All About Royal Families

OnThisDay there are some royals who celebrated their B-Day. Unfortunately there were some deceased royals too. Here is the Royal Calender of January 21st. Births King Charles V of France (born in 1338 - died on 16 September 1380). He was called The Wise. His parents were King John II of France and Bonne of Bohemia. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (born in 1732 - died on 23 December1797). He was the son of Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg and Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn und Taxis. Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel (born in 1796 - died on 30 December 1880) Oscar II of Sweden (born in 1829 - died on 8 December 1907) He was King of Sweden. His parents were Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg. Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon -Two Sicilies (born in  1855 - died on 23 August 1874). She was a daughter of King Ferdinand of the Two Sicilies and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria. Princess Ingrid Alexander of Norway (bor

On this day: January 20th. there are many celebrations and sadly much remembrances. Births Elizabeth of Bohemia (born in 1292 - died on 28 September 1330). She was the daughter of Wenceslaus of Bohemia and Judith of Habsburg. Elisabeth married John of Luxembourg. Sebastian of Portugal (born in 1554 - died on 4 August 1578). He was the grandson of King John III of Portugal and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V as well. He disappeared (probably killed in action during a battle). King Charles III of Spain (born in 1716 - died on 14 December 1788) He was the son of King Philip V of Spain and Elisabeth Farnesse. Sophie, Countess of Wessex (born in 1965). She was born Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones and married Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex. Prince Edward is the youngest son of Queen Elisabeth and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. Author picture: Frankie Fouganthin Mathilde d'Udecem d'Acoz (born in 1973). Mathilde married to Prince Philippe, Duke of

On January 18th. there are lots of celebrations and remembrances. Births Isabella Jagiellon, daughter of King Sigismund of Poland, who became Queen of Hungary (born in 1519 - died on 15 September 1559) Catarina, who became duchess of Braganza (born in 1540 - died on 15 November 1614) Claire Coombs (born in 1974) , who married Prince Laurent of Belgium in 2003. Then she became princess of Belgium. Deaths Leo I, Roman Emperor (born in 401 - died on 18 January 474) Maria of Portugal, who became Queen of Castile (born on 9 February 1313 - died on 18 January 1357). She married King Alfonso XI of Castile. Peter I of Portugal (born on 8 April 1320 - died on 18 January 1367) Margaret of Parma, governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (born on 5 July 1522 - died on 18 January 1586) She was the half sister of King Philip II of Spain. Source pictures: Wikipedia

When King Christian X of Denmark became 70 years old on 26 September 1940 his birthday was much celebrated despite the turmoil of World War II. Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark and the city where the royal family lived, was beautifully decorated, especially where the cortege of the King and Queen passed by.  Even the German Warships, who laid in Copenhagen were decorated with flags. From the balcony of the royal palace King Christian X of  Denmark held a speech in which he called for a worthy unit needed for the maintenance of the nation.  A collection of money also was held for the royal birthday boy, but the income would be used for humanitarian and scientific purposes.  This was translated from Dutch to English.  It originally was written in the Belgian Newspaper De Dag  on 28 September 1940. The article proved the popularity of King Christian X of Denmark. On the Allaboutroyalfamilies blog there already was a post about the life of King Christia