Friday, February 17, 2012

February 17, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria, Princess of Luxembourg, Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary, Croatia + Bohemia, Princess of Nassau, Princess of Bourbon-Parma   {1954} (daughter of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & sister of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg)


Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah of Brunei   {1974} (son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei)






HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENT

364   Emperor Jovian of the Roman Empire dies after a reign of eight months. He is found dead in his tent at Tyana (Asia Minor) en route back to Constantinople in suspicious circumstances.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1490   Charles III, Duke of Bourbon + Auvergne, Count of Montpensier (d.1527)


1519   Francis de Lorraine II "the Scarred", Duke of Guise, Prince of Joinville, Duke of Aumale (d.1563)


1861   Princess Helena of Waldeck + Pyrmont, The Duchess of Albany (d.1922)




DEATH

364   Emperor Jovian of the Roman Empire

1339   Otto IV "the Merry", Duke of Austria


1371   Tsar Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria


1609   Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany


1934   King Albert I of the Belgians

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