This Day in History

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sun July 17th, 2011, 10:19 pm

July 18 in royal history:

July 18, 1501 Birth of Isabella of Austria, wife of Christian II of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway

July 18, 1918 Murder of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia at Alapaevsk, Russia; remains were reburied at the Church of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem
Ella, as she was called by her family, was the daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Grand Duke Louis of Hesse and by Rhine and the sister of Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Tsar Nicholas II. She married Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, son of Tsar Alexander II. After Sergeis assassination in 1905, Ella became a nun. Ella was brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks with five other Romanovs: Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich; three sons of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich, Prince Ioann Konstantinovich, Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich, Prince Igor Konstantinovich and a son of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley; and another nun, Varvara. Ella and Varvara have been glorified (canonized) as saints of the Russian Orthodox Church.

July 18, 1938 Death of Marie of Edinburgh, wife of King Ferdinand I of Romania, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, at Peles Castle, Sinaia, Romania, buried at the Monastery of Curtea de Arges, Romania
Marie was the daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia.

July 18, 1992 - Wedding of Lady Helen Windsor, daughter of the Duke of Kent, and Timothy Taylor at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Tue July 19th, 2011, 12:17 am

July 19 in royal history:

July 19, 1415 Death of Philippa of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt, wife of John I of Portugal

July 19, 1810 Death of Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of Frederick William III of Prussia, at Schloss Hohenzieritz in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; buried in the garden at Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin

July 19, 1821 - Coronation of George IV
Georges estranged wife Caroline of Brunswick was not crowned with him. She came to Westminster Abbey, but was not admitted. She died a few weeks later.

July 19, 1822 Birth of Princess Augusta of Cambridge, wife of Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Augusta was a granddaughter of George III, first cousin of Queen Victoria, and aunt of Queen Mary.

July 19, 1884 Birth of Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany, grandson of Queen Victoria, at Claremont House, Esher, Surrey
Prince Charles Edward was the son of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany and Princess Helen of Waldeck-Pyrmont. Charles Edward was born after his fathers death and was Duke of Albany at birth. At age 14, he became Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha upon the death of his uncle Prince Alfred. Charles Edward married Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Their daughter Princess Sibylla was the mother of the current king of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf.

July 19, 1940 Birth of Tsugari Hanako, wife of Prince Hitachi of Japan

July 19, 2008 Wedding of Lady Rose Windsor, daughter of the Duke of Gloucester, and George Gilman, at the Queens Chapel in St. Jamess, Palace, London

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Tue July 19th, 2011, 11:15 pm

July 20 in royal history:

July 20, 1346 Birth of Margaret of Windsor, daughter of Edward III, at Windsor Castle

July 20, 1524 - Death of Claude of France, first wife of Francis I of France, eldest daughter of Louis XII of France, at the Chateau de Blois, Blois, France; buried at St. Denis Basilica

July 20, 1572 Wedding of Frederik II of Denmark and Sophia of Mecklenburg-Guströw

July 20, 1890 Birth of George II, King of the Hellenes (Greece)

July 20, 1951 Death of Johanna Loisinger, Countess of Hartenau, wife of Prince Alexander of Bulgaria, in Vienna; buried at St. Leonhard Cemetery at Graz, Austria

July 20, 1951 - Assassination of Abdullah I of Jordan at Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem; buried at Royal Cemetery, Amman, Jordan

July 20, 1951 Death of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany in Hechingen, Germany; buried at Hohenzollern Castle

July 20, 1973 - Birth of Crown Prince Haakon Magnus of Norway

July 20, 1999 - Birth of Princess Alexandra of Hanover, daughter of Prince Ernst of Hanover and Princess Caroline of Monaco

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Wed July 20th, 2011, 11:33 pm

July 21 in royal history:

July 21, 987 Death of Geoffrey I (Greymantle), Count of Anjou

July 21, 1824 - Death of Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, Rama II of Thailand

July 21, 1831 Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, uncle of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, ascends to the throne of Belgium

July 21, 1858 Birth of Maria Christina of Austria, second wife of Alfonso XII of Spain

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Fri July 22nd, 2011, 1:06 am

July 22 in royal history:

July 22, 1210 - Birth of Joan of England, daughter of King John, at Gloucester, England

July 22, 1298 - Edward I combines bowmen and cavalry to defeat William Wallace's Scots at the Battle of Falkirk

July 22, 1461 Death of Charles VII of France at Mehun-sur-Yèvre, France; buried at Saint Denis Basilica

July 22, 1478 - Birth of Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy, husband of Queen Juana of Castile

July 22, 1535 Birth of Katarina Stenbock, third wife of Gustav I of Sweden

July 22, 1816 - Wedding of Princess Mary, daughter of George III, and Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, her first cousin, at the Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace
At age 40, Mary married her first cousin William, son of her fathers brother. Mary was the last of George IIIs children to die (in 1857) and was a favorite aunt of Queen Victoria.

