This Day in History

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat July 13th, 2013, 2:52 am

July 13 in royal history:

July 13, 1266 Birth of John, son of Edward I, at Windsor Castle
John was the eldest son and fourth child of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile. He died at age 5 in Wallingford, Berkshire while in the care of his uncle Richard, Earl of Cornwall. Richard was taking care of his brother Edward I's children while he and his wife were on Crusade. Prince John was buried in Westminster Abbey on the north side of Edward the Confessor's tomb.
http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.ph ... 6&tree=LEO

July 13, 1645 Death of Tsar Michael of Russia in Moscow; buried at Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_of_Russia

July 13, 1798 - Birth of Charlotte of Prussia, wife of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, at Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin
Name after marriage: Alexandra Feodorovna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_of_Prussia

July 13, 1807 - Death of Henry Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York and King Henry IX to the Jacobites, at Frascati, Italy, buried in St. Peters Basilica, Vatican City
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Benedict_Stuart

July 13, 1817 - Wedding of Tsar Nicholas I and Charlotte of Prussia in the Chapel of the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg
Charlotte was known as Alexandra Feodorovna after her marriage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_of_Prussia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_I_of_Russia

July 13, 1861 Birth of Maria Ana of Portugal, wife of Grand Duke Guillaume IV of Luxembourg, at Schloss Bronnbach in Wertheim am Main, Baden-Württemberg
Maria Ana was Catholic and Guillaume was Protestant. They agreed that their children would be raised as Catholics because the majority of the population of Luxembourg was Catholic. The Grand Ducal family has been Catholic ever since.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Anne_of_Portugal

July 13, 1889 Birth of Louise of Battenberg (later Lady Louise Mountbatten), second wife of Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, at Schloss Heiligenberg, Seeheim-Jugenheim, Hesse (Germany)
Full Name: Louise Alexandra Marie Irene
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Mountbatten

July 13, 1966 Death of Beatrice of Edinburgh, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, at Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain; buried at the convent of the Capuchin Fathers at Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Princess Beatrice was the daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia. She married Infante Alfonso dOrleans-Bourbon of Spain.
Full name: Beatrice Leopoldine Victoria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_B ... _Edinburgh

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sun July 14th, 2013, 12:11 am

July 14, 1223 Death of Philip II of France at Mantes-la-Jolie; buried at the Basilica of St. Denis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_France

July 14, 1610 Birth of Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany at Pitti Palace, Florence (Italy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinando ... of_Tuscany

July 14, 1704 Death of Sophia Alekseyevna, Regent of Russia during the minority of her brothers Peter I and Ivan V, at Novodevichy Convent in Moscow; buried at the Smolensk Cathedral at the Novodevichy Convent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Alekseyevna

July 14, 1958 - Assassination of King Faisal II of Iraq at Baghdad; Army of Iraq overthrows the monarchy; buried at the Royal Mausoleum, Adhamiyah
Faisal was only 23 when he was killed along with the Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah‎, Princess Hiyam ('Abd al-Ilah‎'s wife), Princess Nafeesa ('Abd al-Ilah‎'s mother), Princess Abadiya (Faisal's aunt) and several servants.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_II

July 14, 1977 - Birth of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden in Stockholm
Full name: Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Princess_Victoria

July 14, 1994- Wedding of Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, daughter of Princess Margaret, and Daniel Chatto, at St. Stephen Walbrook, London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Armstrong-Jones
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Chatto

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sun July 14th, 2013, 11:15 pm

July 15 in royal history:

July 15, 1685 - Execution of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, illegitimate son of Charles II by Lucy Walter, for treason at Tower Hill; buried at the Chapel Royal of St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London
Sarah, Duchess of York; Princess Alice of Gloucester; and Diana, Princess of Wales are all descendants of the Duke of Monmouth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scot ... f_Monmouth

July 15, 1750 Birth of Franz Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld in Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Germany)
Franz Frederick was the grandfather of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Fred ... g-Saalfeld

July 15, 1837 Birth of Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, wife of Pedro V of Portugal, in Krauchenwies, Sigmaringen (Germany)
Full name: Stephanie Josepha Friederike Wilhelmine Antonia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_ ... igmaringen

July 15, 1946 Birth of Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei in Brunei Town (now called Bandar Seri Begawan)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haji_Hassanal_Bolkiah

