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Post by Susan » Mon October 4th, 2010, 10:08 pm

October 5 in royal history:

October 5, 1285 - Death of Phillip III of France; first buried in the city of Narbonne, later buried at the Basilica of St. Denis near Paris

October 5, 1658 - Birth of Maria Beatrice of Modena, second wife of James II, at Ducal Palace, Modena, Italy

October 5, 1641- Birth of Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise de Montespan, better known as Madame de Montespan, mistress of Louis XIV

October 5, 1840 – Birth of Prince Johann II of Liechtenstein

October 5, 1858 - Birth of Prince Henry of Battenberg, husband of Princess Beatrice (daughter of Queen Victoria), at Milan, Italy
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Post by Susan » Mon October 4th, 2010, 10:09 pm

October 6 in royal history:

October 6, 1644 – Death of Élisabeth de Bourbon, first wife of Philip IV of Spain; buried at the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial

October 6, 1773 – Birth of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French

October 6, 1828 - Death of Charlotte, Princess Royal, daughter of George III, at Ludwigsburg Palace, Stuttgart, Germany; buried in the royal vault at Ludwigsburg Palace Church

October 6, 1891 – Death of Charles of Württemberg at Stuttgart, Germany; buried at the Old Castle in Stuttgart

October 6, 2002 - Death of Prince Claus of the Netherlands, husband of Queen Beatrix, at the AMC University Hospital in Amsterdam; buried at the Nieuwe Kerk, Delft
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Post by Susan » Wed October 6th, 2010, 11:10 pm

October 7 in royal history:

October 7, 1363 - Death of Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III, at Alba, Piedmont, Italy; buried at the Clare Priory, Suffolk, England

October 7, 1471 - Birth of Frederick I of Denmark

October 7, 1748 - Birth of Charles XIII of Sweden

October 7, 1776 – Wedding of Paul I of Russia and Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg, his second wife (Maria Feodorovna after her marriage)

October 7, 1870 – Birth of Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine at Neues Palais, Darmstadt, Germany
Prince Friedrich, known as Frittie in the family, was the son of Princess Alice (daughter of Queen Victoria) and Grand Duke Louis of Hesse and by Rhine. Afflicted with hemophilia, he died after falling from a window at age 3.

October 7, 2000 - Accession of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg following the abdication of his father

October 7, 2004 – King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates in favor of his son Norodom Sihamoni
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Post by Susan » Thu October 7th, 2010, 11:49 pm

October 8 in royal history:

October 8, 1515 – Margaret Douglas, daughter of Margaret Tudor, mother of Henry, Lord Darnley

October 8, 1895 - Birth of Ahmed Zogolli, King Zog I of Albania

October 8, 1993 - Wedding of Viscount Linley (son of Princess Margaret) and The Honorable Serena Alleyne Stanhope at St. Margaret's, Westminster
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Post by Susan » Sat October 9th, 2010, 1:31 am

October 9 in royal history:

October 9, 1514 - Wedding of Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII, and Louis XII of France, at Abbeville Cathedral, France

October 9, 1690 - Death of Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton , illegitimate son of Charles II by Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (aka Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine)

October 9, 1709 - Death of Barbara Villiers Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, mistress of Charles II

October 9, 1757 – Birth of Charles X of France

October 9, 1934 - Assassination of Alexander I of Yugoslavia at Marseilles, France; buried at the Memorial Church of St. George, Oplenac nearby Topola, Serbia

October 9, 1935 - Birth of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent at 3 Belgrave Square, London, England
Edward became Duke of Kent at age 7 when his father died in a plane crash during active military service in World War II.

October 9, 1937 – Death of Grand Duke Ernest of Hesse and by Rhine, grandson of Queen Victoria, at Schloss Wolfsgarten, Langen, Germany; buried at Rosenhöhe Chapel, Darmstadt
Ernest was the son of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Grand Duke Louis of Hesse and by Rhine. He married his first cousin Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh but they divorced after seven years of marriage. Ernest married again to Princess Eleonore of Solms-Braunfels.
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Post by Susan » Sat October 9th, 2010, 7:31 pm

October 10 in royal history:

October 10, 1344 - Birth of Mary of Waltham, daughter of Edward III, at Waltham, Hampshire

October 10, 1361 - Wedding of Edward, Prince of Wales (Black Prince), son of Edward III, and Joan, Countess of Kent at Windsor Castle

October 10, 1741 – Birth of Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

October 10, 1830 - Birth of Isabella II of Spain

October 10, 1903 – Birth of Prince Charles of Belgium, Prince Regent of Belgium

October 10, 1914 - Death of Carol I of Romania at Sinaia, Romania; buried at the Curtea de Arges Monastery

