On This Day: British Royal Family

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, November 22, 1515 ~ Birth of Marie of Guise, Queen of Scots, wife of King James V of Scots, at Bar-le-duc , Lorraine, France

 

[An Ard Ri]

By her mother Marie de Guise was related to the Bourbons.
Born in 1494,Antoinette de Bourbon was the daughter of François de Bourbon,Comte de Vendôme and Marie de Luxembourg.

Marie de Luxembourg was a daughter of Pierre II de Luxembourg and Marguerite de Savoie.
Her grandmother Princess Anne of Cyprus.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, November 23, 955 ~ Demise of Eadred, King of the English in Frome, Somerset, England

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, November 24, 1273 ~ Birth of Alfonso, Earl of Chester, son of King Edward I of England, at Bordeaux, France

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, November 25, 1609 ~ Birth of Henrietta Maria of France, Queen Consort of King Charles I of England, at Hotel du Louvre in Paris, France

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, November 27, 1833 ~ Birth of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, Duchess of Teck, at Cambridge House in Hanover, Kingdom of Hanover

 

[Prinsara]

On this day, November 26, 1869 ~ Birth of Princess Maud of Wales at Marlborough House in London. She was later Queen of Norway, as consort to Haakon VII.

 

[An Ard Ri]

On this day,3rd of December 1322 : Death of Maud Chaworth , Countess of Lancaster

Maud was born in 1282 the daughter of Patrick de Chaworth, Lord of Kidwelly
Isabella de Beauchamp.
In December 1292 she was married to Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster the son of Henry III.
Following her death the Countess was buried at Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire which was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1536.

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

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, November 28, 1290 ~ Demise of Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England, wife of King Edward I of England, at Harby, Nottinghamshire, England

On this day, November 29, 1745 ~ Bonnie Prince Charlie's army moved into Manchester and occupied Carlisle

On this day, November 30, 1719 ~ Birth of Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Princess of Wales, wife of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, in Gotha, Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

On this day, December 1, 1844 ~ Birth of Alexandra of Denmark, Queen of England, wife of King Edward VII of England, at the Yellow Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark

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On this day, December 2, 1849 ~ Demise of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen Consort of King William IV of England, in Stanmore, England

On this day, December 3, 1939 ~ Demise of Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll at Kensington Palace

On this day, December 4, 1214 ~ Demise of William I, King of Scots at Stirling Castle in Scotland

On this day, December 6, 1421 ~ Birth of King Henry VI of England at Windsor Castle

 

[An Ard Ri]

On the 5th of December 902 : Death of Ealhswith , Queen of Wessex.


Ealhswith was the widow of Alfred the Great and is buried at the modern day Winchester Cathedral.



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

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, December 7, 1545 ~ Birth of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, spouse of Mary, Queen of Scots, at Temple Newsham in Yorkshire, England

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, December 8, 1542 ~ Birth of Mary, Queen of Scots at Linlithgow Palace in Scotland

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[An Ard Ri]

On this day, December 7, 1545 ~ Birth of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, spouse of Mary, Queen of Scots, at Temple Newsham in Yorkshire, England

By his mother he was a great-grandson of King Henry VII of England and by his father he was a great great grandson of King James II of Scotland.
The Earl and Countess of Lennox were leading Roman Catholic nobles in both England and Scotland.

 

[An Ard Ri]

11th of December 1282 : Death of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd ,Prince of Wales and Lord of Snowdon.

Llywelyn ap Gruffydd was the last sovereign ,Prince of Wales and was killed during the Conquest of Wales by Edward I.

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

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, December 12, 1574 ~ Birth of Anne of Denmark, Queen Consort of King James I of England, at Skanderborg Castle in Skanderborg, Denmark

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[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, December 13, 1470 ~ The Wedding of Edward, Prince of Wales, son of King Henry VI of England, and Lady Anne Neville in Angers Cathedral in France

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, December 14, 1542 ~ Demise of James V, King of Scots at Falkland Palace in Fife, Scotland

 

[An Ard Ri]

On this day, December 14, 1542 ~ Demise of James V, King of Scots at Falkland Palace in Fife, Scotland

His mother,queen Margaret had died the year before on the 18th of October 1541 and was buried at the Carthusian Charterhouse in Perth.
James V died at Falkland Palace but was buried at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh.
His tomb was destroyed by the English during the burning of Edinburgh in 1544.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, November 13, 1312 ~ Birth of King Edward III of England at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England

On this day, November 14, 1501 ~ The Wedding of Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of King Henry VII of England, and Catherine of Aragon at Old St. Paul's Cathedral in London, England

On this day, November 16, 1272 ~ Demise of King Henry III of England at the Palace of Westminster

On this day, November 17, 1558 ~ Demise of Queen Mary I of England at St. James Palace

On this day, November 19, 1600 ~ Birth of King Charles I of England at Dunfermline Palace in Fife, Scotland

On this day, November 20, 1737 ~ Demise of Caroline of Ansbach, Queen of Great Britain, wife of King George II of Great Britain, at St. James Palace

On this day, December 16, 1485 ~ Birth of Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England, first wife of King Henry VIII of England, in the Kingdom of Castile

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On this day, December 18, 1075 ~ Demise of Edith of Wessex, Queen Consort of Edward the Confessor, King of England, at St. Mary's Abbey in Winchester, England

On this day, December 20, 1902 ~ Birth of Prince George, Duke of Kent, at York Cottage, Sandringham

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[An Ard Ri]

21st of December 1495 ; Death of Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford and Earl of Pembroke.

Jasper was the second son of Sir Owen Tudor and dowager queen of England Catherine of Valois.
He was a half brother of Henry VI and uncle of Henry VII of England.
Following his death at at Thornbury Castle he was buried at Keynsham Abbey in Somerset .
The Abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII on the 28th of January 1539 and torn down.

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

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, December 23, 1230 ~ Demise of Berengaria of Navarre, Queen Consort of King Richard I of England, at L'Epau Abbey in Le Mans, County of Maine

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, December 24, 1167 ~ Birth of King John of England at Beaumont Palace in Oxford, England

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[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, December 25, 1066 ~ King William I of England was crowned at Westminster Abbey

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, December 26, 1251 ~ The Wedding of Margaret of England and King Alexander III of Scotland at York Minster in York, England

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[Durham]

On this day, December 26, 1251 ~ The Wedding of Margaret of England and King Alexander III of Scotland at York Minster in York, England

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Was this the last royal wedding at York until the Kents?

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, December 28, 1694 ~ Demise of Queen Mary II of England at Kensington Palace

 

[An Ard Ri]

Was this the last royal wedding at York until the Kents?

No the last one before the Kents was on January 24th 1328 when King Edward III married Philippa of Hainault at York Minster.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, December 30, 1460 ~ Demise of Richard, 3rd Duke of York at the Battle of Wakefield during the War of the Roses

 

[An Ard Ri]

On this day, December 30, 1460 ~ Demise of Richard, 3rd Duke of York at the Battle of Wakefield during the War of the Roses

The Battle of Wakefield was a major Lancastrian victory who also had Scottish support.

The Duke of York was killed as was his 17 year old son Edmund, Earl of Rutland and was Edmunds maternal uncle Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, December 31, 1705 ~ Demise of Catherine of Braganza, Queen of England, wife of King Charles II of England, at the Palace of Bemposta in Lisbon, Portugal