On This Day: British Royal Family

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On this day, October 10, 1361 ~ The Wedding of Edward, Prince of Wales, son of King Edward III of England and Joan, 4th Countess of Kent at Windsor Castle

 

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On this day, October 11, 1159 ~ Demise of William of Blois, Count of Boulogne, son of King Stephen of England, at Toulouse, France

 

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On this day, October 12, 1537 ~ Birth of King Edward VI of England at Hampton Court Palace

 

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On this day, October 13, 1453 ~ Birth of Edward, Prince of Wales, son of King Henry VI of England, at the Palace of Westminster

 

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On this day, October 14, 1633 ~ Birth of King James II of England at St. James's Palace in London, England

 

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On this day, October 16, 1430 ~ Birth of King James II of Scotland at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland

 

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On this day, October 17, 1368 ~ Demise of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of King Edward III of England, in Alba, Lordship of Milan

 

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On this day, October 18, 1541 ~ Demise of Margaret Tudor, Queen Consort of King James IV of Scotland and spouse of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, at Methven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

 

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On this day, October 19, 1216 ~ Demise of King John of England at Newark, Castle in Newark, England

 

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On this day, October 22, 1727 ~ The Coronation of King George II of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey in London, England

 

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On this day, October 24, 1537 ~ Demise of Jane Seymour, Queen of England, wife of King Henry VIII of England, in Richmond, England

 

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On this day, October 25, 1154 ~ Demise of King Stephen of England at Dover Castle in Kent, England

 

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On this day, October 26, 1802 ~ Demise of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, Duchess of Teck in London, England. She was the mother of Mary of Teck, wife of King George V.

 

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On this day, October 27, 1327 ~ Demise of Elizabeth de Brugh, Queen of Scots, wife of Robert I, King of Scots, at Cullen Castle in Banffshire, Scotland

 

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On this day, October 28, 1708 ~ Demise of Prince George of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne of Great Britain, at Kensington Palace

 

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On this day, October 30, 1485 ~ The Coronation of King Henry VII of England at Westminster Abbey

 

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On this day, November 1, 1254 ~ The Wedding of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile at the Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de las Huelgas in the Kingdom of Castile

 

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On this day, November 2, 1083 ~ Demise of Matilda of Flanders, Queen of England, wife of King William I of England, at Caen, Normandy

 

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On this day, November 3, 1961 ~ Birth of David Armstrong Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, son of Princess Margaret, at Clarence House in London

 

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On this day, November 4, 1677 ~ The Wedding of Willem III, Prince of Orange (King William III of England and Princess Mary Stuart (Queen Mary II of England) at St. James Palace in London, England

 

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On this day, November 4, 1677 ~ The Wedding of Willem III, Prince of Orange (King William III of England and Princess Mary Stuart (Queen Mary II of England) at St. James Palace in London, England

Apparently Mary was not best pleased when she was advised of the union and was very tearful to her father the then Duke of York.

https://europeanroyalhistory.wordpr...mary-of-england-and-prince-william-of-orange/

 

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Apparently Mary was not best pleased when she was advised of the union and was very tearful to her father the then Duke of York.

https://europeanroyalhistory.wordpr...mary-of-england-and-prince-william-of-orange/

From the link:

Charles II opposed the alliance with the Dutch ruler—he preferred that Mary wed her second cousin Louis, the Grand Dauphin, the eldest son and heir of Louis XIV, King of France,

Now that would have been a real butterfly event in world history. A Franco-British personal union. Would never have happened of course even if she'd married him but a great what if all the same.

 

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On this day, November 6, 1429 ~ The Coronation of King Henry VI of England at Westminster Abbey

 

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On this day, November 6, 1429 ~ The Coronation of King Henry VI of England at Westminster Abbey

The king was actually crowned 3 times
King of England at Westminster Abbey and then King of France (disputed) at Notre Dame de Paris on the 16th of December 1431.
He was again crowned at the now destroyed Merton Priory on the 1st of November 1437 aged 16!

 

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On this day, November 9, 1384 ~ Birth of Isabella of Valois, wife of King Richard II of England, at Hotel du Louvre in Paris, France

 

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On this day, November 10, 1683 ~ Birth of King George II of Great Britain at Schloss Herrenhausen in Hanover, Duchy of Brunswick and Luneburg

 

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On this day, November 11, 1100 ~ The Wedding of King Henry I of England and Matilda of Scotland at Westminster Abbey

 

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11th of November 1583 -Death of Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond

The Earl of Desmond or the Rebel Earl as he was known was an Anglo Norman Irish Roman Catholic Lord who was a thorn in the side of Queen Elizabeth.
The Earl held vast lands in the Province of Munster
The Earl was in open warfare with the English and had been involved in many intrigues with both France and Spain with a plans to invade Ireland.In 1571 he went on a secret mission to France and was welcomed at the Court of Charles IX and his mother ,queen Catherine.
In 1582 he was attained and was hunted down and killed in 1583.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_FitzGerald,_14th_Earl_of_Desmond

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

 

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On this day, November 20,1559 : Death of Lady Frances Grey, Dowager Duchess of Suffolk.

Lady Frances was the daughter of Mary of England (sister of Henry VIII) and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. In 1533 Frances married Henry Grey, Marquess of Dorset (later Duke of Suffolk) and one of their surviving children was the tragic Lady Jane Grey.
The Dowager duchess however enjoyed a good relationship with her cousin Queen Mary I who kept her at court and she died a year after the queen. Her remains are buried at St. Edmunds Chapel in Westminster Abbey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Grey,_Duchess_of_Suffolk

 

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On this day, November 21, 1840 ~ Birth of Victoria, Princess Royal, daughter of Queen Victoria of England, at Buckingham Palace. She was the spouse of Emperor Friedrich III of Germany.