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Post by Susan » Mon April 16th, 2012, 10:59 pm

April 17 in royal history:

April 17, 1080 – Death of Harald III of Denmark; buried at Holy Cross Priory in Dalby, Denmark

April 17, 1423 - Wedding of John, Duke of Bedford, and Anne of Burgundy at Troyes Cathedral, France
Anne died in 1432 and John married Jacquetta of Luxembourg After John died, Jacquetta married Richard Woodville and among their children was Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV.

April 17, 1656 – Birth of Prince Hans-Adam I of Liechtenstein

April 17, 1818 - Birth of Tsar Alexander II of Russia at Moscow Kremlin, Moscow

April 17, 1902 – Death of Francis of Spain, king consort of Queen Isabella II of Spain; at the Château of Épinay-sur-Seine, France; buried at the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial

April 17, 1968 – Birth of Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
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Post by Susan » Tue April 17th, 2012, 11:36 pm

April 18 in royal history:

April 18, 1865 – Birth of Johanna Loisinger, wife of Prince Alexander of Bulgaria, in Preßburg, Austria

April 18, 1917 – Birth of Frederica of Hanover, wife of Paul I of Greece, in Blankenburg am Harz, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire

April 18, 1969 - Birth of Princess Nori of Japan in Tokyo
Princess Nori is the daughter of the present Emperor Akihito. At the time of her marriage in 2005, she left the Imperial Family and took the surname of her husband as required by Imperial Household Law.

April 18, 1972 – Birth of Annette Sekrève, wife of Prince Bernhard Jr. of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, in The Hague
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Post by Susan » Thu April 19th, 2012, 12:15 am

April 19 in royal history:

April 19, 1390 – Death of Robert II of Scotland at Dundonald Castle; buried at Scone Abbey

April 19, 1658 – Death of Kirsten Munk, morganatic second wife of Christian IV of Denmark, at Boller Castle near Horsens; buried at Saint Canute's Cathedral in Odense

April 19, 1689 - Death of Queen Christina of Sweden at Rome; buried at St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome
Queen Christina secretly converted to Catholicism and eventually abdicated to practice her religion openly. She moved to Rome and is one of four women buried in St. Peter’s Basilica. Pope John Paul II is buried between the tombs of Queen Christina and Queen Carlotta of Cyprus.

April 19, 1713 - Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI issues the Pragmatic Sanction
Charles had no living male heirs. He hoped the Pragmatic Sanction would ensure one of his daughters would inherit the Habsburg monarchy. After his death, and following a war and a treaty, his daughter Maria Theresa finally did.

April 19, 1793 – Birth of Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia

April 19, 1876 – Birth of Prince Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, husband of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, in Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin

April 19, 1956 - Wedding of Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Grace Kelly

April 19, 1968 - Birth of King Mswati III of Swaziland at Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital, Swaziland
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Post by Susan » Thu April 19th, 2012, 11:19 pm

April 20 in royal history:

April 20, 1808 - Birth of Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, Emperor Napoleon III of France, in Paris

April 20, 1836 – Death of Prince Johann I Josef of Liechtenstein

April 20, 1839 – Birth of Carol I of Romania

April 20, 1884 – Birth of Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, at Eastwell Park, Kent
Full name: Beatrice Leopoldine Victoria
Princess Beatrice was the daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia. She married Infante Alfonso d’Orleans-Bourbon of Spain.


April 20, 1929 – Death of Prince Henry of Prussia, son of Kaiser Frederick III, at Herrenhaus Hemmelmark, Eckernförde, Germany
Prince Henry was the son of Victoria, Princess Royal and the grandson of Queen Victoria. He married his first cousin Princess Irene of Hesseand by Rhine

April 20, 1947 - Death of Christian X of Denmark at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen; buried at Roskilde Cathedral

April 20, 1960 – Death of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, daughter of Tsar Alexander III, in London; buried at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
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Post by Susan » Sat April 21st, 2012, 12:56 am

April 21 in royal history:

April 21, 1509 - Death of Henry VII at Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England; buried at Westminster Abbey

April 21, 1767 – Birth of Elisabeth of Württemberg, first wife of Franz I of Austria, in Treptow, Brandenburg
Elisabeth died in childbirth at age 23.

