July 13, 2013

Independence Day / Statehood Day in Montenegro {1878}

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Maria del Carmen of Bourbon-Two Sicilies   {1924}

Princess Soamsawali of Thailand, Princess Mother of the King’s First Grandchild   {1957}

Diane de Guerre   {1962} [wife of Prince Jean of Luxembourg (brother of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg & son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg)]

Princess Maria of Romania   {1964}

Prince Jean of Nassau   {2004}

                            (he is the youngest child pictured here at far right, next to his sister, wearing a blue tie)

Archduchess Helene of Austria   {2009}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Grand Duke Nicholas Pavlovich of Russia [Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (1825-1855), King of Poland, Grand Duke of Finland] & Princess Frederica Louise Charlotte of Prussia (after marriage known as Alexandra Feodorovna)   {1817}

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaievna of Russia & Crown Prince Karl of Wurttemberg [King Karl I of Wurttemberg 1864-1891]   {1846}

Prince Nicholas of Romania, Prince of Hohenzollern & Thereza Lisboa Figueria de Mello   {1967}

Archduke Simeon of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary, Croatia + Bohemia & Princess Maria of Bourbon-Two Sicilies   {1996}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Queen consort Friederike Caroline/Karoline of Bavaria, Duchess of Zweibrucken (1797-1803), Electress of Bavaria (1799-1805), Princess of Baden   {1776}

Princess Frederica Louise Charlotte of Prussia, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, Empress consort of All the Russias (1825-1855), Empress Dowager of Russia (1855-1860)   {1798}

Grand Duchess consort Maria Anna (Marie Anne / Maria Ana) of Luxembourg, Infanta of Portugal   {1861}

Princess Louise of Battenberg (1889-1917), Lady Louise Mountbatten (1917-1923), Crown Princess of Sweden + Duchess of Scania (1923-1950), Queen consort of Sweden (1950-1965)   {1889}