November 15, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS, continued

Archduke Felix of Austria & Princess + Duchess Anna-Eugenie of Arenberg   {1952} [CIVIL] in Beaulieu, France

Archduke Rudolf of Austria & Princess Anna Gabriele von Wrede   {1971}

Duchess Elisabeth of Mecklenburg & Count Alhard von dem Bussche-Ippenburg   {1974} [CIVIL] in Ludenscheid, Germany [divorced 1995]

Michael-Benedikt, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach & Dagmar Hennings {1980} in London, England, UK

Princess Felicitas of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha-Kohary & Sergei Trotzky   {1987} in Munich, Germany

Princess Eugenia of Hohenzollern-Emden & Alexander Sautter   {1991}

Princess Sayako of Japan & Yoshiki Kuroda   {2005} @ the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan

Count Alessandro Vittorio Eugenio Lecquio di Assaba y Torlonia & Maria Palacios Milla   {2008}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

King Jean/John I “the Posthumous” of France + Navarre, Count of Champagne   {1316}

Archduchess Eleanor/Leonor/Eleonore/Alienor of Austria, Infanta of Castile, Queen consort of Portugal, Queen consort of France, Dowager Duchess of Touraine   {1498}

Jerome-Napoleon I Bonaparte, Prince Francais, King of Westphalia, Prince + Count of Montfort   {1784}

Muhammad Tewfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt + Sudan (1879-1892)   {1852}

King Manoel/Manuel/Emmanuel II "the Patriot/the Unfortunate" of Portugal + the Algarves (1908-1910)   {1889}

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaievna of Russia   {1895}

Prince Shah Mahmoud Khan of Afghanistan   {1946} 

November 15, 2014 :: Part I

Day of the German-speaking Community of Belgium

King’s Feast in Belgium (Koningsdag / Fete du Roi)





ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Michael of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Head of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach   {1946}

Princess Elena of Romania   {1950}

Peter Phillips (UK)   {1977} 



ROYAL WEDDINGS

King Pedro IV “el Ceremonioso” of Aragon, Duke of Athens + Neopatrai & Leonor of Portugal   {1347} in Barcelona, Spain

Felipe II, King of Spain & Maria of Portugal   {1543} in Almeria, Spain

Viktor Friedrich, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg & Princess Luise of Anhalt-Dessau   {1724} in Dessau, Germany

Prince Aloys I of Liechtenstein (1781-1805) & Countess Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim   {1783} in Feldsberg (now known as Valtice, Czech Republic)

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909) & Bedrifelek Kadin Efendi   {1868}

Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen [Prince of Romania (1866-1881), Crown Prince of Romania, King Carol I of Romania (1881-1914)] & Princess Pauline Elisabeth of Wied   {1869} in Neuwied, Germany

Archduke Joseph-August of Austria, Prince of Hungary + Bohemia & Princess Augusta/Auguste of Bavaria   {1893} in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Prince of George of Battenberg (1892-1917) [Captain Sir George Mountbatten, 2^nd Marquess of Milford Haven (1921-1938), Earl of Medina (1917-1921)], Viscount Alderney & Countess Nadejda "Nada" Mikhailovna de Torby   {1916} in London, England, UK

November 6, 2014 :: Part I

Green March Day in Morocco

Gustavus Adolphus Day in Sweden

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Maria of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Archduchess of Austria   {1935}

The Infante Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Coimbra   {1949}

Duchess Sophie of Oldenburg   {1972}

Archduchess Sara Maya of Austria   {1977}

Rowan Lascelles (UK)   {1977} 

Prince Nils of Saxony, Duke of Saxony   {1978}

Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel of Saudi Arabia   {1983}

Prince ‘Abdullah bin Ghazi of Jordan   {2001}

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT

Infante Felipe of Spain, Prince of Asturias & Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano   {2003}

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS

Marie Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Napoleon, Princess Francaise & Don Camillo Borghese, Prince di Sulmona e di Rossano, Duke of Guastalla   {1803} [CIVIL]

Princess Marie of Bismarck & Count Kuno of Rantzau   {1878}

Johann Albrecht, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin & Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach   {1886} in Weimar, Germany

October 30, 2014 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Archduke Gerhard of Austria   {1957}

Prince Karim Bey of Tunisia   {1972}

Princess Leonie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach   {1986}

Sophie von Lattorff   {2009} (Liechtenstein)

ROYAL WEDDINGS

King Manoel I of Portugal + the Algarve, Duke de Beja + Viseu & Maria of Aragon + Castile   {1500} in Alcacer-de-Sal [IN PERSON]

Ferdinand, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld & Countess Ernestine of Solms-Baruth   {1736} in Baruth, Germany

