May 19, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Lalla Lillia of Tunisia   {1943}

Henry Lascelles   {1953} (1st cousin-once-removed of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)

Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Princess Galitzine   {1954} (1st cousin of Archduke Karl of Austria, Head of the Imperial House of Habsburg)

Prince Jean of Orleans, Duke of Vendome, Dauphin of France   {1965} (son of Prince Henri of Orleans, Count of Paris, Duke of France)

Prince Alexander of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg   {1972} [son of Prince Philipp Erasmus of Liechtenstein (son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]

Princess Shirin bint Mir’ed of Iraq   {1993}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Prince Wittekind of Waldeck + Pyrmont & Countess Cecilie of Goess-Saurau   {1988} [RELIGIOUS]

Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands & Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst   {2001} [RELIGIOUS]

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Queen consort Sophia Charlotte of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland, Queen consort of Hanover, Duchess consort of Brunswick, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz   {1744}

Hereditary Prince Karl Viktor (Carl Victor) of Albania, Prince of Wied   {1913}

May 18, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Sheikh Khalid bin Badr Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah of Kuwait   {1967}

Prince Alfons of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg   {2001} [son of Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein (son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]

Prince Leopold of Baden   {2002}

Prince Benedikt of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg   {2008} [son of Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein (son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]

ROYAL WEDDINGS

King Pedro V "the Hopeful" of Portugal + the Algarves (1853-1861) & Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen   {1858}

Princess Anna Petrovic-Njegos of Montenegro & Prince Francis/Franz Joseph of Battenberg   {1897}

Prince Ali/Aly Salman Aga Khan (“Aly Khan”) & Hon. Joan (Yarde-Buller) Guinness (known as Princess Tajuddawlah Aga Khan after Islamic conversion)   {1936} [divorced 1949] 

Princess Ana Luisa of Orleans-Braganza & Paulo-Ibrahim Mansur   {1996}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, Franconia + in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine   {1869}

DEATHS

1839   Marie Annonciade Caroline (Maria Annunziata Carolina) Bonaparte Murat Macdonald, Princess Francaise, Princess Murat, Countess of Lipona, Grand Duchess consort of Berg + Cleves (1806-1808), Queen consort of Naples + Sicily (1808-1815)