] in Nymphenburg, Germany

Archduchess Agnes of Austria, Princess of Tuscany & Baron Peter von Furstenberg   {1976} [RELIGIOUS] in Salzburg, Austria

October 18, 2014 :: Part I

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC BIRTHDAYS

The Rt. Hon. Flora Fraser, Lady Saltoun   {1930} (UK)

Archduchess Maria del Pilar of Austria   {1953}

Archduke Karl/Carl Philipp (Carlos Felipe) of Austria   {1954}

Prince Adrian of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha   {1955}

Princess Lavinia of Yugoslavia   {1961}

Princess Aimee of Orange-Nassau   {1977}

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS

King Louis VII of France, Duke of Aquitaine & Alix de Blois   {1160}

King Edward I of England & Leonor of Castile + Leon   {1254} in Burgos

Adolf, Prince + Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld & Princess Luise of Saxe-Meiningen   {1781} in Meiningen, Germany

Archduchess Maria Theresia/Therese Josephine of Austria & King Anton of Saxony   {1787} [IN PERSON] in Dresden, Germany

Count Oscar Carl Emanuel Bernadotte of Wisborg & Gertrud Ollen   {1950} in New York, USA

Elisabeth-Anne de Massy & Nicolai Vladimir Costello   {1984} (Monaco)

Prince Adrian of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha & Lea Rinderknecht   {1984} [CIVIL] in Bern, Switzerland [divorced 1993]

Ashley Hicks & Allegra Marina Tondato   {1990} in Wheatley, Oxon, UK

Archduke Paul Georg of Austria & Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg   {1997} @ St. Stephen’s Basilica, Budapest, Hungary

Princess Alia al-Hussein of Jordan & Sayyid Mohammed Al-Saleh   {1999}

Prince Mir Wais (Mirwais Zaher/Zahir) Khan of Afghanistan & Safya Zaher {2009} [RELIGIOUS] @ the Grand Mosque, Rome, Italy

Maria del Carmen Moreno de la Cova Solis & Jovino Alvear Pedregal   {2010} in Seville, Spain

October 16, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS, continued

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia [briefly Tsar of Russia on Mar.2-3/15-16, 1917] & Natalia Cheremetevskya   {1912} in Vienna,  Austria [Oct. 16 is O.S. DATE; other reported date is Oct. 29] 

Countess Dagmar Bernadotte of Wisborg & Nils Magnus von Arbin   {1936} in Frotuna, Sweden

Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia & Linda Bonney   {1982} in Bournville, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

Princess Almut of Saxe-Meiningen & Eberhard von Braunschweig   {1993} [RELIGIOUS] in Nordteimke bei Wolfsburg, Germany

Countess Uta Elisabeth of Castell-Rudenhausen & Jan Reichel   {1996} [CIVIL] in Montpelier, VT,USA

Princess Isabel of Orleans-Braganza & Count Alexander of Stolberg-Stolberg   {2009} @ the Imperial Church of Nossa Senhora da Gloria do Outeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rafael Medina, Duke of Feria & Laura Vecino   {2010} @ the Talavera Palace, Toledo, Spain

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

James II, King of Scots   {1430}

Queen consort Friederike of Prussia, Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt   {1751}

Queen consort Maria Pia of Portugal, Princess of Savoy   {1847}