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July 29th

08 Thursday Aug 2013

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1565 – Mary, Queen of Scots married her second husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. They would have one son together, the future James VI and I of Scotland and England. The marriage would end with Darnley’s death in 1567.

1567 – James VI of Scotland (later also known James I of England) was crowned at Stirling Castle. He was only a year old.

1863 – The Arc de Triomphe is dedicated in Paris in honor of all the soldiers who died in the Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.

1981 – Charles, Prince of Wales married Lady Diana Spencer in Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London. It was a beautiful and lavish ceremony. There were over 3000 people in attendance, including the majority of European Royals, and an estimated 750 million people from around the world watched on television.

Birthdays:
1846 – Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil is born in Rio de Janeiro to Emperor Pedro II and Empress Teresa Christina. Her parents would have no surviving sons, so she would be her father’s heir. She would marry a French Count, and was said to be learned, and spoke four languages. Three times she would serve as regent for her father, during his absences abroad. She was well liked by the public, and in 1888, she would sign the Golden Law, which freed all slaves in Brazil. The people gave her the nickname “the Redemptress” for her action. However it was widely unpopular with nobles and wealthy landowners. The following year the monarchy in Brazil would be deposed and Isabel lived out her days on her husbands lands in France.

Deaths:
1030 – Olaf II of Norway died in exile after trying to reclaim his throne. He had been King from 1015 until 1028. He is still a cultural hero in Norway. Olaf is depicted in Norway’s coat of arms, and after his death, he was both given the title of Norway’s Eternal King, and was canonized as a Saint. Also the Norwegian Order of St. Olav is named for him.

1095 – Ladislaus I of Hungary died in his nation after almost twenty years on the throne. He became King after his brother, Geza I. He ruled during a time of civil war with his cousins, but he greatly expanded Hungarian territory and was widely loved but he was a harsh legislator. One hundred years after his death he would be canonized as a Saint of the Catholic Church.

1108 – Philip I of France died at age 56. He had been King since age 7, with his mother, Anna of Kiev serving as his regent. He was much more a successful ruler than his father, and his 48 years on the throne was unprecedented at the time. He would be married twice and he would be succeeded by his son as Louis VI.

1900 – Umberto I of Italy was assassinated. His killer said he wanted to avenge the people who died in the Beva-Beccaris massacre two years before. He also attempted to expand Italy’s colonial presence in Africa and his reign would be one of political and social turmoil.

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April 7th

07 Sunday Apr 2013

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1831 – Brazilian Emperor Pedro I abdicates in favour of his son, Pedro II. He had also been King of Portugal since 1826, and after the abdication he would sail to Portugal to reaffirm his power there from his brother, Miguel.

Birthdays:
1853 – Prince Leopold is born in London as the youngest son and second youngest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert. It was discovered that the Prince was a haemophiliac, which he inherited from his mother. Because of this affliction, he did not serve in the military as his brothers would, but instead become a patron of the arts and education. He was created Duke of Albany in 1881, and 1882 he married a minor German princess, Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont. They would have a daughter, Alice, and a son, Charles. Charles would be born just months after his father’s death in 1884. A 30 year old Leopold died in France after falling and hitting his head. He was just 30 years old.

Deaths:
1498 – Charles VIII of France dies several hours after hitting his head on the upper part of a door frame and falling into a coma. He had been King since age 13, with his sister, Anne as his regent. He married the fierce Anne of Brittany, but they would have no children together. He was called “the Affable” but is mostly known for the large debt he left France in, because of the expensive Italian Wars.

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January 22nd

22 Tuesday Jan 2013

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1689 – The Convention Parliament assembled in London to decide if James II and VII of England and Scotland abdicated the thrones when he fled to France the previous year. His son in law, William of Orange, landed on England’s shores with an army set to deposed the Catholic monarch in what we now call the Glorious Revolution.

Birthdays:
1797 – Maria Leopoldina of Austria is born in Vienna as the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II and Queen Maria Theresa. She went on to become Queen consort of Portugal, and Brazil’s first Empress consort when she married Pedro I of Brazil. Maria was highly educated, but Pedro was not, so while their marriage was successful from a child standpoint, Maria was not always happy. Sadly she would die at age 29 after a miscarriage with her eighth child.

