Friday, May 31, 2013

May 31, 2013 :: Part II


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Archduke Felix of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary + Bohemia   {1916}


Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary + Bohemia, Princess Heinrich of Liechtenstein   {1922}

Prince Rainier III of Monaco (1949-2005), Duke of Valentinois, Marquis of Baux, Count of Polignac, etc.   {1923}




DEATHS

1740   King Friedrich Wilhelm I in Prussia (1713-1740), Elector of Brandenburg (as Friedrich Wilhelm II)  


1880   Princess Consort Sunandha Kumariratana of ThailandConsort of King Chulalongkorn “the Great” (Rama V) of Siam (Thailand) (1868-1910) & daughter of King Mongkut (Rama IV) of Thailand   


2008   John Ambler   {2008} (estranged husband of Princess Margaretha of Sweden)

May 31, 2013 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Baron Nils-August Silfverschiold   {1934} [husband of Princess Desiree of Sweden (sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden)]

Helene Vestur   {1958} [ex-wife of Prince Jean of Luxembourg (brother of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg & son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg)]


Prince Pedro of Orleans-Braganza   {1988}

Felicia van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven   {2005} [daughter of Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau (1st cousin of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands)]



ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS

Vittorio Amedeo, Duke of Savoy [King Vittorio Amedeo III of Sardinia (1773-1796)] & Infanta Maria Antonia Ferdinanda "Maria Antonietta" of Spain   {1750}

Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria & Prince Ferdinando Pio (Ferdinand Pius) of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria [Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies 1934-1960]   {1897}

King Alfonso XIII of Spain (1885-1931/1941) & Princess Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena (known as her 4th name, "Ena") of Battenberg   {1906}



Prince Vsevelod Ivanovich of Russia & Lady Mary Lygon   {1939} [CIVIL] [divorced February 1956]

Countess Helene d'Udekem d'Acoz & Baron Nicolas Janssen   {2011} [CIVIL]






ROYAL CHRISTENING

Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal   {1997} (daughter of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, Prince Royal of Portugal)



May 30, 2013 :: Part II


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, King Amadeo I of Spain + the Indies (1870-1873)   {1845}



Princess Theodora of Greece + Denmark, Margravine of Baden   {1906}



DEATH

King Prajadhipok (Rama VII) of Siam (Thailand(1925-1935)   {1941}



Thursday, May 30, 2013

May 30, 2013 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Archduchess Andrea of Austria, Hereditary Countess of Neipperg   {1953}


Lyla Gilman   {2010} [daughter of Lady Rose Gilman (daughter of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester {1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland})]

Alvaro Gomez-Acebo y Cano   {2011} [son of Bruno Gomez-Acebo y de Borbon (son of Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz {sister of King Juan Carlos I of Spain})]



ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS

Emperor Pedro II of Brazil (1831-1889/1891) & Princess Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies   {1843} [PROXY]


Prince Philippe of Orleans, Prince Royal of France, Count of Paris (Head of the House of Orleans 1848-1894) & Princess Marie Isabelle (Maria Isabel) of Orleans, Infanta of Spain   {1864}


Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, King (as Amadeo I) of Spain + the Indies (1870-1873) & Donna Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Princess della Cisterna, Princess di Belriguardo, Marchesa di Voghera, Countess di Ponderano   {1867}

Ahmed Fuad Pasha [future King Fuad I of Egypt + Sudan (Sultan of Egypt + Sudan 1917-1922; King of Egypt + Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, Kordofan + Darfur 1922-1936)] & Princess Shwikar Khanum   {1895} [CEREMONY #1] [divorced 1898]

Princess Birgitta of Sweden & Prince Johann Georg "Hansi" of Hohenzollern   {1961} [RELIGIOUS] [separated 1990]







Archduchess Maria del Pilar of Austria & Vollrad-Joachim Georg Gunther Rr u.Edler von Poschinger   {1980} [CIVIL]

Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau & Marie Helene "Marilene" van den Broek   {1998} [RELIGIOUS]



























Prince/Shah Karim al-Hussaini, The Aga Khan IV (1957-present) & Princess Gabriele of Leiningen (Begum Inaara Aga Khan)   {1998} [separated 2004; current ongoing divorce proceedings since 2011]


Princess Pekina (Norodom Pekina) of Cambodia & Marc Howard Coumeri   {2002}

Prince Mir Wais (Mirwais Zahir) Khan of Afghanistan & Princess Safya Zaher of Afghanistan   {2009} [CIVIL]

The Hon. Laura Fellowes & Nick Pettman   {2009} 



Wednesday, May 29, 2013

May 29, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Queen Mother Halaevalu Mata’aho of Tonga   {1926}



Archduke Julien of Austria   {1994}

Prince Antonio of Orleans-Braganza   {1997}



ROYAL WEDDINGS

The Prince Edward of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland + Hanover, Duke of Kent + Strathearn, Earl of Dublin & Princess Marie Luise Victoria/Victoire/Viktoria of of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess in Saxony, The [Dowager] Princess of Leiningen   {1818} [CEREMONY #1, Lutheran: in Coburg, Germany]


Princess Azardokht Pahlavi of Iran & Darab Ganji   {1992}

Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau & Marie Helene "Marilene" van den Broek   {1998} [CIVIL]











ROYAL CHRISTENING

Hon. Leopold Windsor   {2010} [son of Lord Nicholas Windsor (son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent {1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland})]



HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Abdulmecid II, Caliph of Islam, Head of the Ottoman Imperial House (1922-1924)   {1868}


Admiral The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay   {1881} (husband of Princess Patricia of Connaught, granddaughter of Queen Victoria)


Emir Jaber III al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah of Kuwait (1977-2006)   {1926}





DEATHS

1814   (Marie Josephe Rose) Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie de Beauharnais, Empress consort of the French (1804-1814), Queen consort of Italy (1805-1814), Duchess of Navarre  


1885   Sultan Abdul Mo’min of Brunei (1852-1885)   

1978   Queen consort Nazli Sabri of Egypt + Sudan (1922-1936), Sultana of Egypt (1919-1922), Queen Mother of Egypt (1936-1950)  


1994   Princess May of Teck (1906-1917) [later Lady May Cambridge (1917-1931); then Lady May Abel Smith (1931-1994)]