Sunday, September 30, 2012

September 30, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Nguyen Phuc Bao Thang of Vietnam   {1943}


Princess Marie-Esmeralda of Belgium   {1956} (half-sister of King Albert II of the Belgians)


Ari Behn   {1972} [husband of Princess Martha Louise of Norway (daughter of King Harald V of Norway)]


Fernando Gomez-Acebo y de Borbon   {1974} [son of Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz, Dowager Viscountess de la Torre  (sister of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]


Nikolai Martynov   {2009} [son of Princess Altinai of Montenegro (daughter of Crown Prince Nikola II of Montenegro)]

Saturday, September 29, 2012

September 29, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Juan Urdangarin y de Borbon   {1999} [son of Infanta Cristina of Spain, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca (daughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]


Emma Behn   {2008} [daughter of Princess Martha Louise of Norway (daughter of King Harald V of Norway)]



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Prince Louis of Luxembourg, Prince of Nassau & Tessy Antony   {2006}
















Friday, September 28, 2012

September 28, 2012

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Hereditary Prince Charles of Monaco, Marquis of Baux (future Prince Charles III of Monaco) & Antoinette de Merode-Westerloo   {1846}

Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain & Sheikha Shaikha bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai   {2009} [nikah]


HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

48 BC   Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII of Egypt after landing in Egypt.

235   Pope Pontian resigns.  He and Hippolytus, church leader of Rome,  are exiled to the mines of Sardinia.

351   Battle of Mursa Major:  Emperor Constantius II of the Roman Empire defeats usurper Magnentius.

365   Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman Emperor.

935   Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, is murdered by his brother, Boleslaus/Boleslav I "the Cruel", thereafter the Duke of Bohemia.

1066   William II "the Bastard", Duke of Normandy, (the future King William I "the Conqueror" of England) invades England, beginning the Norman Conquest.


1106   Battle of Tinchebrai/Tinchebray - King Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert II/III "Curthose", Duke of Normandy.


1238   Muslim Valencia surrenders to the besieging King James/Jaume/Chaime/Jaime/Jacme I "the Conqueror" of Aragon, Count of Barcelona.


1322   Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV "the Bavarian" {King of the Romans, Duke of Bavaria} defeats Friedrich I/III "the Fair", Duke of Austria + Styria {King of the Romans, King of Germany} in the Battle of Muhldorf.


1448   Christian I is crowned King of Denmark.


1844   Coronation in Sweden of King Oscar I of Sweden + Norway.


1868   The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella/Isabel II of Spain to flee to France.



HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTH

1865   Princess Amelie of Orleans, Queen consort of Portugal + the Algarves (as Maria Amelia) (d.1951)



DEATH

876   King Louis/Ludwig II "the German" of Eastern Francia (843-876), King of Bavaria (817-843)

935   Saint Wenceslaus/Vaclav I, Duke of Bohemia


1104   King Pedro I of Aragon + Navarre


1197   Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Italy, King of the Romans, King of Germany, King of Burgundy + Sicily, Duke of Swabia


1978   Pope John Paul I

Thursday, September 27, 2012

September 27, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Savoy + Aosta   {1943}


Princess Iman bint Al Abdullah of Jordan   {1996} (daughter of King Abdullah II of Jordan)


Prince Giorgi/George Bagration-Bagrationi   {2011} (son of Prince David Bagration of Mukhrani & Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky)


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Apulia + Aosta & Princess Olga of Greece   {2008} [religious]







Wednesday, September 26, 2012

September 26, 2012

Yom Kippur  (Judaism)



ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Azemah Ni'matul Bolkiah of Brunei   {1984} (daughter of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei)


Archduke Alexander of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary, Croatia + Bohemia   {1990} [son of Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria, Princess of Luxembourg (daughter of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & sister of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg)]


Princess Salma bint Al Abdullah of Jordan   {2000} (daughter of King Abdullah II of Jordan)



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Prince Henri of Orleans, Count of Paris, Duke of France & Micaela Cousino y Quinones de Leon   {2009} [religious]




Tuesday, September 25, 2012

September 25, 2012

Yom Kippur begins @ sundown  (Judaism)



ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Prince Johan Friso of Orange-Nassau, Count of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg   {1968} (son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Prince Antonio of Orleans-Braganza, Prince of Brazil & Princess Christine of Ligne   {1981} {Civil Ceremony - Sep. 25; Religious Ceremony - Sep.26}


Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice + Piedmont & Clotilde Courau   {2003}
































Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria & Daniel Terberger   {2004} [religious]