July 15, 1998 - Birth of Camille Kelly Gottlieb, daughter of Princess Stephanie of Monaco, at Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace in Monte Carlo, Monaco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Ma ... y_Gottlieb

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Tue July 16th, 2013, 1:26 am

July 16, 1377 - Coronation of Richard II
Richard became king at the age of 10 upon the death of his grandfather Edward III. His coronation was held a month later. Richard was so exhausted after the coronation that he had to be carried to Westminster Hall for the banquet. Richards first wife Anne of Bohemia was crowned on January 22, 1382. His second wife Isabelle of France was crowned on January 8, 1397.
http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-hi ... of-bohemia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_II_of_England

July 16, 1557 Death of Anne of Cleves at Chelsea Old Palace, buried at Westminster Abbey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Cleves

July 16, 1740 Death of Maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Carlos II of Spain, at Infantado Palace in Guadalajara, Spain; buried at El Escorial Monastery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Anna_of_Neuburg

July 16, 1764 - Death of Tsar Ivan VI at the Fortress of Shlisselburg; buried at the Fortress of Shlisselburg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_VI

July 16, 1672 - Birth of Lady Barbara FitzRoy, acknowledged by Charles II as his child by Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (aka Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine), at Cleveland House in St Martin in the Fields, London, England
After giving birth to an illegitimate son, Barbara became a Benedectine nun. Her son was raised by her mother.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Fitzroy

July 16, 1951 - Abdication of Leopold III of Belgium; his son Baudouin becomes king
http://www.unofficialroyalty.com/july-1 ... oyal-date/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_III_of_Belgium

July 16, 1975 Birth of Countess Marie Gabriele Franciska Kálnoky de Köröspatak, wife of Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein, in Graz, Austria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Con ... chtenstein

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Wed July 17th, 2013, 12:56 am

July 17 in royal history:

July 17, 1328 Wedding of Joan of the Tower, daughter of Edward II, and David II of Scotland, at Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland
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. She was buried in the Grey Friars Church in London.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_the_Tower
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_II_of_Scotland

July 17, 1762 Assassination of Tsar Peter III of Russia at Ropsha, Russia; reburied by his son Tsar Paul at Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg; his wife Catherine II (the Great) becomes empress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_III_of_Russia

July 17, 1859 Death of Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, wife of Pedro V of Portugal, at Lisbon; buried at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_ ... igmaringen

July 17, 1917 House of Windsor established by royal proclamation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Windsor
http://www.heraldica.org/faqs/britfaq.html#p2-1

July 17, 1918 - Execution by firing squad of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family in Yekaterinburg, Siberia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_o ... nov_family

July 17, 1945 - Birth of Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia at Suite 212 of Claridge's Hotel in Brook Street, London, England
The British Government temporarily ceded sovereignty over the suite in which the birth occurred to Yugoslavia so that the prince would be born in Yugoslav territory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Prin ... Yugoslavia

July 17, 1947 - Birth of Camilla Rosemary Shand, wife of Prince Charles, at Kings College Hospital, London
Camilla is a descendant of Charles II and his mistress Louise Kerouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camilla_Parker_Bowles

July 17, 1963 - Birth of King Letsie III of Lesotho in Morija, Lesotho
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letsie_III_of_Lesotho

July 17, 1969 - Spain's General Franco names Prince Juan Carlos to succeed him as head of state
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlo ... .80.931975

July 17, 1973 - Deposing of Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Zahir_Shah

July 17, 1998 - Birth of Felipe de Marichalar, son of Infanta Elena of Spain, in Madrid
Full name: Felipe Juan Froilán de Todos los Santos de Marichalar y de Borbón
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felipe_Jua ... orb%C3%B3n

July 17, 1998 - Remains of Tsar Nicholas II, his family and the servants murdered are buried at the traditional burial place of the Romanovs, the Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul in St. Petersburg, Russia
http://www.serfes.org/royal/burial.htm

Burial place of Tsar Nicholas II and his family at the Peter and Paul Cathedral at the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg; photo from my August 2011 visit
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t81/ ... o18505.jpg

July 17, 1999 - Wedding of Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein and Marie Gabriele Franciska Countess Kálnoky de Köröspatak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Con ... chtenstein

July 17, 2004 - Death of Susan Cullen-Ward, wife of King Leka I of Albania, pretender to the Albanian throne in Tirana, Albania; buried at Sharra Cemetery in Tirana, Albania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Cullen-Ward

