This Day in History

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sun March 10th, 2013, 10:33 pm

March 11 in royal history:

March 11, 1278 - Birth of Mary of Woodstock, daughter of Edward I, at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire
Mary was the tenth child and sixth daughter of Edward I and his first wife Eleanor of Castile. Mary became a nun in 1285 and lived the rest of her life at the Benedictine convent at Amesbury, Wiltshire where she died and was buried in 1332.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Woodstock

March 11, 1810 – Wedding of Napoleon Bonaparte and Marie Louise of Austria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduches ... of_Austria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France

March 11, 1899 - Birth of Frederick IX of Denmark at the Sorgenfri Palace
Full name: Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_IX_of_Denmark

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Mon March 11th, 2013, 11:01 pm

March 12 in royal history:

March 12, 1470 Yorkists win the Battle of Losecote Field
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Losecote_Field

March 12, 1507 Death of Cesare Borgia, the prototype of Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince," at the siege of Viana, Spain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare_Borgia

March 12, 1637 Birth of Lady Anne Hyde, first wife of James, Duke of York (later James II), at Cranbourne Lodge, Windsor
Anne died before her husband became king. She was the mother of two Queens Regnant, Mary II and Anne.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Anne_Hyde

March 12, 1781 Birth of Frederica of Baden, wife of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, in Karlsruhe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederica_ ... a_of_Baden

March 12, 1821 Birth of Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria in Würzburg
He was the regent of Bavaria from 1886 to 1912, due to the mental instability of his nephews, Ludwig II and Otto.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luitpold%2 ... of_Bavaria

March 12, 2006 - Birth of Prince Gabriel of Nassau, son of son of Prince Louis of Luxembourg; born at the Clinic des Grangettes in Geneva, Switzerland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Lou ... rg#Gabriel

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Tue March 12th, 2013, 11:56 pm

March 13 in royal history:

March 13, 1741 - Birth of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna
Full name: Joseph Benedict August Johannes Anton Michel Adam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_II% ... an_Emperor

March 13, 1808 - Death of Christian VII of Denmark and Norway in Rendsborg, now in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; buried at Roskilde Cathedral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_VII

March 13, 1879 - Wedding of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, son of Queen Victoria, and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia at St. George's Chapel, Windsor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Art ... _Connaught
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_L ... of_Prussia

March 13, 1881 - Assassination of Tsar Alexander II of Russia when a bomb is thrown at him near the Winter Palace; buried at the Fortress of Sts. Peter and Paul, St. Petersburg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia

March 13, 1892 - Death of Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse and by Rhine at Neues Palais, Darmstadt, Germany; in the New Mausoleum, Rosenhöhe Park, Darmstadt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_IV,_ ... e_of_Hesse

March 13, 1948 – Death of Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, at Fitzmaurice Place, Berkeley Square, London; buried at Frogmore, Windsor
Princess Helena Victoria was the daughter of Princess Helena, daughter of Queen Victoria, and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. She never married.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_H ... g-Holstein

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Wed March 13th, 2013, 11:14 pm

March 14, 1807 Birth of Josephine of Leuchtenberg, wife of Oscar I of Sweden and Norway, in Milan, Italy
Full Name: Joséphine Maximiliane Eugénie Napoléonne, known as Josefina after her marriage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9p ... eauharnais

Josephine was the granddaughter of Empress Josephine, Napoleon's first wife, and Alexandre de Beauharnais. It was Josephine who brought her grandmother's cameo tiara into the Swedish Royal Family. This is the same tiara Crown Princess Victoria wore at her wedding. Here is Queen Josefina wearing it.

