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}

November 3, 2014 :: Part I

Culture Day in Japan {1948}

Unity Day / Consolidation Day in Russia {November 3-4}

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Phuong Lien of Vietnam   {1938}

David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (UK)   {1961}

Prince Philippe of Orleans   {1998}

Princess Zein bint Al Hamzah of Jordan   {2012}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

(Philippe of France, Duke of Anjou) King Felipe V of Spain (1700-1724; 1724-1746), King of Naples + Sicily & Princess Maria Luisa of Savoy   {1701} [IN PERSON] in Figueras, Spain

Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, Prince Napoleon & Susan May Williams   {1829} in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin & Princess Auguste Reuss   {1849} in Ludwigslust, Germany

Prince Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Prince von Noer (1864-1865) & Mary Esther Lee   {1864} in Paris, France

Prince Maximilian of Schaumburg-Lippe & Duchess Olga of Wurttemberg   {1898} in Stuttgart, Germany

November 2, 2014 :: Part III

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS, continued

Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire (1909-1918)   {1844}

Hayranidil Kadinefendi, Consort of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire   {1846}

Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, The Aga Khan III (1885-1957)   {1877}

IN MEMORIAM

Olybrius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire   {472 AD}

Princess Emma of France, Queen consort of Western Francia   {934}

Matilda of Flanders, Queen consort of England, Duchess of Normandy   {1083}

King Pedro/Peter III/I “el Grande/the Great” of Aragon, Valencia + Sicily, Count of Barcelona   {1285}

King Jaime/James II/I "the Just" of Aragon, Valencia + Sicily, King of Sardinia + Corsica, Count of Barcelona   {1327}

Tirimujgan (Mujgan/Virjin/Candir) Sultan, Consort of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire   {1853}

Prince Mircea of Romania   {1916}

Sheikh Sir Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Hakim of Bahrain (1942-1981)  {1961}

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Emir of Abu Dhabi   {2004}

Princess Haya bint Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia   {2009}

Prince Ahmed Ibrahim of Egypt   {2011}

November 2, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL WEDDINGS, continued

Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia & Princess Barbara of Liechtenstein   {1973} in Paris, France

Princess Irina of Romania & John Wesley Walker   {2007} in Reno, NV, USA (other reported wedding date was November 10, 2007)

ROYAL CHRISTENINGS

Princess Maria-Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies   {2003} @ the Royal Palace of Caserta, Caserta, Italy

Benjamin van Vollenhoven   {2008} @ the Chapel of Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands

IMPERIAL CORONATION

Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia   {1930}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Queen Constance of Sicily, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire, Queen consort of the Romans, Queen consort of Germany   {1154}

Yolande de Bar/d'Anjou, Duchess of Lorraine, Queen of Sicily + Jerusalem   {1428}

Archduchesss Marie Antoinette / Maria Antonia of Austria, Queen consort of France + Navarre   {1755}

The Prince Edward of Great Britain, Ireland + Hanover, Duke of Kent + Strathearn, Earl of Dublin   {1767}

November 2, 2014 :: Part I

All Souls Day (Roman Catholic, Belgium)








El Dia de los Muertos  (Mexico, etc.)





ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Maryam Begum of Afghanistan   {1936}

Queen Sofia of Spain, Princess of Greece + Denmark   {1938}

Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain   {1965}

Brice Gelabele-de Massy   {1987} (Monaco)

Sheikha Aisha bint Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi of Fujairah   {2011}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

(Philippe of France, Duke of Anjou) King Felipe V of Spain (1700-1724; 1724-1746), King of Naples + Sicily & Princess Maria Luisa of Savoy   {1701} [IN PERSON] in Figueras, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

Princess + Landgravine Karoline Luise of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, Princess von Ardeck & Prince Rudolf of Lippe   {1889} in Dresden, Germany

Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, The Aga Khan III (1885-1957) & Shahzadi Begum   {1896} in Pune, India

November 1, 2014 :: Part II

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Louis II “the Stammerer”, King of Aquitaine, King of West Francia   {846}

Archduchess Anna of Austria, Queen consort of Spain   {1549}

Queen consort Maria Teresa/Theresa/Theresia of Sardinia, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Princess of Modena   {1773}

King Gustaf IV Adolf of Sweden (1792-1809)   {1778}

IN MEMORIAM

King Carlos II “the Bewitched” of Spain, Duke of Milan, Lothier, Brabant, Limburg + Luxembourg, Count of Flanders, Hainaut + Namur, Count Palatine of Burgundy, Archduke of Austria   {1700}

Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Tsarina/Empress consort Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia   {1860}

Tsar Alexander III of Russia (1881-1894)   {1894}

November 1, 2014 :: Part I

All Saints Day (Roman Catholic, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Spain, Vatican City, etc.)





ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Duke Philipp of Wurttemberg   {1964}

           

Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky of Georgia   {1976}

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS

Princess Marie Elisabeth Wilhelmine of Baden & Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick   {1802} in Karlsruhe, Germany

Princ Frederik of Denmark [King Frederik VII of Denmark (1848-1863)] & Princess Wilhelmine of Denmark   {1828} in Copenhagen, Denmark [divorced 1837]

Mathilde Laetitia Wilhelmine Bonaparte, Princess Napoleon, Princess Francaise & Anatole Demidoff, Prince di San Donato   {1840} in Florence, Italy [separated 1843]

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Duchess of Oldenburg (1901-1916) & Colonel Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovsky   {1916} in Kiev, Ukraine

Princess Fatma Ulviye Sultan of the Ottoman Empire & Damat Ali Haidar Beyefendi   {1923}

Prince Johann Baptist Mortiz “Hans-Moritz” of Liechtenstein & Princess Clotilde of Thurn + Taxis   {1944} [CIVIL] in Burgweinting, Germany

(former Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Ostergotland 1911-1937) Prince Carl Bernadotte & Ann Margareta Larsson   {1954} in Danderyd, Sweden [divorced 1961]

Jacobo Lopez Fitz-James Stuart y Martinez de Irujo, 23^rd Count of Siruela & Maria Eugenia Fernandez de Castro y Fernandez-Shaw   {1980} @ the Palace of Liria, Madrid, Spain [divorced 1998]