On this Day in German Royal/Imperial History

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On this day, June 5 1771 - Birth of King Ernest Augustus I of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland at Buckingham Palace in England

On this day, June 14, 1753 - Birth of Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine in Prenzlau, Duchy of Zweibrucken

On this day, June 21, 1528 - Birth of Maria of Spain and Austria, Holy Roman Empress Consort of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II, at the Royal Alcazar of Madrid, King of Spain

On this day, June 29, 1875 - Demise of Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia at Hradcany Palace in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia

 

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On this day, July 8, 1827 - Birth of Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg in Oldenburg, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg

 

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On this day, July 19, 1578 - Birth of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor at the Schlossberg in Graz, Duchy of Styria, Archduchy of Austria

 

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On this day, August 3, 1770 - Birth of Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia

 

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On this day, August 21, 1858 - Birth of Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria at Schloss Laxenburg in Laxenburg, Austria

 

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On this day, September 20, 1886 - Birth of Crown Princess Cecilie of Germany, wife of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany, in Schwerin, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

 

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On this day, September 25, 1744 - Birth of King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia at the Stadtschloss in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia

 

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On this day, October 18, 1831 - Birth of Friedrich III, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia at Neues Palais in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia

 

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On this day, October 30, 1688 - Birth of Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Queen Consort of King Friedrich I in Prussia, at Schloss Iburg in Osnabruck, Electorate of Brunswick-Luneburg

 

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On this day, November 7, 1827 - Demise of Maria Theresia of Austria, Queen Consort of King Anton of Saxony, in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony

On this day, November 14, 1923 - Demise of Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover at Schloss Cumberland in Gmunden, Austria

November 20, 1912 - Birth of Crown Prince Otto of Austria at Wartholz Castle in Reichenau an der Rax, Austria

On this day, November 27, 1763 - Demise of Princess Isabella of Parma, Infanta of Spain, first wife of the future Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, at Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria

 

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On this day, December 14, 1787 - Birth of Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Empress of Austria, wife of Emperor Franz I of Austria, at the Royal Villa of Monza in Lombardy, Austrian Empire

 

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On this day, December 25, Pope Clement VI crowned Henry III as Holy Roman Emperor

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On this day, December 27, 1755 - Birth of King Anton of Saxony in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony

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On this day, January 2, 1784 - Birth of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in Coburg, Suchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

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On this day, January 16, 1831 - Birth of Alexander, Prince of Lippe in Detmold, Principality of Lippe