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GOTHA AND NOBILITY CELEBRATIONS 2023

January
5th, 85th birthday of King Juan Carlos I of Spain
13th, 90th birthday of Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria, sister of Boris, last king of Bulgaria
19th, 80th birthday of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
20th, 50th birthday of Mathilde, Queen consort of the Belgians
31st, 85th birthday of Beatrix, former Queen of the Netherlands

February
2nd, 90th birthday of Princess Elisabeth of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, widow of Prince Antoine
2nd, 80th birthday of Princess Marie Beatrice of Italy, daughter of the last King
7th, 100 years ago the birth of The Honourable George Lascelles, later 7th Earl of Harewood (first cousin to the late Queen Elizabeth II of England)
22nd, 90th birthday of Katharine, the duchess of Kent
24th, 60th birthday of Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
28th, 70th birthday of Irina, born princess of Romania and daughter of the last King

March
2nd, 60th birthday of Archduchess Isabella of Austria, granddaughter of the last Emperor
3rd, 90th birthday of Duke Alexander of Württemberg
3rd, 50th birthday of Prince Charles-Philippe of Orléans, Duke of Anjou
9th, 60th birthday of Lord Ivar Mountbatten, second cousin of King Charles
10th, 10 years ago the death of Princess Lilian of Sweden
12th, 60th birthday of Prince Sergius of Yugoslavia
12th, 60th birthday of Princess Helene of Yugoslavia
12th, 60th birthday of Farahnaz Pahlavi, daughter of the last Shah of Iran
12th, 60th birthday of Felix, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
21st, 80th birthday of Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha, first cousin to the Swedish King

April
1st, 60th birthday of Inaara Aga Khan, former Begum Inaara Aga Khan
1st, 30 years ago the death of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona (Spain)
5th, Silver wedding celebration of Princess Marie-Esmeralda of Belgium and Sir Salvador Moncada
7th, 60th birthday of Jaime de Marichalar, former brother-in-law of the King of Spain
12th, 20th wedding anniversary of Prince Laurent and Princess Claire of Belgium
16th, 70th birthday of Penelope Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma
23rd, 100 years ago the wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
23rd, 100 years ago the death of Louise, Grand Duchess consort of Baden
24th, 100 years ago the death of William Ernest, last reigning Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
24th, 40th birthday of Princess Iman bint Hussein of Jordan, half-sister to the present King
26th, 50th birthday of Isabelle, Dowager Fürstin consort zu Wied, mother of the present head

May
1st, 60th birthday of Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg
3rd, 90th birthday of Birgitta Straehl, granddaughter of Prince Wilhelm of Sweden and Grand Duchess Maria of Russia
6th, 100th birthday of Archduchess Yolande of Austria, daughter-in-law of the last Emperor and Empress of Austria
6th, 100 years ago the birth of Princess Galyani Vadhana Mahidol, paternal aunt to the present King of Thailand
12th, 100 years ago the birth of Countess Gunnila Wachtmeister af Johannishus, later Countess Gunnila Bernadotte, second wife of Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg
14th, 70th birthday of Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia
20th, 70th birthday of Eleonora, Princess consort of Ligne
29th/30th, silver wedding celebration of Prince Maurits and Princess Marilène of Orange-Nassau
30th, 70th birthday of Archduchess Andrea of Austria, granddaughter of the last Emperor
31st, 100 years ago the birth of Rainier, from 1949 Prince of Monaco

June
9th, 40th birthday of Princess Theodora of Greece
9th, 30th wedding anniversary of Naruhito and Masako, the Emperor and Empress of Japan
10th, 30th wedding anniversary of Abdullah & Rania, the King and Queen of Jordan
19th, 200 years ago the wedding of Crown Prince Oscar (I) of Sweden and Norway and Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg
20th, 60th birthday of Duke Eberhard of Württemberg, uncle of the present head
24th, 40th birthday of Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn und Taxis

