GOTHA AND NOBILITY CELEBRATIONS AND IN MEMORIAM 2025

January
1st, 40th birthday of Princess Eilika of Anhalt, daughter of the present head of Anhalt
1st, 20th birthday of Maria Chiara, Duchess of Capri, daughter of the Duke of Castro
4th, 200 years ago the passing of Ferdinando I, King of the Two Sicilies 1816 – 1825
6th, 90th birthday of Margarita, wife of Ex-King Simeon of Bulgaria
7th, 100 years ago the birth of Archduke Heinrich of Austria, nephew of the last Emperor of Austria
8th, 70th birthday of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond
10th, 50th birthday of Kelly, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha
10th, 20 years ago the passing of Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte of Luxembourg
11th, 90th birthday of Hans Veit, Count of Toerring-Jettenbach, son of Greek-born princess
14th, 90 years ago the wedding of Alessandro Torlonia and Infanta Beatrix of Spain
15th, 80th birthday of Marie-Christine, Princess Michael of Kent
19th, 100 years ago the passing of Maria Sophie, Queen consort of the Two Sicilies, sister of Empress Elisabeth “SISSI” of Austria
20th, 60th birthday of Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh
21st (29th), Silver wedding anniversary of Prince Maximilian and Princess Angela of Liechtenstein
23rd, 10th anniversary on the throne of King Salman of Saudi Arabia
28th, 75th birthday of Hamad bin Isa Al Kahlifa, King of Bahrain
29th, 200 years ago the birth of Princess Marie of Nassau, later wife of Hermann, Prince of Wied
30th, 20th birthday of Prince Hashem bin Abdullah, youngest child of King Abdullah of Jordan
31st, 90th birthday of Joan de Noailles, Dowager Duchess of Mouchy, former Princess Charles of Luxembourg
31st, 70th birthday of Carole Middleton, mother of Catharine, Princess of Wales

February
1st, 70th birthday of Christian, Duke of Oldenburg
1st, 60th birthday of Princess Stephanie of Monaco
2nd, 70th birthday of Countess Désirée of Rosenborg, granddaughter of Prince Axel and Princess Margaretha of Denmark (born princess of Sweden)
5th, 70th birthday of Karl Anselm Duke von Urach
7th, 30th birthday of Count Frederik-Hubertus of Ortenburg, grandson of Princess Birgitta of Sweden
12th, 90th birthday of Marina, wife of late Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (Italy)
12th, 70 years ago the wedding of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and Princess Maria Pia of Savoy (later divorced)
14th, 80th birthday of Fürst Hans Adam of Liechtenstein
14th, 40th birthday of Prince Ugo Bagration
17th, 85th birthday of Count Ingolf af Rosenborg, born prince of Denmark
18th, 50th birthday of Hereditary princess Priscilla zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, daughter-in-law of the present head
19th, 100 years ago the birth of Traute Becker, later Princess of Lippe and mother of the present head
22nd, 70th birthday of Countess Lydia of Holstein-Ledreborg, first cousin of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
24th, 85th birthday of Princess Marie Gabrielle of Italy, daughter of the last King of Italy
26th, 90th birthday of Victoria Adelaide Huntington-Whiteley, born countess Castell-Rüdenhausen, first cousin of the Swedish King
26th, 60th birthday of Count Michael Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille, son-in-law of Princess Benedikte of Denmark
27th, 50th birthday of Countess Feodora of Rosenborg, second cousin of King Frederik of Denmark

March
1st, 70th birthday of Timothy Laurence, husband of Anne, Princess Royal
2nd 80th birthday of Ebba Bernadotte, great granddaughter of Prince Oscar Bernadotte
5th, 70th birthday of Lady Joanna Knatchbull, second cousin of King Charles III
7th, 60 years ago the passing of Queen Louise of Sweden
7th, 40th birthday of Princess Alexia of Bourbon-Parma
8th, 100 years ago the birth of Prince Antoine of Ligne, husband of Princess Alix of Luxembourg
10th, 40th birthday of Prince Simon of Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, second cousin of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
15th, 60th birthday of Alexander Ferner, nephew of King Harald of Norway
18th, 60 years ago the death of Farouk, King of Egypt 1936 - 1952
19th, 70th birthday of Lady Sarah McCorquodale, sister of late Princess Diana
19th, 50th birthday of Carl-Christian, Fürst zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
20th, 50 years ago the passing of Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (Spain), paternal uncle of King Juan Carlos
22nd, 60th birthday of Baron Carl Silfverschiöld, nephew of the Swedish King
24th, 85th birthday of Diana, Dowager Duchess of Württemberg, born princess of Orléans
28th, 60 years ago the passing of Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
30th, 40 years ago the passing of Princess Marie Elisabeth of Wied