July 22, 1832 Death of Napoléon II, Emperor of the French, at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna; originally buried in the Kapuzinergruft in Vienna; his remains were transferred to Les Invalides in Paris, but his heart remains at the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche in Vienna, and his viscera remains at the Ducal Crypt in Stephansdom in Vienna

July 22, 1848 Birth of Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

July 22, 1896 - Wedding of Princess Maud, daughter of Edward VII, and Prince Carl of Denmark, later King Haakon VII of Norway, at the Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace

July 22, 2002 - Birth of Prince Felix of Denmark, son of Prince Joachim

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat July 23rd, 2011, 12:31 am

July 23 in royal history:

July 23, 1885 - Wedding of Princess Beatrice, daughter of Queen Victoria, to Prince Henry of Battenberg, at St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight

July 23, 1892 - Birth of Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia

July 23, 1952 - King Farouk of Egypt deposed by military coup led by Gamal Abdel Nasser
Farouk is famous for saying, "In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the four kings in a pack of cards."

July 23, 1961 - Death of Mrs. Higashikuni Morihiro, formerly Princess Teru, at the Imperial Household Agency Hospital
Princess Teru was the eldest sister of Emperor Akihito.

July 23, 1986 - Wedding of Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson, at Westminster Abbey

July 23, 1993 - Wedding of Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein and Duchess Sophie of Bavaria

July 23, 1999 - Death of King Hassan II of Morocco in Rabat, Morocco; buried at the King Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco

July 23, 2007 - Death of Mohammed Zahir Shah, last king of Afghanistan, at the presidential palace compound in Kabul; buried at Maranjan Hill at the presidential palace compound in Kabul

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sun July 24th, 2011, 12:04 am

July 24 in royal history:

July 24, 1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots forced to abdicate her throne to her 1-year-old son James VI

July 24, 1689 Birth of William, Duke of Gloucester, son of Queen Anne, at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond, England
William was the only one of Queen Annes numerous children to survive a significant amount of time. A sickly child, who suffered from hydrocephalus, he died at age 11 of smallpox.

July 24, 1817 Birth of Grand Duke Adolpe of Luxembourg
Adolphe became Grand Duke upon the succession of Queen Wilhelmina to the Dutch throne. The three previous kings of the Netherlands had also been Grand Dukes of Luxembourg. However, because of the Salic Law, Wilhelmina could not succeed to the throne of Luxembourg.

July 24, 1860 Birth of Princess Charlotte of Prussia, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, at Neues Palais, Potsdam, Germany
Princess Charlotte was the daughter of Victoria, Princess Royal and Frederick III, German Emperor. She married her second cousin Duke Bernhard II of Saxe-Meiningen.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Mon July 25th, 2011, 12:01 am

July 25 in royal history:

July 25, 306 - Constantine I proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops

July 25, 1554 - Wedding of Mary I and Philip II of Spain at Winchester Cathedral

July 25, 1603 - Coronation of James I
James wife Anne of Denmark was crowned with him.

July 25, 1797 - Birth of Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, wife of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, at Rumpenheim Castle, Kassel, Germany

July 25, 1860 - Birth of Louise Margaret of Prussia, wife of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, at Marmorpalais, Potsdam, Germany

July 25, 1876 Birth of Elisabeth of Bavaria, wife of Albert I of the Belgians

July 25, 1938 Death of Prince Franz I of Liechtenstein at Valtice, now in the Czech Republic; buried at the Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic

July 25, 1970 - Birth of Lord Nicholas Windsor, son of the Duke of Kent

July 25, 1996 - Birth of Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece, daughter of Crown Prince Pavlos

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Tue July 26th, 2011, 1:59 am

July 26 in royal history:

July 26, 1469 Lancastrian victory at the Battle of Edgecote Moor

July 26, 1533 - Murder of Atahualpa, the last Incan King, on orders of Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro

July 26, 1867 Death of former King Otto of Greece, born Prince Otto of Bavaria, at palace of the former bishops in Bamberg, Germany; buried at Theatinerkirche St. Kajetan in Munich

July 26, 1944 - Death of Reza Shah Pahlavi, former Shah of Iran and father of the last Shah, in exile in Johannesburg, South Africa; buried at Reza Shah's mausoleum in Ray, Tehran, Iran which was later destroyed during the 1979 Iranian Revolution

July 26, 1958 - Debutantes presented at the British royal court for the last time
(Including some links and a photo)
http://www.likesbooks.com/court.html
http://www.hrp.org.uk/KensingtonPalace/ ... antes.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9but ... ed_Kingdom

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Wed July 27th, 2011, 12:55 am

July 27 in royal history:

July 27, 1365 - Wedding of Isabella, daughter of Edward III, and Enguerrand VII de Courcy, Earl of Bedford, at Windsor Castle

July 27, 1626 Death of Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

July 27, 1889 Wedding of Princess Louise, daughter of Edward VII, and Alexander Fife, 6th Earl Fife

July 27, 1980 - Death of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, last Shah of Iran, in Cairo, Egypt, buried at the Al Rifa'i Mosque in Cairo