November 16, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL WEDDINGS, continued

King Muhammad Zahir Shah of Afghanistan (1933-2007) & Humaira Begum   {1930} [NIKAH]

Princess Marie/Maria Eleonore/Eleanora of Albania, Princess of Wied & Prince Alfred von Schonburg-Waldenburg   {1937} in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Princess Maria Luisa (Marie Louise) of Bulgaria, Princess of Kohary & Bronislaw Tomasz Andrzej Chrobok   {1969}

Prince Eugen of Bavaria & Countess Helene von Khevenhuller-Metsch   {1970} [CIVIL] in Munich, Germany

Prince Wolfgang of Bavaria & Countess Beatrice of Lodron-Laterano + Castelromano   {1990} [CIVIL] in Starnberg, Germany

HISTORICAL IMPERIAL BIRTHDAY

Tiberius, Emperor of the Roman Empire   {42 BC}

November 15, 2014 :: Part I

Day of the German-speaking Community of Belgium

King’s Feast in Belgium (Koningsdag / Fete du Roi)





ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Michael of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Head of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach   {1946}

Princess Elena of Romania   {1950}

Peter Phillips (UK)   {1977} 



ROYAL WEDDINGS

King Pedro IV “el Ceremonioso” of Aragon, Duke of Athens + Neopatrai & Leonor of Portugal   {1347} in Barcelona, Spain

Felipe II, King of Spain & Maria of Portugal   {1543} in Almeria, Spain

Viktor Friedrich, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg & Princess Luise of Anhalt-Dessau   {1724} in Dessau, Germany

Prince Aloys I of Liechtenstein (1781-1805) & Countess Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim   {1783} in Feldsberg (now known as Valtice, Czech Republic)

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909) & Bedrifelek Kadin Efendi   {1868}

Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen [Prince of Romania (1866-1881), Crown Prince of Romania, King Carol I of Romania (1881-1914)] & Princess Pauline Elisabeth of Wied   {1869} in Neuwied, Germany

Archduke Joseph-August of Austria, Prince of Hungary + Bohemia & Princess Augusta/Auguste of Bavaria   {1893} in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Prince of George of Battenberg (1892-1917) [Captain Sir George Mountbatten, 2^nd Marquess of Milford Haven (1921-1938), Earl of Medina (1917-1921)], Viscount Alderney & Countess Nadejda "Nada" Mikhailovna de Torby   {1916} in London, England, UK

November 13, 2014 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia   {1943}

Sheikh Hamdan “Fazza” bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai   {1982}

Prince Sirisakti Rangsiri (Sirisack Rangsi) of Laos   {1987}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin & Duchess Gustave Karoline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz   {1714} in Gustrow, Germany

Maud Duff, Princess of Great Britain + Ireland & Sir Charles Carnegie, 11^th Earl of Southesk   {1923} @ the Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks, London, England, UK

Friedrich, Hereditary Duke of Wurttemberg & Princess Wilhelmine Marie of Wied   {1993} [RELIGIOUS] @ Altshausen Castle, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

PRINCELY ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY

Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein   {1989}

November 11, 2014 :: Part II

ROYAL WEDDINGS, continued

Empress Anna of Russia (1730-1740), Duchess of Courland (1711-1730) & Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Courland   {1710} in St. Petersburg, Russia

Prince Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Prince Francais & Justine Eleonore Ruffin   {1871} [CEREMONY #3] in Brussels, Belgium

King George (Siaosi) Tupou II of Tonga (1893-1918) & ‘Anaseini Takipo Afuha’amango   {1909}

Prince Anton Philipp of Croy & Princess Clementine von Ratibor + Corvey, of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst   {1940} in Rauden/Rudno (before 1945 in Germany; now in Poland) [divorced 1948]

Prince Veit/Guy of Bourbon-Parma & Brigitte Peu-Duvallon   {1964} [RELIGIOUS] in Cannes,France [divorced 1981]

Heinrich, Prince of Furstenberg & Princess Maximiliane of Windisch-Gratz   {1976} [RELIGIOUS] in Sant’Angelo d’Alife, Caserta, Campania, Italy

