The Royal Calendar: April 5, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Tessie Phaya Gyi of Burma {1923}

Princess Isabel of Orleans-Braganza, Princess of Brazil {1944} (sister of Prince Luiz of Orleans-Braganza, disputed Head of the Imperial House of Brazil)

Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya of Thailand {1951} [daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand]

Martha Carvalho de Freitas Lorentzen {1958} [wife of Haakon Lorentzen (nephew of King Harald V of Norway)]

Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern {1962} [son of Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern (sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden)]

Archduchess Maria of Austria, Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary + Bohemia, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Grandee of Spain {1967} [daughter of Infante Carlos of Spain, Infante of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria & Princess Anne of Orleans; also the wife of Archduke Simeon of Austria]

Princess Camilla of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Castro {1971} (wife of Prince Charles/Carlo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro)

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Princess Faika of Egypt & Fouad Sadek {1950}

Princess Ashi Sonam Dechen Wangchuck of Bhutan & Dasho Phub W. Dorji {2009}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

(Marta Helena/Elena Skowronska/Skavronska / Martha/Marfa Samuilovna Skavronskaya) Empress Catherine I of Russia, Empress/Tsaritsa consort of Russia (1712-1725), Empress + Autocrat of All the Russias (1725-1727) {1684/1685} [April 5 is the Old Style date; New Style date is April 15]