On This Day: British Royal Family

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On this day, April 28, 1442 ~ Birth of King Edward IV of England in Rouen, France. He was the son of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville.

 

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On this day, April 30, 1662 ~ Birth of Queen Mary II of England at St. James' Palace in London, England

 

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30th of April 1513 : Execution of Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk

Edmund was a Yorkist claimant to the throne and was the son of John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and Elizabeth of York.His mother Elizabeth was the younger sister of Edward IV of England.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_de_la_Pole,_3rd_Duke_of_Suffolk

 

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1st of May 1118 -Death of Matilda of Scotland, Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy.

Matilda was born in 1080 the daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland and Margaret of Wessex. In November 1100 she married Henry I of England at Westminster Abbey. The Empress Matilda was their only surviving child .
Queen Matilda died at Westminster and was buried at the Abbey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Scotland

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, May 2, 1816 ~ The Wedding of Princess Charlotte of Wales and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld at Carlton House

 

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On this day, May 3, 1415 ~ Birth of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, mother of King Edward IV and King Richard III of England

 

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On this day, May 3, 1415 ~ Birth of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, mother of King Edward IV and King Richard III of England

Lady Cecily Neville herself was related to the English Royal Family from her mother,Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland who was the only daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and Katherine Swynford.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, May 4, 1471 ~ Demise of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, the son of King Henry VI of England, at the Battle of Tewkesbury

 

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On this day, May 4, 1471 ~ Demise of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, the son of King Henry VI of England, at the Battle of Tewkesbury

Its believed Edward was killed after the battle but there are various accounts of him being brutally murdered by the king and his brothers and also dying in battle.
The body of the 17 year old Lancastrian Prince was later buried at Tewkesbury Abbey.

Other leading Lancastrians who were killed were the Duke of Somerset and the Marquess of Dorset, and the Earl of Devon.

 

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5th of May 1316 : Death of Elizabeth Plantagenet,Countess of Holland and Countess of Hereford and of Essex.

Also known as Elizabeth of Rhuddlan she was the youngest daughter of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile. In January 1297 she was married to Johan ,Count of Holland but was widowed in 1299.In 1302 she married secondly,Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, 3rd of Essex and Constable of England at Westminster Abbey,the couple had several surviving children.
Elizabeth died at Quendon, Essex and was buried at the now destroyed Waltham Abbey in Essex.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Rhuddlan

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, May 6, 1960 ~ The Wedding of Princess Margaret Rose and Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey

 

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On this day, May 7, 1718 ~ Demise of Maria Beatrivce of Modena, Queen of England, second spouse of King James II of England

 

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On this day, May 7, 1718 ~ Demise of Maria Beatrivce of Modena, Queen of England, second spouse of King James II of England

Mary of Modena was Queen Consort of England,Scotland and Ireland .The queen died at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye in Paris and her body was buried at the Couvent des Visitandines de Chaillot .
The chapel and convent were totally destroyed during the ravages of the French Revolution.

The queens entrails were interred at the chapel of the College of the Scottish in Paris which was ransacked and pillaged during French Revolution.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, May 8, 1736 ~ The Wedding of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, son of King George II of Great Britain, and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg at the Chapel Royal, St. James' Palace

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, May 12, 1191 ~ The Wedding of King Richard I of England and Berengaria of Navarre at the Chapel of St. George in Limassol, Cyprus

 

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On this day, May 12, 1191 ~ The Wedding of King Richard I of England and Berengaria of Navarre at the Chapel of St. George in Limassol, Cyprus

Berengaria de Navarre is possibly the only English queen never to set foot on English soil .The queen was also crowned on her wedding day in Cyprus by archbishop of Bordeaux who accompanied the Crusade.

 

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On this day, 12th May 1937: The Coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey, London.

 

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On this day 14th of May 1219 : Death of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke

William was an Anglo Norman noble who served as Lord of England during the reigns of Henry II,Richard I ,John and Henry III.He married Isabel de Clare daughter of Richard de Clare ,Earl of Pembroke and Princess Aoife (Eva) of Leinster.
The Earl died at Caversham, and was buried in the Temple Church in London.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marshal,_1st_Earl_of_Pembroke

 

[Durham]

Was it Princess Aoife that brought Irish royal blood into the Norman royal line?

 

[Durham]

Was it Princess Aoife that brought Irish royal blood into England's Norman royal line?

 

[An Ard Ri]

Was it Princess Aoife that brought Irish royal blood into the Norman royal line?

Yes she did indeed and was the daughter of the deposed king of Leinster who sought military help from Henry II to restore him and ended up with the Norman Invasion of Ireland.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, May 15, 1567 ~ The Wedding of Mary, Queen of Scots and James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell at Holyrood Palace

 

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On this day, May 15, 1567 ~ The Wedding of Mary, Queen of Scots and James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell at Holyrood Palace

They were married as per Protestant rites but was performed by the bishop ,Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney which further alienated the queen.
Mary also created James Duke of Orkney.

 

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On this day, May 17, 1891 ~ Birth of Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife

 

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17th of May 1536 : Execution of George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford

George was the brother of Anne Boleyn and was beheaded at Tower Hill,his sister was executed 2 days later.George and Anne were buried at the Chapel Royal of St. Peter Ad Vincula.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Boleyn,_Viscount_Rochford

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, May 19, 1744 ~ Birth of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Consort of King George III of the United Kingdom

 

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On this day, May 21, 1662 ~ The Wedding of King Charles II of England and Catherine of Braganza at St. Thomas Becket Church

 

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On this day, May 21, 1662 ~ The Wedding of King Charles II of England and Catherine of Braganza at St. Thomas Becket Church

The couple were married at Portsmouth and had two ceremonies one a Roman Catholic and one Anglican.
St Thomas Becket church is now Portsmouth Cathedral

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, May 22, 1770 ~ Birth of Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg, daughter of King George III of the United Kingdom

 

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On this day, May 24, 1819 ~ Birth of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom at Kensington Palace