Friedrich, Hereditary Duke of Wurttemberg & Princess Wilhelmine Marie of Wied   {1993} [CIVIL] @ Altshausen Castle, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Princess Iris of Saxony & Wolfgang Siegfried Dohring   {1996} in Sonsbeck, Germany

Archduke Sigismund of Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany & Lady Elyssa Edmonstone   {1999}

Princess Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck of Bhutan & Dasho Palden Yoeser Thinley   {2008} @ the Dechenchholing Palace, Gonpa, Bhutan

October 29, 2014 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg   {1934} (Denmark)

Sheikha Bibi bint Mansur Al-Sabah of Kuwait   {1974}

Archduke Johannes of Austria   {1997}

Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece + Denmark   {1998}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

King Jaime II of Aragon & Blanche of Naples   {1295} in Villabertran

King Christian III of Denmark + Norway & Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg   {1525} in Lauenburg

Viktor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym & Princess Amalie of Nassau-Weilburg   {1793} in Weilburg, Germany

Emperor Franz II of Austria & Princess Caroline Auguste of Bavaria   {1816} [PROXY] in Munich, Germany

Princess Marie Franziska of Liechtenstein & Count Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg   {1860} in Vienna, Austria

Princess Pauline Olga Helene Emma of Wurttemberg & Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Otto Karl of Wied   {1898} in Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Archduchess Maria-Immakulata/Immaculata of Austria, Princess of Tuscany & Robert, Duke of Wurttemberg   {1900} in Vienna, Austria

May 21, 2013

Independence Day in Montenegro  {2006}

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Muhammad Nadir Khan of Afghanistan   {1941}

Duke Nikolaus of Oldenburg   {1955}

Princess Samia of Tunisia   {1980}

Leopoldo Moncada   {2001} [son of Princess Marie Esmeralda of Belgium (half-sister of King Albert II of the Belgians)]

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Prince Feodor Alexandrovich of Russia & Princess Irina Pavlovna Paley   {1923} [divorced 1936]

Princess Kazuko of Japan, Princess Taka (1929-1950) & Toshimichi Takatsukasa   {1950}

Princess Elisabeth of Yugoslavia & Howard Oxenberg   {1960} [divorced 1966]

Princess Marie Eleonore of Saxe-Meiningen & Peter Eric Rosden   {1982} [RELIGIOUS]

Hereditary Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha, Duke of Saxony & Kelly Rondestvedt   {2009} [CIVIL]

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Stephanie of Belgium (1864-1881), Princess of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha, Duchess in Saxony, Crown Princess of Austria, Hungary + Bohemia (1881-1889), Archduchess of Austria, Dowager Crown Princess of Austria, Hungary + Bohemia (1889-1900), Countess Lonyai (1900-1917), Princess Lonyai of Nagy-Lonya (1917-1945)   {1864}

Sophie, The Princess consort/Queen of Albania {Feb.6, 1914-Sep.5, 1914/Jan.31, 1925}, Princess of Wied, Princess of Schonburg-Waldenburg   {1885}

May 19, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Lalla Lillia of Tunisia   {1943}

Henry Lascelles   {1953} (1st cousin-once-removed of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)

Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Princess Galitzine   {1954} (1st cousin of Archduke Karl of Austria, Head of the Imperial House of Habsburg)

Prince Jean of Orleans, Duke of Vendome, Dauphin of France   {1965} (son of Prince Henri of Orleans, Count of Paris, Duke of France)

Prince Alexander of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg   {1972} [son of Prince Philipp Erasmus of Liechtenstein (son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]

Princess Shirin bint Mir’ed of Iraq   {1993}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Prince Wittekind of Waldeck + Pyrmont & Countess Cecilie of Goess-Saurau   {1988} [RELIGIOUS]

Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands & Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst   {2001} [RELIGIOUS]

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Queen consort Sophia Charlotte of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland, Queen consort of Hanover, Duchess consort of Brunswick, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz   {1744}

Hereditary Prince Karl Viktor (Carl Victor) of Albania, Prince of Wied   {1913}