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 29, 2014 :: Part III

IN MEMORIAM

Infanta Eleanor/Leonor of Portugal, Queen consort of Aragon   {1348}

King Fernando/Ferdinand I “the Gentle/the Handsome/the Inconstant” of Portugal + the Algarve, King of Castile in Galicia   {1383}

King Gustaf V of Sweden (1907-1950)   {1950}

Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Countess of Ulster, Baroness Culloden, Lady Montagu-Douglas-Scott   {2004}

Prince Fahd bin Saad bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia   {2006}

Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz bin Saud bin Jalawi of Saudi Arabia   {2012}

October 29, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS, continued

Grand Duke Michael of Russia [briefly Tsar of Russia on Mar.2-3/15-16, 1917] & Natalia Cheremetevskya   {1912} [N.S. DATE]

Princess Hilda of Luxembourg, Princess of Nassau-Weilburg & Prince Adolf of Schwarzenberg   {1930} @ Berg Castle, Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg

Prince Eugenio of Savoy, Duke of Ancona, Duke of Genoa & Princess Lucia/Lucie of Bourbon-Two Sicilies   {1938} @ Schloss Nymphenburg (Nymphenburg Palace), Munich, Germany

Countess Bettina Bernadotte of Wisborg & Philipp Haug   {2004} [RELIGIOUS] in Mainau, Germany

Princess Ashi Dechen Yangzom Wangchuck of Bhutan & Dasho Tandin Namgyel Dorji   {2009} @ Dechencholing Palace, Gonpa, Bhutan

Count Philipp of Erbach-Furstenau & Juliette Souchon   {2010} @ Berlin, Germany

ROYAL CORONATION

King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia   {2004}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

King Carlo/Charles Alberto/Albert of Sardinia (Apr.27, 1831-Mar.23, 1849)   {1798}

King Consort Fernando II of Portugal + the Algarves (1837-1885), Prince of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha   {1816}

Queen consort Marie/Maria "Missy" of Romania, Princess of Edinburgh, Princess of Great Britain + Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha, Duchess of Saxony   {1875}

October 29, 2014 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg   {1934} (Denmark)

Sheikha Bibi bint Mansur Al-Sabah of Kuwait   {1974}

Archduke Johannes of Austria   {1997}

Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece + Denmark   {1998}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

King Jaime II of Aragon & Blanche of Naples   {1295} in Villabertran

King Christian III of Denmark + Norway & Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg   {1525} in Lauenburg

Viktor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym & Princess Amalie of Nassau-Weilburg   {1793} in Weilburg, Germany

Emperor Franz II of Austria & Princess Caroline Auguste of Bavaria   {1816} [PROXY] in Munich, Germany

Princess Marie Franziska of Liechtenstein & Count Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg   {1860} in Vienna, Austria

Princess Pauline Olga Helene Emma of Wurttemberg & Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Otto Karl of Wied   {1898} in Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Archduchess Maria-Immakulata/Immaculata of Austria, Princess of Tuscany & Robert, Duke of Wurttemberg   {1900} in Vienna, Austria

October 28, 2014 :: Part III

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS, continued

Queen consort Marie of Denmark + (until 1814) Norway, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel   {1767}

Princess Shams Pahlavi of Iran   {1917}

IN MEMORIAM

Maxentius, Emperor of the Roman Empire   {312 AD}

Queen Margareta/Margrete/Margaret I of Denmark, Norway + Sweden   {1412}

Archduchess Anna of Austria, Queen consort of Spain   {1580}

Prince George of Denmark + Norway, Duke of Cumberland   {1708} (Great Britain)

Empress Anna Ioannovna of Russia, Empress + Autocrat of All the Russias (1730-1740), Duchess of Courland (1711-1730)   {1740}

Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg   {1917} (United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland)

October 28, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS, continued

Princess Maria Anna of Saxony & Leopoldo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Archduke of Austria   {1817} [PROXY] in Dresden, Germany

Prince Alexander of Hesse-Darmstadt & Julie von Hauke, Countess of Battenberg (1851-1858), Princess of Battenberg (1858-1895)   {1851} in Breslau, Poland

Prince/Shah Karim al-Hussaini, The Aga Khan IV (1957-present) & Sarah “Sally” Frances Croker-Poole (Begum Salimah Aga Khan) {1969} [RELIGIOUS] in Paris, France [divorced 1995]

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei & Mariam binti Haji ‘Abdu’l Aziz   {1981} in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei [divorced Feb. 2003]

Prince Alexander/Alexandre von Furstenberg & Alexandra Miller   {1995} @ the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, New York City, NY, USA [separated 2002; divorced]

Count Carl Theodor of Toerring-Jettenbach & Natalia Alexeevna Ivanova   {2009} [CIVIL]

ROYAL CORONATION

King Henry III of England   {1216} [CEREMONY #1] @ Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, England

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Henry III “the Black/the Pious”, Holy Roman Emperor, Duke of Bavaria, King of Germany, King of Burgundy, King of Italy   {1017}

Countess Palatine Maria Anna/Mariana of Neuburg, Queen consort of Spain   {1667}