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Monthly Archives: March 2013

March 30th

30 Saturday Mar 2013

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Danish Royalty, Greek Royalty, Italian monarchy/aristocracy, The Windsors

Events:

1282 – Revolts break out on the island of Sicily against the rule of their French King, Charles I. The Angevins had ruled the island for almost 20 years, and thousands of French residents of island were killed. This was the beginning of the Wars of Sicilian Vespers.

1863 – The 17 year old younger son of Christian IX of Denmark is elected to become George I, King of the Hellenes. He would rule until 1913.

No major birthdays.

Deaths:

2002 – The 101 year old Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother died in Windsor. She was the wife of King George VI and the mother of the current Queen Elizabeth II. She was one of the most popular members of the royal family for many years, and was known for her dry wit, and was loved for her tenacity during the London bombings of World War II. At the time of her death, she was the longest living member of the Royal Family of Britain, but would be surpassed by her sister in law in 2004. After her funeral, the wreath that laid on her coffin was placed at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in London, echoing her wedding day, when she placed her bouquet on the tomb.

March 29th

29 Friday Mar 2013

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Events:

1461 – The forces of Edward, Duke of York, defeat the forces of the Lancastrian Henry VI, led by Henry’s wife, Queen Margaret. This would be called the Battle of Towton, and is part of the Wars of the Roses. This victory would propel Edward to claim the throne of England as Edward IV, the first Yorkist King of England.

1809 – Gustav IV Adolph formally abdicates the throne of Sweden. His rule to date had been mostly a disaster, culminating with the invasion of Finland by Russia, in which later in 1809, Sweden would agree to give Finland to Russia. Gustav attempted to abdicate in favor of his son, but the Riksdag did not want the later vengeance from the son, so they declared that Gustav’s entire family abdicated, and his uncle assumed the throne as Charles XIII.

1867 – The British North American Act is given Royal Assent by Queen Victoria, which would formally establish Canada as a dominion of the British Empire later that year.

No major birthdays.

Deaths:

1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden dies 2 weeks after a being shot at a party. Gustav had taken power away the nobility and established many Parliamentary reforms, as well as social, economic, and he started to abolish torture and capital punishment in some cases. He held immense powers, which upon his death, went to his brother, Carl, who ruled as regent until Gustav’s son, the above mentioned Gustav IV Adolph reached majority.

1956 – Infante Alfonso of Spain dies at age 14, while in Portugal with the rest of the exiled Spanish royal family. Alfonso was accidentally shot while, it is said, he and his brother, the future Juan Carlos I of Spain, were cleaning a gun. Rumors circulated, but its widely believed that it was an accidental shooting.

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March 28th

28 Thursday Mar 2013

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Birthdays:

1910 – The future Queen Ingrid of Denmark is born in Stockholm. She was the daughter of King Gustaf VI Adolph of Sweden, and Queen Margaret. Ingrid’s mother was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and at one point, she was almost married off to one of her British cousins. But instead she would marry the future Frederick IX of Denmark in 1935, and become Queen consort in 1947. Before her accession, she was a popular supporter for the Danish resistance during World War II. Her daughter, Margrethe, is the current Queen of Denmark.

Deaths:

1884 – Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany dies at age 30 in Cannes, France. He suffered from haemophilia and had slipped and fallen the previous day, and had what appears to be an internal hemorrhage. He was the fourth son, and eighth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He had been married off to a German princess two years before. They already had a daughter, and his wife was pregnant at his death. Through his son, Charles Edward, Leopold is the great grandfather of the current Swedish king. He was also the second of Victoria’s children to predecease her.

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March 27th

27 Wednesday Mar 2013

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French Royalty, German Royalty, Navarrese Royalty, Scottish Royalty, Spanish Royalty, The Louis of France, The Stuarts

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972 – A son is born to Hugh Capet, King of France, named Robert. He was crowned as King during his father’s lifetime, when he was 15 years old. He would become king on his own in 996 after the death of his father. Robert’s death would come in 1031, while he was fighting with his sons, who were in open revolt.

1306 – The future Phillip III of Navarre is born in France and would become the Count of Evreux. He would be named King of Navarre by right of his wife, who was Queen regnant of Navarre, as Joan II. He was known as a military leader in defense of France during the outbreak of the Hundred Years War.

1785 – Louis-Charles is born to King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette at the Palace of Versailles. He would become the Dauphin of France in 1789 when his older brother, the heir died. He was imprisoned with his family in 1792, although separate from his parents. He would survive his parents, and after the death of his father in 1792, was considered to be King Louis XVII by Royalists, to the point that when his uncle became King after the Bourbon restoration, he took the throne as Louis XVIII. Sadly little Louis would not survive the revolution and died in captivity at age 10.

