May 14
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia {1953}
The Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones {2002} [daughter of David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (nephew of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland)]
Isabella van Vollenhoven {2002} [daughter of Prince Bernhard of Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Infante Juan Carlos of Spain, Prince of Asturias & Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark {1962}
Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein & Countess Maria Kalnoky de Korospatak {1999} [civil]
(photo NOT from their civil wedding, but from their engagement on November 5, 1998)
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark & Miss Mary Donaldson {2004}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1264 Battle of Lewes: King Henry III of England is captured & forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
1483 Coronation of King Charles VIII "the Affable" of France.
1610 King Henri IV of France is assassinated bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
1643 Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father King Louis XIII.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1316 Karl IV, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia & Count of Luxembourg (d.1378)
1553 Marguerite of Valois, Queen consort of France & Navarre (d.1615)
1666 King Vittorio Amedeo II of Sardinia (d.1732)
1710 King Adolf Fredrik of Sweden (d.1771)
1725 Ludovico Manin, last Doge of the Republic of Venice (d.1802)
DEATHS
964 Pope John XII
1470 King Carl VIII of Sweden & (Carl I) of Norway
1608 Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
1610 King Henri IV of France
1643 King Louis XIII of France
1912 King Frederik VIII of Denmark
1959 Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal, Dowager Duchess of Parma
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