April 21, 1843 - Death of Augustus, Duke of Sussex, son of George III, at Kensington Palace; buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, London

April 21, 1926 - Birth of Elizabeth II at 17 Bruton Street, London, W1, England
April 21, 1947 - Princess Elizabeth makes her 21st birthday broadcast from Cape Town

April 21, 2007 – Birth of Princess Isabella of Denmark, daughter of Crown Prince Frederik, at Copenhagen University Hospital
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Post by Susan » Sat April 21st, 2012, 5:48 pm

April 22 in royal history:

April 22, 1355 - Death of Eleanor of Woodstock, daughter of Edward II, at Deventer Abbey, Gueldres, now in the Netherlands; buried at Deventer Abbey

April 22, 1433 - Wedding of John, Duke of Bedford, son of Henry IV, and Jacquetta of Luxembourg at Bishop's Palace, Thérouenne, France
Jacquetta's second husband was Richard Woodville and their daughter Elizabeth married Edward IV making Jacquetta the grandmother of Elizabeth of York and the Little Princes in the Tower and the great grandmother of Henry VIII.

April 22, 1445 - Wedding of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou at Titchfield Abbey

April 22, 1451 - Birth of Queen Isabella of Castile and Leon at Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Avila
Isabella was the wife of Ferdinand of Aragon and the mother of Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIII. Her great grandfather was John of Gaunt, son of Edward III of England.

April 22, 1852 – Birth of Grand Duke Guilliame IV of Luxembourg in Biebrich Palace, Wiesbaden

April 22, 1872 – Birth of Princess Margaret of Prussia, daughter of Frederick III, German Emperor, at Neues Palais, Potsdam, Germany
Princess Margaret, known as Mossy in the family, was the daughter of Victoria, Princess Royal and the granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She married Landgrave Frederick Carl of Hesse.

April 22, 1906 – Birth of Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Västerbotten, eldest son of Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, father of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, at Stockholm Palace
Gustaf Adolf predeceased his father. He died in an airplane crash at age 40.

April 22, 1957 - Birth of Daniel Chatto, husband of Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (daughter of Princess Margaret)
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Post by Susan » Sun April 22nd, 2012, 10:49 pm

April 23 in royal history:

April 23, 1014 – Death of Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig (Brian Boru) at the Battle of Clontarf; said to be buried at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh

April 23, 1016 - Death of Æthelred II (the Unready) at London, England; buried at (old) St. Paul's Cathedral (destroyed in the Great Fire of London)

April 23, 1124 – Death of Alexander I of Scotland at Stirling Castle; buried at Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland

April 23, 1151 – Death of Adeliza of Louvain, second wife of Henry I of England, at Afflighem, Flanders; buried at the Abbey of Afflighem

April 23, 1185 – Death of Afonso II of Portugal at Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal; buried at Monastery of Santa Cruz, Coimbra

April 23, 1224 - Wedding of Eleanor, daughter of King John, and William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

April 23, 1307 - Death of Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I, at Clare, Suffolk, England; buried at Clare Priory

April 23, 1348 - Order of the Garter is founded

April 23, 1625 – Death of Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, at The Hague; buried at Nieuwe Kerk, Delft

April 23, 1661 - Coronation of Charles II
Charles’ wife Catherine of Braganza was never crowned because she was Roman Catholic.

April 23, 1676 – Birth of Fredrik I of Sweden at Kassel, Hesse-Kassel

April 23, 1685 - Coronation of James II
James’ second wife Mary of Modena was crowned with him.

