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March 26th

26 Tuesday Mar 2013

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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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February 16th

16 Saturday Feb 2013

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1786 – Russian Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna is born in St. Petersburg to the future Paul I of Russia. She was born under the rule of her grandmother, Catherine II, or Catherine the Great. Her brothers would later become Alexander I and Nicholas I, Tsars of Russia. She would later marry into the German Grand Ducal house of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and her daughter, Augusta would be German Empress when she married Wilhelm I.

1991 – In not so dead royals, Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg is born to Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Theresa. She is currently third in line to the succession to rule, behind her two older brothers, but is ahead of her younger brother. Through her father, she is related to every other reigning European monarch.

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1279 – Afonso III of Portugal dies at age 68 in Portugal. He was the second son of Afonso II, and was not supposed to be King. However his older brother Sancho was forcibly removed from rule, and Afonso took over. He showed vision ahead of his time by beginning such measures as allowing the commons to be represented in government, alongside the clergy and nobility, and doing away with preventative arrests, with all arrests having to go before a judge.

2005 – Queen Narriman, the last queen of Egypt died in Cairo. Her first husband, King Farouk, was forced to abdicate in 1952, and she divorced him in 1954, and was allowed to return to live in Egypt with her family, as a commoner. Her son with Farouk, Fuad, was technically ruler for a year, as an infant, until a republic was declared.

February 11th

11 Monday Feb 2013

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1531 – The Clergy in England gives Henry VIII the title of Supreme Head of the English Church and Clergy, paving the way for the final split with Rome.

1873 – Spanish King Amadeao I abdicates after just three years of rule. He was elected after the deposition of Isabella II and Spain was declared a republic just hours later.

Birthdays:
1466 – Elizabeth of York is born in Westminster to Edward IV and Queen Elizabeth Woodville. She was also the niece to Richard III and sister to the Princes in the Tower, Edward V and Richard, Duke of York. She later went on to marry Henry VII of England, and then became the mother of Henry VIII. Her daughter, Margaret, became Queen of Scotland, and was the grandmother to Mary, Queen of Scots. Thus every English monarch since Henry VIII is a descendant of hers. She would later die on this same day in 1503, shortly after giving birth to her seventh child.

1920 – The future King Farouk I of Egypt is born in Cairo. He became King in 1936 at age 16, and would be overthrown in 1952 in favour of his infant son. He would live out his days in exile, dying in Italy. His body would be returned to Egypt for burial.

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1901 – Milan I of Serbia dies in Vienna after abdicating without explanation in 1889. He stayed near court to act as an adviser to his son, Alexander I until they had a falling out over Alexander’s choice in a wife. He was 46 and was the first King of Serbia.

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January 16th

16 Wednesday Jan 2013

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1412 – The Medici Bank of Florence, Italy, becomes the official bankers of the Pope. The Medici’s would go one to be one of the richest and most influential familes in Europe.

1492 – Queen Isabella I of Castile is presented with the first official written grammar of the Spanish language. She asked the writer, Elio Antonio de Nebrijia why it was useful, and his response was that “Language is the instrument of an Empire.”

1547 – A 16 year old Ivan IV of Russia is crowned in Moscow. He was the first Russian ruler to be crowned as “Tsar of all the Russias”. He would rule until his death at age 53, but is known by his nickname, Ivan the Terrible to history.

1556 – Holy Roman Emperor Charles V formally abdicates the crown of Spain, in favour of his son, Phillip II. Phillip would rule until his death in 1598 and be famous for launching the failed Spanish Armada invasion of England.

1707 – The Scottish Parliament passes the Union with England Act, which propses the two countries fuse into one, and become what we know as the United Kingdom of Great Britain today. The English Parliament had already passed a similiar measure. The two countries had already been united under one monarch since 1603.

1979 – The Shah of Iran, flees the country with his family following the Iranian Revolution. He would start in Egpyt but live in several other countries until his death in 1980.

Birthdays:
1245 – Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester is born in London as a son of Henry III and Queen Eleanor. He would spend time on the Ninth Crusade with his brother, the future Edward I. The House of Lancaster, which later became a player in the War of the Roses, is descended from him.

1409 – Rene I, King of Naples and Count of Anjou is born in France. He came to his titles at a young age, but became a political force later during the Hundred Years War. His daughter, Margaret, would marry Henry VI of England, and was a formidable woman in her own right, known as one of the “She-Wolves of France”.

1836 – Francis II of the Two Sicilies is born in Naples to King Ferdinand II and Queen Maria Christina. He would only rule for two years, 1859-1861, until he was deposed during the Wars of Italian Unification, when his kingdom was merged with the Kingdom of Sardinia.

1952 – In not-so-dead royalty, the future King Fuad II of Egypt is born today and would become King in July of the same year after his father’s abdication. However he would be overthrown a year later and would be sent to live in Switzerland in exile, where he still resides today.

Deaths:
1942 – Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert dies at age 91 in England. He had served in the British Army for over 40 years actively, and spent time as Governor-General of Canada. He is the longest living male of the British Royal Family and tied with his sister to be the oldest of Victoria’s children.

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November 5th

05 Monday Nov 2012

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Today in 1605, the Gunpowder Plot was uncovered when Guy Fawkes was discovered under the House of Lords with 36 barrels of gunpowder. Their plan was to blow the House of Lords during the State Opening and also kill King James I and VI. The conspirators had been anonymously sold out, and after Fawkes was tortured, were arrested and convicted of treason. Fawkes arrest is still celebrated in Britain today as Bonfire Night.
And in 1757, Frederick the Great of Prussia scored a decisive victory against the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman and Austrian Empires in the Battle of Rossbach, as part of the Seven Years War. Frederick was able to win the battle with considerably less troops, guns, and casualties, due to his use of quick movements and the element of surprise.
In 1916 today, King Otto of Bavaria was formally removed from the throne by the Bavarian cabinet. He had been declared mentally ill for sometime, and the country was being ruled under a regency, of which Otto’s cousin Prince Ludwig was called The Prince Regent. Ludwig was then declared King Ludwig III of Bavaria.
Lastly in 1916, Emperors Wilhelm II of Germany and Franz Joseph of Austria declared the creation of the Kingdom of Poland. Germany and Austria had every intention of making Poland a puppet state under their tutelage, but the Kingdom was never actually formed after the Great War.
Two birthdays from not-so-dead royals today, the first coming in 1921, as Princess Fawzai Fuad of Egypt was born. She was the daughter of King Faud I of Egypt, and would later be Queen of Iran when she became the first wife of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. She was Iranian Queen for less than 10 years, before they were divorced and she moved back to Egypt, where she still resides today.
And in 1965 today, Prince Kubrat of Bulgaria was born in Spain, where his family had been exiled. His father was the deposed Simeon III of Bulgaria. He still lives in Spain and is actually a surgeon today.
Our first death comes in 1370 today, as Casimir III of Poland died at age 60. Known as Casimir the Great, he was the last King of Poland, as his nephew, King Louis I of Hungary to be his successor.
Next, in 1828, Maria Feodorovna, Empress consort of Russia, died at age 69 in Russia. She married the future Paul I of Russia and was thedaughter in law of Catherine the Great. She would live to see two of her sons become Tsar as well. They were Alexander I and Nicholas I of Russia.
Have a great day everyone!!