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Post by Susan » Sat May 18th, 2013, 8:17 pm

May 19 in royal history:

May 19, 1359 - Wedding of John of Gaunt, son of Edward III, and Blanche of Lancaster at Reading Abbey, Berkshire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Gaunt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_of_Lancaster

May 19, 1359 - Wedding of Margaret of Windsor, daughter of Edward III, and John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, at Reading Abbey, Berkshire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_P ... f_Pembroke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hasti ... f_Pembroke

May 19, 1536 - Execution of Anne Boleyn in the Tower of London; buried at St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Boleyn
http://tudorhistory.org/primary/abexecution.html

May 19, 1744 - Birth of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of George III, at Mirow, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany
Full name: Charlotte Sophia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_ ... g-Strelitz

May 19, 1797 – Birth of Maria Isabel of Portugal, second wife of Ferdinand VII of Spain at the Palace of Queluz, Portugal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Isabel_of_Portugal

May 19, 2001 - Wedding of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands and Laurentien Brinkhorst at Grote of St Jacobskerk in The Hague
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Con ... etherlands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentien_Brinkhorst
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Post by Lisa » Sun May 19th, 2013, 4:13 pm

Today I ran a charity 5K race, and when I was issued my runner number to go on my t-shirt, I noticed it was 1536. Since I was just reading about Anne Boleyn recently, my first thought was "oh that's the year AB was executed". Then I realised the date... weird coincidence!

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Post by Susan » Sun May 19th, 2013, 5:00 pm

[quote=""LadyB""]Today I ran a charity 5K race, and when I was issued my runner number to go on my t-shirt, I noticed it was 1536. Since I was just reading about Anne Boleyn recently, my first thought was "oh that's the year AB was executed". Then I realised the date... weird coincidence![/quote]

Now that is coincidental!
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Post by Susan » Sun May 19th, 2013, 10:53 pm

May 20, 1315 – Birth of Bonne of Luxembourg, first wife of Jean II of France, in Prague, Bohemia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonne_of_Luxemburg

May 20, 1875 – Death of Amalia of Oldenburg, wife of King Otto of Greece, at Bamberg; buried at the Theatine Church, Munich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalia_of_Oldenburg

May 20, 1910 - Funeral of Edward VII
http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/wind ... neral.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII

May 20, 1950 - Wedding of Princess Taka of Japan and Takatsukasa Toshimichi
Princess Taka, who died in 1989, was a daughter of the late Emperor Hirohito and a sister of the present Emperor Akihito.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuko_Takatsukasa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takatsukasa_Toshimichi

May 20, 1967 - Birth of Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, son of King Constantine II, in Athens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlos%2C_ ... _of_Greece
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Post by Susan » Mon May 20th, 2013, 10:33 pm

May 21 in royal history:

May 21, 987 – Death of Louis V, King of West Francia (the Indolent or the Sluggard) in Senlis, France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_V_of_France

May 21, 1471 – Murder of Henry VI in the Tower of London; buried at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England

May 21, 1481 – Death of Christian I of Denmark in Copenhagen; buried at Roskilde Cathedral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_I

May 21, 1527 - Birth of Philip II of Spain in Valladolid, Spain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain

May 21, 1662 - Wedding of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza at St Thomas à Becket Church, Portsmouth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Braganza

May 21, 1801 – Birth of Sophie of Sweden, wife of Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden, in Stockholm, Sweden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_of_Sweden

May 21, 1806 – Death of Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, first wife of Ferdinand VII of Spain; buried at the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_M ... and_Sicily

May 21, 1864 – Birth of Stéphanie of Belgium, wife of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, at the Royal Palace of Laeken, Belgium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_S ... of_Belgium

May 21, 1889 – Birth of Prince Leopold of Battenberg, grandson of Queen Victoria, at Windsor Castle
Full name: Leopold Arthur Louis
Leopold was the son of Princess Beatrice 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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Leopold_Mountbatten
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Post by Susan » Tue May 21st, 2013, 11:57 pm

May 22, 337 - Death of Emperor Constantine the Great in Nicodemia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantin ... emperor%29

May 22, 1127 - Wedding of Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I, and Count Geoffrey V of Anjou, at Le Mans Cathedral
Maud and Geoffrey were the parents of Henry II.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Maud
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_of_Anjou

May 22, 1409 - Death of Blanche, daughter of Henry IV, at Neustadt, Alsace, Germany; buried at the Church of St Mary, Neustadt, Alsace
Blanche was the elder daughter of Henry IV and his first wife Mary de Bohun. She married Ludwig III, Elector of the Palatine and Duke of Bavaria in 1402.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_of_England

May 22, 1455 - Henry VI is taken prisoner by the Yorkists at the First Battle of St. Albans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_St_Albans

http://www.richardiii.net/battle%20imag ... ns%201.JPG

May 22, 1667 - Death of Charles, Duke of Kendal, son of James II; buried at Westminster Abbey
Charles was the third son and fifth child of James, Duke of York (later James II) and his first wife Anne Hyde. He died at St. James' Palace at age ten months.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_St ... _of_Kendal

May 22, 1770 - Birth of Princess Elizabeth, daughter of George III, at Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth was the third daughter and seventh child of George III and his wife Charlotte. She married late in life at age 48 to Hereditary Prince Friedrich of Hesse-Homburg. Her husband succeeded his father as Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg in 1820.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_E ... ed_Kingdom

May 22, 1782 – Death of Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, wife of Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, in Hanover (Germany)
Friederike died in childbirth along with her 10th child.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_F ... -Darmstadt

