On This Day: British Royal Family

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24th of April 1558 : Marriage of Mary , Queen of Scots and the Dauphin François at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.


By this union the Dauphin François became King of Scots with Mary's mother Marie de Guise continuing to rule as Regent.
Mary , Queen of Scots was granted the duchy of Touraine for life.

 

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On this day, April 25, 1897 ~ Birth of Mary, Princess Royal, daughter of King George V of England, at Marlborough House in London

On this day, April 26, 1923 ~ The Royal Wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey

On this day, April 27, 1882 ~ The Wedding of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany and Princess Helena of Waldeck-Pyrmont at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle

 

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On this day, April 28, 1442 ~ Birth of King Edward IV of England in Rouen, France

 

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On this day, April 28, 1442 ~ Birth of King Edward IV of England in Rouen, France

At the time of his birth Edward was the eldest surviving son of Richard Duke of York and the Lady Cecily Neville.
Edwards father was holding Normandy for the English and trying to halt French advances.His wife the duchess accompanied him to Normand and 2 other children were born at Rouen.

Edmund, Earl of Rutland born in May 1443
Elizabeth of York (later Duchess of Suffolk) born in April 1444.

 

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On this day, April 30, 1662 ~ Birth of Queen Mary II of England at St. James' Palace in London

 

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On this day, May 1, 1118 ~ Demise of Matilda of Scotland, Queen of England, spouse of King Henry I of England, at the Palace of Westminster in London

 

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On this day, May 2, 1816 ~ The Wedding of Princess Charlotte of Wales and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld at Carlton House in London, England

 

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2nd of May 1302 : Death of Blanche d'Artois,dowager Queen of Navarre and dowager Countess of Champagne ,Brie and dowager Countess of Lancaster and of Leicester.

Blanche was the granddaughter of Louis VIII and Blanche de Castille and in 1269 married Henry I of Navarre and following his death in 1274 acted as Regent for their daughter Queen Jeanne I of Navarre.
In 1276 Blanche was married to Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster and Earl of Leicester the second son of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence.
Blanche died at the Hôtel de Navarre in Paris and was buried at the now destroyed Couvent des Cordeliers de Paris.

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

Blanche d'Artois, Queen of Navarre

 

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On this day, May 3, 1152 ~ Demise of Matilda of Boulogne, Queen Consort of King Stephen of England, at Hedingham Castle in Essex, England

 

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On this day, May 4, 1471 ~ Demise of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, the son of King Henry VI of England, at the Battle of Tewkesbury

 

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On this day, May 6, 1960 ~ The Wedding of Princess Margaret of England and Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey

 

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On this day, May 3, 1152 ~ Demise of Matilda of Boulogne, Queen Consort of King Stephen of England, at Hedingham Castle in Essex, England

Matilda was also Countess of Boulogne in her own right .Her mother was Princess Mary of Scotland the daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland and Margaret of Wessex .
The queen was buried at Faversham Abbey in Kent and was also the burial site for her husband King Stephen and their eldest son, Eustace IV of Boulogne.
The abbey was dissolved in 1538 and largely torn down ,the royal vault was unearthed in 1964 and the tombs discovered but sadly they were empty.

 

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On this day, May 8, 1736 ~ The Wedding of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg at the Chapel Royal in St. James Palace in London

 

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On this day, May 9, 1689 ~ King William III of England declared war on France

 

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May 9th 1538 : The proxy wedding of James V of Scotland and Marie de Guise


The proxy wedding of James V and Marie de Guise took place in France.
James V first wife Madeleine de France in 1537 and Marie's husband Louis II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville and comte de Dunois had alsp died too in 1537.
Following the arrival of Marie de Guise in Scotland in June 1537 the couple were married in person at St Andrews Cathedral.

 

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On this day, May 11, 1366 ~ Birth of Anne of Bohemia, Queen of England, spouse of King Richard II of England, in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia

 

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In this day, May 12, 1191 ~ The Wedding of King Richard I of England and Berengaria of Navarre at the Chapel of St. George in Limassol, Cyprus

 

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In this day, May 12, 1191 ~ The Wedding of King Richard I of England and Berengaria of Navarre at the Chapel of St. George in Limassol, Cyprus

The Bishop of Évreux crowned the new Queen of England the day after the wedding at the Chapel of St. George in Limassol, Cyprus in the presence of king Richard and his sister Joan,queen of Sicily.



