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 to Blanche of Castile, a daughter of King Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England (sister to King Richard I and King…
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…
#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…
The Queen has appointed Theresa May as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during a private audience at Buckingham Palace.
Mrs May was summoned to the Palace following David Cameron’s resignation, and was asked whether she could command a government.
Theresa May, 59, is now the UK’s second female Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative party. She will be tasked with ensuring the…
Theresa May will become the next British Prime Minister after her rival, Andrea Leadsom, withdrew from the race on Monday.
The Queen may have to return from her visit to Scotland early in order to oversee the handover from David Cameron to Mrs May.
After Margaret Thatcher…
#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…
