June 30

June 30

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg   {1964} [ex-wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark (son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]

Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain   {1975} (son of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain)

Prince Abdul Malik of Brunei   {1983} (son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei)

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands & Mabel Wisse-Smit   {2003}

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Princess Margaretha of Sweden & John Ambler   {1964} [separated 1996, Mr. Ambler died 2008]

Prince Michael of Kent & Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz   {1978} [civil]

  (I have seen a photo from their actual civil wedding, but I do not have the access to it to post it here, instead these are photos from a wedding-related event that followed, I *think*)


Prince Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe & Dr. Nadja Zsoeks  {2007} [religious]

ROYAL CHRISTENING

Arrietta Morales y de Grecia   {2002} [daughter of Princess Alexia of Greece + Denmark (daughter of King Constantine II of Greece)]

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1559   King Henri II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel de Montgomery.

1936   Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.

1968   Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1470   King Charles VIII "the Affable" of France (d.1498)

1503   Johann Friedrich I, Elector of Saxony (d.1554)

DEATH

1670   Princess Henrietta Anne of England + Scotland, Duchess of Orleans (daughter of King Charles I of England)