March 14, 1820 - Birth of Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia and Italy at the Palazzo Carignano, Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_II

March 14, 1844 Birth of Umberto I of Italy in Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_I_of_Italy

March 14, 1917 - Death of Louise Margaret of Prussia, wife of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, at Clarence House, London, buried at Frogmore, Windsor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_L ... _Connaught

March 14, 1958 - Birth of Prince Albert II of Monaco at the Prince's Palace, Monaco
Full name: Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/date ... 840933.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Albert_of_Monaco

March 14, 1989 - Death of Zita of Bourbon-Parma, wife of Karl I, last Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, in Zizers, Switzerland; buried at the Imperial Crypt in Vienna, her heart is with Emperor Karls heart in the Monastery of Muri, Switzerland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zita_of_Bourbon-Parma

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Thu March 14th, 2013, 11:35 pm

March 15 in royal history:

March 15, 1275 - Birth of Margaret of England, daughter of Edward I, at Windsor Castle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_o ... %931333%29

March 15, 1721 Death of Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, first wife of the Frederick IV of Denmark, in Copenhagen; buried at Roskilde Cathedral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_of_ ... C3%BCstrow

March 15, 1917 - Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia
http://www.histdoc.net/history/abdic.html

March 15, 1972 - Birth of Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein, son of Prince Hans-Adam II, in St. Gallen, Switzerland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Con ... rs_only.29

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat March 16th, 2013, 12:13 am

March 16, 37 AD - Death of Roman emperor Tiberius in Misenum, buried at the Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius
http://www.roman-emperors.org/tiberius.htm

March 16, 1485 Death of Anne Neville, wife of Richard III, at Palace of Westminster; buried at Westminster Abbey
Anne died of tuberculosis eleven months after the death of her only child, Edward, Prince of Wales. Her husband was killed at the Battle of Bosworth five months after her death.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Neville

March 16, 1792 - Gustavus III of Sweden is shot by Count Ankarstrom at a masked ball at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm; he dies two weeks later
Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in Maschera" (A Masked Ball) is based on the final days of Gustavus.
http://www.culturevulture.net/Opera/Ballo.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavus_III

March 16, 1856 Birth of Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial, only child of Emperor Napoleon III
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napol%C3%A ... e_Imperial

March 16, 1861 Death of Victoria, Duchess of Kent, mother of Queen Victoria, at Frogmore House, Windsor; buried at the Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum at Frogmore, Windsor
Her mothers death was the first of the two major deaths Queen Victoria had to endure in 1861. Her husband Prince Albert died in December.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktoria_o ... g-Saalfeld

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat March 16th, 2013, 12:14 am

March 17, 180 AD - Death of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor in Vindobona (modern Vienna); buried in the Mausoleum of Hadrian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius

March 17, 1040 - Death of King Harold I (Harefoot) at Oxford, England; buried at St. Clement Danes Church, London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Harefoot

March 17, 1058 Death of King Lulach of Scotland at Essie, Strathbogie, Scotland; buried on the Isle of Iona, Scotland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lulach

March 17, 1473 - Birth of James IV of Scotland at Stirling Castle, Scotland
James IV married the eldest daughter of England's Henry VII, Margaret.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_IV_of_Scotland

March 17, 1605 Birth of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt in Darmstadt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_II, ... -Darmstadt

March 17, 1802 - Death of Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, wife of Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, in Coburg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Ant ... %C3%BCttel

March 17, 1849 Death of William II of the Netherlands in Tilburg, the Netherlands; buried at the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_II ... etherlands

March 17, 1886 Birth of Princess Patricia of Connaught, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, at Buckingham Palace
Full name: Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth
Known as Patsy in the family, she was the daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Princess Louise Margaret 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 · Post by **Susan** » Sun March 17th, 2013, 10:58 pm

March 18, 37 - Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Caligula emperor
http://www.roman-emperors.org/gaius.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula

March 18, 979 - Death of Edward the Martyr at Corfe Castle, Dorset; buried at Wareham Abbey, Dorset
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Martyr

March 18, 1496 - Birth of Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII, at Richmond Palace, Surrey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Tudor ... _France%29

March 18, 1603 Birth of João IV of Portugal at the Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa, Vila Viçosa, Kingdom of Portugal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_IV

March 18, 1609 Birth of Frederik III of Denmark and Norway at Haderslevhus Castle, Haderslev, Denmark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_III_of_Denmark

