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Post by Susan » Tue May 4th, 2010, 2:02 am

May 4 in royal history:

May 4, 1008 – Birth of Henri I of France

May 4, 1471 - Yorkists defeat Lancastrians at the Battle of Tewkesbury

May 4, 1471 - Death of Edward, Prince of Wales, only child of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou, at the Battle of Tewkesbury; buried at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucester

May 4, 1616 – Death of Magdalena of Brandenburg, wife of Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

May 4, 1884 – Death of Maria Anna of Savoy, wife of Ferdinand I of Austria; buried at the Imperial Crypt, Vienna

May 4, 1948 – Birth of King George Tupou V of Tonga

May 4, 1994 – Birth of Pauline Ducruet, daughter of Princess Stephanie of Monaco

May 4, 2009 – Birth of Prince Henrik of Denmark, son of Prince Joachim
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Post by Susan » Tue May 4th, 2010, 11:55 pm

May 5 in royal history:

May 5, 1316 - Death of Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, daughter of Edward I, at Quendon, Essex; buried at Waltham Abbey, Essex

May 5, 1661 - Death of Charles, Duke of Cambridge, son of James II, at Whitehall Palace; buried at Westminster Abbey.
Charles was the eldest son of James, Duke of York (later James II) and his first wife Anne Hyde. He died at age 6 months and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

May 5, 1738 – Birth of Adolf Friedrich IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

May 5, 1747 - Birth of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Archduke of Austria, and Grand Duke of Tuscany

May 5, 1821 - Death of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, on the island of St. Helena, originally buried on St. Helena, re-interred at St Jerome's Chapel in Paris in 1840, and finally at Les Invalides in Paris in 1861

Naopleon's tomb has got to be the largest tomb I have ever seen! Photo is from my trip last summer. Compare the tomb size to the people!
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May 5, 1826 - Birth of Eugénie de Montijo Countess de Teba, Empress Eugénie of the French, wife of Napoleon III
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Post by Susan » Thu May 6th, 2010, 12:53 am

May 6 in royal history:

May 6, 1680 – Wedding of Karl XI of Sweden and Ulrike Eleonora of Denmark

May 6, 1871 – Birth of Grand Duke George Alexandrovitch, son of Tsar Alexander III of Russia

May 6, 1910 - Death of Edward VII at Buckingham Palace; buried at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle

May 6, 1960 - Wedding of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey
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Post by Susan » Thu May 6th, 2010, 10:36 pm

May 7, in royal history:

May 7, 1682 – Death of Tsar Feodor III of Russia in Moscow; buried at the Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow

May 7, 1718 - Death of Mary of Modena, second wife of James II, at Château St. Germain-en-Laye, Paris, France; buried at the Abbey of Visitation of St. Mary, Chaillot, France

May 7, 1767 - Birth of Frederica of Prussia, wife of Prince Frederick, Duke of York, at Charlottenburg, Berlin, Prussia

May 7, 1818 - Wedding of Prince Adolphus, son of George III, and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel at Kew Palace, Surrey
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Post by Susan » Sat May 8th, 2010, 12:03 am

May 8 in royal history:

May 8, 1326 – Birth of Jeanne I of Auvergne, second wife of Jean II of France

May 8, 1559 - Act of Supremacy defines Elizabeth I as the Supreme Governor of the Church of England

May 8, 1736 - Wedding of Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of George II, and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha at Chapel Royal, St. James Palace

May 8, 2003 - Birth of Crown Prince Moulay Al-Hassan of Morocco, son of King Mohammed VI
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Post by Susan » Sun May 9th, 2010, 12:08 am

May 9 in royal history:

May 9, 1671 - Thomas Blood steals the crown jewels. He is captured and later freed by Charles II.

May 9, 1892 - Birth of Zita of Bourbon-Parma, wife of Emperor Karl I of Austria-Hungary

May 9, 1946 - Abdication of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy; Umberto II proclaims himself king

May 9, 1949 – Death of Prince Louis II of Monaco at the Prince’s Palace; buried at Saint Nicholas Cathedral
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Post by Susan » Sun May 9th, 2010, 8:29 pm

May 10 in royal history:

May 10, 1774 - Death of Louis XV of France at the Palace of Versailles; buried at Saint Denis Basilica

May 10, 1775 – Death of Caroline Mathilde of Wales, wife of King Christian VII of Denmark, sister of King George III, at Celle, Germany; buried at Stadtkirche St. Marien in Celle

May 10, 1788 – Birth of Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, wife of William I of Württemberg

May 10, 1794 – Execution of Madame Elisabeth of France, sister of Louis XVI

May 10, 1978 - Birth of Salma Bennani, wife of King Mohammed VI of Morocco
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Post by Susan » Mon May 10th, 2010, 10:20 pm

May 11 in royal history:

May 11, 973 - King Edgar crowned at Bath Abbey
The service at Edgar’s crowning, written by St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, forms the basis of the current coronation service

May 11, 2007 – Death of Malietoa Tanumafili II of Samoa
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Post by Susan » Tue May 11th, 2010, 10:19 pm

May 12 in royal history:

May 12, 1191 – Wedding of Richard I and Berengaria of Navarre at the Chapel of St. George, Limassol, Cyprus

May 12, 1496 – Birth of Gustav I of Sweden

May 12, 1686 - Birth of Anne Sophia, daughter of Queen Anne
Anne Sophia was one of the five of Queen Anne’s 18 children who were born alive and one of the three who lived longer than a day. At the age of nine months she died of smallpox. Her sister Mary, aged 21 months, died of smallpox six days later.

May 12, 1708 – Death of Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

May 12, 1876 - Birth of Prince Frederick Harald of Schleswig-Holstein, grandson of Queen Victoria, at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
Full name: Frederick Christian Augustus Leopold Edward Harald
Prince Frederick Harald was the son of Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. He lived only 8 days.
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Post by Susan » Wed May 12th, 2010, 11:03 pm

May 13 in royal history:

May 13, 1254 – Birth of Maria of Brabant, second wife of Philip III of France

May 13, 1359 - Wedding of John of Gaunt, son of Edward III, and Blanche of Lancaster at Reading Abbey, Berkshire

May 13, 1629 - Birth and death of Charles, Duke of Cornwall, son of Charles I, at Greenwich Palace, London; buried at Westminster Abbey
Charles, the eldest son of Charles I and his wife Henrietta Maria of France, was born prematurely after his mother had been frightened by a mastiff jumping at her.

May 13, 1717 - Birth of Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia

May 13, 1822 – Birth of Francis of Spain, king consort of Queen Isabella II of Spain

May 13, 1979 - Birth of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden
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