April
1st, 40th birthday of Nicholas Romania-Medforth-Mills, grandson of the last King of Romania
2nd, 70th birthday of Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand, sister of the present King
3rd, 100 years ago the birth of Duke Ferdinand Eugen of Württemberg
6th, 90th birthday of James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose
6th, 70th birthday of Prince Francisco of Orleans-Braganza, descendant of the imperial family of Brazil
6th, 20 years ago the passing of Prince Rainier III of Monaco
8th, 20th birthday of Leah Isadora Behn, granddaughter of King Harald of Norway
9th, 20th wedding anniversary of King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom
9th, 70th birthday of Princess Tomohito of Mikasa, member of the Japanese Imperial Family
9th, 100 years ago the wedding of Giorgio Carlo Calvi Count di Bergolo and Princess Jolanda of Italy
14th, 60th birthday of Sybilla von Dincklage, niece of King Carl Gustaf of Sweden
15th/16th, 100 years ago the wedding of Prince Wolrad zu Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Bathildis zu Schaumburg-Lippe, paternal grandparents of the present head
16th, 85th birthday of Queen Margrethe of Denmark
16th, 70th birthday of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
19th, 85th birthday of Philippe Junot, first husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco (divorced 1980)
27th, 50 years ago the passing of Sisowath Kossamak, Queen of Cambodia and paternal grandmother of the present King
28th, 70th birthday of Princess Antonia, Duchess of Wellington (Queen Victoria descendant)
29th, 20th birthday of Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, youngest child of King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand

May
2nd, 100 years ago the passing of Princess Stephanie, wife of Viktor Adolf, Prince of Bentheim und Steinfurt, and granddaughter of King Frederik VIII and Queen Louise of Denmark
2nd, 50th birthday of Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
2nd, 10th birthday of Princess Charlotte of Wales
4th, 40th birthday of Count Guillaume de Dampierre, son-in-law of Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne
13th, 30th wedding anniversary of Duarte & Isabel, Duke and Duchess Braganca
15th, 80th birthday of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
15th, 70th birthday of Prince Alain of Bourbon-Parma
19th, 60th birthday of Jean, Count of Paris (France)
20th, 60th birthday of Ferdinand, Fürst zu Castell-Castell
22nd, 90th birthday of Princess Amalie of Liechtenstein, widow of Prince Heinrich of Liechtenstein, brother of late Fürst Franz Joseph II of Liechtenstein
24th, 90 years ago the wedding of Crown Princess Frederik of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden
24th, 50 years ago the wedding of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia and Countess Donata zu Castell-Rüdenhausen, parents of the present head of Prussia
24th, 30th birthday of Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein, grandson of the present Fürst
29th, 200 years ago the coronation of King Charles X of France
31st, 40th birthday of Otto, Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen

June
1st, 70th birthday of Count Carl Bernadotte, great grandson of Prince Oscar Bernadotte
1st, 40th birthday of Prince Christian of Hanover, son of the present head of Hanover
2nd, 70th birthday of Princess Chantal of Hannover, former wife of Prince Ernst August
5th, 20th birthday of Irene Urdangarin y Borbón, niece of the King of Spain
6th, 70th birthday of Princess Regine of Ligne, widow of Prince Wauthier of Ligne
13th, 50th birthday Count Björn Bernadotte, grandson of Prince Wilhelm of Sweden and Grand Duchess Maria of Russia
13th, 10th wedding anniversary of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden
14th, 40th birthday of Vatchrawee Vivacharawongse, son of the King of Thailand
15th, 10th birthday of Prince Nicolas of Sweden, grandson of the King
18th, 100 years ago the passing of Mathilde Ludovica, Countess of Trani, sister of Empress Elisabeth of Austria