Princess Louisa of Great Britain & King Frederik V of Denmark + Norway   {1743} [PROXY] in Hannover, Germany

Archduke Joseph of Austria & Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia   {1799} @ Gatschina, St. Petersburg, Russia

Emperor Napoleon I of the French (1804-1814; 1815) & Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie   {1804} [RELIGIOUS] @ the Palais de Tuileries, France [divorced 1809; annulled 1810]

Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg & Princess Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg   {1834} @ Schloss Gottorf, Luisenlund, Germany

October 5, 2014 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

The Honourable James Lascelles   {1953} (UK)

Archduchess Walburga of Austria, Countess Douglas   {1958}

Archduke Franz-Ludwig of Austria   {1988}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

King Wenzel III of Bohemia + Poland & Viola Elisabeth of Teschen   {1305}

Crown Prince Maximilian of Bavaria & Princess Marie of Prussia   {1842} [PROXY] in Berlin, Germany

Countess Ida Amelie Luise of Castell-Castell & Count Friedrich Magnus of Solms-Wildenfels   {1843} in Castell, Germany

Sultan Ibrahim II of Johor (Malaysia) & Maimunah binti Ungku ‘Abdu’l Majid (after marriage Sultanah Maimunah)   {1892} @ the Istana Tyersall, Singapore

Prince Heinrich of Schonburg-Waldenburg & Princess Olga of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg   {1898} in Langenzell, Germany [divorced 1920]

Count Otto Friedrich of Castell-Castell & Princess Amelie of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg   {1903} in Langenzell, Germany

Prince Heinrich XXXVI Reuss & Princess Hermine of Schonburg-Waldenburg   {1919} in Droyssig, Germany

Princess Sibylle Reuss & Count Wolfgang of Castell-Castell   {1920} in Ernstbrunn, Austria

Prince Yi Geon of Korea & Yoshiko Matsudaira   {1931} in Tokyo, Japan

Princess Henriette of Schoenaich-Carolath & Prince Karl Franz Josef of Prussia   {1940} [RELIGIOUS] in Berlin, Germany [divorced 1946]

Hereditary Grand Duke Carl-August of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach & Baroness Elisabeth von Wangenheim-Winterstein   {1944} in Wartburg, Germany

King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck of Bhutan & Kesang Choden Wangchuck   {1951} @ the Ugyen Pelri Palace, Paro, Bhutan

King Fuad II of Egypt (July 26, 1952-June 18-1953) & Dominique-France Loeb Picard (Queen consort Fadila of Egypt 1976-1996/1999; Princess Fadila of Egypt 1999-2008)   {1976} [RELIGIOUS] @ the Royal Palace, Monaco [divorced 1996/2008]

Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg, Princess of Great Britain + Ireland & Prince Andreas of Leiningen   {1981} [CIVIL] in Amorbach, Bayern, Germany

July 22, 2013 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Johan Martin Ferner   {1927} [husband of Princess Astrid of Norway (sister of King Harald V of Norway)]

           

Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach   {1945}

Princess Esperance Anna Elisabeth Eleonore Reuss, Countess Kinsky von Wchinitz u.Tettau   {1962}

Cathrine Ferner Johansen   {1962} [daughter of Princess Astrid of Norway (sister of King Harald V of Norway)]

Tunku Datuk Sri di-Raja Putri Intan Safinaz binti Sultan Alhaj ‘Adbu’l Halim Mu’azzam Shah   {1966} (daughter of King Abdul Halim of Malaysia)

Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice + Piedmont   {1972}

Prince Constantin of Nassau   {1988}

Princess Noriko of Takamado   {1988}

Sheikha Futaim (Fatima / “Tammy”) bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai   {1994}

Prince Felix of Denmark, Count of Monpezat   {2002}

Prince George of Cambridge   {2013}

July 19, 2013

ROYAL & ARISTOCRATIC BIRTHDAYS

Hanako, Princess Hitachi of Japan   {1940}

Princess Desiree of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach   {1974}

The Hon. Laura Fellowes   {1980}

Prince Ernst August Jr. of Hanover   {1983}

Princess Eugenia of Hanover   {2001}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Prince Ludwig Bavaria & Princess Irmingard of Bavaria   {1950} [CIVIL]

Duchess Elisabeth of Wurttemberg & Prince Antoine of Bourbon-Two Sicilies   {1958} [RELIGIOUS]

Lady Rose Windsor & George Gilman   {2008} 

ROYAL CHRISTENING

Ana-Maria Morales y de Grecia   {2003}

DEATH

1810   Queen consort Luise/Louise of Prussia, Electress consort of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz