January 2009 Newsletter: The 1890s

[Lady Jennifer]

It is a new year and new beginnings. For 2009 we've decided to do something different for the newsletter. Starting with this month and concluding in December 2009 the newsletters will focus on decades (the 1890s through the 2000s). We will highlight major events (wars, coronations, jubilees), births, weddings and deaths. We hope that you enjoy these newsletters and maybe learn something that you never knew before.

Lady Jennifer, Kimebear, LadyLeana and Zonk

[Lady Jennifer]

Changes to the team

As you may have read in this thread, Elspeth has stepped down from her role as Administrator and Moderator in the forums. She will be concentrating on the forum's special features such as the articles and the upcoming blog and website. If you are interested in participating in any of these ventures, please send Elspeth a PM.

Questions about The Royal Forums?

We have a thread in the Support and Feedback forum that contains all sorts of information about TRF and also contains a copy of the Member FAQs for easy reference.

Picture of the Month

Don't forget to vote for December's Picture of the Month. There are two polls this month. You can find them here and here.

The Royal Articles

If you haven't had the opportunity, to check out The Royal Articles.

Since we are unable to use professional photos to illustrate the articles, the editors are very interested in hearing from any members who have taken photos of royals and would be willing to have their photos used in the articles. Also, anyone who would like to try their hand at writing an article should contact one of the editors. The editors are Elspeth, Mandy, Marengo, and TheTruth.

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Birthdays

1st - Princess Aiko of Japan (2001)

2nd - Princess Lea of Belgium (1951)
2nd - Prince Kardam, Prince of Turnovo (1962)
2nd - Prince Mikasa of Japan (1915)
3rd - Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway (2005)

3rd - Duke of Anhalt (1941)

3rd - Infante Miguel, Duke of Viseu (1946)
5th - King Rama IX of Thailand (1927)
5th - Prince Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin (1967)
6th - Prince Nikolaus of Liechetenstein (2000)
6th - Pablo Nolás Urdangarín y Bórbon (2000)
7th - Princess Bhajara Kittiyabha of Thailand (1978)
7th - Princess Catharina Amalia of the Netherlands (2003)
9th- Crown Princess Masako of Japan (1963)
9th - Prince Joachim of Belgium (1991)
12th - Princess Purnika of Nepal (2000)
13th - Prince Nicolas and Prince Aymeric of Belgium (2005)
14th - Princess Olimpia of Bulgaria (1995)
16th - Archduke Lorenz of Habsburg-Este, Prince of Belgium (1955)

17th - James Mountbatten-Windsor, Viscount Severn (2007)

20th - Infanta Elena of Spain, Duchess of Lugo (1963)
20th - Princess Akiko of Mikasa (1981)
21st - Estella Taylor (2004)
22nd - Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943)
22nd - The Margravine of Meißen (1940)
23rd - Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (1953)
23rd - Emperor Akihito of Japan (1933)
23rd - Prince Ali of Jordan (1975)
25th - Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (1969)
25th - Queen Alia of Jordan (1948)
25th - Princess Alexandra of Kent (1936)
26th - Cassius Taylor (1996)
27th - Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy (1920)
28th - Princess Vittoria Cristina Adelaide Chiara Maria of Savoy (2003)
29th - Princess Kako of Japan (1994)
30th - Crown Prince Paras of Nepal (1971)
31st- Carlos Morales Quintana (1970)

Wedding Anniversaries

Dec 4 - Crown Prince Philippe and Crown Princess Mathilde: Dec. 4th, 1999

Dec 4- Lady Frances Armstrong Jones and Rodolphe von Hofmannsthal: Dec 2006
Dec 6- Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria and Count Rodolphe of Limburg-Stirum (2008)
Dec 10 - Archduke Konrad of Austria and Ashmita Goswami: December 2005
Dec 12 - HRH The Princess Royal of Great Britain and Timothy Laurence
Dec 15 - King Baudouin and Fabiola of the Belgians 1960
Dec 19 - HIH Prince Charles Napoleon & Princess Beatrice of Borbon-Two Sicilies (1978)
Dec 21 - Mohammed Reza and Farah Pahlavi (1959)
Dec 31 - Princess Caroline of Monaco and Stefano Casiraghi / December 31st, 1983


Death Anniversaries

1st - Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands died in 2004
7th - Prince Shahryar Shafiq died in 1979
21st - Count Lennart Bernadotte died in 2004
25th - Emperor Taisho of Japan died in 1926

Special Events

State Opening of Parliament 2008

Princess Mathilde's UNAIDS mission to Senegal; 4-7 Dec. 2008
Mette-Marit at Youngstorget in Oslo (World Aids Day 2008)
CP Mette-Marit receives Annual Petter Dass award
Nobel Prizes 2008

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Birthdays

1 - Maria-Chiara of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (2005)
5 - Juan Carlos of Spain (b. 1938)
5 - Jean of Luxembourg (b. 1921)
5 - Tomohito of Mikasa (1946)
6 - Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela (1935)
10 - Lennart of Hohenzollern (2001)
11 - Archduke Karl of Austria (1961)
12 - Gustav zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (b. 1969)
13 - Marie Louise of Bulgaria (1933)
13 - Elisabeth-Anne de Massy (1947)
15 - Marie-Christine, Princess Michael of Kent (1945)
15 - Iñaki Urdangarin (b. 1968)
15 - Alexander Karađorđević (1982)
15 - Philip Karađorđević (1982)
15 - Archduke Philipp of Austria (2007)
17 - Farah of Iran (2004)
18 - Claire of Belgium (b. 1974)
18 - Marie Theresa von Lattorf (2004)
19 - Birgitta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (b. 1937)
19 - Kalina of Bulgaria (1972)
19 - Margriet of the Netherlands (1943)
20 - Mathilde of Belgium (b. 1973)
20 - Tassilo of Bulgaria (2002)
20 - Sophie, Countess of Wessex (1965)
21 - Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (b. 2004)
22 - Nayef of Jordan (1998)
23 - Caroline of Monaco, Princess of Hanover (b. 1957)
25 - Elisabeth Marie Angela Tatiana von Lattorf (2002)
27 - Carlos de Bourbon-Parma, Prince of Piacenza (1970)
28 - Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain (1950)
30 - Felipe of Asturias (b. 1968)
30 - Abdullah II of Jordan (b. 1962)
30 - Hashem of Jordan (b. 2005)
31 - Beatrix of the Netherlands (b. 1938)

Deaths

5 - Bertil of Sweden (1997)
7 - Emperor Showa (Hirohito) of Japan (1989)
10 - Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg (2005)
14 - King Frederik IX of Denmark (1972)
20 - King George V (1936)
22 - Queen Victoria (1901)
30 - Charles I of England (1649)

Wedding Anniversaries

10 - http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...67-a-5561.html
20 - http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...01-a-9705.html
23 - http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...99-a-9476.html
29 - http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...000-a-783.html
31 - http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...93-a-6694.html

Special Events

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...09-a-1617.html
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...9-a-19211.html
The Juliana Year; Queen Juliana Commemorated, 1909-2009
Prince Albert's trip to Antarctica, Jan 2009
The 33rd International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo - 2009
Pascua Militar; 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...2-a-19634.html
Official Visit to Sweden from Finland; January 15-16, 2009

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Births

19 July 1890: Prince George of Greece, later known as George II of Greece. Prince George was the eldest child of Prince Constantine & Princess Sophie (later King Constantine I and Queen Sophie of Greece). Prince George would be King twice in his life, the first time was after the forced abdication of his father in 1922 and the second time was in 1935. In the early 1920s he met and married Elisabeth of Romania. The marriage was not successful and the two divorced. King George would not marry again and died in 1947

15 October 1893: Prince Carol of Romania, later known as King Carol II of Romania. Prince Carol was the eldest child of King Ferdinand I and Queen Marie of Romania. King Carol was married twice and had two sons. His second son (Prince Michael) by his second wife (born Princess Helen of Greece and Denmark) would succeed him as King. King Carol died in 1953.

14 June 1894: Princess Marie-Adélaïde of Luxembourg, later known as Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde of Luxembourg was the eldest child of Prince Guillaume and Princess Marie Anne (later Grand Duke Guillaume IV and Grand Duchess Marie Anne of Luxembourg). Seeing as Grand Duke Guillaume and Grand Duchess Marie Anne had no male children Marie-Adélaïde became Luxembourg's first reigning female Grand Duchess. Marie-Adélaïde never married and abdicated the throne for her younger sister in 1919 and passed away in 1924.

23 June 1894: Prince Edward of York, later known as King Edward VIII and the Duke of Windsor. Prince Edward was the eldest child of The Duke and Duchess of York (later King George V and Queen Mary). Prince Edward would later on become involved in a scandal after he succeeded his father (but before his coronation) to the throne in wishing to marry the divorced American Wallis Simpson. Prince Edward would eventually abdicate his throne so that he could marry Wallis and would exiled from England. Upon his abdication he and Wallis were given the title of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. The Duke of Windsor died in 1972.

12 October 1894: Princess Elisabeth of Romania, later known as Queen Elisabeth of Greece. Princess Elisabeth was the eldest daughter of King Ferdinand I and Queen Marie of Romania. She was married to King George II of Greece and was his consort during his first reign. The marriage was unsuccessful and they were divorced. Queen Elisabeth died in 1956

14 December 1895: Prince Albert of York, later known as King George VI. Prince Albert was the second oldest child of The Duke and Duchess of York (later King George V and Queen Mary). In the 1920s Prince Albert had met and married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and by the 1930s they were the parents to two daughters, the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. Prince Albert was not supposed to be King. That role was for his older brother; but through the abdication of Edward VIII in the 1930s he was thrust onto the throne and became King George VI. King George died in 1952

23 January 1896: Princess Charlotte of Luxembourg, later known as Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg was the second oldest daughter of Prince Guillaume and Princess Marie Anne (later Grand Duke Guillaume IV and Grand Duchess Marie Anne of Luxembourg). Grand Duchess Charlotte was married to Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma and their marriage produced six children. Grand Duchess Charlotte died in 1985

19 June 1896: Bessie Wallis Warfield. Wallis Simpson (as she became known in the 1930s) was born in the United States as the only child of Teackle Wallis Warfield and Alice Montague. Wallis would become one of the major players in a scandal that would thrust the future of British Royal Family into unknown waters. In the early 1930s she would meet the future King Edward VIII and they became romantically involved. By 1936 Edward wished to marry her, but she was still married to her second husband at the time. There were also major issues/problems with the King marring a divorcee and ultimately Edward abdicated the throne to marry Wallis. After their marriage they were given the title of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. The Duchess of Windsor died in 1986.