May 22, 1815 – Wedding of Christian VIII of Denmark (second marriage) and Caroline Amelia of Schleswig-Holstein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_VIII
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_A ... gustenborg

May 22, 1823 – Wedding of Oscar I of Sweden and Joséphine of Leuchtenberg at Leuchtenberg Palace in Munich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_I
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_of_Leuchtenberg

May 22, 2004 - Wedding of Felipe, Prince of Asturias and Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano at the Cathedral Santa María la Real de la Almudena in Madrid
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3735213.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felipe%2C_ ... f_Asturias
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letizia%2C ... f_Asturias
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Post by Susan » Thu May 23rd, 2013, 12:40 am

May 23 in royal history:

May 23, 1052 – Birth of Philip I (the Amorous) of France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_I_of_France

May 23, 1482 - Death of Mary of York at age 14, daughter of Edward IV, at Greenwich Palace, London; buried at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_York

May 23, 1857 – Birth of Marie of Waldeck-Pyrmont, wife of William II of Württemberg, in Arolsen, Waldeck and Pyrmont
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_of_Waldeck-Pyrmont

May 23, 1947 - Death of Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood, husband of Mary, Princess Royal, at Harewood House, Leeds, Yorkshire; buried at Harewood House
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lasc ... f_Harewood

May 23, 2010 - Death of Princess Leonida Bagration-Moukhransky, wife of Grand Duke Vladimir Cyrillovich, pretender to the Russian throne, at Madrid, Spain; buried at the Grand Ducal Burial Vault at the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_L ... f_Mukhrani
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... ussia.html
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Post by Susan » Fri May 24th, 2013, 1:12 am

May 24, 1141 – Birth of Malcolm IV of Scotland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_IV

May 24, 1153 – Death of David I of Scotland at Carlisle, Cumbria; buried at Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_I_of_Scotland

May 24, 1819 - Birth of Queen Victoria at Kensington Palace
Full name: Alexandrina Victoria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_o ... ed_Kingdom
http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMon ... toria.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_Palace

May 24, 1874 – Birth of Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, at Neues Palais, Darmstadt, Germany
Full name: Marie Viktoria Feodore Leopoldine
Known as May, she was the daughter of Princess Alice and Grand Duke Louis of Hesse and by Rhine. She died of diphtheria at age four. Her mother succumbed to the same disease a couple of weeks later.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_M ... d_by_Rhine


May 24, 1935 – Wedding of Frederik IX of Denmark and Ingrid of Sweden at Storkyrkan in Stockholm
http://www.unofficialroyalty.com/royal- ... of-sweden/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_IX_of_Denmark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_of_Sweden

May 24, 1995 - Birth of Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein in London
Full name: Joseph Wenzel Maximilian Maria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wen ... lian_Maria

May 24, 2002 - Wedding of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and Ari Behn at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_M ... _of_Norway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Behn

May 24, 2008 – Wedding of Prince Joachim of Denmark and Marie Cavallier at Møgeltønder Church near Schackenborg Manor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Joachim_of_Denmark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Cavallier
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Post by Susan » Sat May 25th, 2013, 12:22 am

May 25 in royal history:

May 25, 1553 - Wedding of Lady Jane Grey and Lord Guildford Dudley at Durham House, London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Jane_Grey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilford_Dudley

May 25, 1690 – Birth of Prince Johann Josef Adam of Liechtenstein in Vienna (Austria)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Joha ... chtenstein

May 25, 1786 – Death of Pedro III of Portugal, husband and uncle of Maria I, co-reigned alongside her until his death; buried at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_III_of_Portugal

May 25, 1846 - Birth of Princess Helena, daughter of Queen Victoria, at Buckingham Palace
Full name: Helena Augusta Victoria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_H ... g-Holstein

May 25, 1946 - Abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan
King Abdullah was the grandfather of the late King Hussein.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_I_of_Jordan
http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/kingabdullah.html

May 25, 1966 – Birth of Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst, wife of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, in Leiden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentien_Brinkhorst
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Post by Susan » Sun May 26th, 2013, 12:36 am

May 26 in royal history:

May 26, 946 - Death of Edmund I (the Magnificent) at Pucklechurch, Dorset; buried at Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_I_of_England

May 26, 1796 – Birth of Prince Alois II of Liechtenstein in Vienna (Austria)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_II

May 26, 1826 – Birth of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, first wife of Grand Duke Adolphe I of Luxembourg, in the Kremlin in Moscow
Elizabeth died at age 18 in childbirth along with her baby daughter. Her husband had an Orthodox church built for her remains. The church was built on a hill which was visible from Adolphe's residence so he could always see where Elizabeth's remains were buried.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Mikhailovna

May 26, 1842 - Wedding of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_IX
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_of_Hesse-Kassel

May 26, 1867 - Birth of Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, wife of George V, at Kensington Palace
Full name: Victoria Mary Augusta Louisa Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Teck
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_Palace

May 26, 1896 - Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in Moscow
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/ ... 1_29a.html
http://www.angelfire.com/pa/ImperialRus ... ation.html

May 26, 1968 - Birth of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark in Copenhagen
Full name: Frederik André Henrik Christian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik%2 ... of_Denmark
http://kongehuset.dk/english/The-Royal- ... e-Frederik

May 26, 1990 - Birth of Zenouska May Mowatt, daughter of Marina Ogilvy, in London
Zenouska is the granddaughter of the Queen's cousin, Princess Alexandra.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenouska_Mowatt
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