1831 – Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein is born in Denmark. He was the second son of a Danish/German Duke. He was never expected to accede to the throne of Denmark to the Duchy, but in 1866, he married a daughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Helena. They primarily lived in Britain, and Christian served in World War I for the British. He and his family had to renounce their German titles in 1917, when King George V changed the family name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, to the English sounding Windsor.

Deaths:
1901 – The indomitable Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Empress of India dies at age 81. She had been Queen for 63 years, the longest of any British monarch, acceding to the throne when she was barely 18. Alexandrina Victoria, as she was born, should in theory, not have been Queen, since her father was the fourth son of George III. But all of her uncles, who include George IV and William IV, and her father all died without legitimate children or before her. She had nine children, whom she all married to various European royal houses, earning her the nickname “The Grandmother of Europe.” She was succeeded by her eldest son, the fun loving Edward VII.

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January 9th

09 Wednesday Jan 2013

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1431 – In Rouen, France, the politcally motivated trial for heresy began against the teenaged Joan of Arc. Rouen was the main location of the English occupation, and they held the girl responsible for the coronation of the Dauphin, over the English claimant. She would be found guilty and executed in May.

1822 – The Prince of Portugal, Pedro, was living in Brazil and due to recent revolts, was being summoned back to Portugal by his father and the governing body. He was seen as a leader to the Brazilian people, and sympathetic to their independance. He was presented today with a petition with 8,000 signatures asking him not to leave. He stayed and was later named the first Emperor of Brazil.

Birthdays:
1848 – Princess Frederica of Hanover is born to King George V of Hanover and Queen Marie. She was also styled Her Royal Highness in Britain, as he was a male-line great granddaughter of British King George III. Her family moved to Austria after her fathers deposition, but also spent time in England, where she was married, and lived part of the year with her husband. She was widely known for her charitable works, including homes for poor women, and for the blind.

1982 – A not-so-dead royal birthday today, with Her Royal Highness Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge being born today. She is the wife of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, son of the Prince of Wales, Charles, and third in line to the throne of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Countries. Catherine gave birth to the couple’s first child, Prince George, in summer 2013, and her second pregnancy was announced in September of 2014.

Deaths:
1514 – The formidable Anne, Duchess of Brittany in her own right, died in Blois at age 36 from kidney stones. She had been Queen consort of France twice, as the wife to Charles VIII and Louis XII. She had done everything in her power to keep Brittany autonomous from France, but was unsuccessful, because after her death, her daughter with Charles, Claude, became Duchess of Brittany and was married to the French heir, Francis.

1873 – The deposed Emperor Napoleon III of France died in exile in England. He had been a President of the Second French Republic, until he staged a coup and was declared Emperor. He would actually rule for 18 years, until the monarchy was overthrown for the last time, and he was exiled.

1878 – The first King of a united Italy in 1200 years, Victor Emmanuel II died in Rome at age 57. He started as the King of Sardinia, but was able to conquer the other Kingdoms in the Wars of Italian Unification. He was called the Father of the Fatherland by Italians and was succeeded by his son, Umberto I.

December 11th

11 Tuesday Dec 2012

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1792 – The trial of King Louis XVI of France and Navarre begins in Paris. He would be brought up on charges of high treason against France. He would be found guilty and sentenced to death the following month.

1936 – The abdication of Edward VIII of the United Kingdom and its dominions is effective. Edward wished to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee who was going through her second divorce at the time. Edward would be allowed to retain the title of His Royal Highness and was given the title Duke of Windsor. His younger brother assumed the throne as George VI. George’s daughter, Elizabeth is the current Queen, and Edward married Wallis the following year.

Birthdays:
1709 – Louise Elisabeth d’Orleans is born to he Duke and Duchess of Orleans in Versailles. She was a granddaughter of Louis XIV and cousin to Louis XV. She was poorly educated, being one of the Duke’s younger daughters but was married off in a political match to the future Louis I of Spain at age 11. Three years later she would become Queen of Spain when her father in law abdicated, but it would be short lived, as Louis died 7 months into his reign. She lived in Spain until she was 19, then went to back to France and obscurity.

1830 – Prince Lot Kapuaiwa is born in Honolulu. He would become King Kamehameha V when he succeeded his brother in 1863. He kept to some traditions, but also tried to modernize Hawaii as the islands were beginning to see and uptick in travel. He would sadly pass away on this day in 1872 as well.

Deaths:
1282 – The last native Prince of Wales, Llywelyn the Last dies was killed while fighting the English forces of Edward I from trying to take over Wales. Shortly after, the morale of Welsh troops failed and its lands were captured.