Deaths:

1350 – Alfonso XI of Castile dies in Gibraltar at age 38. He had been King since the death of his father, Ferdinand IV, in 1312, when Alfonso was only an infant. He took the reigns of government in 1325, and immediately began pitting nobles against each other to strengthen his own power. Alfonso became known as the Implacable or the Avenger because of his treatment of the nobility.

1625 – King James I and VI of England, Ireland, and Scotland died in England at age 58. He had been King of England since 1603, and King of Scotland since 1567, when he was just a year old. He became king when his mother, Mary, Queen of Scots was forced to abdicate. He inherited England after his distant cousin, Elizabeth I, died childless. In 1604, he began using the title “King of Great Britain”. Despite issues in England at the beginning of his reign, he was a very popular king at his death. However he was, and still is, criticized for his reliance on court favourites to govern while he hunted.

1879 – The 11 year old Prince Waldemar of Prussia died from diphtheria in Potsdam, Germany. He was the youngest son of the future Emperor Frederick III of Germany and Empress Victoria. Empress Victoria was the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and thus the young Prince was a grandson of Victoria and Albert. He was a favorite of his parents and his mother was said to be inconsolable at his death.

On that note, make the most of your day!!

March 26th

26 Tuesday Mar 2013

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Events:

1027 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor in Rome. He had been elected as King of the Romans or King of the Germans in 1024. He would rule until 1039.

Birthdays:

1031 – A boy is born to King Duncan I of Alba. He is called Malcolm and would rule the same northern part of Scotland. When he became King exactly is unknown, but he was king by 1058 and would rule until 1093. The struggles he and his father had to keep control of their kingdom was dramatized by William Shakespeare in MacBeth.

1868 – The future King Fuad I of Egypt is born in Cairo. He was the first Egyptian monarch to call himself King, as they were called Sultan before. He became Sultan in 1917, but when the United Kingdom ended its protectorate status over Egypt, be started using the title King. He would rule until 1936 and had gone back and forth with Parliament over the constitution of Egypt.

1871 – Prince Kalanianaʻole is born in Hawaii. He was the son of a Chieftan, but would be adopted in the royal Kamehameha house. He was 24 when the Hawaiian monarchs were overthrown, and after a period of exile, would come back and serve as a U.S. Congressman.

1876 – Prince William of Albania is born today in Germany. He would be offered rule of Albania when it became independent in 1913. However in late 1914, he would have to leave the country as civil war broke out around him. The monarchy was officially abolished in 1925. He would live out his days in his native Germany.

2005 – In not so dead royals, a daughter is born to Prince Friso and Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau, named Emma Luana. She is a granddaughter of former Queen Beatrix and niece of current King Willem-Alexander, but because of her father’s marriage without Parliamentary approval, she is not in line for the Dutch throne. She is however, in line for the British throne, albeit over 800 spots from the crown.

Deaths:

1130 – King Sigurd I of Norway dies in Oslo at about age 40. He was the son of Magnus III and became king after his father’s death in 1103. In 1107, he led a Norwegian Crusade to the Holy Land, which was a success for the king. His reign is considered to be one of the “Golden Age” of Norway.

1212 – Sancho I of Portugal dies at age 57 in Coimbra. Sancho was only the second King of the Portuguese kingdom, and is known as “the Populator” for his founding of towns and settlements with immigrants to the new country. He had been King since 1185, and among his children there are a King of Portugal, a Queen consort of Leon, a Queen consort of Castile, and a Queen consort of Denmark.

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March 25th

25 Monday Mar 2013

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Events:

1199 – Richard I of England is shot in the shoulder with a crossbow bolt while besieging the castle at Chalus-Chabrol in France. It would take several days, but Richard the Lionheart would die from his injuries.

1306 – Robert the Bruce is crowned as King of Scotland at the traditional place, Scone. He would continue to spend the rest of the year at war with the English king, Edward I.

Birthdays:

1345 – Blanche of Lancaster is born to the Ducal family of Lancaster in northern England. She would later marry John of Gaunt, one of the sons of Edward III and her husband would be created Duke of Lancaster. Of her three surviving children, her oldest daughter would become Queen consort of Portugal, and her son, Henry Bolingbroke, would be the first Lancastrian king, Henry IV. She was just 23 when she died, possibly of the plague.