25 April 1897: Princess Mary of York, later know as The Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood was the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. Princess Mary was the sixth holder of the title Princess Royal. Princess Mary married Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood in 1922 and had two sons (at the time of their marriage Henry was known as Viscount Lascelles). Princess Mary died in 1965.

30 September 1898: Princess Charlotte of Monaco, Duchess of Valentinois. Charlotte was the illegitimate daughter of Prince Louis II of Monaco, who had no legitimate children. She was legitimised and adopted by Louis in order that she could inherit the throne. However, an unhappy marriage to Count Pierre de Polignac and a long-term extramarital affair led to her renouncing her rights to the throne in favour of her son, Rainier, who followed his grandfather as Ruling Prince in 1949.

11 March 1899: Prince Christian Frederik of Denmark, later Frederik IX. He was the elder son of Christian X and Queen Alexandrine. After his education, he entered the Navy and attained the rank of Rear Admiral. He married Princess Ingrid of Sweden, with whom he had three daughters but no sons, leading to a change in the law to allow women to inherit the throne. He inherited the throne in 1947 and died in 1972.

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Marriages and Anniversaries

19 November 1890: Prince Adolf of Schaumberg-Lippe and Princess Viktoria of Prussia. Originally Viktoria wanted to marry Prince Alexander of Battenberg, who later became Prince Alexander of Bulgaria, but many in her family were against the marriage of Viktoria and Alexander. Viktoria ended up marrying Adolf and the marriage was childless, except for a miscarriage early on. The marriage ended when Prince Adolf passed away in 1916.

10 January 1893: Crown Prince Ferdinand of Romania and Princess Marie of Edinburgh. Crown Prince Ferdinand married his distant cousin Princess Marie of Edinburgh in Sigmaringen, Germany. The marriage was not a happy one. The marriage produced six children (three boys and three girls), but there were questions regarding the paternity of some of the children as it was quite known that Marie had relationships with other men.

25 January 1893: Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse and Princess Margaret of Prussia. Prince Frederick Charles and Princess Margaret were distant cousins through Frederick's mother who was a Prussian Princess. They were married at the Hohenzollern Stadtschloss in Berlin on the wedding anniversary of Margaret's parents. The marriage produced six sons (including two sets of twins) and was a happy union.

6 July 1893: Prince George of Wales and Princess Mary of Teck. Originally Mary of Teck was engaged to Prince Albert Victor, but when he passed away suddenly in January of 1892, Mary went on to marry his brother, Prince George. Prior to their marriage Queen Victoria made Prince George the Duke of York. By all accounts the marriage of the Duke and Duchess of York was a success and produced six children (five who lived into adulthood).

19 April 1894: Grand Duke Ernst Louis of Hesse and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Grand Duke Ernest Louis and Princess Victoria Melita were first cousins and married in Coburg, Germany. The union was encouraged by their mutual grandmother, Queen Victoria. The marriage was not a happy one and would end in divorce, but it did produce two children (neither child lived into adulthood).

20 April 1896: Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Prince Ernst and Princess Alexandra were married in Coburg, Germany. Their marriage produced five children.

26 November 1894: Nicholas II of Russia and Princess Alix of Hesse. Nicholas and Alix were married shortly after the death of Nicholas' father and Alix's conversion from her former faith of Lutheranism to Russian Orthodoxy. Their wedding was originally set to take place in the spring of 1895, but Nicholas moved it forward to November, a few weeks after his father's death. By all accounts their marriage was a happy one and they were lovingly devoted to each other and produced five children (four girls and one boy). Their deaths (at the hands of the Bolsheviks) is one that would push these two figures into the world wide spotlight for the next 60+ years.

22 July 1896: Prince Carl of Denmark and Princess Maud of Wales (later known as King Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway). Princess Maud of Wales (daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) married her first cousin, Prince Carl of Denmark. Prince Carl was the second son of Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark (Queen Alexandra's brother). The marriage produced one child, Prince Alexander (later known as King Olav V of Norway). In 1905, Prince Carl accepted the offer to become King of Norway.

27 August 1897: Prince Carl of Sweden and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. Prince Carl and Princess Ingeborg were married in Copenhagen. Their marriage produced four children (three daughters and one son).

26 April 1898: Prince Christian of Denmark and Princess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Prince Christian and Princess Alexandrine married in Cannes. Their marriage produced two children, the future Frederik X and Prince Knud, who was overtaken in the succession by Frederik's daughter Margrethe after a change in the succession laws in 1953. In 1912 Christian's father died; Christian succeeded to the throne and reigned as King Christian X with his consort Queen Alexandrine.