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Henrietta-Anne of England, Duchess of Orléans; Credit – Wikipedia
June 30, 1470 – Birth of King Charles VIII of France at the Château d’Amboise in Amboise, France
Upon the death of King Louis XI in 1483, his thirteen-year-old son King Charles VIII of France succeeded him. The coronation of King Charles VIII took place on May 30, 1484, in Notre-Dame Cathedral in Reims, France, the traditional site for the coronation of the Kings of France. He married the wealthy heiress Anne, Duchess of Brittany in her own right. Anne and Charles had seven children but only one survived infancy and died at age three.
Unofficial Royalty: King Charles VIII of France
June 30, 1670 – Death of Henrietta-Anne of England, Duchess of Orléans, daughter of King Charles I of England, wife of Philippe of France, Duke of Orléans, at the Château de Saint-Cloud in Hauts-de-Seine, France; buried at Basilica of Saint-Denis near Paris, France
Known as Henrietta-Anne during her years at the French court, she is an ancestor of the royal families of Belgium, Luxembourg, and Spain. When the line of Henriette-Anne’s brother King James II of England died out, the Jacobite claims to the British throne descended from her daughter Anne Marie d’Orléans, Queen of Sardinia. The Orléanist pretenders to the French throne and the Savoy pretenders to the Italian throne descend from Henrietta-Anne. Beginning in 1667, Henriette-Anne’s health started to suffer. She had pains in her side and her digestive problems became so severe that she could only drink milk. On June 29, 1670, Henriette-Anne drank a glass of iced chicory water and immediately felt severe pain in her side. She thought she had been poisoned and asked to be given an antidote. Henriette-Anne died the next day, at the age of 26. There were rumors that her husband’s lover Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine had poisoned her.
Unofficial Royalty: Henrietta-Anne of England, Duchess of Orléans
Unofficial Royalty: The Jacobite Succession – Pretenders to the British Throne
June 30, 1975 – Birth of Prince Giuseppe of Bourbon-Parma, Titular Duke of Parma in Biarritz, France
Unofficial Royalty: Prince Giuseppe of Bourbon-Parma
June 30, 1964 – Birth of Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, first wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark, born Alexandra Christina Manley in Hong Kong
Alexandra and Prince Joachim married in 1995 and had two sons. In 2004, rumors circulated that there were marriage problems, and the couple divorced in 2005. In 2007, Alexandra married Martin Jørgensen, a photographer 14 years younger than her. The couple divorced in 2015. Prince Joachim and Alexandra have maintained close ties and are often seen together with their sons. Alexandra attends events involving the Danish Royal Family.
Unofficial Royalty: Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg
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