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Post by Susan » Fri July 27th, 2012, 11:59 pm

July 28 in royal history:

July 28, 1540 - Execution of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's advisor, at Tower Hill, London

July 28, 1540 - Wedding of Henry VIII and Catherine Howard, his fifth wife, at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond, England

July 28, 1683 - Wedding of Queen Anne and George of Denmark, son of Frederick III of Denmark, at the Chapel Royal, St. James Palace

July 28, 1684 - Death of Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria FitzRoy, illegitimate daughter of Charles II by Elizabeth Killigrew; buried at Westminster Abbey

July 28, 1844 - Death of Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte, King of Naples and Sicily, King of Spain and the Indies, Comte de Survilliers at Florence, Italy; buried at Les Invalides, Paris

July 28, 1869 – Wedding of Frederik VIII of Denmark and Lovisa of Sweden at the Royal Palace in Stockholm

July 28, 1996 - Birth of Samuel Chatto, son of Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, grandson of Princess Margaret
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Post by Susan » Sun July 29th, 2012, 2:00 am

July 29 in royal history:

July 29, 796 - Death of King Offa of Mercia

July 29, 1030 - Death of Olav II of Norway in battle at Stiklestad, Norway; thought to be buried under Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim

July 29, 1108 – Death of King Philip I of France in Melun, France; buried at the Fleury Abbey in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, France

July 29, 1565 - Wedding of Mary, Queen of Scots and Henry, Lord Darnley, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland

July 29, 1588 - Defeat of the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Gravelines by the English Navy

July 29, 1672 - Birth of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and 1st Duke of Lennox, 1er Duc d' Aubigny, illegitimate son of Charles II by Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth

July 29, 1900 - Assassination of Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Gaetano Bresci at Monza, Italy; buried in the Pantheon, Rome

July 29, 1981 - Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London
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Post by Susan » Sun July 29th, 2012, 10:57 pm

July 30 in royal history:

July 30, 1126 – Death of Abbess Cecilia, daughter of William I, at the Abbey of the Holy Trinity in Caen, Normandy; buried at the Abbey of Holy Trinity, Caen

July 30, 1683 – Death of Maria Theresa of Spain, wife of Louis XIV of France, at the Palace of Versailles; buried at Saint Denis Basilica

July 30, 1700 – Death of William, Duke of Gloucester, son of Queen Anne, at Windsor Castle, buried at Westminster Abbey
The 11 year old duke’s death (from smallpox) was the major reason for the passage of the Act of Settlement in 1701 which gave the throne to Sophie, Electress of Hanover and her Protestant descendants.

July 30, 1900 - Death of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, son of Queen Victoria, at Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Germany; buried in the ducal family's mausoleum in Coburg Cemetery

July 30, 1912 - Death of Emperor Meiji of Japan; buried in the Fushimi Momoyama Ryo (Graveyard) in Kyoto, his soul enshrined in Meiji Shrine in Tokyo

July 30, 1967 - Wedding of Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein and Countess Marie Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau at the Cathedral of St. Florin in Vaduz, Liechtenstein

July 30, 1988 - Wedding of James Ogilvy, son of Princess Alexandra of Kent, and Julia Rawlinson at St. Mary the Virgin, Saffron Waldon, Essex

July 30, 2011 - Wedding of Zara Phillips, daughter of Princess Anne, and Mike Tindall at the Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland
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Post by Susan » Tue July 31st, 2012, 12:27 am

July 31 in royal history:

July 31, 1750 – Death of João V of Portugal in Lisbon; buried at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon

July 31, 1790 – Wedding of Frederik VI of Denmark and Marie of Hesse-Cassel at Gottorp Castle

July 31, 1812 – Birth of Amélie of Leuchtenberg, second wife of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil (King Pedro IV of Portugal), in Milan, Lombardy-Venetia (Italy)

July 31, 1942 – Death of Maria Ana of Portugal, wife of Grand Duke Guillaume IV of Luxembourg, in exile during World War II in New York City; buried at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg

July 31, 1966 - Birth of Marina Ogilvy, daughter of Princess Alexandra of Kent, at Thatched House Lodge in Richmond upon Thames in London

July 31, 1993 - Death of Baudouin I, King of the Belgians in the Villa Astrida in Motril, Spain; buried at the Church of Our Lady of Laeken, Brussels, Belgium

July 31, 2004 – Wedding of Lady Davina Windsor, daughter of HRH The Duke of Gloucester, and Gary Lewis, at Kensington Palace, London
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Post by Susan » Wed August 1st, 2012, 12:24 am

August 1 in royal history:

August 1, 10 B.C. - Birth of Roman Emperor Claudius in Lugdunum, Gaul (Lyon, France)

August 1, 1137 – Death of Louis VI of France in Béthisy-Saint-Pierre Castle, France; buried at the Basilica of St. Denis

August 1, 1402 - Death of Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, son of Edward III, at Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, buried at the Church of the Medicant Friars, Kings Langley

August 1, 1714 - Death of Queen Anne at Kensington Palace, buried at Westminster Abbey; George, Elector of Hanover succeeds her as George I

