April 26

April 26

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Philippos of Greece & Denmark   {1986} [son of King Constatine II of Greece]

Prince Mirko Panagyurishtski of Bulgaria   {1995} [son of Prince Kubrat of Bulgaria, Prince of Panagyurishte (son of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria)]

(pictured here at his christening in 1995 with his parents & grandparents)


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Prince Christian of Denmark & Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin   {1898}

Prince Albert, Duke of York & Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon   {1923}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

121   Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (d.180)

1573   Marie de' Medici, Queen Consort of France & Navarre, wife of King Henri IV of France (d.1642)

1648   King Pedro II of Portugal (d.1706)

1662   Maria Luisa of Orleans, Queen Consort of Spain (d.1689)

1782   Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies, Queen Consort of the French (d.1866)

DEATHS

1192   Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan

1943   Prince Alastair, The Duke of Connaught & Strathearn

1994   Queen Zein of Jordan

(pictured here with her son, the future King Hussein of Jordan in 1941)