July 6, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Sheikh Sultan III bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah   {1939}

Princess Mafalda of Hesse   {1965}

Nicolas Guillermo   {1979} (1st cousin of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands)

Prince Dasho Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck of Bhutan, Crown Prince of Bhutan   {1984} {other birthdate reported as July 16, 1984}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Prince Franz Joseph I of Liechtenstein (1772-1781) & Countess Marie Leopoldine of Sternberg   {1750}

The Prince George, Duke of York [King George V of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland & the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India (1910-1936)] & Princess Victoria Mary "May" of Teck   {1893}

(former Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Ostergotland 1911-1937) Carl, Prince Bernadotte & Countess Elsa von Rosen   {1937} [divorced 1951]

Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau & Annette Sekreve   {2000} [CIVIL]

Princess Desiree of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach & Count Florian of Hoensbroech   {2000} [CIVIL]

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (1825-1855), Emperor + Autocrat of All the Russias   {1796}

Emperor Ferdinand Maximilian/Maximiliano I of Mexico, Archduke of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary + Bohemia, Prince of Lorraine, Count of Habsburg   {1832}

The Princess Victoria "Toria" of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland   {1868}

DEATH

1963   Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg   {1963}