1826 – Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Queen consort of Portugal, Empress consort of Brazil, and Archduchess of Austria died at age 29 in Rio de Janeiro. Her death came shortly after a miscarriage of her eighth child with her husband, King Pedro I of Brazil. She was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II and his second wife, Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily. In 1822, she became Brazil’s first Empress consort, and she was instrumental in the Brazilian Declaration of Independence. Two of her children would go on to be monarchs; her eldest daughter, Maria II of Portugal, and her youngest son, Pedro II of Brazil.

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December 5th

05 Wednesday Dec 2012

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1496 – Manuel I of Portugal issues a decree exiling all heretics, including Jews, from the country. Jews had the choice of conversion to Christianity or boarding ships to leave the country. However when they came to the ports to leave, they were met with priests, forced baptisims and intimidation to keep them from leaving.

1757 – Frederick the Great of Prussia’s army meets Prince Charles of Lorraine’s Austrian army in the Battle of Leuthen. The battle ended in a rout in favor of the Prussians, with Prince Charles reportedly screaming, “I can’t believe it!” as his army fell apart.

Birthdays:
1927 – A not so dead royal birthday today, when Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand was born. He has been King since 1946 and is the worlds longest serving monarch.

1967 – Another not so dead royal birthday, Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin and Duke of Saxony, son of deposed Bulgarian king Simeon II was born in Madrid. He currently lives and works in Spain with his wife and children.

Deaths:
1560 – The 15 year old King Francis II of France, died 18 months into his reign. He became king when his father died suddenly from a jousting accident. He was the son of Henry II and Catherine de Medici, the older brother of Charles IX and Henry III, and husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. Its believed that he died from an abcess from an ear infection.

1891 – Emperor Pedro II of Brazil died in exile in France. He had been overthrown in 1889 after 58 years of rule, in favor of a Republic. He had actually been quite popular with the people, and while his memory suffered at first, it has been rehabilitated and is regarded as one of the greatest Brazilians ever.

1969 – Princess Alice of Battenberg, wife of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and mother to Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, died at age 84 in Buckingham Palace, the home of her son and daughter in law, Elizabeth II. Born as the oldest child of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, she grew up to spend a lot of her life in periodically in Germany, England and the Mediterranean, often exiled from Greece along with its Royal family. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia, living separated from her husband as she went to Switzerland in order to seek treatment. After her recovery she did a lot of charitable work during the Second World War. Returning after the war, in order to attend her only son’s wedding, she used her remaining jewels to create Elizabeth II’s engagement ring.

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December 2nd

02 Sunday Dec 2012

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1804 – Napoleon I is formally crowned Emperor of France. He is the first French Emperor in a thousand years and actually crowned himself, unexpectedly taking the crown from the Pope during the ceremony.

1848 – Franz Joseph I becomes Emperor of Austria after the abdication of Ferdinand I. He would be Emperor for 68 years including during World War I.

1851 – French President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, nephew of Napoleon I overthrows the Second Republic of France, and one year later is crowned as Emperor Napoleon III of France.

Birthdays:
1825 – Pedro II of Brazil is born in Rio. He would become Emperor at age 5 after his fathers abrupt abdication. He would rule for 58 years until his eventual overthrow, ironically caused by the abolition of slavery, which he supported. He planned to tread carefully as to not lose his support. However, his daughter, Princess Isabel, signed the paper in his absence though, leading to a hastened demise of the monarchy. He could count himself as grandson of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, and – during his education – learned Spanish, English, French, German, Greek and Latin. He also supported Argentina and Uruguay against the dictators Rosas and Lopéz respectively.

1915 – Takahito, Prince Mikasa is born as the youngest son of Emperor Taisho and the brother of future Emperor Hirohito. He spent years in the military during World War II and became a lecturer at Tokyo University and was the director of the Japanese Society of Middle Eastern Society. He is our not-so-dead royal today and is the oldest living member of the Japanese Royal Family.

1962 – Another not-so-dead royal birthday today belongs to Kardam, Prince of Turnovo. He is the eldest son of Simeon II of Bulgaria but was born after his fathers loss of the throne, so his titles are titular. He was born and is currently living in Spain with his wife and two sons.

Deaths:
1849 – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom died in the reign of her neice, Queen Victoria. She had been popular as both a Queen and Dowager Queen, and requested not to have a state funeral. The Australian city Adelaide is named in her honor.