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July 9th

15 Monday Jul 2013

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Austrian Royalty, Danish Royalty, Dutch Royalty, French Royalty, German Royalty, holy roman emperor, Luxembourgish Royalty, Marie Antoinette, Napoleon, Russian royalty, Spanish Royalty, The Tudors, Wives of Henry VIII

Events:
1540 – The marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves was formally annulled. Anne was Henry’s fourth wife, and this would be Anne’s only marriage. The annulment was declared on grounds of non-consummation and Anne’s pre-contract with the son of the Duke of Lorraine. Anne consented to the split and was given a yearly monetary settlement, several houses, and a place at court.

1807 – French Emperor Napoleon I and Russian Emperor Alexander I sign the Treaty of Tilsit. Prussia also signed the treaty which ceded territory to France. Napoleon created the Kingdom of Westphalia from some of the territory he gained.

1810 – The Kingdom of Holland is annexed by Napoleon I as part of the First French Empire.

Birthdays:
1511 – Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg is born in Germany to the Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg. In 1525, she was married to Christian III of Denmark and Norway, much to her chagrin. Despite the unhappiness of the marriage, they had five children, who included the future Frederick II of Denmark and Norway, and Magnus, King of Livonia. Frederick became King and Dorothea a widow in 1559. Her relationship with her children was poor from then on out, and she died in exile in 1571.

1578 – The future Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor was born in Graz, Austria. He became Emperor in 1619 after the death of his childless cousin Matthias died. The Thirty Years War fully encompassed his reign. He would have seven children with his wife, Maria Anna of Bavaria, who included Emperor Ferdinand III and a Queen consort of Poland. He ruled until his death in 1637.

1786 – Princess Sophie Helene Beatrice is born at Versailles as the youngest child of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. The child lived less than a year, and died before her first birthday the following year, after having convulsions for several days.

Deaths:
1654 – Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans died of smallpox at age 20. He was the eldest son and heir of his father, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, and was starting to take of his father’s titles and duties.

1746 – Phillip V of Spain died in Madrid at age 62. He was French born, but had a claim to the Spanish throne, and was named the successor of Charles II of Spain, in his will. The War of Spanish Succession would be fought to protect his claim. In 1700 he officially became King, and ruled for the first time until 1724. He abdicated in favor of his son, Louis. Louis was young, unmarried, and died of smallpox just seven months into his reign. Phillip took then throne again, and was king until 1746. His rule is the longest in modern Spanish history.

1985 – Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg died at age 89 in the capitol city of Luxembourg. She had reigned from 1919, when her elder sister, Marie-Adelaide, abdicated in her favor. She abdicated herself in 1964. The year of her accession, she was married to Felix of Bourbon-Parma, with whom she had six children. Much like other rulers in Europe during World War II, she spent the war in exile, working for her country’s cause, and became a figurehead for Nazi opposition. Her younger sister, Antonia, who had married into the Bavarian royal family, would spend time in the Dachau concentration camp.

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April 26th

26 Friday Apr 2013

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French Royalty, Italian monarchy/aristocracy, Marie Antoinette, Portugese Royalty, The Windsors

Events:
1923 – Prince Albert, Duke of York marries Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. We know them better as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, parents of the current Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. The wedding took place at Westminster Abbey. Albert actually proposed to Elizabeth twice before she finally accepted, having reservations about royal life. Lady Elizabeth also started the tradition of royal brides laying their bouquets at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior.

Birthdays:
1575 -Marie de Medici is born in Florence to the powerful banking Medici family. She married Henry IV of France and Navarre in 1600, but was not crowned until 1610, on the day before her husbands assassination. She had five surviving children by Henry, who include, Louis XIII, whom she acted as regent for, and two of her daughters became Queen consort of Spain, and Queen consort of England and Scotland.

1648 – The future Peter II of Portugal is born today in Lisbon. He first served as regent for his elder brother, Afonso VI from 1668, until Afonso’s death in 1683. He had nine children from two marriages. Initially he supported France in the War of Spanish Succession, but then signed a treaty with Britain that included a trade agreement. His son, John V would take his places as king after the elder John’s death in 1706.

