April 9, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Nobuko, Princess Tomohito of Mikasa   {1955} (1st cousin-in-law of Emperor Akihito of Japan)

Prince Faisal bin Turki bin Nasser Al Saud of Saudi Arabia   {1973} [son of Prince Turki bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia (half-brother of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia]

Crown Princess Sarah of Brunei   {1987} [wife of Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah of Brunei (son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei)]

Princess Luise of Lippe   {2001} [daughter of Stephan, Hereditary Prince of Lippe (son of Armin, Prince of Lippe, disputed Head of the House of Lippe)]

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Queen Maria II of Portugal + the Algarves (1826-1828; 1834-1853) & Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha, Duke in Saxony (King consort of Portugal, as Fernando II 1837-1853)   {1836}

Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia & Antonia (Antonina) Rafailovna Nesterovskya   {1917}

Princess Jolanda/Yolanda/Iolanda of Savoy & Giorgio Carlo Calvi, Count of Bergolo   {1923}

Hereditary Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, Hereditary Prince of Nassau, Prince of Bourbon-Parma (future Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg 1921-2000) & Princess Josephine Charlotte of Belgium   {1953}

The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales + Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince + Great Steward of Scotland & Camilla (Shand) Parker Bowles   {2005}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

King Leopold II of the Belgians   {1835}

King Mohammed Nadir Shah of Afghanistan (1929-1933)   {1883}

Queen consort Sisowath Kossamak of Cambodia   {1904}

DEATHS

1806   Willem V, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Prince of Orange (1751-1806), Prince of Orange-Nassau (1751-1806), Baron of Breda (1751-1795), Stadtholder of the Netherlands {General Stadtholder of the United Provinces} (1751-1795)

1904   Queen Isabel/Isabella II of Spain (1833-1868/1870)   

1914   Empress consort/dowager (Masako) Shoken of Japan   

1961   King Zog I {Skanderberg III} of the Albanians (1928-1939)