List of royal weddings

The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan attends the marriage procession of his eldest son Dara Shikoh. Mughal-Era fireworks were utilized to brighten the night throughout the wedding ceremony.

A royal wedding is a marriage ceremony involving members of a royal family. Weddings involving senior members of the royal family are often seen as important occasions of state and attract significant national and international attention.

United Kingdom

Westminster Abbey has a long tradition as a venue for royal weddings,^[1] although there was a hiatus of these from 1382 until 1919, and only two of these weddings were of the reigning monarch of the time (Henry I and Richard II).

Medieval

• 1053: William I to Matilda of Flanders at the Cathedral of Notre Dame d'Eu.^[2]
• 11 November 1100: Henry I was married to Matilda of Scotland at the Westminster Abbey.
• 9 April 1269: Prince Edmund (Earl of Lancaster), son of Henry III, was married to Aveline de Forz at the Westminster Abbey.
• 30 April 1290: Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I, was married to Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester at the Westminster Abbey.
• 8 July 1290: Margaret of England, daughter of Edward I, was married to John II at the Westminster Abbey.
• 20 January 1382: Richard II was married to Anne of Bohemia at the Westminster Abbey.

Modern

• 8 April 1795: Prince George, Prince of Wales eldest son and successor of King George III, was married to Princess Caroline, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace.
• 10 February 1840: Queen Victoria, only daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and successor of King William IV was married to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace.^[3]
• 10 March 1863: Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, eldest son and successor of Queen Victoria, was married to Princess Alexandra of Denmark at the St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
• 6 July 1893: Prince George, Duke of York, second son of King Edward VII, was married to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace.
• 27 February 1919: Princess Patricia of Connaught, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, was married to Alexander Ramsay DSO at the Westminster Abbey.
• 28 February 1922: Princess Mary, only daughter of King George V, was married to Viscount Lascelles at the Westminster Abbey.
• 26 April 1923: Prince Albert, Duke of York, second son of King George V and successor to King Edward VIII, was married to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at the Westminster Abbey.
• 29 November 1934: Prince George, Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George V, was married to Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark at the Westminster Abbey.
• 6 November 1935: Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, third son of King George V was married to Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace.
• 3 June 1937: Prince Edward eldest son and successor to George V and abdicated King, was married to Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson at the Château de Candé.^[4]
• 20 November 1947: Princess Elizabeth, eldest daughter and successor of King George VI, was married to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at the Westminster Abbey.
• 6 May 1960: Princess Margaret, second daughter of King George VI, was married to Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones at the Westminster Abbey.
• 8 June 1961: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent was married to Katharine Worsley at the York Minster.
• 24 April 1963: Princess Alexandra of Kent was married to Angus Ogilvy at the Westminster Abbey.
• 8 July 1972: Prince Richard of Gloucester was married to Birgitte van Deurs at the St Andrew's Church.
• 14 November 1973: Princess Anne, only daughter of Elizabeth II, was married to Captain Mark Anthony Peter Phillips at the Westminster Abbey.^[5]
• 30 June 1978: Prince Michael of Kent was married to Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz at the Wiener Rathaus in Austria.
• 29 July 1981: Charles, Prince of Wales, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and heir apparent, was married to Diana Frances Spencer at the St Paul's Cathedral.^[3]
• 23 July 1986: Prince Andrew, second son of Elizabeth II, was married to Sarah Ferguson at the Westminster Abbey.^[6]
• 12 December 1992: Anne, Princess Royal, only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II was married to Captain Timothy James Hamilton Laurence at the Crathie Kirk.^[7]
• 19 June 1999: Prince Edward, youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II, was married to Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones at the St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.^[8]
• 9 April 2005: Charles, Prince of Wales, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and heir apparent, was married to Camilla Parker Bowles at the Windsor Guildhall.^[9]
• 29 April 2011: Prince William of Wales, second grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, eldest son of Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and second in line to the throne, was married to Catherine Elizabeth Middleton at the Westminster Abbey.^[10]

Belgium

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• 4 February 1875: Louise, Princess of Belgium and Filip von Saksen-Coburg at the Royal Palace of Brussels
• 4 November 1926: Leopold, Duke of Brabant and Astrid, Princess of Sweden at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula.
• 2 July 1959: Albert, Prince of Liège and Dona Paola, Princess Ruffo di Calabria at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula.
• 15 December 1960: The King of the Belgians and the Fabiola, countess de Mora y Aragon at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula.
• 22 September 1984: Astrid, Princess of Belgium and Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este at the Our Blessed Lady of Zavel Church.
• 4 December 1999: Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, now King Philippe of the Belgians and Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz were married at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula.
• 12 April 2003: Prince Laurent of Belgium and Claire Coombs at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula.
• 5 July 2014: Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este and Elisabetta Rosboch von Wolkenstein at the Basilica of Our Lady in Trastevere, Rome.

