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On 5 February 1972 , Mary Elisabeth Donaldson was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.  Source picture: Hasse Nielsen Family Mary was born the youngest of four children to Scottish parents, Henrietta (née Horne), an executive assistant to the vice-chancellor of the University of Tasmania, and  John Dalgleish Donaldson, a mathematics  professor Her paternal grandfather was Captain Peter Donaldson (1911–1978). Mary was named after her grandmothers, Mary Dalgleish and Elizabeth Gibson Melrose, and was born and raised in Hobart, Australia.  Mary has two older sisters, Jane Stephens and Patricia Bailey, and an older brother, John Stuart Donaldson. Her mother died from complications following heart surgery on 20 November 1997 when Mary was 25. In 2001, her father married the British author and novelist Susan Horwood. Education In 1974, Donaldson started schooling in Clear Lake City Elementary School in Houston, Texas, where her father was working and moved to Sandy Ba...

Stamp of Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway Born on 21 January 2004 at 9:13 am in The National Hospital, part of the Oslo University Hospital in Oslo, Princess Ingrid Alexandra is the first child and only daughter of Crown Prince Haakon, heir apparent to the throne, and the second granddaughter of King Harald V and Queen Sonja.  Her mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has a son named Marius Borg Høiby, born in 1997 from a previous relationship.Following Ingrid Alexandra's birth, the already well-regarded royal family experienced an upsurge of popularity. Ingrid Alexandra was baptised by Bishop Gunnar Stålsett in the chapel of the Royal Palace on 17 April 2004. Her grandfather the King, her aunt Princess Märtha Louise, the Crown Prince of Denmark, the Crown Princess of Sweden, the then Prince of Asturias, and her maternal grandmother Marit Tjessem were her godparents. The Crown Prince of Denmark and the Prince of Asturias were unable to attend the christening due to their resp...

Princess Margrethe was born 16 April 1940 at Frederik VIII's Palace, her parents residence at the Amalienborg palace complex, the principal residence of the Danish royal family in the district of Frederiksstaden in central Copenhagen.  Foto: Steen Brogaard, Kongehuset Family She was the first child of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess (later King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid). Her father was the elder son of the then-reigning King Christian X, while her mother was the only daughter of the Crown Prince of Sweden (later King Gustaf VI Adolf). Her birth took place just one week after Nazi Germany's invasion of Denmark on 9 April 1940. Margrethe was baptised on 14 May in the Holmen Church in Copenhagen. The Princess's godparents were:  King Christian X (paternal grandfather); Hereditary Prince Knud (paternal uncle); Prince Axel (her paternal grandfather's first cousin); King Gustaf V of Sweden (maternal great-grandfather); Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden (maternal gr...

Catherine Elizabeth Middleton was born at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading  on 9 January 1982 into an upper-middle-class family. She was baptised at St Andrew's Bradfield, a local parish church, on 20 June 1982. Here you can see a part of the interior of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's home: Kensington Palace in London Family She is the eldest of three children born to Michael Middleton (b. 1949) and his wife, Carole (née Goldsmith; b. 1955),a former flight dispatcher and flight attendant, respectively, who in 1987 founded Party Pieces, a privately held mail order company that sells party supplies and decorations with an estimated worth of £30 million. By the early 20th century, the Middleton family had married into the British aristocracy and benefited financially from trust funds which they established over 100 years ago. Her Middleton relatives, including her great-grandmother Olive Middleton , played host to members of the British royal family in the 1920s and 1...

These are the Birthday celebrations and the deaths of 10 February in the world of royals. B-Day Christine of France (born on 10 February 1606 - died on 27 December 1663). Her parents were King Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici. She was a member of the royal House of Bourbon. Death Margaret II of Flanders (born on 2 June 1202 - died on 10 February 1280). Her parents were Baldwin I, Latin Emperor and Marie of Champagne. She was a member of the House of Flanders. Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (born on 19 November 1413 - died on 10 February 1471). His parents were Frederick I of Brandenburg and Elisabeth, daughter of Frederick, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut. Catherine of Saxony (born on 24 July 1468 - died on 10 February 1524) Royal events Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom married her Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in the Chapel Royal in St. James's Palace in London, on 10 February 1840. Source pictures:...

This day has a few important royal events such as B-days and Deaths. B-Day: Philip II, Duke of Savoy (born on 5 February 1438 - died on 7 November 1497). His father was Louis of Savoy and his mother was Anne of Cyprus. They were members of the House of Savoy. Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark (born in 1972). She married in 2004 to Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark. Deaths Charles XIII of Sweden (born on 7 October 1748 - died on 5 February 1818). His parents were Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. Charles XIII of Sweden was a  member of the House of Holstein-Gottorp. Events On 5 February 1818, Charles XIV John (born on 26 January 1873 - died on 8 March 1844)  became King of Sweden and Norway. He was born as Jean Bernadotte. He was the first monarch of the House of Bernadotte in Sweden. Source pictures: Wikipedia