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February 9th

09 Saturday Feb 2013

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Birthdays:
1986 – Princess Raiyah bint Al Hussein is born in Jordan to the late King Hussein and Queen Noor. She is the half sister to King Abdullah II and is living and working in Japan.

Deaths:
1450 – Agnes Sorel, mistress to Charles VII of France, dies suddenly at age 28 while on her way to visit him Jumieges where he was on campaign. She had given the king three daughters and was pregnant with her fourth child. It was believed at first that she died of dysentery, but later scientists discovered she died of mercury poisoning. Exactly why and who poisoned her is a mystery.

1670 – King Frederick III of Denmark and Norway died at age 60 in Copenhagen. He had been King since 1648, after he had served as Bishop of Verden and Archbishop of Bremen. He resigned those offices when his elder brother died, leaving Frederick as the heir to his father, Christian IV. Frederick spent part of his reign at war with the Swedes, and would become an absolute ruler, leaving his son as King Christian V.

1873 – Caroline Augusta of Bavaria died in Vienna at age 81. She was the daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph and Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt. She married the Crown Prince of Württemberg, William in 1808, but the marriage was unhappy and they divorced in 1814. She remarried in 1816, Austrian Emperor Francis I, but again, the marriage was childless. Caroline became known in Austria for her charity work, and she would remain there after the death of her spouse.

2002 – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and sister to Queen Elizabeth II dies at age 71 in London after having her fourth stroke in four years. She was known for her lighthearted nature in opposition to her sister’s serious public face. Gore Vidal once said she was far too intelligent for her station in life. She was also one of the first royals to undergo a divorce, paving the way for her nephews years later.

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February 7th

07 Thursday Feb 2013

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Events:
1301 – Edward of Caernarvon, son of Edward I and future Edward II of England is formally installed as Prince of Wales, starting the tradition of the heir apparent bearing that title.

Birthdays:
1102 – Believed to be the birthdate of Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England. She became Holy Roman Empress at a young age, but was widowed when her husband, Henry V died. She would return to England and be named her father’s heir to the English crown, but at his death, her cousin, Stephen, was crowned instead, because of Matilda being a woman. Thus started a period called The Anarchy as she and Stephen fought for years. She finally relinquished her claim, but her son by her second husband, would go on to be the formidable Henry II of England.

1693 – Anna Ioannovna is born to Tsar Ivan V of Russia. She was also the niece of Peter the Great and thus became Empress in 1730 after the death of Peter II. She was known for her cruelty, especially to the nobility. She would further alienate the Russian nobles when she denied them government positions, instead giving them to German courtiers. She reigned for ten years, and was succeeded by Peter’s daughter, Elizabeth.

Deaths:
1837 – Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden died at age 58 while exiled in Switzerland. He had been King from 1792 until 1809, when his failed diplomatic and war policies caught up with him. It was under his rule that Finland was lost by the Swedes and gained by the Russians. Not only was he forced to abdicate, but his sons were also barred from the succession, leaving his uncle to be declared Charles XIII.

1999 – King Hussein of Jordan dies after a trip to the US of lymphoma. It was his second battle with cancer, having also fought kidney cancer years before. He was 63 years old and had been king for 46 years. Shortly before he died, he changed his will to remove his brother, Hassan as his heir, and thus left the throne to his son, the current Jordanian king, Abdullah II.

January 30th

30 Wednesday Jan 2013

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1649 – Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is beheaded for high treason against the people. Forces loyal to him had lost what was now referred to as the English Civil War. His family, including his wife and two older sons had already fled to France. He wore two shirts, as it was a chilly morning and it was said that he didn’t want to be seen shivering, and his enemies mistake it for fear.

1661- Two years after his death, and one year after the Restoration of the Monarchy in Britain, Oliver Cromwell, one time Lord Protector was exhumed and ceremonially decapitated and given a traitor’s funeral, for his part in the overthrow and execution of Charles I. The former King’s oldest son, also named Charles, was the new King.

