This Day in History

[Susan]

September 5 in royal history:

September 5, 1187 – Birth of Louis VIII of France in Paris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_VIII_of_France

September 5, 1548 - Death of Catharine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth wife, at Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England, buried at St. Mary's Church, Sudeley Castle
After the death of Henry VIII, Catharine Parr married Sir Thomas Seymour. She died of childbed fever after giving birth to her only child.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Parr

September 5, 1638 - Birth of Louis XIV of France at Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV

September 5, 1664 - Birth of Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, illegitimate daughter of Charles II by Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (aka Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_ ... _Lichfield

September 5, 1725 – Wedding of Louis XV of France and Maria Leszczyńska at the Château de Fontainebleau
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XV_of_France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Leszczy%C5%84ska

September 5, 1987 – Birth of Pierre Casiraghi, son of Princess Caroline of Monaco, in Monte Carlo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Rai ... _Casiraghi

[Susan]

September 6 in royal history:

September 6, 1666 – Birth of Tsar Ivan V of Russia in Moscow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_V_of_Russia

September 6, 1860 – Death of George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Neustrelitz (Germany)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg,_Gra ... g-Strelitz

September 6, 1923 – Birth of Peter II of Yugoslavia in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_II_of_Yugoslavia

September 6, 1926 - Birth of Claus von Amsberg, husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, at the family estate, Haus Dötzingen, near Hitzacker, Germany
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_von_Amsberg

September 6, 1940 – Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_II_of_Romania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_of_Romania

September 6, 1997 - Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_of ... s_of_Wales

September 6, 2006 – Birth of Prince Hisahito of Japan, son of Prince Akishino, at Aiiku Hospital in Tokyo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_His ... f_Akishino

[Susan]

September 7 in royal history:

September 7, 1151 – Death of Geoffrey V (the Handsome), Count of Anjou in Château-du-Loir, France
Geoffrey was the father of Henry II of England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_of_Anjou

September 7, 1362 - Death of Joan of the Tower, daughter of Edward II, at Hertford Castle, buried at Greyfriars Church, Newgate, London
Joan was the younger daughter and the fourth and youngest child of Edward II and Isabella of France. She was born in the Tower of London and was always known as Joan of the Tower. Joan married David, the son and heir of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots when she was only seven and David was only four. David and Joan had no children and Joan died in 1362 while visiting her brother Edward III.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_The_Tower

September 7, 1533 - Birth of Elizabeth I at Greenwich Palace, London

September 7, 1534 - Wedding of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Lady Catherine Willoughby
Charles Brandon was the best friend of Henry VIII and the widower of his sister Mary. The marriage to Catherine Willoughby, Charles' ward and 35 years his junior, was a bit of a scandal.

September 7, 1731- Death of Eudoxia Lopukhina, first wife of Peter the Great, at Novodevichy Convent in Moscow; buried at Smolensk Cathedral at the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow

September 7, 1809 - Death of Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, Rama I of Siam (Thailand), in Bangkok

September 7, 1857 – Birth of Elisabeth of Anhalt, wife of Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, in Wörlitz, Anhalt (Germany)

September 7, 1930 – Birth of Baudouin I, King of the Belgians at Stuyvenberg Castle, Belgium

[Susan]

September 8 in royal history:

September 8, 1157 - Birth of Richard I at Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I

September 8, 1209 – Birth of Sancho II of Portugal in Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancho_II_of_Portugal

September 8, 1299 - Wedding of Edward I of England (2nd marriage) and Margaret of France at Canterbury Cathedral
Edward's beloved first wife Eleanor of Castile died in 1290. Edward was 60 when he married 16 year old Margaret. They had three children.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_o ... ed_1318%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_I_of_England

September 8, 1397 - Death of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III, at the Prince's Inn, Calais, France; buried at the Collegiate Church of the Holy Trinity, Pleshy, England, later reburied at Westminster Abbey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_of_Woodstock

September 8, 1560 - Suspicious death of Amy Robsart, wife of Robert Dudley, Elizabeth I's favorite, at Cumnor Place, Oxfordshire
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cum ... obsart.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Robsart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dud ... _Leicester

September 8, 1761 – Wedding of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in the Chapel Royal of St. James' Palace, London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III ... ed_Kingdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_ ... g-Strelitz

September 8, 1800 - Death of Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, in Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Germany)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Fred ... g-Saalfeld

September 8, 1831 - Coronation of William IV
William’s wife Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was crowned with him.
http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-hi ... william-iv
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation ... sh_monarch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_IV ... ed_Kingdom

September 8, 1960 – Birth of Stefano Casiraghi, second husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco, in Como, Italy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_Casiraghi

[Susan]

September 9 in royal history:

September 9, 1000 – Death of Olaf I of Norway in Svolder, Norway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_I_of_Norway

September 9, 1087 - Death of William I (the Conqueror) at Hermentrube, Rouen, France; his son William II Rufus becomes king, buried at St. Stephen Abbey, Caen, Normandy, France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_England

September 9, 1342 - Wedding of Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III, and Lady Elizabeth de Burgh, at the Tower of London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_of_Antwerp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_ ... _of_Ulster

September 9, 1513 - Death of James IV of Scotland at the Battle of Flodden Field; a body, thought to be his, lay unburied in Sheen Abbey, Surrey and was lost during the Reformation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Flodden_Field
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_IV_of_Scotland

