On This Day: British Royal Family

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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

The dowager queen remained in England until March 1692 and saw the reign of James II come and go and under pressure due to her Catholicism returned to Portugal.

Catherine acted as Regent of Portugal for her brother in 1701 and 1704–05.

 

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From what I read, she had only one pregnancy and miscarried.

 

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The queen's Private secretary was an Irish Catholic, Sir Richard Bellings.
His mother was a Butler and the family had sided with the Royalists during the Cromwellian invasion of Ireland.

 

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On this day, January 3, 1437 ~ Demise of Catherine of Valois, Queen of England, wife of King Henry V of England

 

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On this day, January 4, 1931 ~ Demise of Louise, Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife, the daughter of King Edward VII of England

 

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On this day, January 5, 1209 ~ Birth of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, son of King John of England, at Winchester Castle

 

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On this day, January 5, 1209 ~ Birth of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, son of King John of England, at Winchester Castle

Richard went onto marry the wealthy Lady Isabel Marshal who was the daughter of William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke and Lady Isabel de Clare. Her mother was a daughter of Princess Aoife (Eva) of Leinster and Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke (Strongbow).

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, January 6, 1367 ~ Birth of King Richard II of England in Bordeaux

On this day, January 7, 1239 ~ The Wedding of Eleanor of England and Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl Leicester at Kings Chapel, Palace of Westminster in London

On this day, January 8, 1864 ~ Birth of Prince Albert Victor of Wales, son of King Edward VII of England, at Frogmore House

On this day, January 13, 1883 ~ Birth of Prince Arthur of Connaught, son of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, at Windsor Castle

On this Day, January 14, 1236 ~ The Wedding of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence at Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, England

On this day, January 15, 1478 ~ The Wedding of Richard, Duke of York, son of King Edward IV of England, and Lady Anne Mowbray at St. Stephen's Chapel of the Palace of Westminster

On this day, January 16, 1245 ~ Birth of Edmund Crouchback, son of King Henry III of England, at the Palace of Westminster

 

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January 16th ,1362 : Birth of Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford KG

Sir Robert was a 'favourite' and companion of King Richard II and later made him Duke of Ireland, Marquess of Dublin the only time such titles were ever created.It was strongly rumored that Robert and the king were lovers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Vere,_Duke_of_Ireland

The Earl and Countess of Oxford (Philippa de Coucy)

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, January 18, 1486 ~ The Wedding of King Henry VII of England and Princess Elizabeth of York, daughter of King Edward IV of England

 

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On this day, January 20, 1382 ~ The Wedding of King Richard II of England and Anne of Bohemia at Westminster Abbey

 

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On this day, January 20, 1382 ~ The Wedding of King Richard II of England and Anne of Bohemia at Westminster Abbey

Queen Anne was Crowned Queen of England two days later at the Abbey.
You can read more below
https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/richard-ii-and-anne-of-bohemia

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, January 22, 1831 ~ Birth of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, husband of Princess Helena of England, in Augustenborg, Denmark

 

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On this day, January 23, 1045 ~ The Wedding of Edward the Confessor, King of England and Edith of Wessex

 

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On this day, January 23, 1045 ~ The Wedding of Edward the Confessor, King of England and Edith of Wessex

Edith of Wessex was also crowned queen after the marriage which was not the custom for previous queen consorts.

 

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On this day, January 24, 1121 ~ The Wedding of King Henry I of England and Adeliza of Louvain at Windsor Castle

On this day, January 25, 1533 ~ The Wedding of King Henry VIII of England and Anne Boleyn at the Palace of Westminster

On this day, January 28, 1457 ~ Birth of King Henry VII of England at Pembroke Castle

On this day, January 29, 1912 ~ Demise of Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, husband of Louise, Princess Royal

 

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On this day, January 28, 1457 ~ Birth of King Henry VII of England at Pembroke Castle

Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond was born at Pembroke Castle and was the only child of Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond who had died 3 months earlier.
His mother Lady Margaret was the daughter and heiress of John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset who was a grandson of John of Gaunt and a great grandson of Edward III.

 

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On this day, January 31, 1788 ~ Demise of Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender

 

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On this day, February 1, 1707 ~ Birth of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, son of King George II of Great Britain, in Hanover, Electorate of Hanover

 

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2nd of February 1237 : Death of Joan, Lady of Wales and Lady of Snowdon.

Joan was the illegitimate daughter of king John and was married off to Llywelyn the Great in 1204.
Joan died at Abergwyngregyn and was buried at the Franciscan Friary but this was destroyed in 1537 during the Dissolution of Monasteries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan,_Lady_of_Wales

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, February 3, 1276 ~ The Wedding of Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster and Blanche of Artois in Paris, France

On this day, February 4, 1495 ~ The Wedding of Anne of York, daughter of King Edward IV of England, and Thomas Howard, (the future) 3rd Duke of Norfolk at Greenwich Palace in London

On this day, February 6, 1665 ~ Birth of Queen Anne of Great Britain at St. James' Palace in London

On this day, February 7, 1102 ~ Birth of Matilda of England, daughter of King Henry I of England, mother of King Henry II of England

On this day, February 8, 1952 ~ Queen Elizabeth II's proclamation of Accession

 

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On this day, February 9, 2002 ~ Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, has died.

 

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On this day, February 10, 1840 ~ The Wedding of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

 

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On this day, February 11, 1466 ~ Birth of Elizabeth of York, Queen of England, spouse of King Henry VII of England at Westminster Palace in London

 

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On this day, February 11, 1466 ~ Birth of Elizabeth of York, Queen of England, spouse of King Henry VII of England at Westminster Palace in London

Elizabeth of York also died on February 11th,1503!

The queen had given birth to a daughter Catherine on February 2nd but sadly died on her 37th birthday.

Her Tomb epitaph reads
'Here lies Queen Elizabeth, daughter of the former King Edward IV, sister of the formerly appointed King Edward V, once the wife of King Henry VII.
She met her day of death in the Tower of London on the 11th day of February in the year of Our Lord 1502, having fulfilled the age of 37 years'

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, February 14, 1317 ~ Demise of Margaret of France, Queen Consort of King Edward I of England, at Marlborough Castle in Wiltshire, England

 

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On this day, February 14, 1317 ~ Demise of Margaret of France, Queen Consort of King Edward I of England, at Marlborough Castle in Wiltshire, England

The dowager queen was buried at Christ Church Greyfriars in Newgate and her tomb survived until 1538 when the abbey was dissolved and the building suffered terrible iconoclastic damage with tombs and monuments smashed.
The church building survived until the Great Fire of London in 1666 and was later rebuilt only to be destroyed during the Blitz.

Marguerite de France

 

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On this day, February 3, 1276 ~ The Wedding of Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster and Blanche of Artois in Paris, France

Blanche de Artois was both a member of the French Royal Family and of the Royal House of Navarre as the mother of Jeanne Ier.
Blanche rule Navarre as Regent following the death of her husband Henri I of Navarre in 1274.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, February 17, 1861 ~ Birth of Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Duchess of Albany, wife of Prince Leopold of England, Duke of England, at Arolsen Castle in Arolsen, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, February 18, 1516 ~ Birth of Queen Mary I of England at the Palace of Placentia (Greenwich Palace) in Greenwich, England

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