1889 – Crown Prince and Archduke of Austria Rudolf, heir to the thrones of Austria and Hungary, is found dead at the royal residence of Meyerling, with his mistress, in an apparent murder-suicide. He was the only son of Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth. This lead to a succession crisis, with the duty of heir falling on Franz Joseph’s nephew, the doomed Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Birthdays:
1894 – The future Boris III of Bulgaria is born. He became Tsar of Bulgaria in 1918, after his father, Ferdinand I was forced to abdicate after the disaster of World War I. When Hitler came to power in the Thirties, Boris was back and forth on his policies, agreeing with some to regain lost territory, but then refusing others at first, like the deportation of Bulgarian Jews. In fact, no Jews from pre-war Bulgaria were deported, to the chagrin of Hitler. Boris would not see the end of the war though, as he would pass away in 1943.

1962 – In recently dead royals, the future King Abdullah II of Jordan is born in Amman. He would become King in 1999 after the death of his father, King Hussein of Jordan. His son, Hashem bin Al Abdullah was also born today, in 2005.

1968 – And in not so dead royals, Felipe, Prince of Asturias and heir apparent to the crown of Spain is born in Madrid. He is now King Felipe VI, and the only son of the former King, Juan Carlos I and Queen Sophia. Juan Carlos abdicated in June of 2014. He was actually a competitor in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, and he and his sisters are the first Spanish royals to participate in public protests, as they did in 2004.

Deaths:
1730 – Tsar Peter II of Russia, grandson of Peter I, dies suddenly of smallpox at the age of 14. He had come to the crown just three years earlier, and with his death, it ended the direct male line Romanov dynasty. He would be succeeded by his cousin, Anna.

1989 – Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cadiz dies at age 52 in a skiing accident, while visiting the United States. He was of the Spanish House of Bourbon but also had a claim to the defunct French crown as a descendant of the French Bourbons. Another claimant of the French throne, from the House of Orleans, actually sued him over the use of the French royal arms. The case was thrown out in favour of Alfonso.

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November 14th

14 Wednesday Nov 2012

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1501 – Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, and Catherine of Aragon, Infanta of Spain were married in England. They were both about 15 years old. Just a few months later, sadly Arthur would die. Catherine would go on to marry Arthur’s younger brother, Henry VIII shortly after in became king. Her marriage to Arthur would come under scrutiny when Henry began seeking an annulment from her.

1973 – Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom and daughter to Queen Elizabeth II, married Captain Mark Phillips in London. They would have two children, but separate in 1989, finally divorcing in 1992.

Birthdays:
1567 – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, was born in the modern day Netherlands. Maurice was Prince and stadtholder of Holland after his father, William the Silent. Maurice was one of the leaders of the Dutch resistance against Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. The island country of Mauritis is named for him.

1650 – William, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Netherlands, and future King William III and II of England, Scotland and Ireland was born eight days after his father died of smallpox. William would marry his cousin, Mary Stuart, and they would later depose her father in the Glorious Revolution to rule Britain as William and Mary.

1812 – Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy is born on Sardinia, Italy. She would become Queen consort of the Two Sicilies in 1832, when she married Ferdinand II. She would sadly pass away 5 days after giving birth to their only child, Francis II.

1935 – The future King Hussein of Jordan is born in Amman. He would later become king after his father’s abdication in 1952 and would rule for 47 years. The current Jordanian King, Abdullah II, is his son by his second wife.

1948 – Prince Charles was born to Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. He would be invested officially as Prince of Wales ten years later, and crowned as such in 1969. He is currently the heir apparent to the crown of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth countries, and is the oldest ever Prince of Wales, and will become the longest-serving of that title if he still holds it in 2017. And after next year if he succeeds his mother, he will be the oldest new monarch in British history.

Deaths:
1522 – Anne of France died at age 61. Anne was the daughter of Louis XI of France and Charlotte of Savoy. Her younger brother would become Charles VIII of France and she and her husband would act as Regents for him until his majority. Anne was instrumental in writing the treaty that officially ended the Hundred Years War.

1866- Miguel of Portugal died in exile in Germany. He had been regent for his niece before deposing her to rule himself. He was officially banned from the country, along with his descendants, in 1834. After his death though, he was allowed to be interred in Lisbon.

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