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Post by Susan » Sat June 2nd, 2012, 11:14 pm

June 3 in royal history:

June 3, 1843 – Birth of Frederik VIII of Denmark at the Yellow Palace in Copenhagen

June 3, 1865 - Birth of George V at Marlborough House, London

June 3, 1877 - Death of Sophia of Württemberg, first wife of William III of the Netherlands, at Huis ten Bosch, The Hague; buried at Nieuwe Kerk, Delft

June 3, 1937 - Wedding of Edward, Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson at Château de Candé, near Tours, France

June 3, 1984 - Birth of Prince Félix of Luxembourg, son of Grand Duke Henri

June 3, 2006 – Birth of Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau, daughter of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, at Bronovo hospital in The Hague
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Post by Susan » Sun June 3rd, 2012, 11:00 pm

June 4 in royal history:

June 4, 1134 – Death of Magnus I of Sweden at the in the Battle of Fotevik

June 4, 1206 – Death of Adèle of Champagne, third wife of Louis VII of France; buried in the church of Pontigny Abbey near Auxerre

June 4, 1394 – Death of Mary de Bohun, first wife of Henry IV, at Peterborough Castle; buried at the Church of St Mary de Castro, Leicester
Mary died in childbirth giving birth to her daughter Philippa.

June 4, 1394 – Birth of Philippa of England, daughter of Henry IV, wife Eric of Pomerania, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, at Peterborough Castle

June 4, 1678 – Death of Catherine-Charlotte de Gramont, wife of Prince Louis I of Monaco, at the Palais Royal in Paris; buried at the now destroyed Couvent des Capucins de Paris

June 4, 1738 - Birth of George III at Norfolk House, St. James Square, London

June 4, 1923 - Birth of Takagi Yoriko, wife of Prince Mikasa of Japan, in Tokyo
Prince Mikasa is the brother of the last emperor Hirohito and uncle of the present emperor Akihito.

June 4, 1941 - Death of Wilhelm II, former German Emperor and King of Prussia, in Doorn, Netherlands; buried in a mausoleum on the grounds of Huis Doorn

June 4, 1990 - Birth of Jetsun Pema, wife of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan, in Thimphu, Bhutan

June 4, 1993 - Birth of Christian Mowatt, son of Marina Ogilvy, grandson of Princess Alexandra of Kent, in London
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Post by Susan » Tue June 5th, 2012, 12:19 am

June 5 in royal history:

June 5, 1296 - Death of Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III, in London, England; buried in Westminster Abbey

June 5, 1316 – Death of Louis X of France (Quarreler, the Headstrong, or the Stubborn), at Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France; buried at Saint Denis Basilica

June 5, 1341 - Birth of Edmund of Langley, son of Edward III, at King's Langley, Hertfordshire

June 5, 1554 – Birth of Elisabeth of Austria, wife of Charles IX of France, in Vienna

June 5, 1654 – Abdication of Queen Christina of Sweden due to her conversion to Catholicism

June 5, 1771 - Birth of Ernest Augustus I of Hanover, at Buckingham Palace
Prior to the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837, the Hanover kings of the United Kingdom were also Kings of Hanover in Germany. Because of Hanover's Salic Law, which forbade female succession, Victoria could not become monarch of Hanover. Her uncle Ernest Augustus became King of Hanover upon the death of his brother William. Prince Ernst of Hanover, husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco, is the senior direct male descendant of Ernest (and George III) and the pretender to the Hanover throne.

June 5, 1962 - Birth of Princess Astrid of Belgium, daughter of Albert II, at the Château de Belvédère, Laeken

June 5, 1999 - Wedding of Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein and Philipp von Lattorff

June 5, 2005 – Birth of Irene Urdangarin, daughter of Infanta Cristina of Spain, in Barcelona
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Post by Susan » Wed June 6th, 2012, 1:17 am

June 6 in royal history:

June 6, 1502 – Birth of João III of Portugal at the Castle of São Jorge in Lisbon

June 6, 1714 – Birth of José I of Portugal at Ribeira Palace, Lisbon

June 6, 1772 – Birth of Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, second wife of Francis I of Austria, in Naples

