Nicolas II of Russia was the last Emperor of Russia, whose reign saw the fall of the Russian Empire. He and his family were brutally executed by the Bolsheviks on 17 July 1918.
He began his reign upon the death of his father, Alexander III, on 1 November 1894. Traditionally, coronations had taken place in the Cathedral of the Dormition, and this would be no exception. The coronation took…
Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, the fourth child and second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, was born on this day in 1844 at Windsor Castle.
At birth, he was second in the line of succession behind his elder brother the Prince of Wales. Known affectionately as…
The future Louis VIII of France was born on 5 September 1187 as the son of Philip II of France and Isabella of Hainault. Isabella died in 1190 after giving birth to short lived twin boys and Louis inherited the Country of Artois through her. On 23 May 1200 Louis was married…
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family were murdered by Bolsheviks on 17 July 1918.
Nicholas was the last Emperor of Russia and a first cousin of George V, as well as Haakon VII of Norway and Constantine I of Greece. He was forced to abdicate on 15 March 1917. He and his family were then imprisoned. He had hoped to be able to live in exile in the United Kingdom. The British government initially…
#OnThisDay in 1685 James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles II, was executed on Tower Hill
15th July 2016
James was the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II and his mistress Lucy Walter. He was born in 1649, in Rotterdam in the Netherlands after both Charles and Lucy had fled there following the execution of Charles I. He was not part of the succession to either the English or…
#OnThisDay in 1460: Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeated the king’s Lancastrian forces and took King Henry VI prisoner
10th July 2016
Richard Neville, also known as “Warwick the Kingmaker” was born on the 22nd of November in 1428. He was the eldest son of Richard Neville (hence his name), 5th Earl of Salisbury and Lady Alice; only daughter and the heiress of Thomas, the last Montacute Earl of…
Lady Jane Grey, or Lady Jane Dudley, was proclaimed Queen on this day in 1553. She has been commonly referred to as The Nine Days Queen. She was the great-granddaughter of Henry VII through his daughter Mary, Queen of France. From 10 July to the 19 July, she was the de facto monarch of England and Ireland.
It has been reported that she was born in October of 1537. However, more recent research has…
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Queen Elizabeth I – known also as ‘The Virgin Queen’, ‘Gloriana’ or ‘Good Queen Bess’ – ruled as Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Tall, slender and with the characteristic Tudor red hair Elizabeth was a woman of…
On the Sandringham Estate, Prince Alexander Edward Christian Frederik of Denmark was born on the 2nd of July 1903. He would later become The Crown Prince of Norway and the eventual, King Olav V of Norway. He was born to Prince Carl of Denmark and Princess Maud of Wales.
His father was elected as Norway’s monarch in 1905, after the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden. He then…
