Sir John de Southeray, Illegitimate Son of King Edward III of England

by Susan Flantzer © Unofficial Royalty 2024 Sir John de Southeray (circa 1364 – 1383) was the eldest of the three illegitimate children of King Edward III of England and his mistress Alice Perrers. Alice’s family surname was Salisbury and they worked as goldsmiths. Janyn Perrers, who would become Alice’s first husband, became an apprentice […]

April 18: Today in Royal History

© Unofficial Royalty 2024 April 18, 1712 – Death of Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart, daughter of the deposed King James II of England, at the Château of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France; buried at the Chapel of Saint Edmund in the Church of the English Benedictines in the Rue St. Jacques in Paris, France Louisa and […]

April 17: Today in Royal History

© Unofficial Royalty 2024 April 17, 1662 – Birth of Erdmuthe of Dietrichstein, Princess of Liechtenstein, wife of her first cousin Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein, probably either in Vienna, then in the Duchy of Austria, now in Austria or in Nikolsburg, then in the Principality of Dietrichstein-Nikolsburg, now the city of Mikulov in the […]