April 23, 1702 - Coronation of Queen Anne

April 23, 1751 – Death of Prince Jacques I of Monaco at Hôtel Matignon, Paris, France

April 23, 1922 – Death of Lord Leopold Mountbatten, grandson of Queen Victoria, at Kensington Palace; buried at the Royal Burial Grounds at Frogmore
Leopold was the son of Princess Beatrice, daughter of Queen Victoria, and Prince Henry of Battenberg. His mother was a hemophilia carrier and he inherited the disease from her. Leopold never married and died following emergency surgery.

April 23, 1923 – Death of Louise of Prussia, daughter of Wilhelm I of Germany, wife of Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden

April 23, 1968 – Birth of Princess Aisha and Princess Zein of Jordan, twin daughters of King Hussein and his second wife Princess Muna al-Hussein, in Amman

April 23, 1981 - Birth of Lady Gabriella Windsor, daughter of Prince Michael of Kent, at St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London

April 23, 2003 - Birth of Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria, daughter of Princess Astrid of Belgium, in Brussels
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Post by Susan » Tue April 24th, 2012, 12:21 am

April 24 in royal history:

April 24, 1533 - Birth of William I of Orange-Nassau in the castle of Dillenburg in the Holy Roman Empire, now Nassau, Germany

April 24, 1558 - Wedding of Mary, Queen of Scots and Francis, Dauphin of France (future Francis II), at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris

April 24, 1678 – Death of Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, in Darmstadt

April 24, 1852 – Death of Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden, in Karlsruhe

April 24, 1963 - Wedding of Princess Alexandra of Kent and The Honorable Angus Ogilvy, son of the 12th Earl of Airlie, at Westminster Abbey
Princess Alexandra is the first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.

April 24, 1983 – Birth of Princess Iman of Jordan, daughter of King Hussein and his fourth wife Queen Noor, in Amman

April 24, 1986 - Death of Wallis, Duchess of Windsor at Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France; buried at Frogmore, Windsor

April 24, 2004 - Wedding of Prince Friso of the Netherlands and Mabel Wisse Smit in Delft (Prince Friso is the Dutch prince who had the skiing accident earlier this year.)
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Post by Susan » Tue April 24th, 2012, 11:55 pm

April 25 in royal history:

April 25, 1214 – Birth of Louis IX of France in Poissy, France

April 25, 1284 - Birth of Edward II at Caernarvon Castle in Wales

April 25, 1464 – Yorkists win the Battle of Hedgeley Moor

April 25, 1775 – Birth of Charlotte of Spain, wife of João VI of Portugal, at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, Kingdom of Spain

April 25, 1776 - Birth of Princess Mary, daughter of George III, at Buckingham Palace

April 25, 1843 - Birth of Princess Alice, daughter of Queen Victoria, at Buckingham Palace
Alice was the mother of the last Romanov empress, Alexandra Feodorovna. She is also the great grandmother of Prince Philip.

April 25, 1897 - Birth of Mary, Princess Royal, daughter of George V, at Marlborough House, London

April 25, 1941 – Birth of Princess Muna al-Hussein of Jordan, second wife of King Hussein and mother of King Abdullah II, in Chelmondiston, Suffolk UK
Born Antoinette Avril Gardiner
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Post by Susan » Wed April 25th, 2012, 11:10 pm

April 26 in royal history:

April 26, 121 - Birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor

April 26, 1575 – Birth of Marie de' Medici, second wife of Henri IV of France, at the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Tuscany

April 26, 1648 – Birth of Pedro II of Portugal at the Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal

April 26, 1782 – Birth of Maria Amalia Teresa of the Two Sicilies, wife of Louis-Philippe of the French, at Caserta Palace, Caserta, Kingdom of Naples

April 26, 1898 – Wedding of Christian X of Denmark and Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in Cannes, France

April 26, 1923 - Wedding of Albert, Duke of York, the future George VI, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey
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