This Day in History

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Wed September 15th, 2010, 11:07 pm

September 16 in royal history:

September 16, 1380 Death of Charles V of France (the Wise) at Beauté-sur-Marne, France; buried at St. Denis Basilica

September 16, 1387 - Birth of Henry V at Monmouth Castle, Wales

September 16, 1583 Death of Catherine Jagiellon, wife of Johan III of Sweden, at Stockholm; buried at Uppsala Cathedral

September 16, 1701 Death of James II in exile at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye near Paris; buried at the at the Chapel of Saint Edmund in the Church of the English Benedictines in the Rue St. Jacques in Paris; his tomb and remains were destroyed during the French Revolution

September 16, 1764 - Death of Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

September 16, 1824 - Death of Louis XVIII of France at Paris, France; buried at the Basilica of St. Denis

September 16, 1837 Birth of Pedro V of Portugal

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Thu September 16th, 2010, 11:24 pm

September 17 in royal history:

September 17, 1665 Death of Philip IV of Spain in Madrid; buried at El Escorial

September 17, 1688 Birth of Maria Luisa of Savoy, first wife of Philip V of Spain

September 17, 1968 - Birth of Marie-Chantal Claire Miller, wife of Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece

September 17, 2004 Birth of Prince Odysseas Kimon of Greece, son of Crown Prince Pavlos

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat September 18th, 2010, 1:54 am

September 18 in royal history:

September 18, 1180 Death of Louis VII of France

September 18, 1872 Death of Charles XV of Sweden/Carl IV of Norway

September 18, 1923 Birth of Anne of Bourbon-Parma, wife of King Michael I of Romania

September 18, 1964 - Wedding of Constantine II of Greece and Anne-Marie of Denmark

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat September 18th, 2010, 11:52 pm

September 19 in royal history:

September 19, 1551 Birth of Henri III of France

September 19, 1803 Birth of Maria Anna of Savoy, wife of Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sun September 19th, 2010, 8:36 pm

September 20 in royal history:

September 20, 1486 - Birth of Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VII, at St. Swithin's Priory, Winchester, England

September 20, 1853 Birth of Rama V of Thailand

September 20, 1902 Death of Marie-Henriette of Austria, wife of Leopold II of the Belgians, at Spa, Belgium; buried at the Royal Vault at the Church of Our Lady, Laeken, Belgium

September 20, 1925 Birth of Ananda Mahidol, King of Thailand
Anada Mahidol, the brother of the current king Bhumibol Adulyadej, was found dead after he was shot in his bedroom.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Mon September 20th, 2010, 10:57 pm

September 21 in royal history:

September 21, 1327 - Murder of the deposed Edward II at Berkeley Castle, buried at Gloucester Cathedral

September 21, 1411 Birth of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne, father of Edward IV and Richard III

September 21, 1558 Death of Charles I of Spain (Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor) at the Monastery of Yuste, near Cuacos de Yuste, Spain; originally buried at the Monastery of Yuste, re-buried at the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real

September 21, 1788 Birth of Wilhelmine of Baden, wife of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine

September 21, 1957 - Death of Haakon VII of Norway at the Royal Palace, Oslo; buried at the Royal Mausoleum at Akershus Fortress

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Tue September 21st, 2010, 11:44 pm

September 22 in royal history:

September 22, 1515 - Birth of Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's fourth wife, at Düsseldorf, Cleves, Germany

September 22, 1601 Birth of Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII of France

September 22, 1761 - Coronation of George III
Georges wife Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was crowned with him.

September 22, 1780 - Birth of Prince Alfred, son of George III, at Windsor Castle

September 22, 1840 - Death of Princess Augusta, daughter of George III, at Clarence House, London, buried at St. George's Chapel, Windsor

September 22, 1828 - Murder of Shaka, African ruler and founder of the Zulu kingdom, by his half-brother Dingan

September 22, 1948 - Birth of Mark Phillips, first husband of Princess Anne

September 22, 1971 - Birth of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, daughter of Harald V

September 22, 1984 - Wedding of Astrid of Belgium and Lorenz of Habsburg-Este

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Wed September 22nd, 2010, 11:09 pm

September 23 in royal history:

September 23, 63 BC - Birth of Roman Emperor Augustus

September 23, 1158 - Birth of Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, son of Henry II

September 23, 1459 Yorkists win the Battle of Blore Heath

September 23, 1535 Death of Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, first wife of Gustav I of Sweden; buried at Uppsala Cathedral

September 23, 1713 Birth of Ferdinand VI of Spain

September 23, 1932 - Unification of Hejaz and Nejid into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman ibn Faisal Al Saud become the first monarch

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Thu September 23rd, 2010, 11:03 pm

September 24 in royal history:

September 24, 1435 Death of Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of Charles VI of France, in Paris; buried at Saint Denis Basilica

September 24, 1513 Birth of Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, first wife of Gustav I of Sweden

September 24, 1577 Birth of Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

September 24, 1834 Death of Pedro IV of Portugal (and Emperor Pedro I of Brazil) at Queluz Palace, Lisbon; first buried at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon; re-buried in 1972 at the Museu do Ipiranga in São Paulo, Brazil

September 24, 1950 Death of Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Marchioness of Milford Haven, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, at Kensington Palace, London; buried at St. Mildred's Church Cemetery, Whippingham on the Isle of Wight
Victoria was the daughter of Princess Alice and Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse and by Rhine. She married Prince Louis of Battenberg and they are the maternal grandparents of Prince Philip.

September 24, 1994 - Wedding of Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg and Sibilla Weiller

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Sat September 25th, 2010, 1:15 am

September 25 in royal history:

September 25, 1506 Death of Philip I of Castile (the Handsome), husband of Juana I of Castile at Burgos, Castile; buried at the Capilla Real in Granada

September 25, 1697 Birth of Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

September 25, 1744 Birth of Frederick William II of Prussia

September 25, 1826 Death of Frederica of Baden, former wife of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, at Lausanne, Switzerland; buried at the Crypt of the Grand Dukes in Pforzheim, Baden, Germany

September 25, 1968 - Birth of Prince Friso of the Netherlands, son of Queen Beatrix

September 25, 1983 - Death of former King Leopold III of the Belgians at Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium; buried at the Royal Vault at the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Belgium