July
3rd, 90th birthday of Maximilian, Margrave of Baden
3rd, 70th birthday of Charlotte, born princess of Liechtenstein and granddaughter of the last Emperor of Austria
3rd, 30th wedding anniversary of Alois and Sophie, Hereditary Prince and Princess of Liechtenstein
10th, 70th birthday of Hisako, Princess Takamado (Japan)
11th, 60th birthday of Princess Ghida Talal, her husband is first cousin to the present King of Jordan.
14th, 90th birthday of Franz, Duke of Bavaria
17th, 60th birthday of King Letsie III of Lesotho
18th, 60th birthday of Ashley Hicks, second cousin to King Charles III
19th, 40th birthday of Ernst August, Hereditary Prince of Hanover
20th, 50th birthday of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
22nd, 80th birthday of Frans Alexander, Fürst Isenburg

August
3rd, 80th birthday of Princess Christina, Mrs Magnuson (Sweden)
19th, 50th birthday of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
20th, 20th birthday of Prince Gabriel of Belgium, son of the King
21st, 60th birthday of King Mohammed VI of Morocco

September
2nd, 60th birthday of Princess Miriam al-Ghazi, her husband is first cousin to the present King of Jordan
3rd, 80th birthday of Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia, former husband of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia
6th, 100 years ago the birth of Prince Peter, later last king of Yugoslavia
12th, 90th birthday of Princess Maria Christina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, widow of Prince Casimir
15th, 50th anniversary on the throne of King Carl Gustaf of Sweden
15th, 50th birthday of Prince Daniel of Sweden
18th, 100 years ago the birth of Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma, later Queen of Romania
26th, 80th birthday of Rosita Spencer-Churchill, former Duchess consort of Marlborough

October
4th, 80th birthday of Sophie Charlotte, Dowager Fürstin consort zu Wied
5th, 10th wedding anniversary of Prince Jaime and Princess Victória of Bourbon-Parma
8th, 85th birthday of Madeleine Kogevinas, only daughter of Prince Carl Bernadotte (Sweden)
11th, 60th birthday of Prince Feisal of Jordan, brother of the present King
14th, 85th birthday of Farah Pahlavi, last Consort of the Shah of Iran
18th, 70th birthday of Maria del Pilar, born Archduchess of Austria and granddaughter of the last Emperor
19th, 60th birthday of Prince Laurent of Belgium
21st, 40th birthday of Marie Marguerite, Duchess of Anjou
22nd, 100 years ago the wedding of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia and Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark
24th, 100 years ago the wedding of Phillip Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg and Archduchess Helena of Austria

November
2nd, 85th birthday of Queen Sofia of Spain
2nd, 50 years ago the wedding of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and Princess Barbara von und zu Liechtenstein
3rd, 100 years ago the wedding of then Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden and Lady Louise Mountbatten
8th, 20th birthday of Lady Louise Windsor, niece of King Charles III of the United Kingdom
13th, 80th birthday of Katharine, Ex-Crown Princess of Yugoslavia
22nd, 80th birthday of Alexander, 7th Fürst Sayn-Wittgenstein
23rd, 50th birthday of Sofia, Duchess of Calabria

December
7th, 20th birthday of Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange
9th, 100th birthday of Christian, 4th Prince of Bentheim und Steinfurt (oldest living descendant of King Charles XIV Johan of Sweden-Norway, and King Christian IX of Denmark)
9th, 60th birthday of Empress Masako of Japan
11th, 80th birthday of Princess Claude of Orléans, former Duchess of Aosta
20th, 60th birthday of Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo
23rd, 90th birthday of Emperor Akihito of Japan
23rd, 80th birthday of Queen Silvia of Sweden
23rd, 70th birthday of Grand duchess Maria of Russia
27th, 80th birthday of Olimpia Weiller, first cousin of King Juan Carlos of Spain
29th, 40 years ago the wedding of Princess Caroline of Monaco and Stefano Casiraghi



Sources of the dates:
Wikipedia
Gotha online
Genealogisches Handbuch Des Adels Fürstliche Hauser