April 29, 2013 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg   {1944}

Prince Heinrich Julius of Hanover, Prince of Great Britain + Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg   {1961}

Princess Maritza of Orleans-Braganza   {1961}

Baron Henning von Dincklage   {1971} [husband of Sibylla Ambler (daughter of Princess Margaretha of Sweden {sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden})]

Maud Behn   {2003} [daughter of Princess Martha Louise of Norway (daughter of King Harald V of Norway)]

Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti of Thailand   {2005} [son of Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand (son of King Bhumibol Adulyadej {Rama IX} of Thailand)]

Infanta Sofia of Spain   {2007}

April 28, 2013

ROYAL & ARISTOCRATIC BIRTHDAYS

Lady Helen Taylor   {1964} [daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)]

Maria Cynthia Francisca Matilda Rossi   {1985} (half-sister of Prince Louis Alphonse of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou)

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich of Russia, The Tsarevich of Russia [Tsar Alexander II "the Liberator" of Russia, King of Poland + Grand Prince of Finland (1855-1881)] & Princess Marie of Hesse + by Rhine   {1841}

Prince Harald of Denmark & Princess Helena Adelaide (Helene Adelheid) of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg   {1909}

King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand & Sirikit Kittiyakara    {1950}

Archduke Carl Christian of Austria & Estelle de Saint-Romain   {2007} [CIVIL]


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Louis Philippe Marie Ferdinand Gaston (Luis Filipe Maria Fernando Gastao) of Orleans, Count d’Eu, Imperial Prince-consort of Brazil   {1842} 

Queen consort ‘Mamohato Bereng Seeiso of Lesotho (Princess Tabita ‘Masentle Lerotholi Mojela) (Regent Head of State of Lesotho: June 5-Dec.5, 1970; Mar.10-Nov.12, 1990; Jan.15-Feb.7, 1996)   {1941}

Prince Alireza Pahlavi of Iran   {1966}

DEATH

1936   King Fuad I of Egypt + Sudan (Sultan 1917-1922; King of Egypt, Sovereign of Nubia, the Sudan, Kurdufan + Darfur 1922-1936) 

April 27, 2013 :: Part II

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

King Carlo Emanuele III  "Carlino" of Sardinia (1730-1773)   {1701}

Queen consort Maria Cristina of Spain (1829-1833), Regent of Spain (1833-1840), Princess of The Two Sicilies   {1806}

King Otto of Bavaria (1886-1913)   {1848}

Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Prince Regent of Yugoslavia (1934-1941)   {1893}

DEATHS

1831   King Carlo Felice of Sardinia (1821-1831) 

1975   Queen consort Sisowath Kossamak of Cambodia (1955-1960), Queen Mother of Cambodia (1960-1975)   

April 27, 2013 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Asem Abu Bakar (“Abu Bakr”) bin Al Nayef of Jordan   {1948}

Sheikh Nasir bin Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-‘Ali Al-Sabah of Kuwait   {1948}

Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg   {1967} (son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)

Prince Mahmud Namik Osmanoglu   {1975} (Ottoman Empire/Turkey)

Prince Ja’afar bin Ali of Jordan   {2007}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

The Prince Leopold of Great Britain + Ireland, Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, Baron Arklow & Princess Helena of Waldeck + Pyrmont   {1882}

Grand Duke Constantine/Konstantin Constantinovich/Konstantinovich "KR" of Russia & Princess Elisabeth "Mavra" of Saxe-Altenburg   {1884}

King Zog I of the Albanians & Countess Geraldine Apponyi de Nagy Appony   {1938}

Archduchess Isabella of Austria & Count Andrea Czarnocki-Lucheschi   {1997} [RELIGIOUS]

Princess Mafalda of Savoy-Aosta & Nobile Francesco Napoleone, 10th Baron Lombardo di San Chirico   {1998}

Princess Adelaide of Orleans & Pierre-Louis Dailly   {2002} [CIVIL]

April 26, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Yasuko Konoe (the former Princess Yasuko of Mikasa)  {1944}

Prince Francisco of Orleans-Braganza   {1955}

Prince Philippos of Greece + Denmark   {1986} [son of King Constantine II of Greece & Queen Anne Marie of Greece (sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]

Prince Mirko Panagyurishtski of Bulgaria   {1995} (grandson of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria)

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg & Countess Stephanie de Lannoy   {April 26 & 27, 2012}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

King Christian X of Denmark (1912-1947) & Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin   {1898}

The Prince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI of Great Britain + Ireland, Emperor of India 1936-1948) & Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon   {1923}

Archduchess Maria Beatrice (Beatrix) of Austria & Count Riprand of Arco-Zinneberg   {1980} [RELIGIOUS]

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Queen consort Maria Amelia/Amalia of the French, Princess of The Two Sicilies (Princess of Naples + Sicily)   {1782}

DEATHS

1943   Alastair Arthur Windsor (Prince Alastair of Connaught + Strathearn 1914-1917), 2nd Duke of Connaught + Strathearn (1942-1943), Earl of Macduff (1917-1942)   

1957   Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1913-1949)   

1994   Queen consort Zein al-Sharaf Talal of Jordan