Denmark

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• 28 July 1869: Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, eldest son and heir apparent of Christian IX of Denmark, was married to Princess Louise of Sweden at the Royal Palace, Stockholm.
• 26 April 1898: Prince Christian of Denmark, eldest son of Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark and then, second in line to the throne, was married to Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin at Cannes, France.
• 8 September 1933: Prince Knud of Denmark, youngest son of Christian X of Denmark, was married to his first cousin, Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark at the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen.
• 24 May 1935: Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark and Iceland, eldest son of Christian X of Denmark and then, heir apparent, was married to Princess Ingrid of Sweden at Storkyrkan, Stockholm
• 10 June 1967: Crown Princess Margrethe of Denmark, eldest daughter and successor to Frederik IX of Denmark, was married to Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat at the Holmens Kirke, Copenhagen.
• 3 February 1968: Princess Benedikte of Denmark, second daughter of Frederik IX, was married to Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg at the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen.
• 18 November 1995: Prince Joachim of Denmark, youngest son of Margrethe II of Denmark, was married to Alexandra Christina Manley at the Frederiksborg Slotskirke, Hillerød.
• 14 May 2004: Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, eldest son of Margrethe II of Denmark and heir apparent, was married to Mary Elizabeth Donaldson at the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen.
• 24 May 2008: Prince Joachim of Denmark, youngest son of Margrethe II of Denmark, was married to Marie Agathe Odile Cavallier at the Møgeltønder Church, Møgeltønder.

Serbia

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Medieval

• Serbian monarch Stefan Dušan married Helena of Bulgaria, 26 April 1332 in Serbia.^[11] Stefan Dušan ruled as King of Serbia 1331–45; Emperor of Serbia 1345–55.
• Serbian monarch Stefan Uroš V married Anna Besarab, July 1360 in Serbia. Stefan Uroš V ruled as Emperor of Serbia 1355–71.

Modern

• Serbian prince (rival pretender) Aleksandar Karađorđević married Persida Nenadović, May 1830 in Hotin, Bessarabia.^[12] Aleksandar ruled as Prince of Serbia 1842–58.
• Serbian prince (rival pretender) Mihailo Obrenović married Julia Hunyadi, 1 August [O.S. 20 July] 1853 at the Russian mission chapel in Vienna, Austria.^[13] Mihailo ruled as Prince of Serbia 1839–42; 1860–68.
• Serbian monarch Milan Obrenović married Natalie Keschko, 17 October [O.S. 5 October] 1875 at the St. Michael's Cathedral, Belgrade, Serbia.^[14] Milan ruled as Prince of Serbia 1868–82 (regency until 1872); King of Serbia 1882–89.
• Serbian prince (rival pretender) Petar Karađorđević married Zorka Petrović-Njegoš, 30 July 1883 in Cetinje, Principality of Montenegro.^[15] Petar ruled as King of Serbia 1903–18.
• Serbian monarch Aleksandar Obrenović married Draga Mašin, 5 August [O.S. 23 July] 1900 at the St. Michael's Cathedral, Belgrade, Serbia.^[16] Aleksandar ruled as King of Serbia 1889–1903.

Spain

• 22 May 2004: Felipe VI of Spain, eldest son of Juan Carlos I, married Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano at the Almudena Cathedral.
• 18 March 1995: Infanta Elena of Spain, eldest daughter and child of Juan Carlos I, married Jaime de Marichalar y Sáenz de Tejada at the Seville Cathedral.
• 4 October 1997: Infanta Cristina of Spain and Iñaki Urdangarin at the Barcelona Cathedral.
• 14 May 1962: Juan Carlos, Prince of Asturias and Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark, sister of the current King of Greece Constantine II of Greece, at the Church of Saint Dennis, Athens, Greece.

