This Day in History

[Susan]

January 6 in royal history:

January 6, 1066 – Harold Godwinson chosen to succeed Edward the Confessor as King of England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_II_of_England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witenagemot

January 6, 1367 - Birth of Richard II at Bordeaux, Gascony, France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_II_of_England

January 6, 1448 – Death of Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden at Helsingborg, Sweden; buried at Roskilde Cathedral (his tomb has not been preserved)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_of_Bavaria

January 6, 1540 - Wedding of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves, his fourth wife, at Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Cleves

January 6, 1935 – Birth of Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela, wife of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria, in Madrid, Spain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarita_ ... _y_Cejuela

[Susan]

January 7 in royal history (a lot of dates!):

January 7, 1114 - Wedding of Maud (daughter of Henry I) and Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor at Mainz, Germany
Maud married first husband Henry when she was 12 and was a childless widow at age 23. Her second husband was Geoffrey Plantagenet and together they were the parents of Henry II of England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Maud
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V%2C ... an_Emperor

January 7, 1239 - Wedding of Eleanor (daughter of King John) and Simon de Montfort, Earl Leicester at Kings Chapel, Palace of Westminster
Eleanor was the third daughter and fifth and youngest child of King John and his wife Isabella of Angouleme. She first married William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke and was widowed at age 16. Seven years later, Eleanor secretly married Simon de Montfort. Montfort was a famous statesman and soldier and was killed at the Battle of Evesham. He is considered to be the father of Parliament.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_de_M ... _Leicester
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Leicester

January 7, 1325 – Death of King Dinis of Portugal in Santarém, Kingdom of Portugal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinis_of_Portugal

January 7, 1355 - Birth of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III, at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_of_Woodstock

January 7, 1430 - Death of Philippa of England, (daughter of Henry IV) wife of Eric VII of Denmark, at the Convent of Valdstena, Linkoping, Sweden; buried at the Convent of Valdstena
Philippa was the second daughter and seventh and youngest child of Henry IV and his first wife Mary de Bohun, who died delivering her. She married King Eric VII of Denmark at age 12. 23 years later, Philippa delivered a stillborn child and never fully recovered her health. She retired to a convent and died shortly thereafter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippa_of_England

January 7, 1536 - Death of Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII, at Kimbolton Castle; buried at Peterborough Cathedral
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cg ... f%20Aragon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Aragon

January 7, 1647 – Birth of Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg in Stuttgart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Lu ... Crttemberg

January 7, 1743 – Death of Anne Sophie Reventlow, second wife of Frederick IV of Denmark and Norway; buried at Roskilde Cathedral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Sophie_Reventlow

January 7, 1582 – Birth of Magdalena of Brandenburg, wife of Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalena_von_Brandenburg

January 7, 1768 – Birth of Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte, King of Naples and Sicily, King of Spain and the Indies, in Corte, Corsica, Republic of Genoa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bonaparte

January 7, 1796 - Birth of Princess Charlotte of Wales, only child of George IV, at Carlton House, London
Full name: Charlotte Augusta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Augusta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton_House

January 7, 1830 – Death of Charlotte of Spain, wife of João VI of Portugal, at Queluz Palace, buried at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_of_Spain

January 7, 1845 - Birth of Ludwig III, last King of Bavaria, in Munich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_III_of_Bavaria

January 7, 1890 – Death of Augusta of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach, wife of William I, German Emperor, in Berlin; buried in the mausoleum of Charlottenburg Palace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_of_Saxe-Weimar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlottenburg_Palace

January 7, 1937 - Wedding of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld; civil ceremony in The Hague Town Hall, religious ceremony at Great Church (St. Jacobskerk) in The Hague
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliana_of_the_Netherlands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Ber ... etherlands
http://www.unofficialroyalty.com/royal- ... esterfeld/

January 7, 1989 - Death of Emperor Hirohito of Japan at the Imperial Palace, Tokyo; buried at the Musashino Imperial Mausoleum near Tokyo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Hirohito