1782 – Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily was born near the city of Naples. She was a daughter of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Austrian Archduchess Maria Carolina. Through her mother she was a granddaughter of Maria Theresa of Austria and a niece of Marie Antoinette. She married in 1809 to Louis-Phillipe d’Orleans, who in 1830, became King Louis-Phillipe I of France, making Maria Amalia Queen consort until 1848, when the monarchy was overthrown again in France. The family fled to England, where both she and her husband lived out their days.

No major deaths.

April 19th

19 Friday Apr 2013

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Austrian Royalty, French Royalty, holy roman emperor, Marie Antoinette, Monagesque Royalty, Scottish Royalty, The Louis of France, The Stuarts

Events:
1713 – Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713. The sanction states that if he should die with no living male heirs, the Habsburg lands and crown would pass to his daughter, the future Maria Theresa of Austria, who was born in 1717.

1770 – Maria Antonia, Archduchess of Austria is married by proxy in Vienna to the Dauphin of France, Louis Auguste. Four years later they would become the King and Queen of France as Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

1956 – Prince Rainier of Monaco marries American movie star Grace Kelly. They had a civil ceremony the previous day, and a religious ceremony on this day. It was watched by an estimated 30 million people.

Birthdays:
1793 – Ferdinand I of Austria is born in Vienna. He was the heir of Francis II and Maria Theresa of the Two Sicilies. He would come to the Imperial throne in 1835, and while his diaries show that he was mentally capable and witty, he also suffered from a severe speech impediment and epilepsy. It was so severe that when he tried to consummate his marriage to Maria Anna of Sardinia, he had 5 seizures. So thus he had no children. He would abdicate after the 1848 Revolutions and he was succeeded by his nephew, Franz Joseph I.

Deaths:
1390 – Robert II of Scotland dies at age 74. He was the son of Marjorie Bruce, and Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland. Marjorie was the daughter of the Scottish hero, Robert the Bruce. He came to the throne after the death of his uncle, David II. He would spend a good part of his reign fighting off an English invasion. He was the first ruler from the House of Stewart (later Stuart), who would rule just Scotland until 1603, when then inherited the throne of England too.

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December 19th

19 Wednesday Dec 2012

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Danish Royalty, Dutch Royalty, Eleanor of Aquitaine, French Royalty, Greek Royalty, Henry II, Marie Antoinette, Norwegian Royalty, Plantagenets, Pre-Norman England, Spanish Royalty, The Hanovers, Zanzibarian Royalty

Events:
1154 – Henry II is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, after the death of his mother’s cousin, Stephen. Henry was the son of Matilda, disputed Queen of England and daughter of Henry I. Henry brought the indomitable Eleanor of Aquitaine over as his Queen and they founded the Plantagenet dynasty of England.

1920 – After an overwhelming vote to restore him to the throne, King Constantine I of the Hellenes is restored after the death of his son. He abdicated in favour of his son in 1917. But his reign would be short-lived, as he was forced to abdicate again in 1922.

1963 – Zanzibar is given its independance as a constitutional monarchy from the United Kingdom. Jamshid bin Abdullah was the first and only Sultan of Zanzibar, as he was overthrown the following year and is currently living in exile in the UK.

Birthdays:
1554 – Phillip William, Prince of Orange is born in The Netherlands as the son of William the Silent of Orange. He would go on to be a key player in the Dutch Revolt his father started against the rule of the Holy Roman Empire.

1683 – Phillip V of Spain is born to the House of Bourbon in Versailles, France. He became King of Spain in 1700 after the death of Charles II. Phillips claim to Spain was through his grandmother, and he was one of several claimants that came forward, which cause the War of Spanish Succession. He would abdicate in favour of his son, Louis in 1724, only to take the crown again a few months later, when Louis died suddenly, and ruled until his own death.

1778 – Marie Therese of France is born as the first child to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. She was the only child of the royal couples to survive the French Revolution. Later in 1830, she became Queen of France for twenty minutes, when her father in law, Charles X signed his abdication, and her husband Louis Antoine signed the same abdication document twenty minutes later.

Deaths:
1075 – Edith of Wessex, widow of King Edward the Confessor of England died after an uncited illness she had suffered from. She had spent her time after Edward’s death reading on the English saints and has been said recently to be the author of the Bayeux tapestry.

1751 – Louise of Great Britain, Queen of Norway and Denmark died from complications associated with a miscarriage. She was carrying her sixth child and was only 27 years old. She was the wife of Frederick V of Denmark and daughter of George II of Great Britain.

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