October 31, 2014 :: Part I

October 31, 2014, 5:00 am

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Reformation Day (Protestant Christianity, Germany)

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

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Margarethaof 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]

RichardMontagu-Douglas-Scott, 10^th Duke of Buccleuch + Queensberry & Lady Elizabeth Marian FrancesKerr   {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 AmandaKnatchbull & Charles VincentEllingworth   {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 MonacoCathedral, Monaco

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October 31, 2014 :: Part II

October 31, 2014, 5:30 am

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ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS, continued

Maria Elisabetta/Elizabeth Zellinger de Balkany (Italy) & Olivier Janssens   {2002} in Chene-Bourg, Geneva, Switzerland

Prince Richard of Isenburg & Andrea Zimmermann   {2008} @ the Burgkapelle in Langenselbold, Germany

ROYAL CORONATION

King Letsie III of Lesotho   {1997}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

King Fernando/Ferdinand I “the Gentle/the Handsome/the Inconstant” of Portugal + the Algarve, King of Castile in Galicia   {1345}

King Duarte/Edward I "the Philosopher/the Eloquent" of Portugal + the Algarve, Lord of Ceuta   {1391}

Wladislaw/Vladislav/Vladislovas/Wladislaus III of Varna/Warnenczyk, King of Poland, King (asUlaszlo I) of Hungary, Dalmatia + Croatia, Supreme Prince of Lithuania   {1424}

Charlotte Napoleone, Princess Francaise, Infanta of Spain (1808-1813)   {1802}

King Luiz/Luis/Louis I of Portugal + the Algarves (1861-1889)   {1838}

Queen consort Luise/Louise/Lovisa of Denmark, Princess of Sweden + Norway   {1851}

(former Prince Carl Johan of Sweden, Duke of Dalarna 1916-1951) Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg   {1916}

King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia (1941-1955 as King; 1953-1970 as a ruler in one form or another; 1993-2004 as King)   {1922}

Narriman Sadek/Sadiq (Queen consort of Egypt 1951-1954)   {1933}

October 31, 2014 :: Part III

October 31, 2014, 6:00 am

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IN MEMORIAM

Eleanor/Leonor of England, Queen consort of Castile + Toledo   {1214}

John VIII Palaiologos, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire   {1448}

King Vittorio/Victor Amedeo/Amadeus II of Sicily (1713-1718), King of Sardinia (1718-1730), Duke of Savoy   {1732}

Prince Burhaneddin Cem Efendi of Turkey   {2008}

November 2, 2014 :: Part I

November 8, 2014, 1:38 pm

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El Dia de los Muertos (Mexico, etc.)





ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess MaryamBegum of Afghanistan   {1936}

Queen Sofia of Spain, Princess of Greece+ Denmark   {1938}

Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain   {1965}

BriceGelabele-de Massy   {1987} (Monaco)

Sheikha Aisha bint Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi of Fujairah   {2011}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

(Philippeof France, Duke of Anjou) King Felipe V of Spain(1700-1724; 1724-1746), King of Naples + Sicily& Princess Maria Luisa of Savoy   {1701} [IN PERSON] in Figueras, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

Princess + Landgravine Karoline Luise of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, Princess von Ardeck & Prince Rudolf of Lippe   {1889} in Dresden, Germany

Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, The Aga Khan III (1885-1957)& ShahzadiBegum   {1896} in Pune, India

November 2, 2014 :: Part II

November 8, 2014, 1:53 pm

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ROYAL WEDDINGS, continued

Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia & Princess Barbara of Liechtenstein   {1973} in Paris, France

Princess Irina of Romania & John Wesley Walker   {2007} in Reno, NV, USA (other reported wedding date was November 10, 2007)

ROYAL CHRISTENINGS

Princess Maria-Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies   {2003} @ the Royal Palace of Caserta, Caserta, Italy

Benjamin van Vollenhoven   {2008} @ the Chapel of Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands

IMPERIAL CORONATION

Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia   {1930}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Queen Constance of Sicily, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire, Queen consort of the Romans, Queen consort of Germany   {1154}

