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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Catching up....

Sorry if there's anyone still out there reading this blog, I've gotten a tad behind on my "daily" posts.  But I have a perfectly good reason, I'm getting married this Satruday & I've had tons to do....  But right now I can't stand letting this go any longer, here are some of the birthdays, etc. that have taken place lately...  No photos, for now.

July 26

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Crown Princess Yasmine Pahlavi of Iran   {1968}(wife of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi of Iran)
Princess Rashidah of Brunei   {1969} (daughter of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei)


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia & Princess Milica (Militza) Petrovic-Njegos of Montenegro   {1889}


ROYAL CHRISTENING

Prince Henrik of Denmark, Count of Monpezat   {2009} [son of Prince Joachim of Denmark (son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]



July 25

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS


Lord Nicholas Windsor   {1970} [son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)]

Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece + Denmark   {1996} [daughter of Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece (son of King Constantine II of Greece)]



July 24

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Konstantin Johannsmann   {2010} [son of Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (niece of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]



July 23

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Princess Georgina of Liechtenstein   {2005} [daughter of Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein (son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

The Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom & Prince Heinrich (Henry) of Battenburg   {1885}

The Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom & Sarah Ferguson   {1986} (upon his marriage Prince Andrew was given the titles Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killyleagh)


ACCESSION ANNIVERSARIES

Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said of Oman   {1970}

King Mohammed VI of Morocco   {1999}


DEATH ANNIVERSARY

King Hassan II of Morocco   {1999}



July 22

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Johan Martin Ferner   {1927} [husband of Princess Ragnhild of Norway (sister of King Harald V of Norway)]

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emir of Dubai   {1949}

Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice + Piedmont   {1972} (son of Crown Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Italy, Prince of Naples)

Count Constantin(e) of Nassau   {1988} [son of Prince Jean of Luxembourg (son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & brother of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg)]

Prince Felix of Denmark, Count of Monpezat   {2002} [son of Prince Joachim of Denmark (son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Prince Carl of Denmark + Iceland & Princess Maud of Wales   {1896} (Prince Carl was elected King "Haakon VII" of Norway in 1905)

Prince Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Aosta & Princess Claude of Orleans   {1964} (separated July 20, 1976; civil divorce April 26, 1982; ecclesiastical annulment January 8, 1987)



July 21

Belgium's National Day



July 20

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway   {1973} (son of King Harald V of Norway)

Princess Alexandra of Hanover   {1999} [daughter of Princess Caroline of Hanover, Hereditary Princess of Monaco (sister of Prince Albert II of Monaco)]


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Princess Elena of Romania & Dr. Leslie Robin Medforth-Mills   {1983} [civil] (divorced Nov.28, 1991; he died Feb.2, 2002)


DEATH ANNIVERSARIES

King Ferdinand of Romania   {1927}

King Abdullah I of Jordan   {1951}



July 19

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Lady Rose Windsor & George Gilman   {2008}



July 18

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Lady Helen Windsor & Timothy Taylor   {1992}

Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein & Countess Maria Kalnoky de Korospatak   {1999} [religious]


ROYAL CHRISTENING

Prince Umberto of Savoy-Aosta, Prince of Piedmont   {2009} [son of Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Apulia (son of Prince Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Aosta, Duke of Savoy)]

Sunday, July 17, 2011

July 17

July 17

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS


Crown Prince Alexander II of Yugoslavia/Serbia   {1945}


The Duchess of Cornwall (Camilla), Princess of Wales, Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Chester, Countess of Carrick, Lady Renfrew, Lady of the Isles, Princess of Scotland   {1947} [wife of Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (son of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)]


King Letsie III of Lesotho   {1963}


Felipe Juan Froilan de Marichalar y de Borbon, Grandee of Spain   {1998} [son of Infanta Elena of Spain, Duchess of Lugo (daughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]






HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1203   The Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault.  The Byzantine Emperor Alexius III Angelus flees from his capital into exile.

1402   Zhu Di, better known as his era name as the Yongle Emperor, assumes the thronw of the Ming Dynasty of China.


1717   King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where Georg(e) Frideric/Friedrich Handel's Water Music is premiered.


1762   Catherine II "the Great" becomes Empress [regnant] + Autocrat of all the Russias upon the murder of Tsar Peter III of Russia.

1917   King George V of the United Kingdom issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British royal family will bear the surname Windsor.


1918   On the orders of the Bolshevik Party carried out by Cheka, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are murdered at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Russia.


