November 13, 2014 :: Part II

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

King Edward III of England, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Ponthieu, Lord of Ireland, King of France   {1312}

Queen consort Elisabeth Ludovika of Prussia, Princess of Bavaria   {1801}

Prince Albert I of Monaco (1889-1922), Duke of Valentinois   {1848}

Tsaritsa consort Giovanna/Ioanna of Bulgaria, Princess of Savoy/Italy   {1907}

IN MEMORIAM

Malcolm III "Canmore/Big Head", King of Scots   {1093}

Foulques/Fulk/Fulco/Foulque V "the Younger", Count of Anjou, King of Jerusalem   {1143/1144}

Erik/Eric VI Mandved/Menved, King of Denmark   {1319}

Constance/Constanza Manuel of Penafiel, Queen consort of Castile, Leon, Galicia + Toledo   {1345}

Marfa Vasilevna Sobakina, Tsaritsa consort of All Russia   {1571}

Princess Marie/Maria Josephine/Giuseppina Louise/Luigia of Savoy, Countess of Provence, Queen consort of the French/France + Navarre   {1810}

Queen consort Friederike Karoline/Caroline of Bavaria, Princess of Baden   {1841}

Prince Franz Joseph/Josef II of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)   {1989}

November 9, 2014 :: Part I

Independence Day in Cambodia {1953}



ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Marie Eleonore of Saxe-Meiningen   {1950}

Queen Sylvia Nagginda of Buganda (Uganda)   {1964}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Simon August, Prince of Lippe-Detmold & Princess Casimire of Anhalt-Dessau   {1769} in Dessau, Germany

King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia (1797-1840) & Countess Auguste of Harrach, Princess of Leignitz {1824} @ Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Germany

Princess Luise Amalie Stephanie of Baden & Gustaf, Prince of Vasa (former Crown Prince of Sweden)   {1830} in Karlsruhe [divorced 1844]

Princess Sophie of Baden & Gunther Friedrich Woldemar, Prince of Lippe-Detmold   {1858} in Karlsruhe, Germany

Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia [Tsar Alexander III of Russia (1881-1894)] & Princess Marie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar of Denmark (after marriage known as Maria/Marie Feodorovna)   {1866} @ the Chapel of the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia

Duke Anton Gunther Friedrich Elimar of Oldenburg & Baroness Natalie Vogel of Friesenhof   {1876} in Vienna, Austria

Grand Duchess Tatiana Constantinova of Russia, Princess Bagration-Moukhransky & Alexander Korochenzov   {1921} in Geneva, Switzerland

King Michael I of Romania & Queen Anne of Romania, Princess of Bourbon-Parma   {1966} [RELIGIOUS: ROMAN CATHOLIC]

November 1, 2014 :: Part I

All Saints Day (Roman Catholic, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Spain, Vatican City, etc.)





ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Duke Philipp of Wurttemberg   {1964}

           

Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky of Georgia   {1976}

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS

Princess Marie Elisabeth Wilhelmine of Baden & Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick   {1802} in Karlsruhe, Germany

Princ Frederik of Denmark [King Frederik VII of Denmark (1848-1863)] & Princess Wilhelmine of Denmark   {1828} in Copenhagen, Denmark [divorced 1837]

Mathilde Laetitia Wilhelmine Bonaparte, Princess Napoleon, Princess Francaise & Anatole Demidoff, Prince di San Donato   {1840} in Florence, Italy [separated 1843]

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Duchess of Oldenburg (1901-1916) & Colonel Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovsky   {1916} in Kiev, Ukraine

Princess Fatma Ulviye Sultan of the Ottoman Empire & Damat Ali Haidar Beyefendi   {1923}

Prince Johann Baptist Mortiz “Hans-Moritz” of Liechtenstein & Princess Clotilde of Thurn + Taxis   {1944} [CIVIL] in Burgweinting, Germany

(former Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Ostergotland 1911-1937) Prince Carl Bernadotte & Ann Margareta Larsson   {1954} in Danderyd, Sweden [divorced 1961]

Jacobo Lopez Fitz-James Stuart y Martinez de Irujo, 23^rd Count of Siruela & Maria Eugenia Fernandez de Castro y Fernandez-Shaw   {1980} @ the Palace of Liria, Madrid, Spain [divorced 1998]

October 31, 2014 :: Part I

Reformation Day (Protestant Christianity, Germany)

Halloween / All Hallows Eve / Samhain (Western Christianity, USA, etc.)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Margaretha of Sweden   {1934}

Prince Pedro Carlos of Orleans-Braganza, Head of the Imperial House of Brazil (disputed)   {1945}

Princess Norberta “Nora” of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg, Dowager Marchioness of Marino   {1950}

Crown Prince Reza Cyrus Pahlavi of Iran   {1960}

Maria de Fatima Simonetta Gomez-Acebo y de Borbon   {1968} (Spain)

Infanta Leonor of Spain   {2005}

Prince Hashem bin Firas of Iraq   {2010}

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS

Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine of Anhalt & Landgrave Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld   {1724} in Hoym, Germany

King Gustaf IV of Sweden (1792-1809) & Princess Friederike of Baden   {1797} in Stockholm, Sweden [divorced 1812]

Richard Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 10^th Duke of Buccleuch + Queensberry & Lady Elizabeth Marian Frances Kerr   {1981} @ Dalkeith House/Palace, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, UK

Prince Henri of Orleans/France, Count of Paris, Count of Clermont, Duke of France & Micaela Cousino y Quinones de Leon  {1984} [CIVIL] in Bordeaux, France

Lady Amanda Knatchbull & Charles Vincent Ellingworth   {1987} in Ashford, Kent, England, UK

King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan & Dorji Wangmo Shabdrung Wangdi   {1988} [PUBLIC CEREMONY; privately married 1979] @ Dechog Lhakhang, the Pungtang Dechen Phodrang Dzong, Punakha, Bhutan (see photo below)

King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan & Tshering Pem Shabdrung   {1988} [PUBLIC CEREMONY; privately married 1979] @ Dechog Lhakhang, the Pungtang Dechen Phodrang Dzong, Punakha, Bhutan

King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan & Tshering Yangdon Shabdrung   {1988} [PUBLIC CEREMONY; privately married 1979] @ Dechog Lhakhang, the Pungtang Dechen Phodrang Dzong, Punakha, Bhutan (see photo above)

King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan & Sangay Choden Shabdrung   {1988} [PUBLIC CEREMONY; privately married 1979] @ Dechog Lhakhang, the Pungtang Dechen Phodrang Dzong, Punakha, Bhutan (see photo above)

Prince Charles/Carlo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria (currently The Duke of Castro) & Camilla Crociani   {1998} @ the Monaco Cathedral, Monaco

October 27, 2014 :: Part III

IN MEMORIAM, continued

Margrave Berthold of Baden, Prince of Baden   {1963} (Greece)

Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammad/Mohammed Al Qassimi, Emir of Ras al-Khaimah (1948-2010)   {2010}