November 17, 2014 :: Part III

IN MEMORIAM

Flavius Valentinianus/Valentinian I "the Great", Emperor of the Roman Empire   {375 AD}

Leo II, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire   {474}

Emperor Jomei of Japan   {641}

Queen Mary I “Bloody Mary” of England + Ireland, Queen consort of Spain + Sicily, Queen consort of Naples, Princess of Sicily, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Milan, Burgundy + Brabant, Countess of Habsburg, Flanders + Tyrol   {1558}

Antoine, Duke of Vendome, King consort of Navarre   {1562}

King Johan/John/Juhana III of Sweden, Duke + Grand Prince of Finland   {1592}

Princess Sophie Auguste Friederike of Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg, Empress consort Yekaterina Alexeevna of All the Russias (1761-1762), Empress + Autocrat Catherine II “the Great” of All the Russias (1762-1796)   {1796} {New Style Date}

Queen consort Charlotte of Great Britain, Ireland + Hanover, Duchess consort of Brunswick, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz   {1818}

Alexander I, The Prince of Bulgaria (1879-1886), Prince of Battenberg   {1893}

November 15, 2014 :: Part III

IN MEMORIAM

Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus/Justinian Augustus I “the Great”, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire   {565}

Queen consort Maria II "the Educator/the Good Mother" of Portugal + the Algarves (1826-1828; 1834-1853)   {1853}

King Frederik VII of Denmark (1848-1863)   {1863}

Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria   {1888}

Princess Stana (Anastasia) Petrovic-Njegos of Montenegro, Princess Romanovsky (1889-1906), Duchess of Leuchtenberg (1889-1906), Grand Duchess of Russia (1907-1935)   {1935}

Princess Sylvia of Bentheim + Steinfurt, Countess von Puckler   {2013}

November 11, 2014 :: Part III

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Henry/Heinrich IV, King of the Germans, Holy Roman Emperor, King of the Romans, King of Italy, King of Burgundy   {1050}

Sancho I Martino “the Populator”, King of Portugal + the Algarve   {1154}

King Alfonso VIII "the Noble" of Castile + Toledo   {1155}

Charlotte of Savoy, Queen consort of France   {1441}

King Carlos/Charles IV of Spain (1788-1819)   {1748}

King Vittorio/Victor Emanuele/Emmanuel III of Italy (1900-1946), Emperor of Ethiopia (1936-1943), King of the Albanians (1939-1943)   {1869}

King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1950-1973)   {1882}

IN MEMORIAM

Constantine VIII, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire   {1028}

Charles IV, Duke of Maine + Anjou, King of Naples + Jerusalem   {1481}

King Pedro/Peter V "the Hopeful" of Portugal + the Algarves (1853-1861)   {1861}

November 10, 2014 :: Part III

IN MEMORIAM

Emperor Junnin of Japan   {765}

Theophano Martiniake, Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire   {893}

Adelaide/Aelis of Paris, Queen consort of the West Franks/Western Francia   {901}

King Wladislaw/Wladyslaw/Ulaszlo/Vladislav V/III of Poland + Hungary   {1444}

Ibrahim Pasha, Khedive of Egypt + Sudan (Mar.2-Nov.10, 1848), Wali of Egypt, Sudan, Palestine, Syria, Hejaz, Morea, Thasos + Crete   {1848}

Count Pierre de Polignac, Duke of Valentinois, Prince of Monaco   {1964}

Duchess Elena of Leuchtenberg   {2013}

November 9, 2014 :: Part II

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Isabella of Valois/France, Queen consort of England, Lady of Ireland   {1389}

Eugenie Bernhardine Desiree (Bernhardine Eugenie Desiree) Clary, Queen consort Desideria of Sweden + Norway   {1777}

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland + the British Dominions, Emperor of India, Prince of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha   {1841}

Louis Ferdinand, The Prince of Prussia (1951-1994), Head of the House of Hohenzollern   {1907}

IN MEMORIAM

Constantine VII “the Purple-born”, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire   {959}

Sancha of Castile, Queen consort of Aragon   {1208}

King Federigo/Frederick IV of Naples, Prince of Squillache + Altamura   {1504}

Verdicenan Kadinefendi (Princess Saliha Achba-Anchabadze), Consort of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire   {1889}

King Abdulaziz “Ibn Saud” of Saudi Arabia (1932-1953), King of Nejd + Hejaz (1926-1932)   {1953} 

November 7, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL WEDDINGS, continued

Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (Japan) & Nobuko Aso   {1980} 

Prince + Duke Charles-Louis of Arenberg & Fiammetta de’ Frescobaldi Franceschi Marini   {1988} [CIVIL] in Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Prince Michael Romanovsky-Ilyinsky & Paula Maier   {1989} in Cincinatti, OH, USA [divorced 1996]

ROYAL CORONATION

King Gyanendra of Nepal (1st accession)   {1950} [deposed Jan. 8, 1951; 2^nd accession June 4, 2001]

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Constans/Constantine II "the Bearded", Emperor of the Byzantine Empire   {630}

Queen consort Aishwarya of Nepal (1972-2001)   {1949}

IN MEMORIAM

Queen consort Ingrid of Denmark, Princess of Sweden   {2000}

Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Humaid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah   {2010}

November 3, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS, continued

Crown Prince Oscar Frederik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf of Sweden [King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1950-1973)] & Lady Louise Mountbatten (Princess Louise of Battenberg 1889-1917)   {1923} @ the Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace, London, England, UK

Lady Joanna Knatchbull & Baron Hubert Pernot du/de Breuil   {1984} in Ashford, Kent, England, UK [divorced 1995]

Countess Lavinia of Waldburg zu Wolfegg + Waldsee & Count Jacques de Lalaing   {2007} 

ROYAL CHRISTENING

Prince Giorgi Bagration-Bagrationi   {2013} @ Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Mtskheta, Georgia

ROYAL ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Emir of Abu Dhabi   {2004}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Sultan Osman/Othman II of the Ottoman Empire   {1604}

Emperor (Mutsuhito) Meiji “the Great” of Japan (1867-1912)   {1852}

King Leopold III of the Belgians (1934-1951)   {1901}

IN MEMORIAM

Constantius II, Emperor of the Roman Empire   {361}

John III Doukas/Dukas/Ducas Vatatzes, Emperor of Nicaea/Byzantine Empire   {1254}

Joan/Joanna of France/Valois, Queen consort of Navarre   {1373}

Princess Nobuko Asaka of Japan, Princess Fumi   {1933}

King Peter II of Yugoslavia (1934-1945)   {1970}

Princess Ameera bint Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia   {2009}