This Day in History

[Susan]

July 8 in royal history:

July 8, 975 – Death of Edgar the Peaceable at Winchester, England, buried at Glastonbury Abbey

July 8, 1249 - Death of Alexander II, King of Scots at the Isle of Kerrera; buried at Melrose Abbey

July 8, 1290 – Wedding of Margaret, daughter of Edward I, and John II, Duke of Brabant, at Westminster Abbey, London

July 8, 1332 – Death of Mary of Woodstock, daughter of Edward I, at Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, buried at Amesbury Abbey
The tenth child and sixth daughter of Edward I and his first wife Eleanor of Castile, Mary became a nun in 1285 and lived the rest of her life at the Benedictine convent at Amesbury, Wiltshire where she died and was buried in 1332.

July 8, 1337 – Death of William of Hatfield, son of Edward III, buried at York Minster

July 8, 1786 – Birth of Karl, Grand Duke of Baden

July 8, 1792 – Birth of Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, wife of Ludwig I of Bavaria
Her wedding to Ludwig I of Bavaria was the first celebration of Oktoberfest.

July 8, 1850 - Death of Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, son of George III, at Cambridge House, Piccadilly, London; buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, London
Adolphus was the grandfather of Queen Mary, wife of George V.

July 8, 1859 – Death of Oscar I of Sweden at Stockholm; buried at Riddarholm Church in Stockholm

July 8, 1972 – Wedding of Prince Richard of Gloucester and Birgitte van Deurs, at St. Andrew Church, Barnwell, Northampton

[Susan]

July 9 in royal history:

July 9, 1437 – Death of Joan of Navarre, second wife of Henry IV, at Havering-atte-Bower, Essex, England, buried at Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent

July 9, 1746 – Death of Philip V of Spain at Madrid; buried at the Collegiate Church of the La Granja Palace in San Ildefonso

July 9, 1786 – Birth of Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France, daughter of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette

July 9, 1836 - Birth of Sophia of Nassau, wife of Oscar II of Sweden at Stockholm Palace, buried at Riddarholmen Church

July 9, 1857 – Birth of Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden

July 9, 1929 – Birth of King Hassan II of Morocco

July 9, 1982 – Michael Fagin breaks into Buckingham Palace, confronts Queen Elizabeth II while sitting on her bed

July 9, 1985 – Death of Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg at Fischbach Castle; buried at the Ducal Crypt of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg City

July 9, 1999 – Wedding of Alexia of Greece and Carlos Morales Quintana

[Susan]

July 10 in royal history:

July 10, 1103 – Death of Eric I of Denmark

July 10, 1266 – Birth of John, son of Edward I, at Windsor Castle

July 10, 1451 – Birth of King James III of Scotland

July 10, 1460 – Significant Yorkist victory at the Battle of Northampton

July 10, 1559 - Death of Henri II of France from injuries suffered during a tournament at Place des Vosges in Paris; buried at Saint Denis Basilica
Henri was the husband of Catherine de Medici and the first father-in-law of Mary, Queen of Scots.

July 10, 1584 - Assassination of William I of Orange (the Silent) at Prinsenhof in Delft, the Netherlands; buried at Nieuwe Kerk in Delft

July 10, 1631 – Death of Constance of Austria, second wife of Sigismund III Vasa of Sweden and Poland, at Warsaw, Poland; buried at Wawel Castle, Kraków, Poland

July 10, 1711 – Birth of Princess Amelia, daughter of George II, at Schloss Herrenhausen, Hanover, Germany

July 10, 1953 – Birth of Hisako Tottori , wife of Prince Takamado of Japan

July 10, 1965 – Birth of Princess Alexia of Greece, daughter of King Constantine II

[Susan]

July 11 in royal history:

July 11, 1274 - Birth of Robert I of Scotland (Robert the Bruce)

July 11, 1657 – Birth of Frederick I, King in Prussia

July 11, 1663 - Birth of James, Duke of Cambridge, son of James II, at St. James Palace, London, England

July 11, 1751 – Birth of Caroline Matilda of Wales at Leicester House, London, daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales, sister of George III, wife of Christian VII of Denmark

July 11, 1766 – Death of Elizabeth Farnese of Parma, second wife of Philip V of Spain, at the Palacio Real de Aranjuez; buried at the Collegiate Church of the La Granja Palace in San Ildefonso

July 11, 1818 - Wedding of Edward, Duke of Kent, son of George III and Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saafeld, at Kew Palace, Surrey
Edward and Victoria were the parents of Queen Victoria.

July 11, 1866 – Birth of Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, at Neues Palais, Darmstadt
Princess Irene was the daughter of Princess Alice and Grand Duke Louis of Hesse and by Rhine. She married her first cousin Prince Henry of Prussia. Irene was a hemophilia carrier and transmitted the disease to two of her sons.

July 11, 1920 – Death of Eugénie de Montijo, Empress of the French, during a visit to her relatives, the Dukes of Alba in Madrid, in her native Spain; buried in the Imperial Crypt at Saint Michael's Abbey, Farnborough, England with her husband and her son

[Susan]

July 12 in royal history:

July 12, 1472 - Wedding of Richard III and Lady Anne Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, at Westminster Abbey, London

July 12, 1543 - Wedding of Henry VIII and Catherine Parr, his sixth wife, at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond, England

July 12, 1596 - Birth of Tsar Michael I of Russia

July 12, 1870 - Birth of Prince Louis II of Monaco, son of Prince Albert I and Lady Mary Hamilton, daughter of the 11th Duke of Hamilton
Prince Louis was the grandfather of Prince Rainier II, who succeeded him.

