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February 5, 1704 – Birth of Anna Christine of Palatine Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont, first wife of Carlo Emanuele III, King of Sardinia, at the Palace of Sulzbach-Rosenberg in the Palatinate of Sulzbach, now in Bavaria, Germany
Anna Christine of Sulzbach was the first of the three wives of Carlo Emanuele of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont, the heir apparent to the Kingdom of Sardina, and, after Anna Christine’s death, Carlo Emanuele III, King of Sardinia. They married in 1722 and had one son who died in early childhood. On March 12, 1723, a few days after giving birth to her son, Anna Christine, aged nineteen, died of childbirth complications.
Unofficial Royalty: Anna Christine of Palatine Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont
February 5, 1818 – Death of King Carl XIII of Sweden/King Karl II of Norway at the Royal Palace of Stockholm; buried at Riddarholmen Church in Stockholm, Sweden
Carl was not destined to be king, but at the age of 60, he became King of Sweden and reigned for nine years. He would be the last Swedish monarch of the House of Holstein-Gottorp.
Unofficial Royalty: King Carl XIII of Sweden/King Karl II of Norway
February 5, 1884 – Death of Maria Ana of Portugal, Princess Georg of Saxony, wife of the future King Georg of Saxony, in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, now Saxony, Germany; buried in the Wettin Crypt at the Dresden Cathedral
Maria Ana was the daughter of Queen Maria II of Portugal and Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. In 1859, she married Prince Georg of Saxony, second in the line to the Saxony throne, behind his older brother Albert. The couple had eight children but the marriage was unhappy. Maria Ana died at the age of 41 after several months of caring for her youngest son who had been in very ill health for some time. Eighteen years after Maria Ana’s death, her husband Georg became King of Saxony, reigning for just two years.
Unofficial Royalty: Maria Ana of Portugal, Princess Georg of Saxony
February 5, 1972 – Birth of Queen Mary of Denmark, wife of King Frederik X of Denmark, born Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
In September 2000, during the Olympic Games in Sydney, Mary met Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark on an evening out with some mutual friends. The two quickly began a relationship, with Frederik making several private trips to Australia before Mary eventually relocated to Denmark. Their engagement was announced in October 2003, after Queen Margrethe had given her formal consent to the marriage. Frederik and Mary married on May 14, 2004, at Copenhagen Cathedral. The couple had four children.
Unofficial Royalty: Queen Mary of Denmark
February 5, 2016 – Birth of Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Crown Prince of Bhutan, son of Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, at the Lingkana Palace in Thimphu, Bhutan
Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Druk Gyalsey (Dragon Prince) of Bhutan is the elder of the two sons of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan and Jetsun Pema, Queen of Bhutan. Jigme Namgyel is the heir apparent to the throne of Bhutan.
Unofficial Royalty: Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Crown Prince of Bhutan
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