June 6, 1857 – Wedding of Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia Wilhelmina of Nassau at the Castle in Wiesbaden-Biebrich (Germany)

June 6, 1872 - Birth of Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, wife of Tsar Nicholas II, at the Neues Palais in Darmstadt

June 6, 1934 - Birth of Albert II of the Belgians at Stuyvenberg Castle, Belgium
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Post by Susan » Wed June 6th, 2012, 11:51 pm

June 7 in royal history:

June 7, 1329 - Death of Robert I of Scotland (Robert the Bruce) at Cardoss Castle, Firth of Clyde, Scotland; buried at Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland

June 7, 1394 – Death of Anne of Bohemia, first wife of Richard II, at Sheen Palace, Surrey; buried at Westminster Abbey

June 7, 1520 - Henry VIII and Francis I of France meet at the Field of Cloth of Gold

June 7, 1686 – Birth of Adolf Friedrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Strelitz

June 7, 1710 - Death of Louise de la Vallière, Duchess of La Vallière and Vaujours, mistress of Louis XIV
Louise became a nun and lived the last 36 years of her life in a convent.

June 7, 1840 – Birth of Charlotte of Belgium, daughter of Leopold I, wife of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico (Archduke of Austria), at the Royal Castle of Laeken

June 7, 1840 – Death of Frederick William III, King of Prussia, in Berlin; buried in the Mausoleum in the garden of Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin

June 7, 1869 – Birth of Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovitch of Russia, son of Tsar Alexander III, in St. Petersburg

June 7, 1876 – Death of Joséphine of Leuchtenberg, wife of Oscar I of Sweden and Norway at Stockholm; buried at Riddarholmen Church in Stockholm

June 7, 1969 - Birth of Prince Joachim of Denmark, son of Queen Margrethe II, in Copenhagen

June 7, 2002 – Death of Lilian Baels, second wife of Leopold III of the Belgians, at the Château d'Argenteuil, near Waterloo, Belgium; buried at royal vault at the Church of Our Lady in Laeken
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Post by Susan » Thu June 7th, 2012, 11:34 pm

June 8 in royal history:

June 8, 1042 - Death of King Harthacnut at Lambeth, London; buried at Winchester Cathedral

June 8, 1376 - Death of Edward, Prince of Wales, known as the Black Prince, son and heir of Edward III, at the Palace of Westminster; buried at Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent

June 8, 1492 – Death of Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV, at St Saviour's Abbey, Bermondsey, London; buried at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

June 8, 1714 - Death of Dowager Electress Sophia of Hanover, granddaughter of James I and mother of George I, at Schloss Herrenhausen, Hanover, Germany; buried at the Chapel of Schloss Herrenhausen, Hanover
In 1701, Parliament passed the Act of Settlement, giving the succession to the British throne to Sophia and her Protestant heirs. This act ensured the Protestant succession and bypassed many Catholics who had a better claim to the throne. Sophia narrowly missed becoming queen, having died two months before Queen Anne. Sophia's son George, Elector of Hanover, became George I.

June 8, 1795 - Death of Louis XVII of France, son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, at the Temple Prison, Paris; buried in the cemetery of Ste. Marguerite; his heart was interred at St. Denis Basilica on June 8, 2004

June 8, 1880 – Death of Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, wife of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, in St. Petersburg; buried at the Peter and Paul Cathedral

June 8, 1961 - Wedding of Edward, Duke of Kent and Katharine Worsley at York Minster

June 8, 1984 – Birth of Andrea Casiraghi, son of Princess Caroline of Monaco, at the Princess Grace Hospital Centre, Monaco

June 8, 2002 - Birth of Countess Eloise of Oranje-Nassau, daughter of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, at Bronovo Hospital in The Hague
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Post by Susan » Sat June 9th, 2012, 12:15 am

June 9 in royal history:

June 9, 68 – Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide

June 9, 1572 – Death of Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre in Paris; buried at the Ducal Church of Collégiale Saint-Georges

June 9, 1661 – Birth of Tsar Feodor III of Russia in Moscow

June 9, 1672 - Birth of Peter I "the Great" of Russia in Moscow

June 9, 1806 – Birth of Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine in Darmstadt

June 9, 1923 - Death of Princess Helena, daughter of Queen Victoria, at Schomberg House, Pall Mall, London; buried at Frogmore, Windsor

June 9, 1930 – Birth of Princess Ragnhild of Norway, daughter of King Olav V, in Oslo

June 9, 1946 - Shooting death of Ananda Mahidol, Rama VIII of Thailand, at the Grand Palace, Bangkok
Ananda Mahidol, was found shot to death in his bedroom. His brother, Bhumibol Adulyadej, the current king, succeeded him.