July 12, 1905 - Birth of Prince John, youngest son of George V, at York Cottage, Sandringham

[Susan]

July 13 in royal history:

July 13, 1268 - Birth of Henry, son of Edward I, at Windsor Castle

July 13, 1645 – Death of Tsar Michael of Russia in Moscow; buried at Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow

July 13, 1798 - Birth of Charlotte of Prussia, wife of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia
Name after marriage: Alexandra Feodorovna

July 13, 1807 - Death of Henry Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York and King Henry IX to the Jacobites, at Frascati, Italy, buried in St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City

July 13, 1817 - Wedding of Tsar Nicholas I and Charlotte of Prussia

July 13, 1861 – Birth of Maria Ana of Portugal, wife of Grand Duke Guillaume IV of Luxembourg
Maria Ana was Catholic and Guillaume was Protestant. They agreed that their children would be raised as Catholics because the majority of the population of Luxembourg was Catholic. The Grand Ducal family has been Catholic ever since.

July 13, 1889 – Birth of Louise of Battenberg (Lady Louise Mountbatten), second wife of Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

July 13, 1966 – Death of Beatrice of Edinburgh, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, at Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain; buried at the convent of the Capuchin Fathers at Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Princess Beatrice was the daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia. She married Infante Alfonso d’Orleans-Bourbon of Spain.

[Susan]

July 14 in royal history:

July 14, 1223 – Death of Philip II of France at Mantes-la-Jolie; buried at the Basilica of St. Denis

July 14, 1610 – Birth of Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

July 14, 1704 – Death of Sophia Alekseyevna, Regent of Russia during the minority of her brothers Peter I and Ivan V, at Novodevichy Convent in Moscow; buried at the Smolensk Cathedral at the Novodevichy Convent

July 14, 1917 - Death of Louise Margaret of Prussia, wife of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, at Clarence House, London, buried at Frogmore, Windsor

July 14, 1958 - Assassination of King Faisal II of Iraq at Baghdad; Army of Iraq overthrows the monarchy; buried at the Royal Mausoleum, Adhamiyah
Faisal was only 23 when he was killed along with the Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah‎, Princess Hiyam ('Abd al-Ilah‎'s wife), Princess Nafeesa ('Abd al-Ilah‎'s mother), Princess Abadiya (Faisal's aunt) and several servants.

July 14, 1977 - Birth of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden

July 14, 1994- Wedding of Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (daughter of Princess Margaret) and Daniel Chatto, at St. Stephen Walbrook, London

[Susan]

July 15 in royal history:

July 15, 1685 - Execution of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, illegitimate son of Charles II by Lucy Walter, for treason at Tower Hill; buried at the Chapel Royal of St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London
Sarah, Duchess of York; Princess Alice of Gloucester; and Diana, Princess of Wales are all descendants of the Duke of Monmouth.

July 15, 1750 – Birth of Franz Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Franz Frederick was the grandfather of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

July 15, 1837 – Birth of Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, wife of Pedro V of Portugal

July 15, 1946 – Birth of Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei

July 15, 1998 - Birth of Camille Kelly Gottlieb, daughter of Princess Stephanie of Monaco

[Susan]

July 16 in royal history:

July 16, 1377 - Coronation of Richard II
Richard became king at the age of 10 upon the death of his grandfather Edward III. His coronation was held a month later. Richard was so exhausted after the coronation that he had to be carried to Westminster Hall for the banquet. Richard’s first wife Anne of Bohemia was crowned on January 22, 1382. His second wife Isabelle of France was crowned on January 8, 1397.

July 16, 1557 – Death of Anne of Cleves at Chelsea Old Palace, buried at Westminster Abbey

July 16, 1740 – Death of Maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Carlos II of Spain, at Infantado Palace in Guadalajara, Spain; buried at El Escorial Monastery

July 16, 1764 - Death of Tsar Ivan VI at the Fortress of Shlisselburg; buried at the Fortress of Shlisselburg
Ivan VI was overthrown by Empress Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great. He was imprisoned for the rest of his life and murdered at age 24 during the reign of Catherine the Great.

July 16, 1672 - Birth of Lady Barbara FitzRoy, acknowledged by Charles II as his child by Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (aka Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine)

July 16, 1951 - Abdication of Leopold III of Belgium; his son Baudouin becomes king

July 16, 1975 – Birth of Countess Marie Gabriele Franciska Kálnoky de Köröspatak, wife of Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein

[Susan]

July 17 in royal history:

July 17, 1328 – Wedding of Joan of the Tower, daughter of Edward II, and David II of Scotland, at Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland

July 17, 1762 – Assassination of Tsar Peter III of Russia at Ropsha, Russia; reburied by his son Tsar Paul at Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg; his wife Catherine II (the Great) becomes empress

July 17, 1859 – Death of Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, wife of Pedro V of Portugal, at Lisbon; buried at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon

July 17, 1917 – House of Windsor established by royal proclamation

July 17, 1918 - Execution by firing squad of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family in Yekaterinburg, Siberia

July 17, 1947 - Birth of Camilla Rosemary Shand, wife of Prince Charles, at King’s College Hospital, London
Camilla is a descendant of Charles II and his mistress Louise Kerouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth.

July 17, 1963 - Birth of King Letsie III of Lesotho

July 17, 1969 - Spain's General Franco names Prince Juan Carlos to succeed him as head of state

July 17, 1973 - Overthrow of Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan

July 17, 1998 - Birth of Felipe de Marichalar, son of Infanta Elena of Spain

July 17, 1998 - Remains of Tsar Nicholas II, his family and the servants murdered are buried at the traditional burial place of the Romanovs, the Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul in St. Petersburg, Russia