Yolande de Bar/d'Anjou, Duchess of Lorraine, Queen of Sicily + Jerusalem   {1428}

Archduchesss Marie Antoinette / Maria Antonia of Austria, Queen consort of France + Navarre   {1755}

The Prince Edward of Great Britain, Ireland + Hanover, Duke of Kent + Strathearn, Earl of Dublin   {1767}

November 2, 2014 :: Part III

November 8, 2014, 2:04 pm

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HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS, continued

Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire (1909-1918)   {1844}

Hayranidil Kadinefendi, Consort of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire   {1846}

Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, The Aga Khan III (1885-1957)   {1877}

IN MEMORIAM

Olybrius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire   {472 AD}

Princess Emma of France, Queen consort of Western Francia   {934}

Matilda of Flanders, Queen consort of England, Duchess of Normandy   {1083}

King Pedro/Peter III/I “el Grande/the Great” of Aragon, Valencia + Sicily, Count of Barcelona   {1285}

King Jaime/James II/I "the Just" of Aragon, Valencia + Sicily, King of Sardinia + Corsica, Count of Barcelona   {1327}

Tirimujgan (Mujgan/Virjin/Candir) Sultan, Consort of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire   {1853}

Prince Mircea of Romania   {1916}

Sheikh Sir Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Hakim of Bahrain (1942-1981)  {1961}

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

Princess Haya bint Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia   {2009}

Prince Ahmed Ibrahim of Egypt   {2011}

November 3, 2014 :: Part I

November 8, 2014, 2:06 pm

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Culture Day in Japan{1948}

Unity Day / Consolidation Day in Russia {November 3-4}

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Phuong Lienof Vietnam   {1938}

David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (UK)   {1961}

Prince Philippe of Orleans   {1998}

Princess Zein bint Al Hamzah of Jordan   {2012}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

(Philippe of France, Duke of Anjou) King Felipe V of Spain(1700-1724; 1724-1746), King of Naples + Sicily& Princess Maria Luisa of Savoy   {1701} [IN PERSON] in Figueras, Spain

Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, Prince Napoleon & Susan May Williams   {1829} in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin& Princess Auguste Reuss   {1849} in Ludwigslust, Germany

Prince Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Prince von Noer (1864-1865)& Mary Esther Lee   {1864} in Paris, France

Prince Maximilian of Schaumburg-Lippe & Duchess Olga of Wurttemberg   {1898} in Stuttgart, Germany

November 3, 2014 :: Part II

November 8, 2014, 2:54 pm

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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}

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November 4, 2014 :: Part I

November 8, 2014, 2:56 pm

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National Unity + Armed Forces Day in Italy{1918-1976}


ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Malika Kamauva (Milika Khammao) of Laos   {1976}

Duchess Eleonore Fleur of Wurttemberg   {1977}

Camillavon Lattorff (Liechtenstein)   {2005} 

ROYAL WEDDINGS

King Richard II of England & Isabelleof France   {1396} in Calais, France

King Duarte I of Portugal + the Algarve & Leonora of Aragon   {1428} in Coimbra, Portugal

Princess Juliana of Liechtenstein& Count Nikolaus of Fugger von Nordendorf   {1636}

Mary II, Queen of England + Scotland & William III, King of England + Scotland, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau, Stattholder of the Netherlands   {1677} @ St. James’s Palace, London, England

King Gustaf/Gustav III of Sweden& Princess Sophie Magdalene/Magdalenaof Denmark   {1766} [IN PERSON] in Stockholm, Sweden

Archduke Franz Karl of Austria& Princess Friederike Sophie of Bavaria   {1824} in Vienna, Austria

Karl Egon III, Prince of Furstenberg & Princess Elisabeth Henriette of Reuss   {1844} in Greiz, Germany

Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria& Princess Margaretha of Saxony   {1856} in Dresden, Germany

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire & HH Saliha Naciye Haseki Kadin Efendi   {1904}