July
1st, 70th birthday of Prince Karl Emmeran of Liechtenstein
1st, 30th wedding anniversary of Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece
1st, 30 years ago the wedding of Princess Stephanie of Monaco and Daniel Ducruet (later divorced)
2nd, 70th wedding anniversary of Count Folke (grandson of Prince Oscar Bernadotte, born prince of Sweden) and Countess Christine Bernadotte
6th, 60th birthday of Princess Mafalda of Hessen, sister of the present head of Hessen
8th, 50th birthday of Princess Sophie of Baden, first cousin to the present head
8th, Silver wedding anniversary of Prince Bernhard and Princess Annette of Orange-Nassau
9th, 60th birthday of Count Valdemar of Rosenborg, grandson of Prince Erik of Denmark, Count of Rosenborg
9th, 40 years ago the passing of Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg, paternal grandmother of the present Grand Duke
10th, 60th birthday of Princess Alexia of Greece
14th, 70th birthday of Heinrich XIV, Fürst Reuss
16th, 50th birthday of Princess Marie of Liechtenstein, daughter-in-law of the present Fürst
16th, 30 years ago the wedding of Casimir Mystkowski and princess Maria of Romania (later divorced)
17th, 85th birthday of Marina, Princess Micael of Greece and Denmark
17th, 80th birthday of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
18th, 30 years ago the passing of Srinagarindra, Princess Mother of Thailand, paternal grandmother of the present King
19th 85th birthday of Hanako, Princess Hitachi (Japan)
19th, 85th birthday of Jost-Christian, Fürst und Graf zu Stolberg
19th, 40th birthday of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke and head of Schleswig-Holstein
20th, 60th birthday of Count Dominik zu Castell-Rüdenhausen, second cousin of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
22nd, 85th birthday of Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma, paternal uncle of the present head
22nd, 80th birthday of Princess Elisabeth of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, sister of the present head
23rd, 20th birthday of Princess Georgina of Liechtenstein, granddaughter of the present Fürst
27th, 70th birthday of Mariano Hugo, Fürst zu Windisch-Graetz
29th, Diamond (60th) wedding anniversary of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Queen Saleha of Brunei
31st, 85th birthday of Princess Tatiana zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, paternal aunt of the present head

August
2nd, 100 years ago the birth of Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg, later Countess of Holstein-Ledreborg
6th, 20th wedding anniversary of Prince Manuel and Princess Anna of Bavaria
8th, 50th birthday of Gustaf Magnuson, nephew of the Swedish King
11th, 70th birthday of Princess Christine of Orleans-Braganza, first cousin of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
13th, 100 years ago the birth of Albrecht, later Fürst zu Castell-Castell and father of the present Fürst
15th, 75th birthday of Princess Anne, Princess Royal
18th, 40th birthday of Beatrice Borromeo Casiraghi, daughter-in-law of Princess Caroline of Monaco
19th, 80th birthday of Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington
20th, 50th birthday of Carolin Friederike, Fürstin consort zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen
27th, 50 years ago the passing of Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia 1930 – 1974
27th, 20th wedding anniversary of Prince Pieter-Christiaan and Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau
29th, 90 years ago the passing of Queen Astrid of Belgium, wife of King Leopold III

September
5th, 90th birthday of Marina Bourbon-Parma, daughter-in-law of Prince Rene and Princess Margrethe of Bourbon-Parma (born princess of Denmark)
7th, 50th birthday of Prince Rudolf of Liechtenstein, nephew of the present Fürst
9th, 30th birthday of Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe
11th, 85th birthday of Archduchess Anna Gabriele of Austria, daughter-in-law of the last Emperor and Empress of Austria
12th, 100 years ago the birth of Prince Gero of Saxony, grandson of the last King of Saxony
16th, 50th birthday of Hubertus, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha
17th, 40th birthday of Tupouto´a Ulukalala, Crown Prince of Tonga
18th, 80th birthday of Princess Marie Louise of Prussia, Countess von Schönburg-Glauchau
20th, 100 years ago the birth of Ananda Mahidol, later King of Thailand, and older brother of later King Bhumibol
23rd, 100 years ago the wedding of Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse and Princess Mafalda of Italy
29th, 60th birthday of Princess Lalla Asma of Morocco, sister of the present King

