This Day in History

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sun December 16th, 2012, 10:04 pm

December 17 in royal history:

December 17, 942 Death of William I Longsword, Duke of Normandy; buried in Rouen Cathedral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_Normandy

December 17, 1538 - Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excommunication
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_III

December 17, 1600 Wedding of Henri IV of France and Marie de' Medici
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_IV_of_France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_de%27_Medici

December 17, 1619 Birth of Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War, in Prague
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert_of_the_Rhine
Rupert was a nephew of King Charles I, who created him Duke of Cumberland and Earl of Holderness.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... _Rhine.jpg

December 17, 1734 - Birth of Maria I of Portugal at Ribeira Palace in Lisbon, Portugal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_I_of_Portugal

December 17, 1847 Death of Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoléon Bonaparte, at Parma, Italy; buried at the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Louise_of_Austria

December 17, 1860 Death of Désirée Clary, wife of Charles XIV of Sweden, in Stockholm; buried at Riddarholm Church in Stockholm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9e_Clary

December 17, 1909 - Death of Leopold II of the Belgians at Laeken, Belgium; buried at Royal Vault at the Church of Our Lady, Laeken
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium

December 17, 2007 Birth of James, Viscount Severn, son of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, at Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey, England
Full name: James Alexander Philip Theo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wind ... unt_Severn

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Tue December 18th, 2012, 2:08 am

December18 in royal history:

December 18, 1626 - Birth of Queen Christina of Sweden in Stockholm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_of_Sweden

December 18, 1818 Birth of Prince Charles III of Monaco in Paris, France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II ... _of_Monaco

December 18, 1863 - Birth of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, whose assassination in 1914 sparked World War I, in Graz, Austria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke_F ... of_Austria

December 18, 1941 - Birth of Prince William of Gloucester, son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England
Full name: William Henry Andrew Frederick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Wil ... Gloucester

December 18, 2004 Death of Princess Takamatsu of Japan, wife of Prince Takamatsu, at St. Luke's Medical Center Tokyo, Japan; buried at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo
Prince Takamatsu was a brother of Emperor Hirohito. After the birth of Princess Aiko, only child of Crown Prince Naruhito, his wife 90 year old Princess Takamatsu issued a statement saying Japan should allow an empress to succeed to the throne.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Kikuko

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Wed December 19th, 2012, 12:14 am

December 19 in royal history:

December 19, 1154 - Coronation of Henry II
http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-hi ... oronations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation ... sh_monarch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_England

December 19, 1554 Birth of Philip William, Prince of Orange in Buren, Guelders, Seventeen Provinces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Wil ... _of_Orange

December 19, 1683 - Birth of Phillip V, first Bourbon king of Spain, at the Palace of Versailles, France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_V_of_Spain

December 19, 1751 - Death of Princess Louisa of Great Britain, daughter of George II, wife of King Frederik V of Denmark, at Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark; buried at Roskilde Cathedral
Louisa died at age 27 after undergoing painful surgery for a rupture, similar to the surgery that had killed her mother Caroline of Ansbach.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_of_Great_Britain

December 19, 1778 Birth of Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte of France, daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, at the Palace of Versailles, France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_M ... -Charlotte

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Thu December 20th, 2012, 1:06 am

December 20 in royal history:

December 20, 860 - Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex; buried at Sherborne Abbey, Dorset
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethelbald_of_Wessex

December 20, 1537 Birth of John III of Sweden at Stegeborg Castle in Söderköping, Sweden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_III_of_Sweden

December 20, 1904 Death of Alexandrine of Baden, wife of Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, at Schloss Callenberg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandrin ... (1820-1904)

December 20, 1902 - Birth of Prince George, Duke of Kent, son of George V, at York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk
Full name: George Edward Alexander Edmund
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Geo ... ke_of_Kent