August 1, 1893 – Birth of Alexander I of Greece at Tatoi near Athens

August 1, 2005 – Death of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia at King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh; buried at the Al-Oud cemetery, Riyadh
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Post by Susan » Wed August 1st, 2012, 10:27 pm

August 2 in royal history:

August 2, 1100 – Suspicious death of William II in the New Forest, buried at Winchester Cathedral

August 2, 1589 - Assassination of Henri III of France by Jacques Clement at Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine; buried at the Basilica of Saint Denis

August 2, 1858 – Birth of Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, second wife of William III of the Netherlands, at Arolsen Castle, Arolsen, Waldeck and Pyrmont (Germany)

August 2, 1868 – Birth of Constantine I of Greece in Athens
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Post by Susan » Thu August 2nd, 2012, 11:12 pm

August 3 in royal history:

August 3, 1271 - Death of John, son of Edward I, at Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, buried in Westminster Abbey
John was the eldest son and fourth child of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile. He died at age 5 in Wallingford Castle, Berkshire while in the care of his uncle Richard, Earl of Cornwall. Richard was taking care of his Edward's children while he and his wife were on Crusade. John was buried in Westminster Abbey on the north side of Edward the Confessor's tomb.

August 3, 1460 - Death of James II of Scotland at Roxburgh Castle, buried at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh
James died at age 29 when a cannon he was standing next to during a siege exploded.

August 3, 1770 – Birth of Frederick William III, King of Prussia in Potsdam (Germany)

August 3, 1872 - Birth of Haakon VII of Norway at Charlottenlund Palace, near Copenhagen, Denmark
Born Prince Carl of Denmark, he became King of Norway when the union between Sweden and Norway was dissolved in 1905.

August 3, 1986 - Birth of Prince Louis of Luxembourg, son of Grand Duke Henri, in Luxembourg

August 3, 1986 - Birth of Charlotte Casiraghi, daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco, at Princess Grace Hospital, Monte Carlo
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Post by Susan » Sat August 4th, 2012, 12:47 am

August 4 in royal history:

August 4, 1060 – Death of Henri I of France at Vitry-aux-Loges, France; buried at Saint Denis Basilica

August 4, 1338 - Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I, died and buried at the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
Thomas was an ancestor of two of the wives of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard.

August 4, 1514 - 2nd Wedding of Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII, and Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus, at Kinnoul Church

August 4, 1699 – Death of Maria Sofia of the Palatinate, wife of Pedro II of Portugal, in Lisbon, Portugal; buried at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon

August 4, 1900 - Birth of The Honorable Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, wife of George VI, mother of Elizabeth II
Full name: Elizabeth Angela Marguerite

August 4, 1906 - Birth of Marie-Jose of Belgium, wife of Umberto II of Italy, in Ostend, Belgium
Full name: Marie-Jose Charlotte Sophie Amélie Henriette Gabrielle
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Post by Susan » Sat August 4th, 2012, 11:36 pm

August 5 in royal history:

August 5, 1100 - Coronation of Henry I
Henry’s first wife Matilda of Scotland was crowned on November 11, 1100. His second wife Adeliza of Louvain was crowned on February 3, 1122.

August 5, 1301 - Birth of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, son of Edward I, at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire

August 5, 1828 – Birth of Louise of the Netherlands, wife of Karl XV of Sweden and Norway, at The Hague, The Netherlands

August 5, 1901 - Death of Victoria, Princess Royal, Queen Victoria's eldest child, wife of German Emperor Frederick III, at Friedrichshof, Krönberg-Taunus, Germany, buried at Friedenskirche, Potsdam, Germany

August 5, 1939 - Birth of Princess Irene of the Netherlands, daughter of Queen Juliana, at Soestdijk Palace
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Post by Susan » Sun August 5th, 2012, 11:44 pm

August 6 in royal history:

August 6, 1644 - Birth of Louise de la Vallière, Duchess of La Vallière and Vaujours, mistress of Louis XIV, in Tours, France
Louise became a nun and lived the last 36 years of her life in a convent.

August 6, 1666 – Birth of Maria Sofia of the Palatinate, wife of Pedro II of Portugal, at Schloss Benrath outside Düsseldorf (Germany)

August 6, 1746 - Death of Christian VI of Denmark at Copenhagen; buried at Roskilde Cathedral

August 6, 1820 - Death of Frederica of Prussia, wife of Frederick, Duke of York, at Oatlands Park, Weybridge, Surrey, England, buried at Weybridge Churchyard, Surrey

August 6, 1844 - Birth of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor Castle

August 6, 1845 - Birth of John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, husband of Princess Louise, at Stafford House, London

August 6, 1894 - Wedding of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna and Grand Duke Alexander Mikailovich at Peterhof Palace

August 6, 1915 - Birth of Countess Geraldine Apponyi de Nagy-Apponyi, wife of King Zog I of the Albanians, in Budapest, Hungary

August 6, 1994 - Birth of Columbus Taylor, son of Lady Helen Windsor (daughter of HRH The Duke of Kent)
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