March 18, 1848 - Birth of Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria, at Buckingham Palace
Full name: Louise Caroline Alberta
http://www.britannia.com/history/biogra ... ouise.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_L ... _of_Argyll

March 18, 1913 - Assassination of George I of Greece in Thessaloniki, Greece, buried at the Royal Cemetery at Tatoi
King George I of Greece was born Prince William of Denmark. He was the brother of King Frederik VIII of Denmark, Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom and Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia. George's son Andrew was the father of Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_I_of_Greece

March 18, 1920 Wedding of Princess Charlotte of Monaco and Count Pierre de Polignac, parents of Rainier III
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_C ... alentinois
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Polignac

March 18, 1965 - Death of King Farouk of Egypt in exile in Rome; buried at the Al-Rifa'i Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farouk_I_of_Egypt

March 18, 1983 Death of Umberto II of Italy in Geneva, Switzerland; buried at Hautecombe Abbey, France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_II

March 18, 1986 - Engagement of Prince Andrew to Sarah Ferguson announced by Buckingham Palace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Andrew
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Ferguson

March 18, 1995 - Wedding of Infanta Elena of Spain and Jaime de Marichalar y Saenz de Tejada at in Seville Cathedral, Seville
On January 21, 2010, the couple's divorce was registered at the Civil Registry of the Spanish Royal Family.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanta_Elena_of_Spain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_de_M ... ke_of_Lugo

March 18, 2009 Wedding (2nd marriage) of Prince Jean of Luxembourg and Diane De Guerre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Jean_of_Luxembourg

March 18, 2012 - Death of George Tupou V of Tonga at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong; buried at Malaʻekula, the royal burial grounds
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Tupou_V

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Mon March 18th, 2013, 11:27 pm

March 19, 1286 Death of Alexander III of Scotland at Kinghorne, Fife; buried at Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_III_of_Scotland

March 19, 1749 - Birth of Princess Louisa Anne of Wales, daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales, at Leicester House, London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_L ... e_of_Wales

March 19, 1889 Birth Manuel II of Portugal at the Palace of Belém, Lisbon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_II_of_Portugal

March 19, 1976 Separation of Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years of marriage
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/date ... 243211.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Margaret
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Arm ... of_Snowdon

March 19, 1992 - Separation of the Duke and Duchess of York announced by Buckingham Palace
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/date ... 543667.stm

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Wed March 20th, 2013, 12:12 am

March 20 in royal history:

March 20, 1413 - Death of Henry IV in the Jerusalem Chamber at Westminster Abbey; buried at Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_IV_of_England

March 20, 1469 - Birth of Cecily of York, daughter of Edward IV, at the Palace of Westminster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecily_of_York

March 20, 1736 - Birth of Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, Rama I of Thailand at Ayutthaya, Kingdom of Ayutthaya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_Yodfa_Chulalok

March 20, 1811 - Birth of Napoleon II (Francois-Charles-Joseph Bonaparte), son of Napoleon I and his second wife Marie-Louise of Austria, at the Tuileries Palace, Paris, France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_II

March 20, 1816 Death of Maria I of Portugal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; buried first in the Ajuda Abbey in Rio de Janeiro, since 1821 in the Basílica da Estrela, Lisbon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_I_of_Portugal

March 20, 1926 Death of Lovisa of Sweden, wife of Frederik VIII of Denmark, at Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen; buried at Roskilde Cathedral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovisa_of_Sweden

March 20, 1934 Death of Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, wife of William III of the Netherlands, at the Palace Lange Voorhout, The Hague, Netherlands; buried at Nieuwe Kerk, Delft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_of_Wa ... nd_Pyrmont

March 20, 1974 - Kidnap attempt is made on Princess Anne in The Mall near Buckingham Palace
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/date ... 524489.stm
http://www.theage.com.au/news/People/Ki ... 33974.html

March 20, 1982 - Wedding of Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein and Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg at Notre Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Nik ... chtenstein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_M ... chtenstein

March 20, 2004 - Death of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, formerly Queen Juliana, at the Soestdijk Palace in Baarn, the Netherlands; buried at the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3552417.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliana_of_the_Netherlands