Tuesday, June 14, 2011

June 10

June 10

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, Baron Greenwich   {1921} (born Prince Philip of Greece & Denmark) (husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland)

Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia   {1976}

Prince Hashim bin Al Hussein of Jordan   {1981} (half-brother of King Abdullah II of Jordan)

Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of Halsingland & Gastrikland   {1982} (daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden)


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

King Michael of Romania & Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma   {1948} [Eastern Orthodox]

Princess Margrethe of Denmark, Heiress Presumptive & Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat   {1967}






Princess Norberta "Nora" of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg & Vicente Sartorius y Cabeza de Vaca, 4th Marquess de Marino   {1988} [civil]

Prince Abdullah bin Al Hussein of Jordan & Rania Al-Yassin   {1993}






HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1539   Council of Trent:  Pope Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
2001   Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1825   Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Teschen (d.1864)

1894   Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia (d.1918)



DEATHS

323 BC   King Alexander III "the Great" of Macedon(ia), Hegemon of the Hellenic League, Shahanshah of Persia, Pharaoh of Egypt, Lord of Asia

1075   Ernest, Margrave of Austria
1190   Frederick I Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor, King of the Romans, King of Germany, King of Italy, King of Burgundy

1424   Ernst "the Iron", Duke of Inner Austria
1776   King Hsinbyushin of Burma
1974   Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster, Baron Culloden

2001   Princess Leila Pahlavi of Iran

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