[Susan]

January 8, 1107 – Death of King Edgar of Scotland at Edinburgh; buried at Dunfermline Abbey, Fife
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_of_Scotland

January 8, 1297 - Wedding of Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, daughter of Edward I, and Count John I of Holland at Ipswich Priory Church, Suffolk
Elizabeth was the youngest daughter of Edward I and his first wife Eleanor of Castile. She married Count John I of Holland at age 15. John died two years later and Elizabeth returned to England. Elizabeth later married Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex and Constable of England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Rhuddlan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_I%2C_Count_of_Holland

January 8, 1297 - Rock of Monaco seized by François Grimaldi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Grimaldi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_of_Monaco

January 8, 1864 - Birth of Prince Albert Victor (Eddy), son of Edward VII, at Frogmore House, Windsor
Full name: Albert Victor Christian Edward
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Alb ... f_Clarence

January 8, 1873 – Birth of Elena of Montenegro, wife of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, in Cetinje, Montenegro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_of_Montenegro

January 8, 1930 - Wedding of Marie-Jose of Belgium and Umberto II of Italy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_II_of_Italy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Jos%C3%A9_of_Belgium

January 8, 2011 - Birth of Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine of Denmark, twin son and daughter of Crown Prince Frederik, at the Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Full Names: Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander and Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Vincent_of_Denmark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_J ... of_Denmark

[Susan]

January 9 in royal history:

January 9, 1514 – Death of Anne of Brittany, wife of Charles VIII of France and second wife of Louis XII of France, at the Royal Château de Blois; buried at Saint Denis Basilica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Brittany

January 9, 1819 – Death of Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, second wife of William I of Württemberg in Stuttgart; buried at the Württemberg Mausoleum in Rotenberg, Stuttgart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duch ... _of_Russia

January 9, 1873 - Death of Emperor Napoleon III of France in exile at Camden Place (now Chislehurst Golf Club), Chislehurst, England; buried at Saint Michael's Abbey, Farnborough, Hampshire, England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_III

January 9, 1878 - Death of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy at Rome; buried at the Pantheon, Rome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Emm ... I_of_Italy

January 9, 1907 – Death of Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, wife of George V of Hanover, at Gmunden, Austria; buried in the Crypt at Cumberland Palace in Gmunden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_of_Saxe-Altenburg

January 9, 1982 – Birth of Catherine Elizabeth Middleton, wife of Prince William, at Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Middleton

January 9, 1988 - Wedding of George, Earl of St. Andrews, son of the Duke of Kent, and Sylvana Tomaselli at the Leith Register Office, Edinburgh, Scotland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Win ... St_Andrews
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvana%2C ... t._Andrews

[Susan]

January 10, 1662 - Death of Prince Honoré II of Monaco, buried at Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Monaco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_II

January 10, 1810 – Napoleon divorces his first wife Joséphine
Joséphine agreed to the divorce so that Napoleon could remarry hoping that he would have an heir. The two remained on good terms. Napoleon's last words were, "France, the Army, the Head of the Army, Joséphine."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_I
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9p ... eauharnais

January 10, 1840 - Death of Princess Elizabeth, daughter of George III, at Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; buried at the Mausoleum of the Landgraves, Homburg, Germany
Elizabeth was the third daughter and seventh child of George III and his wife Charlotte. She married late in life at age 48 to Hereditary Prince Friedrich of Hesse-Homburg. Her husband succeeded his father as Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg in 1820. In her native England, deep court mourning was temporarily suspended to celebrate the marriage of her niece Queen Victoria on February 10, 1840.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_E ... ed_Kingdom

January 10, 1893 - Wedding of Princess Marie of Edinburgh, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and the future King Ferdinand I of Romania at Sigmaringen Castle, Germany
Marie was the daughter of Victoria's son Alfred and Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_M ... burg-Gotha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_of_Romania

January 10, 1967 - Wedding of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Pieter van Vollenhoven
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_M ... etherlands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_van_Vollenhoven

January 10, 2005 – Death of Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium, wife of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, at Fischbach Castle, Luxembourg; buried at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg
http://www.unofficialroyalty.com/curren ... -memoriam/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine- ... of_Belgium

[Susan]

January 11 in royal history...only one date today!