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Wed July 17th, 2013, 10:22 pm

July 18 in royal history:

July 18, 1501 Birth of Isabella of Austria, wife of Christian II of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, in Brussels (Belgium)
Isabella was the daughter of Queen Juana of Castile (the daughter of Ferdinand of Aragon II /Isabella I of Castile and the sister of Catherine of Aragon) and Philip of Burgundy (the Handsome). It is said that the elder daughter of current Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark is named after her.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_of_Habsburg

July 18, 1918 Murder of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia at Alapaevsk, Russia; remains were reburied at the Church of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem
Ella, as she was called by her family, was the daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse and by Rhine and the sister of Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Tsar Nicholas II. She married Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, son of Tsar Alexander II. After Sergeis assassination in 1905, Ella became a nun. Ella was brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks with five other Romanovs: Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich; three sons of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich, Prince Ioann Konstantinovich, Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich, Prince Igor Konstantinovich and a son of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley; and another nun, Varvara Yakovleva. Ella and Varvara have been glorified (canonized) as saints of the Russian Orthodox Church.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duch ... Fyodorovna

Those murdered with Ella:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke ... khailovich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioann_Kons ... _of_Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin ... _of_Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Konst ... _of_Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Paley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varvara_Yakovleva

July 18, 1938 Death of Marie of Edinburgh, wife of King Ferdinand I of Romania, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, at Peles Castle, Sinaia, Romania, buried at the Monastery of Curtea de Arges, Romania
Marie was the daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_M ... burg-Gotha

July 18, 1992 - Wedding of Lady Helen Windsor, daughter of HRH The Duke of Kent, and Timothy Taylor at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Helen_Taylor

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Fri July 19th, 2013, 12:49 am

July 19 in royal history:

July 19, 1415 Death of Philippa of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt, wife of João I of Portugal, at Sacavem, Portugal; buried at Batalha Monastery, Leiria
Philippa died of the plague.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippa_of_Lancaster

July 19, 1810 Death of Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of Frederick William III of Prussia, at Schloss Hohenzieritz in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; buried in the garden at Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin
Luise died in her husbands arms while visiting her fathers home.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_of_ ... g-Strelitz

July 19, 1821 - Coronation of George IV
Georges estranged wife Caroline of Brunswick was not crowned with him. She came to Westminster Abbey, but was not admitted. She died a few weeks later.
http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-hi ... /george-iv
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_IV_ ... ed_Kingdom

July 19, 1822 Birth of Princess Augusta of Cambridge, wife of Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, at the Palace of Montbrillant, Hanover (Germany)
Augusta was a granddaughter of George III, first cousin of Queen Victoria, and aunt of Queen Mary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_of_Cambridge

July 19, 1884 Birth of Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany, grandson of Queen Victoria, at Claremont House, Esher, Surrey
Full name: Charles Edward George Albert Leopold
Prince Charles Edward was the son of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany and Princess Helen of Waldeck-Pyrmont. Charles Edward was born after his fathers death and was Duke of Albany at birth. At age 14, he became Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha upon the death of his uncle Prince Alfred. Charles Edward married Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Their daughter Princess Sibylla was the mother of the current king of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Eduar ... _and_Gotha

July 19, 1940 Birth of Tsugari Hanako, wife of Prince Hitachi of Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Hitachi

July 19, 2008 Wedding of Lady Rose Windsor, daughter of HRH The Duke of Gloucester, and George Gilman, at the Queens Chapel in St. Jamess, Palace, London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Rose_Windsor

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat July 20th, 2013, 1:40 am

July 20 in royal history:

July 20, 1346 Birth of Margaret of Windsor, daughter of Edward III, at Windsor Castle
Margaret was the fifth and youngest daughter and ninth child of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault. She married John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke in 1359 and died in 1361. She was buried at Abington, Berkshire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_P ... f_Pembroke

July 20, 1524 - Death of Claude of France, first wife of Francis I of France, eldest daughter of Louis XII of France, at the Chateau de Blois, Blois, France; buried at St. Denis Basilica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_of_France

July 20, 1572 Wedding of Frederik II of Denmark and Sophia of Mecklenburg-Guströw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_ ... and_Norway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofie_of_M ... d._1631%29

