May 3, 2013 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Pawel Chrobok, Prince of Kohary   {1972} (nephew of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria)

Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Jordan, Sheikha of Dubai   {1974} (half-sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan & wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emir of Dubai)

Autumn Phillips   {1978} [wife of Peter Phillips (son of The Princess Anne, Princess Royal {daughter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland})]

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Infanta Cristina of Spain & Ignacio “Inaki” Urdangarin y Liebaert   {1997} [PRESENTATION]

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Grand Duchess Marie/Maria Pavlovna "the Younger" of Russia & Prince William/Wilhelm/Vilhelm of Sweden, Duke of Sodermanland   {1908} [divorced 1914]

Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Colorno & Tjalling ten Cate   {2008} 

May 2, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Mustapha Zahir Khan of Afghanistan   {1964}

Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg   {1975} [daughter of Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]

Prince Leopold of Nassau   {2000} [TWIN] [son of Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & brother of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg)]

Princess Charlotte of Nassau   {2000} [TWIN] [daughter of Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & brother of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg)] 

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke of Saxony (future King Leopold I of the Belgians 1831-1865) & Princess Charlotte of Wales   {1816}

Archduke Carl/Karl Peter of Austria & Princess Alexandra von Wrede   {1998} [RELIGIOUS]

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi & Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai   {2005}

                     

Prince Jean of Orleans, Duke of Vendome, Dauphin of France & Philomena de Tornos y Steinhart    {2009} [RELIGIOUS]

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste "Figchen" of Anhalt-Zerbst (future Empress Catherine II of Russia, Empress +Autocrat of All the Russias 1762-1796, Empress consort of All the Russias 1761-1762)   {1729} {May 2 is the New Style date; Old Style date is April 21, 1729}

King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck of Bhutan (1952-1972)   {1929}

King Faisal II of Iraq (1939-1958)   {1935}

King Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso) of Lesotho (Paramount Chief of Lesotho 1960-1966; King of Lesotho 1966-1990 & 1995-1996)   {1938}

May 1, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg   {1963} (son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & brother of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg)

Lady Sarah Chatto   {1964} (niece of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Archduke Albrecht of Austria, Duke of Teschen (1847-1895) & Princess Hildegard of Bavaria   {1844}

Princess Mathilde of Bavaria & Prince Ludwig of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Kohary, Duke in Saxony   {1900}

Prince Gyanendra of Nepal [King of Nepal (1950-1951; 2001-2008)] & Lady Komal Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah   {1970}

Archduke Raimund (Ramon) of Austria & Bettina Gotz   {1994} [RELIGIOUS]

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

The Prince Arthur of Great Britain, Duke of Connaught + Strathearn, Earl of Sussex, Prince of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha, Duke of Saxony   {1850}

DEATHS

1920   Crown Princess Margaret/Margareta "Daisy" of Sweden, Duchess of Scania, Princess of Connaught