#OnThisDay in 1515 Mary of Guise, Mother
of Mary, Queen of Scots, was born. Mary of Guise was born the
eldest daughter of Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Guise, and his wife
Antoinette de Bourbon at Bar-le-Duc in Lorraine on 22 November
1515. A member of the prominent Guise family, Mary (known as Mary
of Guise, Marie de Guise, and Mary di Guise depending on the
source) was born into a house of…
At 11:30am on 20 November 1947 Princess
Elizabeth wed Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey. Her Majesty
The Queen and Prince Philip first met in 1939 when she was the
thirteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth and he was eighteen-year-old
naval Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten.
#OnThisDay in 1240 Margaret of England, daughter of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence, was born
29th September 2016
Margaret Plantagenet was born on 29
September 1240 at Windsor Castle to King Henry III of England and
his wife, Eleanore of Provence. The second of five children, the
first few years of Margaret’s life were spent quietly in the care
of her affectionate and close family.
#OnThisDay in 1411 Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, father to Edward IV and Richard III, was born
21st September 2016
Richard Plantagenet was born on 21
September 1411 to Richard of Conisburgh, the third Earl of
Cambridge and his wife Anne Mortimer, who died giving birth to him.
Richard’s mother was the great-granddaughter of Lionel Antwerp, the
first Duke of Clarence, which gave Anne and her descendants a claim
to the English throne that many believed was stronger to the
reigning house of Lancaster, whose…
#OnThisDay in 1201 Constance, Duchess of Brittany, daughter of Margaret of Huntingdon died
5th September 2016
Constance of Brittany was born to Conan
IV, Duke of Brittany and his wife, Margaret of Huntingdon – sister
to Scottish kings Malcolm IV and William I – in 1161 at Brittany.
Duchess of Brittany and Countess of Richmond between 1166 and 1201,
Constance was born in a time…
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…
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 Salisbury. Little is known about
Richard’s childhood but at the age as early as six, it is not
surprising that…
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…
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…
On this day in 1911, King George V and
Queen Mary were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London. George
Frederick Ernest Albert was born on 3 June 1865 in Marlborough
House as the second son of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Albert
and Alexandra. Queen Victoria was George’s paternal grandmother,
and King Christian IX of Denmark was his maternal grandfather. He
was christened on 7 July 1865…
