October 15, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL WEDDINGS, continued

Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg & Princess Auguste of Saxe-Meiningen   {1862} in Meiningen, Germany

Dona Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil & Prince Louis Philippe Marie Ferdinand Gaston of Orleans, Count d’Eu   {1864} in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Prince Enrico of Bourbon-Parma, Count of Bardi & Infanta Adelgunde/Aldegundes of Portugal   {1876} in Salzburg, Austria

Roberto I, Duke of Parma + Piacenza & Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal   {1884} @ Schloss Fischhorn, Germany

Grand Duke Mikhail Aleksandrovich of Russia & Nataliya Sergeievna Cheremetevskaya   {1911} in Vienna, Austria

Prince Arthur of Connaught + Strathearn & Princess Alexandra of Fife, 2^nd Duchess of Fife, Princess of Great Britain + Ireland   {1913} @ the Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace, London, England, UK

Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin & Princess Elisabeth of Stolberg-Rossla   {1924} in Ludwigslust, Germany

Sultan Ibrahim II of Johor (Malaysia) & Helen Bartholomew   {1930} @ the Prince’s Row Register Office, London, England, UK & the Mosque in Woking, Surrey, England, UK [divorced 1937]

King (Mwami) Mutara III of Rwanda & Nyiramakomali   {1933} in Rwanda [divorced 1941]

Princess Maria Francisca of Orleans-Braganza & Infante Duarte Nuno of Portugal, Duke of Braganza   {1942} [RELIGIOUS] in Petropolis, Brazil

Prince Michael Romanov & Helga Staufenberger   {1958} in Paris, France [divorced 1992]

October 7, 2014 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Queen Saleha of Brunei   {1946}

Harry Lopes   {1977} (UK)

Princess Mary Senate Mohato Seeiso of Lesotho   {2001}

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT

Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma, Prince of Piacenza, Duke of Madrid & Annemarie Gualtherie van Weezel   {2009}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

King Felipe IV of Spain & Maria Anna of Austria   {1649} in Madrid, Spain

Tsar Paul I of Russia (1796-1801) & Duchess Sophie of Wurttemberg (after marriage known as Maria Feodorovna)   {1776} in St. Petersburg, Russia

King Fernando VII of Spain (1819-1833) & Princess Josepha of Saxony   {1819} [PROXY] in Dresden, Germany

Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria & Prince Friedrich August of Saxony [King Friedrich August  II of Saxony]   {1819} [IN PERSON] in Dresden, Germany

Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg & Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin   {1825} in Ludwigslust, Germany

Prince Andrew/Andreas of Greece + Denmark & Princess Victoria Alice of Battenberg   {1903} [RELIGIOUS: LUTHERAN + GREEK ORTHODOX] @ the Evangelical Castle Church & the Russian Chapel on the Mathildenhohe, in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany

April 27, 2013 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Asem Abu Bakar (“Abu Bakr”) bin Al Nayef of Jordan   {1948}

Sheikh Nasir bin Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-‘Ali Al-Sabah of Kuwait   {1948}

Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg   {1967} (son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)

Prince Mahmud Namik Osmanoglu   {1975} (Ottoman Empire/Turkey)

Prince Ja’afar bin Ali of Jordan   {2007}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

The Prince Leopold of Great Britain + Ireland, Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, Baron Arklow & Princess Helena of Waldeck + Pyrmont   {1882}

Grand Duke Constantine/Konstantin Constantinovich/Konstantinovich "KR" of Russia & Princess Elisabeth "Mavra" of Saxe-Altenburg   {1884}

King Zog I of the Albanians & Countess Geraldine Apponyi de Nagy Appony   {1938}

Archduchess Isabella of Austria & Count Andrea Czarnocki-Lucheschi   {1997} [RELIGIOUS]

Princess Mafalda of Savoy-Aosta & Nobile Francesco Napoleone, 10th Baron Lombardo di San Chirico   {1998}

Princess Adelaide of Orleans & Pierre-Louis Dailly   {2002} [CIVIL]

April 14, 2012

Passover until sunset  (Judaism)

Holy + Great Saturday / The Great Sabbath / Joyous Saturday (Eastern/Orthodox Christianity, Coptic Orthodox, Ethiopian Orthodox, Eritrean Orthodox)

New Year Festivals in South + Southeast Asian countries/cultures (India's Assam Valley; Bangladesh; India's West Bengal State; Burma; Punjab region; Cambodia; Laos; India's Kerala state; Nepal; India's Orissa state; Sri Lanka; India's Tamil Nadu state; Thailand; India's Karnataka state)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Marie Aglae of Liechtenstein, Countess Kinsky of Wchinitz + Tettau   {1940} (wife of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)

Prince Jigme Dorji Wangchuck of Bhutan   {1986} (son of King-Father Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan & brother of King Jigme Khesar Namgyal  Wangchuck of Bhutan)

ROYAL CHRISTENINGS

Prince Vincent of Denmark, Count of Monpezat   {2011} [twin] [son of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)] (see below for photos)

Princess Josephine of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat   {2011} [twin] [son of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]