1767 – Joachim Murat, future King of Naples, is born in France. He rose to prominence under Napoleon Bonaparte, in the army. In 1800, he would marry Caroline, Napoleon’s sister, and in 1808 they would be made King and Queen of Naples by the French Emperor. However, their rule would not survive Bonaparte’s fall from power, and Murat would later be executed via firing squad for treason against King Ferdinand IV of Naples, who was the rightful king.

1782 – Joachim’s bride, Caroline Bonaparte was also born today on the island of Corsica, as one of the younger Bonaparte children. She was married at 17, and had a famous feud with Napoleon’s first wife, Josephine. She was known to be ambitious, and she and her husband were made Grand Duke and Duchess of Berg and Cleves in Germany, before given the Kingdom of Naples. She would flee after her brother’s final defeat and her husband’s execution, landing in Austria, where she remained and remarried.

1921 – Alexandra of Greece and Denmark is born in Athens, just months after the death of her father, Alexander I of Greece. In 1944, she would marry Peter II of Yugoslavia, becoming the last Queen of the country. When she was giving birth to Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, while in exile in London, the British Government ceded the hotel they were in, to Yugoslavia, so the Prince could still be born on Yugoslavian territory. She would live out her days in Britain. Her remains, along with those of her husband, King Peter II, and mother-in-law, Queen Maria, were returned to Yugoslavia and reburied in the crypt of the Royal Mausoleum at Oplenac on May 26th, 2013.

Deaths:

1223 – Afonso II of Portugal dies at age 37 in Coimbra, Portugal. Afonso the Fat as he was called, was not interested in fighting the Spanish Moors like his father and grandfather Sancho I and Afonso I. He was more interested in peace with Castile, which he achieved and centralizing and strengthening his government. He helped to engineer the first written laws in Portugal. Afonso would eventually come to conflict with the Pope at the time, and at his death, he was actually an excommunicate of the church.

1751 – A 75 year old Frederick I of Sweden dies in Stockholm. He was first Prince consort of Sweden when he married his second wife, Ulrika Eleonora. Five years into her reign, she abdicated in her husband’s favor, thus making him the only person to have ever been King and Prince consort of Sweden. He was largely and weak and ineffective ruler, and its stated that that is the reason the Swedish Estates wanted him as king, so rule would fall into the hands of them and the nobility.

1975 – King Faisal is shot at close range by his nephew, Faisal bin Musaid. The Saudi King would die of his injuries later that day. The younger Faisal never gave an exact reason for the shooting, although theories abound, including that he was working with the American CIA and British MI6. The assassin was declared insane, but sane when he shot the king. He was executed just a few months later by beheading.

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March 24th

24 Sunday Mar 2013

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Bhutan Royalty, Danish Royalty, Elizabeth I, German Royalty, The Tudors, The Windsors

Events:
1720 -Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected to be King of Sweden after his wife, Ulrika Eleanora abdicated in his favour. Ulrika acceded to the throne with the intention to rule as co-monarchs, but the Riksdag would not approve.

2008 – Bhutan holds its first elections, and thus made the transition from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy.

Birthdays:

1628 – Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Luneburg is born in Lower Saxony, Germany. In 1643, she would marry the future Frederick III of Denmark and Norway. They would accede to the throne in 1648. She was popular and exercised political influence at first, but her feuds with her husbands family and overreaching during other affairs, her popularity waned and she was cut out of political circles. She and Frederick would have 8 children, which would number the next King of Denmark and Norway and a Queen of Sweden.

Deaths:

1603 – Queen Elizabeth I of England dies at age 69 at Richmond Palace. She had been on the throne for over 44 years. Elizabeth was the only child of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. She came to the throne after the deaths of her half siblings, Edward VI and Mary I, and even spent time in the Tower of London and under house arrest during Mary’s reign. She is famous for never marrying, as her counselors could never decide on a proper suitor, and she declared herself married to her people. In her later reign, the cult of the Virgin Queen grew around her, as it became obvious she would not have children. The defeat of the Spanish Armada only fueled such mythos. While she would never publicly name her successor during her reign, it was said that during her last days, she named James VI of Scotland as her heir.

1953 – Queen Mary, consort of George V of the United Kingdom died at age 85 in London, just weeks before the coronation of her granddaughter, Elizabeth II. She was the mother of two British monarchs, Edward VIII and George VI. One of her pet projects during her time as Queen had been identifying and having various objects, art, and jewelry that the Royal family had loaned out over the years that were never returned. She also increased the Royal Jewelry collection. Mary, knowing she was sick, and that Elizabeth’s coronation was upcoming, had requested that the ceremonies not be postponed in the event of her death. Her wishes were honored.