Sweden

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• 19 June 1976: Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, grandson and successor to Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, was married to Silvia Renate Sommerlath at the Stockholm Cathedral.
• 7 December 1976: Prince Bertil, son of Gustaf VI Adolf and uncle of Carl XVI Gustaf, was married to Lilian Davies at the Drottningholm Palace Church.
• 19 June 2010: Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, eldest daughter and heir apparent of Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, was married to Daniel Westling at the Stockholm Cathedral.
• 8 June 2013: Princess Madeleine of Sweden, youngest child of Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, was married to Christopher O'Neill at the Stockholm Palace Church.
• 13 June 2015:Prince Carl Philip, Only son of Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, was married to Sofia Hellqvist at the Stockholm Palace Church.

Monaco

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• 19 April 1956: Rainier III, Sovereign Prince of Monaco was married to Grace Patricia Kelly at the Prince's Palace of Monaco.^[17]
• 1 July 2011: Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco was married to Charlene Lynette Wittstock at the Prince's Palace of Monaco.

Luxembourg

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• 14 Feb 1981:Hereditary Grand Duke Henri, eldest son of Grand Duke Jean and, then, heir apparent, was married to María Teresa Mestre y Batista-Falla at the Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg.
• 20 Oct 2012:Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume, eldest son of Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and heir apparent, was married to Countess Stephanie de Lannoy at the Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg.
• 21 September 2013: Prince Félix, second son of Grand Duke Henri was married to Claire Lademacher at the at the Basilique de Sainte Marie-Madeleine, France.

The Netherlands

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• 7 January 1937: Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, only child and successor of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, was married to Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld at the Grote of Sint-Jacobskerk (The Hague).
• 10 March 1966: Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, eldest daughter and successor of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands was married to Claus van Amsberg at the Westerkerk (Amsterdam).
• 10 January 1967: Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, third daughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands was married to Pieter van Vollenhoven at the Grote of Sint-Jacobskerk (The Hague).
• 19 May 2001: Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, youngest son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands was married to Laurentien Brinkhorst at the Grote of Sint-Jacobskerk (The Hague).
• 2 February 2002: Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, eldest son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and, then, heir apparent, was married to Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti at the Beurs van Berlage at the Nieuwe Kerk (Amsterdam).
• 24 April 2004: Prince Friso of Orange, second son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, was married to Mabel Wisse Smit at the Oude Kerk (Delft).

Norway

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• 29 August 1968: Crown Prince Harald of Norway, only son and successor to Olav V of Norway, married Sonja Haraldsen at the Oslo Cathedral.
• 25 August 2001: Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, eldest son of King Harald V of Norway and heir apparent, was married to Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby at the Oslo Cathedral.
• 24 May 2002: Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, daughter of King Harald V of Norway, was married to Ari Behn at the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.

Thailand

• 28 April 1950: King Bhumibol Adulyadej married Mom Rajawongse Sirikit Kitiyakara at the Sra Pathum Palace.^[18]

Tahiti

• October 19, 1823: Princess ʻAimata Pomare of Tahiti married King Tapoa II of Tahaʻa and Bora Bora at LMS Chapel, Huahine.

Hawaii

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• October 19, 1823: High Chief Hoapili was married to Queen Dowager Kalākua Kaheiheimālie at The Mission.
• December 5, 1828: Princess Laura Kanaholo Kōnia was married to High Chief Abner Kuhoʻoheiheipahu Pākī at the Kawaiahaʻo Church.
• November 25, 1835: Princess Harriet Keōpūolani Nāhiʻenaʻena was married to High Chief William Pitt Leleiohoku at the Waineʻe Church.
• June 19, 1856: King Kamehameha IV was married to Emma Rooke at the Kawaiahaʻo Church.

References

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6. "BBC ON THIS DAY | 23 | 1986: Prince Andrew weds Sarah Ferguson". BBC News. 1974-07-23. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
7. "BBC ON THIS DAY | 12 | 1992: Princess Royal remarries". BBC News. 1988-12-12. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
8. "Special Report | 1999 | 06/99 | royal wedding | Edward and Sophie begin married life". BBC News. 1999-06-21. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
9. "BBC ON THIS DAY | 9 | 2005: Prince Charles marries Camilla". BBC News. 2003-04-09. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
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12. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti (1939). Posebna izdanja 126. p. 259. У Бесарабији, у Хотину, маја ме- сеца 1830 године удала се за Ка- рађорђевог млађег сина Алексан- дра, доцнијег српског кнеза (1842 —1859)
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17. "BBC ON THIS DAY | 12 | 1956: 1956: Prince Rainier marries Grace Kelly". BBC News. 1988-12-12. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
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External links

• The Royal Weddings Collection - Archived newsreels of British Royal Weddings
• Royal wedding footage