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Happy Birthday to Princess Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

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 Princess Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (July 30 1737 - March 31 1813)

Posthumous Wedding Anniversary of the Duke and Duchess of Fife

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 Today is the 133rd anniversary of the wedding of Louise Princess Royal and Alexander 1st Duke of Fife.

Happy Posthumous to Prince Oskar of Prussia

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His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Oskar Karl Gustav Adolf of Prussia (July 27, 1888 -- January 27, 1958) https://www.preussen.de/

Happy Posthumous Birthday to Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia

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 Today is the 162nd birthday of Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn. (July 25, 1860) Scott, Susan. “Unofficial Royalty.” Unofficial Royalty , 24 July 2022, www.unofficialroyalty.com/.

Happy Posthumous Birthday to Princess Frederica, Duchess of York

 

Happy Posthumous Birthday to Prince Louis I of Monaco

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(July 25, 1642) Today is the 180th birthday of Prince Louis I of Monaco. Scott, Susan. “Unofficial Royalty.” Unofficial Royalty , 24 July 2022, www.unofficialroyalty.com/.

Happy Posthumous Birthday to Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, Duchess of Cambridge

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  (July 25, 1797 - April 6 1889) Today is the 225th birthday of Princess Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge. Scott, Susan. “Unofficial Royalty.” Unofficial Royalty , 24 July 2022, www.unofficialroyalty.com/. 

Happy Posthumous Birthday to Queen Elisabeth of Belgium

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                                                         Queen Elisabeth of Belgium (July 25, 1876 -- November 23, 1965)

Happy 20th Birthday to Prince Felix of Denmark

His Highness Prince Felix of Denmark (6/22/2002) Prince Felix is the second child of Prince Joachim, the second son of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II and His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark, and Alexandra Countess of Frederiksborg.

National Day and & enthroment of His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium

 July 21st 2022 marks the 101st anniversary of the founding of the Kingdom of Belgium when King Leopold I was enthroned as the first King of the Belgians. Also on this day in 2013, Leopold's 3rd great-grandson became the 7th King of the Belgians by the name of King Philippe and one of the most recent monarchs. More information can be found here: https://www.monarchie.be/en

Happy 77th Birthday to His Royal Highness Crown Prnce Alexander of Yugoslavia

 Happy Birthday to the Crown Prince of Serbia and Yugoslavia! Александар II Карађорђевић or Aleksander II  Karađorđević is heir apparent to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes which is better known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia thus head of the Karađorđević dynasty.                                                            (6.17.1945) Crown Prince Alexander was born in the Claridge’s Hotel during his parent's stay which was designated as Yugoslav territory by the British Government on the orders of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. He is the 3rd great-grandson of Đorđe Petrović, known as Karađorđe, Supreme Leader of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes via his father His Majesty King Peter II of Yugoslavia or Његово Величанство Краљ Петар II од Југославије.  Through his mother Queen Alexandra, he is a grandson of King Alexander of the Hellenes making her the fifth great-granddaughter of King Frederick V of Denmark and Norway. She is also the fifth great-granddaughter of Tsar Nicho

Happy 75th Birthday to the Duchess of Cornwall

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Happy 75th Birthday to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall A shared website with the Prince of Wales: https://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/

The 105th anniversary of the Founding of the House of Windsor

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 July 17, 1917 House of Windsor On this day, King George V changed the name of the Royal Family from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor to assess anti-German sentiment and to restore trust in the monarchy.