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November 29th

29 Thursday Nov 2012

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Austrian Royalty, Catherine the Great, Chinese Royalty, French Royalty, German Royalty, holy roman emperor, Plantagenets

Events:
800 – Charlemagne arrived in Rome to mediate a council between Pope Leo III and several men who accused the pope of perjury and adultery. The actual council would being two days later.

Birthdays:
1338 – Lionel, Duke of Clarence and Baron of Connaught was born to Edward III of England and Phillippa of Hainault while they were in Antwerp. He served most of his time in Ireland, but the young Geoffrey Chaucer spent time as a page in Lionel’s household. His descendants would claim the throne later as the House of York.

1690 – The minor German Prince, Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst is born. Christian is most well know by his oldest daughter, who was born Sophie Auguste Frederika, but is known to history as Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia.

1835 – Chinese Empress Dowager Cixi is born. She would first be an imperial concubine, and gave birth to a future Emperor becoming his regent later, then was also able to install her nephew as Emperor after her son’s death. She is still a controversial figure in China’s Imperial history.

Deaths:
1314 – Phillip IV of France, or Phillip the Fair died at age 46 after a hunting accident. Earlier in the year, Phillip proceeded with the suppression of the Knights Templar, including the seizure of their goods, and the buring of their leader, Jacques DeMolay. DeMolay professed his innocence and cursed both the Pope and Phillip to die before the year was out. They both died before the end of 1314.

1378 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor died in Prague at age 62. He was popular for his patronage and gifts to the artisitc communities. He is still regarded as Father of the Country in the Czech Republic.

1780 – Maria Theresa of Austria died of a short illness in Vienna in her early sixties. She had been the Queen Regnant of Austria and all the Hapsburg realms, and then Holy Roman Empress upon marriage to Francis I. She was a formidable woman who continued to rule as co-sovereign with her sons. Among her children, she numbers two Holy Roman Emperors, a Queen of Naples and Sicily, and one ill-fated French Queen named Marie Antionette.

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November 15th

15 Thursday Nov 2012

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Events:
1688 – The Glorious Revolution officially begins as William of Orange arrives at Brixham in the Cornwall region of England to deposed his father in law, James II and VII.

1316 – John I of France was born four months after the death of his father, Louis X. Sadly he would never be crowned, or have a rule, as he died just 5 days later.

1498 – Eleanor of Austria was born to the Phillip I and Joanna I of Castile. Her siblings would number 2 Holy Roman Emperors and 3 Queen consorts. She would be Queen consort of Portugal when she married Manuel I who widowed her 3 years and 2 children later. 9 years after Manuel’s death, she married Francis I of France and while they had no children, she was popular with the people.

1784 – Jerome Bonaparte, youngest brother to Napoleon, was born in Corsica. Napoleon would later make him King of Westphalia, a region in Northern Germany. He would later be an advisor for his nephew, Louis Napoleon, when he was President of the Republic.

1895 – A daughter was born to Russian Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra, named Olga. The Grand Duchess would never be married and serve as a nurse during World War I, until her arrest during the Revolution. She would be murdered along with her parents, sisters, and brother in 1918.

Deaths:
1853 – Maria II of Portugal died giving birth to her eleventh child. The Queen regnant was only 34, having come to the crown at age 7. She was deposed for a period by her uncle Miguel, but he was forced into exile and she was placed back on the throne.

1908 – The infamous Chinese Empress Dowager Cixi died of acute arsenic poisioning. She had basically ruled China since 1861 after starting as a concubine, and later becoming regent for her son, then her nephew.

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October 17th

17 Wednesday Oct 2012

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In 1346 today, Scotland invaded northern England to distract them for France and became the Battle of Neville’s Cross. The fight went badly for Scotland and their King, David II, was captured and taken to the Tower of London where he was held for eleven years.
Today in 1610 a nine year old Louis XIII of France was crowned. His mother would be regent until he was about 16 years old, when he took the reigns of government for himself.
Next in 1660, Charles II had nine people who signed the death warrant for his father, Charles I, hung, drawn, and quartered for treason. Charles II had been restored to the crown earlier in the year.
Two years later, Charles would sell the French city of Dunkirk back to France for 40,000 pounds. Dunkirk had been captured in 1658 by the English.
In 1905 today, Nicholas II of Russia issued the October Manifesto in response to the 1905 Revolution. It laid the groundwork for Russia’s first constitution, which was adopted in 1906. The law gave Russia the right to assemble, rights of association, free speech, religion, and gave all men the right to vote. It also stated that no laws could be passed without the consent of the Duma.
Our only royal birthday today belongs to Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia in 1853. She was the daughter of Alexander II, sister to Alexander III and aunt to Nicholas II. Maria would marry into the British Royal family as the wife of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, son of Queen Victoria.
The first death of note today belongs to Queen Petronilla of Aragon in 1174. She was Queen Regnant from 1137-1164 as the daughter of Ramiro II. In 1164, she abdicated in favor of her son, who would go on to be Alfonso II.
Today in 1806, Jean-Jacques Dessalines was assassinated in Port-au-Prince. He styled himself Emperor Jacques I in 1804 and ruled as such until his death.
In 1967, the last Chinese Emperor, Puyi died in Beijing. He had became Emperor at age two, was deposed at age 6, then reinstated briefly at age 11. The Japanese then installed him as the Manchukuo Emperor from 1934-1945.
And lastly in 1972, George Crown Prince of Serbia died in Belgrade. He had renounced his rights to the Serbian crown in 1909, after a scandal in which he apparently kicked a servant to death.
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