October 10, 1952 - Wedding of Princess Yori of Japan, daughter of Emperor Hirohito, and Takamasa Ikeda
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Post by Susan » Sun October 10th, 2010, 10:02 pm

October 11 in royal history:

October 11, 1159 - Death of William of Blois, Count of Boulogne, son of King Stephen, at Toulouse, France; buried at the Hospital of Montmorillon, Poitou, France

October 11, 1671 - Birth of Frederick IV of Denmark

October 11, 1721 – Death of Prince Anton Florian of Liechtenstein; buried at the Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic

October 11, 1727 - Coronation of George II

October 11, 1850 – Death of Louise-Marie of Orleans, wife of Leopold I of Belgium, at Ostend, Belgium; buried at the Royal crypt in the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Belgium

October 11, 1916 – Death of former Otto I of Bavaria at Schloss Fürstenried in Munich, Germany; buried at St. Michael's Church, Munich

October 11, 1927 - Birth of Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium, wife of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg

October 11, 1963 – Birth of Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein of Jordan, son of King Hussein and his second wife Princess Muna Al Hussein

October 11, 1982 - Tudor ship the Mary Rose is raised near Portsmouth, England

October 11, 1969 - Birth of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, son of Queen Beatrix

October 11, 1995 - Birth of Princess Luisa Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria, daughter of Princess Astrid of Belgium
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Post by Susan » Mon October 11th, 2010, 8:36 pm

October 12 in royal history:

October 12, 1459 – Lancastrians score a victory at the Battle of Ludford Bridge

October 12, 1537 - Birth of Edward VI at Hampton Court Palace

October 12, 1664 – Birth of Praskovia Fyodorovna Saltykova, wife of Tsar Ivan V of Russia

October 12, 1730 – Death of Frederick IV of Denmark and Norway

October 12, 1798 – Birth of Pedro IV of Portugal (Emperor Pedro I of Brazil)

October 12, 1810 - Wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen
The public was invited to attend the event which became an annual celebration later known as Oktoberfest.

October 12, 1837 –Death of Wilhelmine of Prussia, wife of William I of the Netherlands, at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague; buried at Nieuwe Kerk in Delft

October 12, 1894 – Birth of Elisabeth of Romania, wife of George II of Greece
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Post by Susan » Tue October 12th, 2010, 11:36 pm

October 13, 54 - Death of Roman Emperor Claudius, probably from poison

October 13, 1162 - Birth of Eleanor, daughter of Henry II, at Domfront Castle, Normandy

October 13, 1399 - Coronation of Henry IV
Henry’s second wife Joan of Navarre was crowned on February 26, 1403. His first wife Mary de Bohun died in childbirth before he became king.

October 13, 1453 - Birth of Edward, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VI, at the Palace of Westminster

October 13, 1825 – Death of Maximilian I of Bavaria at Nymphenburg Palace, near Munich; buried at Theatinerkirche (St. Kajetan) in Munich

October 13, 1900 – Birth of Ghislaine Marie Francoise Dommanget, wife of Louis II of Monaco

October 13, 1943 - Wedding of Princess Teru of Japan, daughter of Emperor Hirohito, and Prince Higashikuni Morihiro, grandson of Emperor Meiji
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Post by Susan » Wed October 13th, 2010, 11:16 pm

October 14 in royal history:

October 14, 1066 - Death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings; buried at Waltham Abbey, Essex

October 14, 1217 – Death of Isabella of Gloucester, first wife of King John (marriage was annulled); buried at Canterbury Cathedral

October 14, 1274 - Death of Henry, son of Edward I, at Merton, Surrey; buried at Westminster Abbey

October 14, 1404 – Birth of Marie of Anjou, wife of Charles VII of France

October 14, 1499 – Birth of Claude of France, first wife of Francis I of France

October 14, 1574 – Birth of Anne of Denmark, daughter of Frederik II of Denmark, wife of James VI of Scotland/James I of England, at Skanderborg Castle, Jutland, Denmark

October 14, 1586 - Mary, Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth I

October 14, 1630 - Birth of Electress Sophia of Hanover at Wassenaer Court, The Hague, Holland
In 1701, the British succession was settled upon Sophia and her Protestant heirs by the Act of Settlement. Her mother Elizabeth was the eldest daughter of King James I. Sophia died six weeks before Queen Anne. Had she survived Anne, Sophia would have been queen. Instead her son ascended the throne as King George I.

October 14, 1631 – Death of Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, wife of Frederick II of Denmark, at the Palace of Nykøbing Slot on the island of Falster, Denmark; buried at Roskilde Cathedral

October 14, 1633 - Birth of James II at St. James's Palace

October 14, 1784 – Birth of Ferdinand VII of Spain

October 14, 1938 - Birth of Farah Diba, wife of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, last Shah of Iran
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