1973   King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan while in Italy undergoing eye surgery.

1981   The opening of the Humber Brige by HM Queen Elizabeth II near Kingston-upon-Hull, England.



HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1487   Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d.1524)

1831   Xianfeng, Emperor of China (d.1861)



DEATHS

924   King Edward "the Elder" of England
1070   Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders, Count of Hainaut
1762 (new style July 17)  Tsar Peter III of Russia

1918   Tsar Nicholas II of Russia


1918   Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia

1918   Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia

1918   Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia

1918   Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia

1918   Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia

1918   Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia

2004   Crown Princess Susan of Albania (aka Queen consort of the Albanians)

July 16

July 16

Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Roman Catholic)



ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Maria of Liechtenstein, Countess Kalnoky de Korospatak   {1975} [wife of Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein (son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]


Sheikha Sheema bint Nasser Al Khalifa of Bahrain   {2010} [daughter of Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain (son of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain)]



HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1054   Three Roman legates break relations between Eastern and Western Christian Churches through the act of placing an invalidly-issued Papal Bull of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy, frequently described as the start of the East-West Schism.


1212   Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa:  after Pope Innocent III calls European knights to a crusade, forces of King Alfonso VIII of Castile, King Sancho VII of Navarre, King Pedro II of Aragon, & King Afonso II of Portugal defest those of the Berber Muslim leader, Almohad, thus marking a significant turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain.


1377   Coronation of King Richard II of England.


1909   Persian Constitutional Revolution:  Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by  his son, Ahmad Shah Qajar.

1931   Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.

1951   King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTH

1611   Queen consort Cecylia Renata of Poland, Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania, Archduchess (as Cecilia Renata) of Austria (d.1644)



DEATH

1216   Pope Innocent III
1324   Emperor Go-Uda of Japan

1342   King Charles I of Hungary + Croatia (aka Charles Robert or Caroberto)
1557   Duchess Anne of Cleves, (former Queen consort of England as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII of England)

2005   Prince/Crown Prince/Emperor Gu of Korea

Saturday, July 16, 2011

July 15

July 15

Feast Day of Saint Vladimir the Great [of Kiev] (Eastern Orthodox & Roman Catholic)



ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei   {1946}


Prince Lucas Panagiurishtski of Bulgaria   {1997} [son of Prince Kubrat of Bulgaria, Prince of Panagyurishte (son of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria)]

Camille Grimaldi   {1998} [daughter of Princess Stephanie of Monaco (sister of Prince Albert II of Monaco)]

                                                             (pictured here with her mother)



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Prince Honore (IV) of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois & Louise d'Aumont, Duchess d'Aumont, Duchess Mazarin et de La Meilleraye   {1777}


ROYAL CHRISTENING

Infanta Sofia of Spain   {2007} [daughter of Crown Prince Felipe of Spain, Prince of Asturias (son of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]








HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1207   King John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop Stephen Langton.

1381   John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn, and quartered in the presence of King Richard II of England.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1353   Vladimir Andreyevich "the Bold", Prince of Serpukhov (Russia) (d.1410)

1471   Emperor EskenderAlexander of Ethiopia (throne name Constantine II) (d.1494)
1553   Archduke Ernest of Austria (d.1595)

1737   Princess Louise Marie of France (d.1787)

1837   Queen consort Estefania of Portugal + the Algarves (previously Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) (d.1859)



DEATHS

1291   King Rudolf I of the Romans, King of Germany
1404   Duke William "the Ambitious" of Inner Austria

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Bastille Day

July 14

Bastille Day in France, the French National Day aka La Fete Nationale or le quatorze juillet







ROYAL BIRTHDAYS




Franz, Duke of Bavaria, of Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine   {1933}


Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Duchess of Vastergotland   {1977} (daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden)



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones & Daniel Chatto   {1994}









ROYAL CHRISTENING

Irene Urdangarin y de Borbon   {2005} [daughter of Infanta Cristina of Spain, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca (daughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]






HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1223   Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, King Philippe II Auguste of France.

1958   Iraqi Revolution:  In Iraq the monarchy is overthrown by popluar forces led by Abdul Karim Kassem, who becomes the nation's new leader.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1610   Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d.1670)

1874   Khedive Abbas II Hilmi Bey/Pasha of Egypt + Sudan (d.1944)

1885   King Sisavang Vong of Laos (d.1959)



DEATHS

937   Arnulf "the bad/the Evil", Duke of Bavaria
1223   King Philippe II Auguste of France