On This Day: British Royal Family

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day,September 1st,1878 ,Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh was born at at Rosenau Castle, Coburg. Alexandra's parents were HRH Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and HI&RH Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russiaand thus a grandadaughter of queen Victoria.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Alexandra_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha

I like the fact that Princess Alexandra named a daughter Alexandra Beatrice Leopoldine. This is a very nice way to honor the English royal relatives.

 

[An Ard Ri]

On this day September 3rd,1189 -Richard the Lionheart was crowned at Westminster Abbey.

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

 

[CyrilVladisla]

The coronation procession of King Richard I.
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-th...-1189-depicted-in-the-fifteenth-84968555.html

 

[An Ard Ri]

On this day,4th of September 1455 the birth of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham the son of Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford and Margaret Beaufort.The 2nd Duke of Buckingham married Catherine Woodville sister of queen Elizabeth Woodville.The Duke is also rumored to be one of the main suspects in the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Stafford,_2nd_Duke_of_Buckingham

 

[An Ard Ri]

Also on this day,Joan of England, Queen of Sicily and Countess of Toulouse died in 1199 at Fontevrault Abbey in Anjou.Joan was the daughter of Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine and the favourite sister of Richard the Lionheart.
Joan was buried at Fontevrault Abbey but her burial was desecrated in 1793 during the French Revolution when the vaults of the Plantagenets was ransacked her tomb was lost.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_England,_Queen_of_Sicily

 

[An Ard Ri]

On this day in ; 5th of September 1451 : Birth of Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence.Isabel was the daughter of Richard,16th Earl of Warwick & Anne de Beauchamp and in 1469 she was married to George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence.The marriage produced 2 surviving children,George 17th Earl of Warwick and Lady Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury.Isabel died shortly after the birth of her son Richard on the 22nd of December 1476,her son Richard died a few weeks later.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Neville,_Duchess_of_Clarence

 

[LauraS3514]

On this day in ; 5th of September 1451 : Birth of Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence.Isabel was the daughter of Richard,16th Earl of Warwick & Anne de Beauchamp and in 1469 she was married to George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence.The marriage produced 2 surviving children,George 17th Earl of Warwick and Lady Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury.Isabel died shortly after the birth of her son Richard on the 22nd of December 1476,her son Richard died a few weeks later.​

Sadly, both of her surviving children were beheaded by the Tudors: Edward by Henry VII at the age of 24 (after he had been imprisoned in The Tower since the age of six and held mostly in solitary confinement) and Margaret at the age of 69(!) by Henry VIII. Her's was badly botched and it took several blows to end her life. Their only real crime was being born Plantagenet.


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[An Ard Ri]

Yes indeed, George 17th Earl of Warwick was executed by orders of Henry VII in 1499 and Lady Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury went to block thanks to Henry VIII in 1541.

 

[Countessmeout]

Fortunately despite the untimely fates of Margaret and one of her sons, she did have grandchildren and the family went on in the female line. The earls of Huntingdon are descended from one of her granddaughters. Among other notable families.

 

[Gawin]

Fortunately despite the untimely fates of Margaret and one of her sons, she did have grandchildren and the family went on in the female line. The earls of Huntingdon are descended from one of her granddaughters. Among other notable families.

Including Queen Elizabeth II.

 

[An Ard Ri]

Lady Margaret was surrounded by tragedy from an early age with her parents and later execution of her only sibling.

Her husband, Sir Richard Pole died in 1505
Her son,Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu was executed in 1539
Her grandson,Henry Pole died imprisoned in 1542.

 

[An Ard Ri]

On this Day September 7th:

1533 : Birth of future Queen Elizabeth I of England @ at Greenwich Palace in London.

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

1151 : Death of Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou,Maine and Mortain .Geoffrey was the husband of the Empress Matilda and father of Henry II of England.His remains were buried at Le Mans Cathedral in France.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Plantagenet,_Count_of_Anjou

1362 : Death of Joan of the Tower ,Queen of Scotland at Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire.Queen Joan was buried at the now destroyed Greyfriars Church at Newgate.