October
4th, 20th birthday of Prince Emmanuel of Belgium, son of the King
6th, 90th birthday of Count Bertil Bernadotte, grandson of Prince Oscar Bernadotte (Sweden)
6th, 60th birthday of Jean Charles Ullens de Schooten, grandson of Prince Carl Bernadotte, born prince of Sweden
8th, 85th birthday of Princess Elisabeth of Hessen, Countess von Oppersdorff, paternal aunt of the present head of Hessen
8th, (civ), November 8th (rel), Diamond wedding anniversary Aloys-Konstantin & Anastasia, Fürst and Fürstinz u Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
9th, 90th birthday of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
12th, 90 years ago the wedding of Infanta Juan of Spain and Princess Maria de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
13th, 70th birthday of Archduchess Kinga of Austria, granddaughter of the last Emperor of Austria
15th, 20th birthday of Crown Prince Christian of Denmark
16th, 75th birthday of Gabriela, Fürst consort zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
20th, 20th wedding anniversary of Prince Floris and Princess Aimée of Orange-Nassau
21st, 75th birthday of David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood, second cousin of King Charles III
24th, 40th wedding anniversary of Don Ignacio de Medina, Duke of Segorba and Princess Maria da Gloria of Orleans-Braganza, former wife of Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
31st, 80th birthday of Prince Pedro of Brazil, first cousin of King Juan Carlos of Spain
31st, 20th birthday of Leonor, Princess of Asturias (Spain)

November
5th, 70th birthday of Archduke Peter of Austria, grandson of the last emperor of Austria
5th, 60th birthday of Kubrat, Prince of Panagyurishte (Bulgaria)
6th, 100 years ago the passing of Khai Dinh, Emperor of the Nguyen dynasty in Vietnam
10th, 80th birthday of Eva Katharina, Fürstin consort von Wrede
11th, 70th birthday of Jigme Singye Wangchuck, former King and father of the present King of Bhutan
12th, 200 years ago the birth of Julie von Hauke, great grandmother of late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
15th, 75th birthday of Princess Elena of Romania, daughter of the last King
15th, 20th wedding anniversary of Yoshiki Kuroda and former princess Sayako of Japan, sister of the present Emperor
18th, 30 years ago the wedding of Prince Joachim of Denmark and Alexandra Manley (later divorced)
20th, 100 years ago the passing of Alexandra, Queen consort of the United Kingdom
23rd, 60 years ago the passing of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, wife of King Albert I
24th, 100 years ago the wedding of Prince Karl of Leiningen and Grand Duchess Marie of Russia
24th, 70th birthday of James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough
26th, 100 years ago the passing of Vajiravudh, sixth king of Siam (Thailand), grandson of King Mongkut
27th, 70th birthday of Andreas, Fürst zu Leiningen
27th, 50 years ago the enthronement of King Juan Carlos I of Spain
28th, 90th birthday of Masahito, Prince Hitachi, paternal uncle of the present Emperor of Japan
30th, 60th birthday of Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan
30th, 40 years ago the wedding of Prince Sergius of Yugoslavia and Sophie de Toledo (later divorced)

December
1st, 80th birthday of Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orleans-Braganza, descendant of the imperial family of Brazil
1st, 60th birthday of Duke Michael of Württemberg, paternal uncle to the present head
2nd, 200 years ago the birth of Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil
3rd, 20th birthday of Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway, grandson of the present King
6th, 100 years ago the birth of princess Shigeko of Japan, oldest daughter of later Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako of Japan
12th, 30 years ago the passing of Caroline-Mathilde, Hereditary Princess of Denmark
16th, 70th birthday of Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este, brother-in-law of the King of Belgium
17th, 70 years ago the death of Savang Vadhana, Queen Grandmother of Thailand, great grandmother of the present King
23rd, 50th birthday of Prince Ali bin Hussein of Jordan, half-brother of the present King
27th, 80th birthday of Princess Marie Louise of Schaumburg-Lippe, daughter of a Danish-born princess
31st, 90th birthday of King Salman of Saudi Arabia
31st, 85th birthday of Duchess Elisabeth of Bayern, sister-in-law of the present head


Supplements are welcome

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