November 4, 2014 :: Part II

November 8, 2014, 3:21 pm

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ROYAL WEDDINGS, continued

Prince Luis Maria of Orleans-Braganza, Prince Imperial of Brazil & Princess Maria di/della Grazia/Grazie of Bourbon-Two Sicilies   {1908} in Cannes, France

King Alexander/Alexandros I of Greece (King of the Hellenes 1917-1920) & Aspasia Manos   {1919} [CIVIL] in Tatoi, Greece (or Athens, Greece)

Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium, Prince of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha [King Leopold III of the Belgians (1934-1951)] & Princess Astrid of Sweden   {1926} [CIVIL] @ the Hall of State, the Royal Palace of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

Princess Maria Teresa/Thereza of Orleans-Braganza & Jan (Johannes) Hessel de Jong   {1995} in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lord Nicholas Windsor & Paola Doimi de Lupis de Frankopan   {2006} [RELIGIOUS] @ the Church of Santo Stefano degli Abissini, Vatican City

PAPAL CORONATION

Pope John XXIII   {1958}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

King Alfonso/Alfons III “el Liberal/the Free” of Aragon + Valencia, Count of Barcelona   {1265}

King Alfonso II of Naples + Jerusalem, Duke of Calabria   {1448}

King Edward V of England   {1470}

King William/Willem III of England, Ireland + Scotland, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau, Stattholder of the Netherlands (Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland + Overijssel), Baron of Breda   {1650}

November 5, 2014 :: Part I

November 8, 2014, 3:28 pm

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ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Archduke Carl/Karl Peter of Austria   {1955}

Prince Kubrat of Bulgaria, Prince of Panagyurishte, Duke of Saxony   {1965}

AlejandroGomez-Acebo y Cano (Spain)   {2004} 

Princess Fatimah Al-Alia bint Al Hashim/Hashemof Jordan   {2011}

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT

Prince Constantinof Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg& Countess Maria Kalnoky de Korospatak   {1998}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

King Magnus II of Sweden+ Norway & Blanche de Namur   {1335}

Archduchess Maria Leopoldina (Marie Leopoldine) of Austria & Emperor Pedro I of Brazil (1822-1834), King Pedro IVof Portugal + the Algarves (Mar.10-Apr.29, 1826)   {1817} [IN PERSON] in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Archduchess Maria Dorothea Amalie of Austria& Prince Louis Philippe of Orleans, Duke of Orleans(Head of the House of Orleans)   {1896} in Vienna, Austria

FriedrichWilhelm II, German Emperor + King of Prussia(1888-1941)& Princess HermineReuss of Greiz, Princess von Schonaich-Carolath   {1922} in Doorn, the Netherlands

Prince Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta, 3^rd Duke of Aosta, Duke of Apulia & Princess Anne of Orleans, Duchess of Guise   {1927} in Naples, Italy

November 5, 2014 :: Part II

November 8, 2014, 3:33 pm

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ROYAL WEDDINGS,continued

Princess Lalla Asma of Morocco & Khalid Bouchentouf   {1986} [NIKAH]

Prince Louis Alphonse (Luis Alfonso) of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou & Maria Margarita Vargas Santaella   {2004} [CIVIL] in Caracas, Venezuela

Princess Stephanie of Auersperg & Rodrigo Prado   {2011} @ Casa Piedra, Chile

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Sultan Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire   {1615}

Princess Fawzia Fuad (Fawzia Shirin) of Egypt + Iran   {1921}

IN MEMORIAM

Elisabeth/Beatrice of Swabia, Queen consort of Castile + Leon   {1235}

King Kazimierz/Casimir III “the Great” of Poland   {1370}

Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Wurttemberg (after marriage known as Tsarina/Empress consort Maria Feodorovna of Russia)   {1828}

(Princess Fatma Kadriye Achba-Anchabadze) Fatma Pesend Hanimefendi, Consort of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire   {1924}

Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria   {1968}

November 6, 2014 :: Part I

November 8, 2014, 3:45 pm

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Green March Day in Morocco

Gustavus Adolphus Day in Sweden

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Maria of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Archduchess of Austria   {1935}