July 20, 1890 Birth of George II, King of the Hellenes at Tatoi Palace, Greece
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_II_of_Greece

July 20, 1927 Death of Ferdinand I of Romania at Pelisor Castle, Sinaia, Romania; buried at the Cathedral of Curtea de Arges
Ferdinand was the husband of Marie of Edinburgh, granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_of_Romania

July 20, 1951 Death of Johanna Loisinger, Countess of Hartenau, wife of Prince Alexander of Bulgaria, in Vienna; buried at St. Leonhard Cemetery at Graz, Austria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanna_Loisinger

July 20, 1951 - Assassination of Abdullah I of Jordan at Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem; buried at Royal Cemetery, Amman, Jordan
King Abdullah I was killed at Al Asa Mosque in Jerusalem by a Palestinian nationalist angered by Jordan's annexation of the West Bank. His assassination was witnessed by his 15 year old grandson, the future King Hussein. The bullet meant for the young Hussein deflected off a medal he was wearing, thereby saving his life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_I_of_Jordan

July 20, 1951 Death of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany in Hechingen, Germany; buried at Hohenzollern Castle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William,_G ... own_Prince

July 20, 1973 - Birth of Crown Prince Haakon Magnus of Norway at Rikshospitalet, Oslo
http://www.kongehuset.no/c28430/seksjon ... ?tid=28765
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_Mag ... _of_Norway

July 20, 1999 - Birth of Princess Alexandra of Hanover, daughter of Prince Ernst of Hanover and Princess Caroline of Monaco, in Vöcklabruck, Austria
Full name: Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virginia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_A ... b._1999%29

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat July 20th, 2013, 10:22 pm

July 21 in royal history:

July 21, 987 Death of Geoffrey I (Greymantle), Count of Anjou in Marçonm (France)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_I_of_Anjou

July 21, 1824 - Death of Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, Rama II of Thailand in Bangkok
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_Loetla_Nabhalai

July 21, 1831 Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, uncle of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, ascends to the throne of Belgium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_I_of_Belgium

July 21, 1858 Birth of Maria Christina of Austria, second wife of Alfonso XII of Spain, at idlochovice Castle in Brno (Czech Republic)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Christina_of_Austria

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sun July 21st, 2013, 11:46 pm

July 22 in royal history:

July 22, 1210 - Birth of Joan of England, daughter of King John, at Gloucester, England
Joan was the eldest daughter and third child of King John and Isabella of Angouleme. She married King Alexander II of Scotland but they had no children. Joan died in London while on a visit to her brother Henry III. She was buried in the convent church at Tarrant Crawford, Dorset.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_En ... f_Scotland

July 22, 1298 - Edward I combines bowmen and cavalry to defeat William Wallace's Scots at the Battle of Falkirk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_ ... %281298%29

July 22, 1461 Death of Charles VII of France at Mehun-sur-Yèvre, France; buried at Saint Denis Basilica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_VII_of_France

July 22, 1478 - Birth of Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy, husband of Queen Juana of Castile, in Bruges (Belgium)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_the_Handsome

July 22, 1535 Birth of Katarina Stenbock, third wife of Gustav I of Sweden, in Torpa, Västergötland, Sweden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_Stenbock

July 22, 1816 - Wedding of Princess Mary, daughter of George III, and Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, her first cousin, at the Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace
At age 40, Mary married her first cousin William, son of her fathers brother. Mary was the last of George IIIs children to die (in 1857) and was a favorite aunt of Queen Victoria.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_M ... Gloucester
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Wil ... _Edinburgh

July 22, 1832 Death of Napoléon II, Emperor of the French, at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna; originally buried in the Kapuzinergruft in Vienna; his remains were transferred to Les Invalides in Paris, but his heart remains at the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche in Vienna, and his viscera remains at the Ducal Crypt in Stephansdom in Vienna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_II

July 22, 1848 Birth of Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, in Neustrelitz (Germany)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Frie ... g-Strelitz

July 22, 1896 - Wedding of Princess Maud, daughter of Edward VII, and Prince Carl of Denmark, later King Haakon VII of Norway, at the Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud%2C_Queen_of_Norway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_VII_of_Norway

July 22, 2002 - Birth of Prince Felix of Denmark, son of Prince Joachim, at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen
Full name: Felix Henrik Valdemar Christian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Felix_of_Denmark