March 14, 2013

ROYAL & ARISTOCRATIC BIRTHDAYS

Princess Lalla Malika of Morocco   {1933} (aunt of King Mohammed VI of Morocco)

Prince Christian-Sigismund of Prussia   {1946} (uncle of Georg Friedrich, The Prince of Prussia, Head of the Imperial German House of Hohenzollern)

Prince Albert II of Monaco   {1958}

Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria   {1964} [daughter of Archduke Heinrich of Austria (distant cousin of Archduke Karl of Austria, Head of the Imperial Austrian House of Habsburg)]

Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp   {1994} [son of Charles Spencer, Earl Spencer (uncle of Prince William of Wales, Duke of Cambridge)]

Simeon Munoz y de Bulgaria   {2007} [son of Princess Kalina of Bulgaria, Duchess of Saxony (daughter of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria)]

ROYAL WEDDING

Prince Alexander of Belgium & Lea Inga Dora Wolman Spetschinsky Bichara   {1991}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Queen consort Josephine/Josefina of Sweden + Norway (1844-1859), Duchess of Leuchtenberg, Princess of Bologna, Duchess of Galliera (1812-1837)   {1807}

Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Sardinia (1849-1861), King of Italy (1861-1878)   {1820}

Empress consort Teresa Cristina of Brazil, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies   {1822}

King Umberto I of Italy (1878-1900), King of Sardinia, Cyprus + Armenia, Duke of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont, Duke of Genoa, Aosta + Piacenza, etc.etc.  {1844}

Emperor Thanh Thai of Vietnam (1889-1907)   {1879}

DEATHS

Princess Luise Margarete of Prussia, Duchess of Connaught + Strathearn, Countess of Sussex, Princess of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha, Duchess of Saxony   {1917}

Empress consort Zita of Austria, Queen consort of Hungary, Croatia + Bohemia, Princess of Bourbon-Parma   {1989}