This Day in History

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Wed June 29th, 2011, 1:11 am

June 29 in royal history:

June 29, 1509 Death of Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, in the Deanery of Westminster Abbey; buried in the Henry VII Lady Chapel in Westminster Abbey

June 29, 1841 - Death of Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of Ernest, Duke of Cumberland, King of Hanover, at Hanover, Germany; buried at Chapel of Schloss Herrenhausen, Hanover

June 29, 1875 Death of Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia; buried in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna

June 29, 1911 - Birth of Count Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld, husband of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands

June 29, 1978 Wedding of Princess Caroline of Monaco (1st marriage) and Philippe Junot

June 29, 1990 - Wedding of Prince Akishino of Japan and Kiko Kawashima

June 29, 2008 Birth of Prince Aristidis Stavros of Greece, son of Crown Prince Pavlos

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Thu June 30th, 2011, 12:34 am

June 30 in royal history:

June 30, 1470 Birth of Charles VIII of France (the Affable)

June 30, 1670 Death of Henrietta-Anne of England, daughter of Charles I, wife of Philippe duc d'Orléans, at the Palace of St. Cloud, Paris; buried at St. Denis Basilica, France

June 30, 1964 - Birth of Alexandra Christina Manley, first wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark

June 30, 1978 - Wedding of Prince Michael of Kent and Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz at the Rathaus, Vienna, Austria

Rowan · Post by **Rowan** » Thu June 30th, 2011, 1:03 pm

75 years ago today, one of the most well-known and probably widely read historical fiction novels was published: Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Thu June 30th, 2011, 10:42 pm

July 1 in royal history:

July 1, 1481 Birth of Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden

July 1, 1534 Birth of Frederik II of Denmark and Norway

July 1, 1726 Death of Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, wife of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

July 1, 1862 - Wedding of Princess Alice and Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse and by Rhine at Osborne House, Isle of Wight

July 1, 1961 - Birth of The Honorable Diana Spencer at Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk

July 1, 1969 - Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle

July 1, 1995 - Wedding of Princess Stephanie of Monaco (1st marriage) and Daniel Ducruet

July 1, 1999 - Birth of Charles Armstrong-Jones, son of Viscount Linley and grandson of the late Princess Margaret

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat July 2nd, 2011, 2:30 am

July 2 in royal history:

July 2, 1017 - Wedding of Canute the Great and Emma of Normandy

July 2, 1492 - Birth of Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York

July 2, 1644 - Oliver Cromwell defeats Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland at the Battle of Marston Moor

July 2, 1903 - Birth of Olav V of Norway

July 2, 1932 - Death of Manuel II of Portugal in exile at Fulwell Lodge, London; buried at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon

July 2, 1959 - Wedding of Albert II of the Belgians and Paola Ruffo di Calabria

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sun July 3rd, 2011, 2:11 am

July 3, 987 Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution

July 3, 1035 Death of Robert I the Magnificent, Duke of Normandy
Robert was the father of William the Conqueror.

July 3, 1423 Birth of King Louis XI of France (the Prudent, the Spider King)

July 3, 1642 - Death of Marie de Medici, second wife of Henri IV of France, at Cologne, Germany; heart is buried at Cologne Cathedral, other remains are buried at the Basilica of St. Denis

July 3, 1743 Birth of Sofia Magdalena of Denmark and Norway, wife of Gustav III of Sweden

July 3, 1934 Death of Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, husband of Queen Wilhelmina, at the Hague, the Netherlands; buried at Nieuwe Kerk in Delft

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sun July 3rd, 2011, 11:59 pm

July 4 in royal history:

July 4, 1394 Death of Mary de Bohun in childbirth, first wife of Henry IV, at Peterborough Castle; buried at the Church of St Mary de Castro, Leicester

July 4, 1394 Birth of Philippa, daughter of Henry IV, at Peterborough Castle

July 4, 1666 Birth of Charles, Duke of Kendal, son of James II, at St. James Palace, London, England

July 4, 1799 Birth of Oscar I of Sweden and Norway

July 4, 1918 Birth of King Taufaahau Tupou of Tonga

July 4, 1942 - Birth of Prince Michael of Kent at Coppins, Iver, Buckinghamsire

July 4, 1957 Birth of Princess Chulabhorn of Thailand

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Tue July 5th, 2011, 2:06 am

July 5 in royal history:

July 5, 1321 Birth of Joan of the Tower, daughter of Edward II, at the Tower of London

July 5, 1717 Birth of Pedro III of Portugal

July 5, 1866 Wedding of Princess Helena, daughter of Queen Victoria, and Christian of Schleswig-Holstein at the Private Chapel, Windsor Castle

July 5, 1911 - Death of Maria Pia of Savoy, wife of Luís I of Portugal, in Turin, Italy; buried at the Basilica of Superga, near Turin, Italy

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Tue July 5th, 2011, 2:08 am

July 6 in royal history:

July 6, 1189 Death of Henry II at Chateau Chinon, France, buried at Fontevrault Abbey near Chinon

July 6, 1249 Death of Alexander II of Scotland at the Isle of Kerrera in the Inner Hebrides Scotland, buried at Melrose Abbey

July 6, 1402 Wedding of Blanche of England and Ludwig III, Elector Palatine at Cologne Cathedral, Germany

July 6, 1483 - Coronation of Richard III
Richards wife Lady Anne Neville was crowned with him.

July 6, 1553 Death of Edward VI at Greenwich Palace, London, England, buried at Westminster Abbey

July 6, 1598 Birth of Kirsten Munk, morganatic second wife of Christian IV of Denmark

July 6, 1724 Birth of Prince Johann Nepomuk Karl of Liechtenstein

July 6, 1796 - Birth of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia

July 6, 1865 Death of Sophie of Sweden, wife of Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden

July 6, 1868 Birth of Princess Victoria, daughter of Edward VII, at Marlborough House, London, England

July 6, 1893 Wedding of George, Duke of York (later George V) and Mary of Teck, at the Chapel Royal, St. James Palace

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Thu July 7th, 2011, 10:30 pm

July 7 in royal history:

July 7, 1162 - Death of Haakon II of Norway at Romsdal; first buried at Romsdal, reburied at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim

July 7, 1307 Death of Edward I at Burgh-by-Sands, near Carlisle, buried at Westminster Abbey

July 7, 1537 Death of Madeleine de Valois, first wife of James V of Scotland, buried at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh

July 7, 1972 Death of King Talal of Jordan at Istanbul, Turkey; buried at the royal burial grounds at Raghadan Palace in Amman, Jordan
After being king for little more than a year, Talal abdicated for health reasons in favor of his son Hussein.