April 14, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

(Marie Aglae) The Princess of Liechtenstein, Countess Kalnoky of Wchinitz + Tettau   {1940}

Prince Turki bin Nasser Al Saud of Saudi Arabia   {1948}

Prince Muhammad Daoud Pashtunyar Khan of Afghanistan   {1949}

Prince Luitpold of Bavaria   {1951}

Prince Johann Friedrich-Konrad of Saxe-Meiningen, Duke of Saxony, Head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen   {1952}

Baroness Sibylla von Dincklage   {1965} [daughter of Princess Margaretha of Sweden (sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden)]

Prince Dasho Jigme Dorji Wangchuck of Bhutan   {1986} (brother of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan & son of King-Father Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan)

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Princess Isabella Maria of Bavaria & Prince Tommaso of Savoy, Duke of Genoa   {1885}

Princess Basma bint Talal of Jordan & H.E. Sayyid Walid al-Kurdi   {1980}

Haakon Lorentzen & Martha Carvalho de Freitas   {1982} (Norway)

King Mswati III of Swaziland & Phindie Nkambule (after marriage: Inkhosikati LaNkambule of Swaziland)   {2007}

ROYAL CHRISTENINGS

Prince Vincent of Denmark, Count of Monpezat   {2011} [TWIN] [son of Crown Princ Frederik of Denmark (son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]  &  Princess Josephine of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat   {2011} [TWIN] [daughter of Crown Princ Frederik of Denmark (son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Marie Auguste/Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, Duchess of Zweibrucken   {1765}

The Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland, Princess Heinrich/Henry of Battenberg   {1857}

Prince Alexander "Alge" of Teck (1874-1917) [later Major-General the Right Honourable Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Viscount Trematon (1917-1957)]   {1874}

DEATH

Princess Irene/Yriniy of Greece + Denmark, Princess of Savoy, Duchess consort of Aosta, Duchess of Spoleto, Queen consort of Croatia (1941-1943)   {1974}