June 9, 1983 - Birth of Princess Theodora of Greece, daughter of Constantine II, in London

June 9, 1993 - Wedding of Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan and Masako Owada
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Post by Susan » Sat June 9th, 2012, 11:51 pm

June 10 in royal history:

June 10, 1190 - Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa drowns while crossing the Saleph River in what is now Turkey; his flesh was interred in the Church of St. Peter in Antioch (Turkey), his bones in the cathedral of Tyre (Lebanon), and his heart and inner organs in Tarsus (Turkey)

June 10, 1688 – Birth of James Francis Edward Stuart, “The Old Pretender,” at St. James Palace

June 10, 1811 - Death of Karl Friedrich, 1st Grand Duke of Baden

June 10, 1841 – Wedding of Frederik VII of Denmark (second marriage) and Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Neustrelitz

June 10, 1868 - Assassination of Prince Michael of Serbia in Belgrade

June 10, 1897 - Birth of Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, at Peterhof

June 10, 1921 - Birth of Prince Philip at Villa Mon Repos in Corfu, Greece

June 10, 1967 - Wedding of Margrethe II of Denmark and Henri de Laborde de Monpezat at the Church of Holmen in Copenhagen

June 10, 1974 – Death of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester at Barnwell Manor, Northamptonshire; buried at Frogmore, Windsor

June 10, 1981 – Birth of Prince Hashim bin Al Hussein of Jordan, son of King Hussein and his fourth wife Queen Noor

June 10, 1982 - Birth of Princess Madeleine of Sweden, daughter of Carl XVI Gustaf at at Drottningholm Palace

June 10, 1993 - Wedding of Abdullah II of Jordan and Rania al-Yasin
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Post by Susan » Sun June 10th, 2012, 10:02 pm

June 11 in royal history:

June 11, 1183 - Death of Henry the Young King, son of Henry II, at Martel Castle, Turenne, France; buried at Rouen Cathedral, France

June 11, 1456 – Birth of Anne Neville, daughter of the 16th Earl of Warwick, wife of Richard III, at Warwick Castle

June 11, 1488 – Death of James III of Scotland at Milltown, Bannockburn; buried at Cambuskenneth Abbey, Stirlingshire, Scotland

June 11, 1509 - Wedding of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon at Grey Friars Church, Greenwich, England

June 11, 1557 – Death of John III of Portugal at the Palace of Ribeira, Lisbon; buried at the Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon

June 11, 1661 – Death of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt in Darmstadt

June 11, 1727 - Death of George I at Leineschloss, Osnabruck, Hanover, Germany; buried at Chapel Schloss Herrenhausen, Hanover

June 11, 1914 – Death of Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Berlin

June 11, 1928 - Birth of Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, wife of King Baudouin of the Belgians, in Madrid, Spain

June 11, 1934 - Birth of Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat, husband of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, in Talence, Gironde, France

June 11, 1968 - Birth of Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, son of Prince Hans-Adam II, in Zurich, Switzerland
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Post by Susan » Mon June 11th, 2012, 11:05 pm

June 12 in royal history:

June 12, 1519 – Birth of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany in Florence (Italy)

June 12, 1701 - Act of Settlement gives the British crown to Sophia, Electress of Hanover and her Protestant heirs

June 12, 1878 – Birth of George V of Hanover in Berlin

June 12, 1968 - Birth of Sibilla Weiller, wife of Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Full name: Sibilla Sandra Weiller y Torlonia
Sibilla Weiller is a descendant of Spanish and British monarchs. See descent below:
King Alfonso XIII of Spain m. Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (granddaughter of Queen Victoria) > Infanta Beatriz m. Prince Alessanadro Torlonia of Civitella-Cesi > Olimpia Torlonia m. Paul Weiller > Sibilla Weiller
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