September 9, 1700 – Birth of Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, wife of Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, in Rudolstadt (Germnay)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_A ... Rudolstadt

September 9, 1730 - Death of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland , illegitimate son of Charles II by Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (aka Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fi ... _Cleveland

September 9, 1826 – Birth of Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden in Karlsruhe (Germany)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_ ... e_of_Baden

September 9, 1882 - Birth of Henry Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood, husband of Mary, Princess Royal, in London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lasc ... f_Harewood

September 9, 2000 - Birth of Victoria de Marichalar, daughter of Infanta Elena of Spain, in Madrid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_F ... orb%C3%B3n

[Susan]

September 10 in royal history:

September 10, 1167 - Death of Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I, mother of Henry II, at the Abbey of Notre Dame des Prés, Rouen; buried in Rouen Cathedral, Rouen, France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Maud

September 10, 1547 – Birth of George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt in Kassel (Germany)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_I,_ ... -Darmstadt

September 10, 1638 – Birth of Maria Theresa of Spain, wife of Louis XIV of France, at El Escorial near Madrid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa_of_Spain

September 10, 1669 – Death of Henrietta Maria of France, wife of Charles I of England, at Château St. Colombes, Paris, France; buried at St. Denis Basilica, near Paris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Maria_of_France

September 10, 1898 – Stabbing death of Elisabeth of Bavaria, wife of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, at Geneva, Switzerland; buried in the Imperial Crypt, Vienna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Bavaria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Crypt

Empress Elisabeth's tomb from my August, 2012 visit to the Imperial Crypt


September 10, 1948 - Death of Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria in exile at Coburg, Germany; buried at St. Augustin's Roman Catholic Church, Coburg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_of_Bulgaria

September 10, 2006 – Death of King Taufa’ahau Tupou of Tonga at Mercy Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand; buried at Mala’e Kula, Nuku’alofa, Tonga
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taufa%27ahau_Tupou_IV

[Susan]

September 11 in royal history:

September 11, 1297 - William Wallace, leader of the Scots' resistance, defeats the English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stirling_Bridge

September 11, 1349 – Death of Bonne of Luxembourg, first wife of the future John II of France, of the bubonic plague in Maubisson, France; buried at the Maubuisson Abbey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonne_of_Bohemia

September 11, 1822 – Birth of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, wife of Charles I of Württemberg, in St. Petersburg, Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Nikolaevna_of_Russia

September 11, 1937 - Birth of Paola Ruffo di Calabria, wife of Albert II of Belgium, in Forte dei Marmi, Tuscany, Italy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola_Ruffo_di_Calabria

September 11, 1966 - Birth of Kiko Kawashima, wife of Prince Akishino of Japan, in Shizuoka, Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Akishino

[R.W.Ware]

The September 11 terrorist attacks on The World Trade Center in New York City, New York, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the heroism and sacrifice of the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 are history. A huge day in history for all Americans--2,977 innocent victims at the hands of 19 terrorists, who died in the process--which sent us into the longest war of our history (almost three times as long as our revolution). The Butcher's Bill on 9/11/2001 is 575 more people than were killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor (2,402) and that attack required 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 2 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser, 9 destroyers, 8 tankers, 23 fleet submarines, 5 midget submarines and 414 aircraft.

[Susan]

September 12 in royal history:

September 12, 1348 - Death of Jeanne de Bourgogne (the Lame) from the plague, first wife of Philip VI of France, at Paris; buried at the Basilica of Saint Denis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_the_Lame

September 12, 1369 – Death of Blanche of Lancaster, first wife of John of Gaunt, mother of Henry IV, of the plague at Bolingbroke Castle, Lindsey; buried at Old St Paul's Cathedral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_of_Lancaster

September 12, 1494 - Birth of Francis I of France at the Château de Cognac, France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_I_of_France

September 12, 1612 – Death of Tsar Vasili IV of Russia in Gostynin (Poland); buried at Archangel Cathedral in Moscow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_IV_of_Russia

September 12, 1683 - Death of Afonso VI of Portugal at Royal Palace of Cintra; buried at Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_VI

September 12, 1739 – Death of Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt in Gotha (Germany)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Lou ... -Darmstadt

September 12, 1917 – Death of Eleonore of Reuss-Köstritz, second wife of Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria, at Euxinograd Palace, near Varna, Bulgaria; buried in the cemetery at Boyana Church, near Sofia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonore%2 ... 3%B6stritz

September 12, 1938 – Death of Prince Arthur of Connaught, grandson of Queen Victoria, at 41 Belgrave Square, London; buried at Frogmore, Windsor
Prince Arthur was the son of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia. He married his first cousin once removed Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Arthur_of_Connaught

[Susan]

September 13 in royal history:

September 13, 1410 – Death of Isabella of Valois, second wife of Richard II, at Château de Blois, France, buried at the Church of the Celestines, Paris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_of_Valois

September 13, 1598 – Death of Philip II of Spain at El Escorial; buried at El Escorial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain

September 13, 1612 – Death of Karin Månsdotter, wife of Eric XIV of Sweden, in Finland; buried at the Cathedral of Turku, Finland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_M%C3%A5nsdotter

September 13, 1940 - German bombs fall on Buckingham Palace while George VI is in residence
This is when the late Queen Mother said, "Now we can look the East End in the face."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/sep/1 ... -luftwaffe