May 2, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Mustapha Zahir Khan of Afghanistan   {1964}

Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg   {1975} [daughter of Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]

Prince Leopold of Nassau   {2000} [TWIN] [son of Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & brother of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg)]

Princess Charlotte of Nassau   {2000} [TWIN] [daughter of Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & brother of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg)] 

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke of Saxony (future King Leopold I of the Belgians 1831-1865) & Princess Charlotte of Wales   {1816}

Archduke Carl/Karl Peter of Austria & Princess Alexandra von Wrede   {1998} [RELIGIOUS]

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi & Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai   {2005}

                     

Prince Jean of Orleans, Duke of Vendome, Dauphin of France & Philomena de Tornos y Steinhart    {2009} [RELIGIOUS]

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste "Figchen" of Anhalt-Zerbst (future Empress Catherine II of Russia, Empress +Autocrat of All the Russias 1762-1796, Empress consort of All the Russias 1761-1762)   {1729} {May 2 is the New Style date; Old Style date is April 21, 1729}

King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck of Bhutan (1952-1972)   {1929}

King Faisal II of Iraq (1939-1958)   {1935}

King Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso) of Lesotho (Paramount Chief of Lesotho 1960-1966; King of Lesotho 1966-1990 & 1995-1996)   {1938}