January 11, 1923 - Death of Constantine I of Greece in exile at Palermo, Sicily; buried at the Royal Cemetery in the park of Tatoi Palace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_I_of_Greece

[Susan]

January 12 in royal history:

January 12, 1321 – Death of Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France at the monastery at Les Mureaux, near Meulan; buried at Cordeliers Convent, Paris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_of_Brabant

January 12, 1759 - Death of Anne, Princess Royal, daughter of George II and wife of Prince William IV of Orange-Nassau, at The Hague, Netherlands; buried at Nieuwe Kerke at Delft, Netherlands
Anne was the eldest daughter and second child of George II and his wife Caroline of Ansbach. At age 24, Anne married Prince William IV of Orange-Nassau. The current Dutch royal family descends from Anne and William.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%2C_Pr ... _of_Orange

January 12, 1902 - Birth of King Saud Ibn Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia in Kuwait City, Al Rashid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saud_of_Saudi_Arabia

January 12, 1912 - Death of Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, husband of Princess Louise, Princess Royal, at Assuan, Egypt; buried at the Mar Lodge Chapel, Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
While sailing to Egypt, the Duke and his family were shipwrecked off the coast of Morocco. The family all survived but the Duke developed pleurisy, which may have been a result of the shipwreck, and died.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_ ... ke_of_Fife

January 12, 1961 - Wedding of Princess Astrid of Norway and Johan Martin Ferner at Asker Church outside Oslo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Astrid_of_Norway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Martin_Ferner

January 12, 1974 – Death of Princess Patricia of Connaught, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, at Ribsden Holt, Windlesham, Surrey; buried at Frogmore, Windsor
Princess Patricia, known as Patsy in the family, was the daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia. Upon her marriage to Sir Alexander Ramsay, she voluntarily relinquished the style of Royal Highness and the title of Princess of Great Britain and Ireland and assumed the style of Lady Patricia Ramsay.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_P ... _Connaught

[Susan]

January 13 in royal history:

January 13, 858 - Death of King Aethelwulf of Wessex at Stamridge, Wessex; first buried at Steyning Church, then the Old Minster, Winchester, remains now at Winchester Cathedral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelwulf_of_Wessex

http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/adv ... elwulf.jpg

January 13, 1669 - Birth of Henrietta Stuart, daughter of James II, at Whitehall Palace, London
Henrietta was the third daughter and seventh child of James, Duke of York (later James II) and his first wife Anne Hyde. She was named after her grandmother Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I. Henrietta died at age 10 months and was buried in the royal vault in Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bi ... royal00713

January 13, 1766 - Death of Frederik V of Denmark and Norway at Christiansborg Palace; buried at Roskilde Cathedral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_V_of_Denmark

January 13, 1797 – Death of Elizabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern at Stadtschloss, Berlin, Prussia, wife of Frederick II of Prussia; buried at the Berlin Protestant Cathedral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_ ... ick-Bevern

January 13, 1883 – Birth of Prince Arthur of Connaught, grandson of Queen Victoria, at Windsor Castle
Full name: Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert
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

January 13, 1932 - Death of Sophie of Prussia, wife of King Constantine I of Greece and granddaughter of Queen Victoria, at Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; buried at the Tatoi Royal Cemetery, Greece
Sophie was the daughter of Victoria, Princess Royal and Frederick III, German Emperor. She married King Constantine I of Greece and is the grandmother of former King Constantine II of Greece and his sister Queen Sofia, wife of King Juan Carlos of Spain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_of_Prussia

[Susan]

January 14 in royal history:

