April 20, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Prince Georg Antonius of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg   {1999} [son of Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein (son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]

     (pictured here with his siblings & parents; he is most likely one of the boys in a striped shirt, probably the slightly taller of the two)


ROYAL CHRISTENING

Magali van Vollenhoven   {2008} [daughter of Princ Floris of Orange-Nassau (nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1633   Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d.1654)

1808   Emperor Louis-Napoleon III Bonaparte of the French (d.1873)

1884   Princess Beatrice "Bea" of Edinburgh (1884-1893), Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland (1884-1893), Princess of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha (1884-1909), Duchess of Saxony (1884-1893), Princess Alfonso of Orleans y de Borbon (1909-1966), Duchess of Galliera (1930-1937) (d.1966)

DEATHS

1314   Pope Clement V

1521   Emperor Zhengde of Ming China

1836   Prince Johann I Joseph of Liechtenstein

1929   Prince Albert Wilhelm Heinrich/Henry of Prussia

1947   King Christian X of Denmark, King of Iceland (1918-1944)