The Infante Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Coimbra   {1949}

Duchess Sophie of Oldenburg   {1972}

Archduchess SaraMaya of Austria   {1977}

Rowan Lascelles (UK)   {1977} 

Prince Nils of Saxony, Duke of Saxony   {1978}

Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweelof Saudi Arabia   {1983}

Prince ‘Abdullah bin Ghazi of Jordan   {2001}

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT

Infante Felipe of Spain, Prince of Asturias & LetiziaOrtiz Rocasolano   {2003}

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS

Marie PaulineBonaparte, Princess Napoleon, Princess Francaise & Don Camillo Borghese, Prince di Sulmona e di Rossano, Duke of Guastalla   {1803} [CIVIL]

Princess Marie of Bismarck & Count Kunoof Rantzau   {1878}

Johann Albrecht, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin& Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach   {1886} in Weimar, Germany

November 6, 2014 :: Part II

November 8, 2014, 4:18 pm

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ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS, continued

Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg (1919-1964) & Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma   {1919} in Luxembourg

Princess Leonida of Bagration-Moukhransky (Georgia) & Sumner Moore Kirby   {1934} in Nice, France [divorced 1937]

The Prince Henry of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland, Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster, Baron Culloden & Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott   {1935} @ the Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace (or Buckingham Palace), London, England, UK

Prince Karl Franz Josef of Prussia & Luise Hartmann   {1946} in Hamburg, Germany [divorced 1959]

Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg, Princess of Bourbon-Parma, Princess of Nassau & Landgrave/Count Knud Johan Ludvig of Holstein-Ledreborg   {1951} @ Schloss Colmar-Berg, Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg

Princess Hajjah Masna of Brunei & ‘Abdu’l Aziz   {1969} in Brunei Town, Brunei

Prince Sergius of Yugoslavia & Sophia de Toledo   {1985} [CIVIL] in Saint-Nom-la-Breteche, Yvelines, France

Prince Konstantin of Schaumburg-Lippe & Petra Maass   {1998} in Bielefeld, Germany

Prince Louis Alphonse (Luis Alfonso) of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou & Maria Margarita Vargas Santaella   {2004} [RELIGIOUS] @ the Church of San Estanislao de Cravovia, Casa De Campo, La Romana, Dominican Republic

Lady Tamara Grosvenor & Edward van Cutsem   {2004} @ Chester Cathedral, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK

ROYAL CHRISTENING

Prince Nikolai of Denmark   {1999} @ the Chapel of Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg, Zealand, Denmark 

ROYAL ACCESSION + PROCLAMATION 

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

November 6, 2014 :: Part III

November 8, 2014, 4:34 pm

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ROYAL CORONATIONS

King Henry VI of England (as King of England)   {1429}

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan   {2008}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Julia Augusta Agrippina “Minor/the Younger”, Empress consort of the Roman Empire   {15 AD}

Queen Juana/Joanna “the Mad” of Castile, Leon, Aragon, Sicily, Valencia, Majorca + Naples, Countess of Barcelona, Roussillon + Cerdagne   {1479}

Sultan Suleiman I “the Magnificent/the Lawgiver” of the Ottoman Empire   {1494}

King Carlos/Charles II “the Bewitched” of Spain, Duke of Milan, Lothier, Brabant, Limburg + Luxembourg, Count of Flanders, Hainaut + Namur, Count Palatine of Burgundy, Archduke of Austria   {1661}

IN MEMORIAM

Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan   {1231}

King Joao/John IV “the Lucky/the Restorer” of Portugal + the Algarve, Duke of Barcellos, Duke of Braganza   {1656}

Emetullah Rabia Gulnus (Evmania Voria) Sultan, Consort of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire   {1715}

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} {Old Style Date}

Princess Charlotte of Wales (Great Britain, Ireland + Hanover), Princess of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha/Saalfeld, Duchess in Saxony   {1817}

