October 24, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL WEDDINGS, continued

Infanta Blanca/Blanche of Spain, Princess of Bourbon & Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Prince of Tuscany   {1889} in Frohsdorf, Austria

Crown Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Italy [King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy (1900-1946)] [Emperor of Ethiopia (1936-1943), King of Albania (1939-1943)] & Princess Elena/Jelena Petrovic-Njegos of Montenegro   {1896} in Rome, Italy

Friedrich August, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1900-1918) & Duchess Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin   {1896} in Schwerin, Germany

Archduchess Helena/Helene of Austria, Princess of Tuscany & Duke Philipp of Wurttemberg   {1923} in Altshausen, Germany

(later Colonel Sir) Henry Abel Smith & Princess May of Teck (1906-1917) [later Lady May Cambridge (1917-1931); then Lady May Abel Smith (1931-1994)]   {1931} @ St. Mary’s Church, Sussex, England, UK

Prince Johannes of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha & Baroness Marie-Gabrielle von Furstenberg   {1957} in Munich, Germany [divorced 1968]

Countess Ladislaja von Meran & Prince Karl Albrecht of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst   {1965} [CIVIL] in Seewiesen

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} 

May 29, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Queen Mother Halaevalu Mata’aho of Tonga   {1926}

Archduke Julien of Austria   {1994}

Prince Antonio of Orleans-Braganza   {1997}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

The Prince Edward of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland + Hanover, Duke of Kent + Strathearn, Earl of Dublin & Princess Marie Luise Victoria/Victoire/Viktoria of of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess in Saxony, The [Dowager] Princess of Leiningen   {1818} [CEREMONY #1, Lutheran: in Coburg, Germany]

Princess Azardokht Pahlavi of Iran & Darab Ganji   {1992}

Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau & Marie Helene "Marilene" van den Broek   {1998} [CIVIL]

ROYAL CHRISTENING

Hon. Leopold Windsor   {2010} [son of Lord Nicholas Windsor (son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent {1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland})]

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Abdulmecid II, Caliph of Islam, Head of the Ottoman Imperial House (1922-1924)   {1868}

Admiral The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay   {1881} (husband of Princess Patricia of Connaught, granddaughter of Queen Victoria)

Emir Jaber III al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah of Kuwait (1977-2006)   {1926}

DEATHS

1814   (Marie Josephe Rose) Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie de Beauharnais, Empress consort of the French (1804-1814), Queen consort of Italy (1805-1814), Duchess of Navarre  

1885   Sultan Abdul Mo’min of Brunei (1852-1885)   

1978   Queen consort Nazli Sabri of Egypt + Sudan (1922-1936), Sultana of Egypt (1919-1922), Queen Mother of Egypt (1936-1950)  

1994   Princess May of Teck (1906-1917) [later Lady May Cambridge (1917-1931); then Lady May Abel Smith (1931-1994)]