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March 23rd

23 Saturday Mar 2013

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French Royalty, Glorious Revolution, Not So Dead Royalty, Plantagenets, Spanish Royalty, The Stuarts, The Tudors, The Windsors, War of the Roses

Events:
1534 – The English Parliament passes the First Act of Succession which revalidates the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and states the crown should pass to their heirs over any other children Henry had.

1708 – James Francis Edward Stuart, “The Old Pretender”, lands in Northern Scotland. He was attempting an invasion to lay him claim to the throne of the United Kingdom as the son of James VII and II, who was deposed in the Glorious Revolution. This invasion would be the first unsuccessful one.

Birthdays:

1430 – Margaret of Anjou is born in Lorraine, France, to Rene of Anjou and Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine. She would be married to Henry VI of England in 1445. The would have one son, called Edward of Westminster. Margaret also became one of the principal figures in the War of the Roses, when she acted as regent for her husband during his bouts of mental instability. She helped to lead the Lancastrian forces before her husband’s overthrow, and after his restoration in 1470. However, after the defeat of the Lancasters in 1471. She was captured and later ransomed back to France. She was vilified throughout most of history and even referred to as a “She-wolf of France” by Shakespeare in the plays about her husband.

1732 – Marie Adelaide of France is born Versailles as one of the younger daughters of Louis XV and Queen Maria. She would live at her father’s and later her nephew’s court at Versailles until the beginning of the Revolution against her brother’s son, Louis XVI. She would settle in Italy, where she would live out her days with her sisters.

1990 – In not so dead royals, another daughter is born to Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York, to be christened Eugenie. She joined a older sister, named Beatrice. She currently represents the royal family in several events, and is currently seventh, soon eight in line for the throne of the Commonwealth realms.

Deaths:

1369 – Peter I of Castile and Leon is killed by his half brother, who had deposed him two years earlier, and had been and would become Henry II. He is called both Peter the Just and Peter the Cruel. His chronicles were mostly written by those loyal to his brother, but recent historians have changed their views about him, and said that he was loved by the peasantry and commoners.

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March 22nd

22 Friday Mar 2013

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Birthdays:

1459 – The future Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I is born in Austria. In 1477, he became Duke of Burgundy, and ruled until 1482, when he began to become a contender with the Empire. He was elected King the Romans in 1486, and then Holy Roman Emperor in 1493 after the death of his father. His son, Phillip would marry Juana of Castile, and their son Charles, would later rule most of continental Europe as both the heir of Spain and the heir of the Habsburgs.

1797 – Wilhelm I of Prussia is born in Berlin, as the second son of Frederick William III. He came to some prominence as a soldier during the Napoleonic Wars and after his brother’s stroke in 1857, he would rule in his stead as regent. In 1861 he would become King of Prussia. In 1871, after the his success in the Franco-Prussian War, Wilhelm was declared the first Emperor of a united Germany. He would reign until his 90th year, and be succeeded by his son, Frederick III, would was already ill with cancer, and would only rule for 99 days. Wilhelm’s grandson, also Wilhelm, would become the last Emperor of Germany.

Deaths:

1322 – Thomas, Earl of Lancaster is executed for high treason, for his leadership of a rebellion against Edward II. Thomas was a grandson of King Henry III of England through his father Edmund. Lancaster had been one of the Lords Ordainer for Edward earlier in the reign, and was leader of the council, and was defacto ruler. However Edward’s new court favourite soon took over, and Thomas was defeated and captured after his last rebellion.

1421 – Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence dies in France during the Battle of Bauge. He was fighting in the army of his elder brother, Henry V when he was struck down. He was the younger son of Henry IV.

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March 21st

21 Thursday Mar 2013

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Events:

1152 – Pope Eugene declares the marriage between Louis VII of France and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine invalid and annulled on the grounds of consanguinity. They had been married since 1137, but had two daughters and no sons. The marriage had been in trouble since the failed Second Crusade. In a matter of months, Eleanor would remarry the younger and equally indomitable Henry, Count of Anjou, the future Henry II of England.

1413 – Henry of Monmouth is declared King of England the day after the death of his father, Henry IV. We know him as Henry V, who renewed his families claim to the crown of France, and would have many military victories there, include the battle of Agincourt.

Birthdays:

1801 – Maria Theresa of Austria is born in Vienna to the exiled Grand Duke and Duchess of Tuscany, during the Napoleonic Wars. She was also a member of the Austrian royal family. She married the future Charles Albert of Sardinia and became Queen consort of Sardinia. They would have two sons, the eldest was Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a United Italy.

2004 – In not so dead royals, Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau is born in The Hague as a grandson to the then Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. He was born the day after the death of his great-grandmother, Queen Juliana. He is currently sixth in line for the Dutch throne.

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