Her younger sister Blanche of Navarre also became Countess of Champagne by her marriage to Theobald III, Count of Champagne in 1199 and her son later became King of Navarre as Theobald I of Navarre.
Blanche lived until March 1229 and was buried at L’abbaye d'Argensolles.

Berengaria of Navarre lived a year later and died in December 1230.

 

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On this day, May 17, 1891 ~ Birth of Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, at East Sheen Lodge in Richmond, London, England

 

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On this day, May 18, 1152 ~ The Wedding of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine at Bordeaux Cathedral in Bordeaux, Duchy of Aquitaine

 

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On this day, May 19, 1359 ~ The Wedding of John of Gaunt, son of King Edward III of England, and Blanche of Lancaster at Reading Abbey in Berkshire, England

 

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On this day, May 19, 1359 ~ The Wedding of John of Gaunt, son of King Edward III of England, and Blanche of Lancaster at Reading Abbey in Berkshire, England

Both John and Blanche of Lancaster were cousins and were both great-great-grandchildren of King Henry III.
The duchess sadly died on the 12th of September 1368 aged just 22 and its believed she died of the Black Death.
The future Henry IV of England was their son.

 

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On this day, May 21, 1662 ~ The Wedding of King Charles II of England and Catherine of Braganza at St. Thomas a Becket Church in Portsmouth, England

On this day, May 22, 1455 ~ King Henry VI was taken prisoner by the Yorkists at the Battle of St. Albans

On this day, May 24, 1819 ~ Birth of Queen Victoria of England at Kensington Palace in London, England

On this day, May 26, 1867 ~ Birth of Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, Queen of Great Britain, wife of King George V of Great Britain, at Kensington Palace

 

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25th of May 1553 : Wedding of Lady Jane Grey and Lord Guildford Dudley


The couple were married at Durham Place in London in a Protestant ceremony.2 other weddings also took place at that day.

Lady Katherine Grey a younger sister of Jane married Henry , Lord Herbert and
Lady Katherine Dudley married Lord Henry Hastings

https://www.tudorsociety.com/25-may-1553-lady-jane-grey-and-lord-guildford-dudley-get-married/

 

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27th of May 1541 : Execution of the Lady Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury
, Countess of Salisbury


Lady Margaret Pole was the only surviving daughter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence and Isabel Neville and descended from Edward III.
Lady Margaret's mother died in 1476 and her father in 1478 and Margaret married Sir Richard Pole in 1487.
Lady Margaret later became a lady in waiting to Catherine of Aragon and some of her fathers lands were restored including the Salisbury title.Margaret was also made Governess to Princess Mary.
However Margaret later fell out of favour with Henry VIII due to her open support for Catherine of Aragon and Mary and her stern opposition to Anne Boleyn and the Reformation.In 1539 Margaret and many members of her family were arrested and put on trial ,her son Henry, Baron Montagu was executed.Lady Margaret herself went to the block in May 27th,1541 and her remains are buried in the chapel of St Peter ad Vincula within the Tower of London

Pope Leo XIII beatified her as a martyr for the Roman Catholic Church on the 29th of December 1886.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Pole,_Countess_of_Salisbury

 

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On this day, May 28, 1368 ~ The Wedding of Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, son of King Edward III of England, and Violante Visconti at Church of St. Maria Maggiore in Milan, Italy

 

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On this day, May 28, 1368 ~ The Wedding of Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, son of King Edward III of England, and Violante Visconti at Church of St. Maria Maggiore in Milan, Italy

Violante Visconti was widowed less than 5 months later as Lionel died on 17 October 1368.
The marriage was childless too.

 

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On this day, May 29, 1630 ~ Birth of King Charles II of England at St. James' Palace in London, England

 

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On this day, May 29, 1630 ~ Birth of King Charles II of England at St. James' Palace in London, England

The duke of Cornwall was baptised on the 27th of June in the Chapel Royal his godparents were his maternal uncle Louis XIII and his maternal grandmother, Marie de' Medici,queen mother of France.

 

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On this day, May 30, 1536 ~ The Wedding of King Henry VIII of England and Jane Seymour at York Place, Whitehall in London, England