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

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Princess Joan of the Tower
http://www.alamy.com/english-prince...mous-721-joan-of-the-towe-image185811112.html

 

[An Ard Ri]

On this day ,September 8th

1157 : Birth of the future King Richard I of England ,son of Henry II and Eleanor of of Aquitaine possibly at Beaumont Palace in Oxford, England.

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

1397 :Murder of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester,Earl of Essex and Buckingham he was the youngest son of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was buried at the Chapel of Saint Edmund and Saint Thomas at Westminster Abbey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_of_Woodstock,_1st_Duke_of_Gloucester

 

[An Ard Ri]

On this day September 9th

1513 :James IV of Scotland died at the battle of Flodden near Branxton, Northumberland, England.His body was recovered and taken to London and taken to at Sheen Priory in Surrey which was destroyed during the Dissolution of the Religious Houses under Henry VIII.

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

1543:
The infant Mary queen of Scots was crowned at the chapel Royal at Stirling Castle.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, September 13th, 1940, German bombs fell on Buckingham Palace while King George VI was in residence.

 

[An Ard Ri]

On this day,September 16th in 1295 -Birth of Elizabeth de Clare,Lady de Burgh
Baroness of Amory a granddaughter of Edward I of England.

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

 

[An Ard Ri]

On this day September 18th : 1714 – George I arrives in Great Britain following the death of Queen Anne .

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

 

[CyrilVladisla]

When King George I first arrived in London he brought with him eighteen cooks.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, September 21, 1513, the Coronation of King James V of Scotland at Chapel Royal of Stirling Castle occurred.

 

[Countessmeout]

Day definitely had a Stewart history.

In 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie defeated the Hannoverian army in a matter of 30 minutes at the battle of Prestpons.

Non Stewart, in 1327 Edward II died under disputed circumstances in prison.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, September 23, 1158 ~ Birth of Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, son of King Henry II of England.

 

[An Ard Ri]

On this day, September 21, 1513, the Coronation of King James V of Scotland at Chapel Royal of Stirling Castle occurred.

His mother Margaret Tudor acted as his Regent until being ousted by the Duke of Albany.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, September 26, 1087 ~ Coronation of King William II of England
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-william-ii-rufus-1056-1100-king-of-england-1087-1100-105346375.html

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, September 29, 1240 ~ Birth of Margaret of England, daughter of King Henry III of England, at Windsor Castle

On this day, September 29, 1388 ~ Birth of Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of King Henry IV of England

 

[An Ard Ri]

Margaret of England went onto marry King Alexander III at York Minster in 1251

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, September 30, 1399 ~ King Richard II abdicated. His cousin Henry, Duke of Lancaster succeeded as King Henry IV.

On this day, September 30, 1992 ~ Birth of Lady Marina-Charlotte, the daughter of the Earl of St. Andrews in Cambridge, England

 

[Countessmeout]

Abdication is a kind word, he was deposed. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London and really had little other choice besides his own death. He was later starved to death by his cousin after a failed attempt to free him.

If it had been a simple adbication Henry IV would not have been king. He was by no means next in line for the throne. Edmund Mortimer was the great-grandson of Edward III by his second son, making his claim superior to that of Henry who was descended from his third son. Edmund though took his claim in the female line (his grandmother) and that was used to bolster the strength of Henry's claim. Edmund died childless though, though there were other heirs to his branch of the family after him.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, October 1,1207 ~ Birth of King Henry III of England at Winchester Castle in England

On this day, October 1, 1553 ~ The Coronation of Queen Mary I of England
Mary I's Coronation Part 3 - The Coronation Procession of Mary I - The Tudor Society

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, October 2, 1452 ~ Birth of King Richard III at Fotheringay Castle in Northamptonshire, England