King Charles X of France + Navarre   {1836}

Emperor Khai Dinh of Vietnam (1916-1925)   {1925} 

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November 7, 2014 :: Part I

November 8, 2014, 4:38 pm

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ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince ShahinPahlavi of Iran   {1959}

Sheikh Dr. Ahmed bin Saif Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi   {1963}

Sheikh Falah bin Zayed bin Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi   {1970}

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT

Hereditary Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg & Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista   {1980} [Legal Consent from Government: Nov. 7, 1980; Engagement Announcement: Nov. 10, 1980]

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Parma& Prince Maximilian of Saxony   {1825} [IN PERSON] in Dresden, Germany

Archduchess Maria Theresia Beatrice of Austria & Henri, Count of Chambord, Duke of Bordeaux(King Henri V of France Aug. 2-18, 1830)   {1846} [PROXY] in Modena, Italy

Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy-Carignano [King Vittorio Emanuele II of Sardinia (1849-1861), King of Italy(1861-1878)] & Rosa Teresa Vercellana   {1869} in Rome, Italy

Prince Nicholas of Romania, Prince of Hohenzollern& JoannaDumitrescu-Doletti   {1931} in Tohani, Romania

King Muhammad Zahir Shah of Afghanistan(1933-2007)& Humaira Begum   {1931} [ZIFAF] @ Qawmi Bagh, Kabul, Afghanistan

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

November 7, 2014 :: Part II

November 8, 2014, 4:41 pm

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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}

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ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Elena of Hesse   {1967}

Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windor (Princess Louise of Wessex)   {2003}

Archduchess Katharinaof Austria   {2010}

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Tsar Peter I of Russia (co-Tsar of Russia 1682-1696; Tsar of Russia 1696-1725)& Martha Samuilovna Skavronskaya (Empress Catherine I of Russia 1725-1727)   {1707} [PRIVATE MARRIAGE CEREMONY]

Duchess Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp/Oldenburg & Prince Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst   {1727} in Vechelde, Germany

Duchess Anne of Holstein-Gottorp/Oldenburg & Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Gotha   {1742} in Hamburg, Germany

King Christian VII of Denmark+ Norway(1766-1808)& Princess Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, Ireland+ Hanover   {1766} in Christiansborg, Denmark[divorced 1772]

King Nikola I of Montenegro (The Prince of Montenegro 1860-1910; King of Montenegro 1910-1918) & MilenaVukotic   {1860} in Cetinje, Montenegro

Infante Miguel of Portugal, Duke of Braganza & Princess Marie Therese of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg   {1893} in Kleinheubach, Germany

Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria, Prince of Tuscany, Head of the House of Austria-Tuscany & Princess Maria-Cristinaof Bourbon-Two Sicilies   {1900} in Cannes, France

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ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS, continued

Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr. & Bessie Wallis Warfield   {1916} in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Princess Anastasia of Prussia, Princess of Hohenzollern & Prince Alois/Aloys-Konstantin of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg {1965} [RELIGIOUS: Roman Catholic] in Erbach, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Princess Marie-Therese of Croy & Peter Gumprecht   {2008} @ Vienna, Austria

Prince Nils of Saxony & Jedida Taborek   {2008} @ Moritzburg, Germany

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Nerva, Emperor of the Roman Empire   {30 AD}

Queen consort Elisabeth of Prussia, Electress consort of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel-Bevern   {1715}

King Prajadhipok (Rama VII) of Siam (Thailand) (1925-1935)   {1893}

Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse   {1906} (Greece)

Emanuela de Dampierre, Duchess consort of Segovia, Duchess consort of Anjou (Spain/France - Bourbon)   {1913}

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IN MEMORIAM

King Louis VIII “the Lion” of France + England   {1226}

Queen Berenguela/Berengaria I of Castile, Queen consort of Leon   {1246}

King Francis/Francesco I of the Two Sicilies   {1830}

Maria Vittoria del Pozzo, Princess della Cisterna, Princess of Savoy, Duchess consort of Aosta, Queen consort of Spain + the Indies (1870-1873)   {1876}

King Mohammed Nadir Shah of Afghanistan (1929-1933)   {1933}