December 20, 1963 - Birth of Infanta Elena of Spain, daughter of King Juan Carlos, in Madrid, Spain
Full name: Elena María Isabel Dominica de los Silos de Borbón y de Grecia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanta_Elena_of_Spain

December 20, 1981 Birth of Princess Akiko of Japan, in Tokyo, Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Akiko

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Fri December 21st, 2012, 12:32 am

December 21 in royal history:

December 21, 69 - Vespasian becomes fourth Roman emperor in the Year of the Four Emperors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_the_four_emperors

December 21, 1549 - Death of Marguerite of Angouleme, wife of Henry II of Navarre, at Odos, France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_de_Navarre

December 21, 1800 Birth of Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, wife of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in Gotha
Louise was the mother of Prince Albert, Queen Victorias husband.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_of_ ... -Altenburg

December 21, 1818 Birth of Amalia of Oldenburg, wife of King Otto of Greece, in Oldenburg, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalia_of_Oldenburg

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat December 22nd, 2012, 1:29 am

December 22 in royal history:

December 22, 1748 Death of Prince Johann Nepomuk Karl of Liechtenstein; buried at Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Nep ... chtenstein

December 22, 1925 Death of Alice Heine, second wife of Prince Albert I of Monaco, in Paris; buried at Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Heine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A8re_ ... e_Cemetery

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat December 22nd, 2012, 10:33 pm

December 23 in royal history:

December 23, 1230 - Death of Berengaria of Navarre, wife of Richard I, at L'Epau Abbey, Le Mans, Anjou, France; originally buried at L'Epau Abbey, later moved to Le Mans Cathedral, Le Mans, Anjou
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berengaria_of_Navarre

December 23, 1777 - Birth of Tsar Alexander I of Russia in Saint Petersburg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_I_of_Russia

December 23, 1910 - Birth of Maria de las Mercedes of the Two Sicilies, mother of Juan Carlos I of Spain, in Madrid, Spain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Merc ... o_Sicilies

December 23, 1933 - Birth of Emperor Akihito of Japan in Tokyo, Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Akihito
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_Birthday

December 23, 1943 - Birth of Silvia Renate Sommerlath, wife of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, in Heidelberg, Germany
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvia_Sommerlath

December 23, 1975 – Birth of Prince Ali of Jordan, son of King Hussein and his third wife Queen Alia, in Amman, Jordan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_bin_Al_Hussein

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Mon December 24th, 2012, 1:00 am

December 24 in royal history:

December 24, 1167 - Birth of King John at Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_England

December 24, 1588 Birth of Constance of Austria, second wife of Sigismund III Vasa of Poland and Sweden, in Graz, Austria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_of_Austria

December 24, 1598 - Birth of Margaret, daughter of James I, at Dalkeith Palace, Scotland
Margaret was the second daughter and third child of King James VI of Scotland (later James I of England) and Anne of Denmark. She died at Linlithgow Castle in Scotland when she a little over a year old and was buried at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh.
http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.ph ... 4&tree=LEO

December 24, 1634 Birth of Mariana of Austria, second wife of her maternal uncle Philip IV of Spain, in Wiener Neustadt, Austria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_of_Austria

December 24, 1660 - Death of Mary, Princess Royal, daughter of Charles I, wife of William II of Orange, mother of King William III, at Whitehall Palace, London; buried at Westminster Abbey
Mary was the eldest daughter and third child of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France. She was the first princess to use the style Princess Royal. It is thought that her mother suggested the style in imitation of the style of the eldest daughters of French kings, Madame Royale. Mary married William II of Orange. While Mary was pregnant with her first child, William became ill with smallpox and died. Mary's son William was born on her 19th birthday and grew up to marry his first cousin Mary. William and Mary later reigned in Great Britain as King William III and Queen Mary II. Mary, the Princess Royal died at Whitehall Palace of smallpox and was buried in the Henry VII Chapel at Westminster Abbey. William III also lost his wife Mary II to smallpox.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Royal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%2C_Pr ... _of_Orange