January 14, 1131 – Birth of Valdemar I of Denmark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdemar_I_of_Denmark

January 14, 1236 - Wedding of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence at Canterbury Cathedral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_III_of_England

January 14, 1772 - Death of Princess Mary, daughter of George II, at Hanau, Germany; buried at the Reformed Church in Hanau
Mary was the fourth daughter and eighth child of George II and his wife Caroline of Ansbach. She married Hereditary Prince Friedrich of Hesse-Cassel at age 17. Her husband, while tall and handsome, was cruel and their marriage was unhappy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_M ... at_Britain


January 14, 1872 - Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia goes on a buffalo hunting expedition with Gen. Phil Sheridan and Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich, son of Tsar Alexander II, took a three month tour of the United States from November, 1871 - February, 1872. The buffalo hunting expedition took place on the Grand Duke’s 22nd birthday.
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtf ... pduke.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke ... _of_Russia

General Custer and Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich


January 14, 1892 - Death of Prince Albert Victor (Eddy), eldest son of Edward VII, at Sandringham House, Norfolk; buried in the Albert Memorial Chapel at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Alb ... f_Clarence

January 14, 1919 – Abdication of Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde of Luxembourg
Marie-Adélaïde abdicated because of her pro-German feelings during World War I. She entered a convent and became a nun. Her sister Charlotte succeeded her.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Ad%C ... Luxembourg

January 14, 1972 - Death of Frederik IX of Denmark at Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen; buried at Roskilde Cathedral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_IX_of_Denmark

January 14, 1994 - Duchess of Kent converts to Catholicism
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/date ... 530695.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine% ... ss_of_Kent

[Susan]

January 15 in royal history:

January 15, 1432 – Birth of Afonso V of Portugal at Sintra National Palace, Sintra, Kingdom of Portugal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_V_of_Portugal

January 15, 1478 - Wedding of Richard, Duke of York, son of Edward IV, and Lady Anne Mowbray at St. Stephen's Chapel, Palace of Westminster
Richard was one of the "Little Princes in the Tower." Anne Mowbray was the only daughter and heiress of John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk. Richard was 5 when he married and Anne was 6. Anne predeceased Richard, dying in 1481, 2 years before Richard disappeared.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_of ... ke_of_York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_de_Mo ... of_Norfolk

January 15, 1535 - Henry VIII assumes the title of Supreme Head of the Church of England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Supremacy

January 15, 1559 - Coronation of Elizabeth I
Elizabeth was crowned by Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle. The position of Archbishop of Canterbury was vacant at that time and the Archbishop of York refused to take the service.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England


January 15, 1781 – Death of Mariana Victoria of Spain, wife of José I of Portugal at Barraca Real of Ajuda, Portugal; buried at the Church of São Francisco de Paula, Lisbon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_Victoria_of_Spain

January 15, 1882 - Birth of Princess Margaret of Connaught, daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and granddaughter of Queen Victoria, at Bagshot Park, Surrey
Full name: Margaret Victoria Augusta Charlotte Norah
Margaret married Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden. While pregnant with her sixth child, Margaret died of an ear infection which had spread to her throat. Her husband married Lady Louise Mountbatten (sister of Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma and the aunt of Prince Philip), and succeeded to the throne as King Gustav VI Adolf. Gustav and Louise's marriage was childless but Margaret's descendants sit upon the thrones of Denmark and Sweden. Queen Margrethe of Denmark is her granddaughter and King Carl Gustaf of Sweden is her grandson.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_M ... _Connaught

January 15, 1945 - Birth of Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz, wife of Prince Michael of Kent, at Karlsbad, now Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic
Full name: Marie-Christine Agnes Hedwig Ida
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Michael_of_Kent

January 15, 1968 - Birth of Inaki Urdangarin y Liebaert in Zumarraga, Basque Country, Spain, husband of Infanta Cristina of Spain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C3%B1aki_Urdangarin