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This Day in History

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Susan
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Post by Susan » Fri September 20th, 2013, 12:29 am

September 20 in royal history:

September 20, 1486 - Birth of Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of King Henry VII, at St. Swithin's Priory in Winchester, England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%2C_Prince_of_Wales

September 20, 1853 - Birth of Chulalongkorn the Great, King of Siam (Rama V) at the Grand Palace in Phra Nakhon, Siam (now Thailand)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chulalongkorn

September 20, 1925 – Birth of Ananda Mahidol, King of Thailand (Rama VIII) in Heidelberg, Germany
Anada Mahidol, the brother of the current king, Bhumibol Adulyadej, was found dead after he was shot in his bedroom.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Mahidol
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Post by Susan » Sun September 22nd, 2013, 2:35 am

FYI...I am not going to post daily royal dates here anymore. At the royalty website I help administer, we have changed from posting the dates on the forum to posting the dates in a post that appears on the home page. If anyone is interested in the daily royal dates, bookmark Unofficial Royalty: Today in Royal History.
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http://www.unofficialroyalty.com/

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Post by emr » Thu October 30th, 2014, 7:52 pm

This one is an interesting date I think. Enough to resurrect this thread for a bit ;)

800 years ago tomorrow died Eleanor of England, Queen of Castilla, daughter of Henry II, 13 October 1162 – 31 October 1214. She was married to Alfonso VIII of Castilla who died only 25 days before.
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There is right now an exhibition of old documents from the archive signed by Alfonso VIII. He had such cool signatures:
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