December 24, 1837 Birth of Elisabeth of Bavaria, wife of Franz Josef I of Austria, in Munich, Bavaria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Bavaria

December 24, 1845 Birth of George I of Greece, born Prince William of Denmark, at the Yellow Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_I_of_Greece

December 24, 1879 Birth of Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, wife of Christian X of Denmark, in Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandrin ... g-Schwerin

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Tue December 25th, 2012, 1:39 pm

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

December 25 in royal history:

December 25, 800 - Coronation of Charlemagne as Imperator Augustus by Pope Leo III in Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne

December 25, 1066 - Coronation of William the Conqueror
Williams wife Matilda of Flanders was crowned on May 11, 1068 at Winchester Cathedral.
http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-hi ... oronations
http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-hi ... -conqueror
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation ... sh_monarch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_England

December 25, 1153 - Treaty of Westminster signed allowing Stephen to keep the crown of England under the condition that Henry of Anjou, son of Stephen's cousin Empress Maud, becomes his heir.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_ ... %281153%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anarchy

December 25, 1461 Birth of Christina of Saxony, wife of King Hans of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, in Torgau, Saxony, Germany
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_of_Saxony

December 25, 1584 Birth of Margaret of Austria, wife of Philip III of Spain, in Graz, Austria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_o ... %931611%29

December 25, 1901 - Birth of Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott, wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, at Montagu House, London
Full name: Alice Christabel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_A ... Gloucester

December 25, 1926 - Death of Emperor Taisho of Japan at the Imperial Palace at Hayama, in Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu; buried at the Musashino Imperial Mausoleum near Tokyo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisho_Emperor

December 25, 1936 - Birth of Princess Alexandra of Kent at 3 Belgrave Square, London, England
Full name: Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel

December 25, 1948 - Birth of Alia Baha ad-Din Touqan, third wife of King Hussein of Jordan, in Cairo, Egypt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alia_al_Hussein

December 25, 1969 Birth of Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, in Nijmegen, Netherlands
Full name: Bernhard Lucas Emmanuel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Ber ... ollenhoven

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Wed December 26th, 2012, 12:41 am

December 26, 1135 - Coronation of King Stephen
Stephens wife Matilda of Boulogne was crowned on March 22, 1136.
http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-hi ... oronations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation ... sh_monarch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_of_England

December 26, 1251 - Wedding of Margaret, daughter of Henry III, and Alexander III of Scotland at York Minster
Margaret was the eldest daughter and second child of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence. She was only 11 years old when she married Alexander, who was 11 months younger than her. Margaret's first child, a daughter also named Margaret, was born 10 years later. Margaret then had two sons, Alexander and David, but both predeceased their father. Margaret died in 1275 and was buried at Dunfermline Abbey.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_III_of_Scotland

December 26, 1771 Birth of Julie Clary, wife of King Joseph Bonaparte of Naples and Sicily, Spain and the Indies, in Marseille, France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Clary

December 26, 1777 - Birth of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, in Darmstadt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_II,_ ... e_of_Hesse

December 26, 1818 Death of Maria Isabel of Portugal, second wife of Ferdinand VII of Spain; buried at the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Isabel_of_Portugal

December 26, 1911 - Birth of Kikuko Tokugawa, wife of Prince Takamatsu of Japan, in Tokyo, Japan
Prince Takamatsu was a brother of Emperor Hirohito. After the birth of Princess Aiko, only child of Crown Prince Naruhito, 90 year old Princess Takamatsu issued a statement saying Japan should allow an empress to succeed to the throne.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Kikuko

December 26, 1996 - Birth of Cassius Taylor, son of Lady Helen Windsor and grandson of HRH The Duke of Kent
Full name: Cassius Edward
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassius_Taylor

December 26, 2004 Death of Sir Angus Ogilvy, husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent, at Kingston Hospital, London; buried at Frogmore, Windsor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_James_Bruce_Ogilvy