March 22

March 22

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg   {1956}

Baron Carl Silfverschiold   {1965} [son of Princess Desiree of Sweden, Baroness Silfverschiold (sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden)]

(photo from his wedding day)


Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Oranje-Nassau   {1972} [son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]

  

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

238   Gordian I & his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman Emperors.
1809   Carl XIII succeeds Gustaf IV Adolf to the Swedish throne.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

875   William I, Duke of  Aquitane (d.918)
1212   Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d.1235)
1459   Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d.1519)
1609   King Jan II Kazimierz of Poland (d.1672)
1759   Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden & Norway (d.1818)
1797   Wilhelm I, German Emperor (d. 1888)

DEATHS

1421   Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of King Henry IV of England
1685   Emperor Go-Sai of Japan