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May 28, 1368 – Wedding of Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence (2nd marriage), son of King Edward III of England, and Violante Visconti at Church of St Maria Maggiore in Milan, Italy
The marriage lasted only five months. On October 17, 1368, 29-year-old Lionel died in Alba, Piedmont (Italy). Speculation that Lionel’s father-in-law had him poisoned has never been proven.
Unofficial Royalty: Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence
Wikipedia: Violante Visconti
May 28, 1656 – Birth of Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein in Wilfersdorf, Austria
In 1679, Anton Florian married Countess Eleonore Barbara von Thun-Hohenstein and the couple had eleven children including Josef Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein. In 1712, Anton Florian’s nephew Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein, died without a male heir. Anton Florian was the heir according to primogeniture but he was not very popular with the family, and so Hans-Adam I had named his second cousin once removed Josef Wenzel as his heir. In 1718, after negotiations, Anton Florian became Prince of Liechtenstein and Josef Wenzel concentrated on his military career.
Unofficial Royalty: Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein
May 28, 1660 – Birth of King George I of Great Britain at Leineschloss in Osnabruck, Electorate of Hanover, now in Lower, Saxony, Germany
Full name: Georg Ludwig
Georg Ludwig was the eldest of the seven children of Ernst August, Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Sophia of the Palatinate (commonly referred to as Electress Sophia of Hanover). Sophia’s mother was Elizabeth Stuart, the second child and eldest daughter of King James VI of Scotland/King James I of England. At the time of his birth, it was expected that Georg Ludwig would only succeed to his father’s titles. However, his destiny changed when the British House of Stuart failed to provide a legitimate Protestant heir.
Unofficial Royalty: King George I of Great Britain
May 28, 1767 – Death of Maria Josepha of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empress. the second of the two wives of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria; buried at the Imperial Crypt in the Capuchin Church in Vienna, Austria
Unofficial Royalty: Maria Josepha of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empress
May 28, 1832 – Birth of Heinrich XIV, 4th Prince Reuss of Gera in Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, now in Bavaria, Germany
In 1858, Heinrich XIV married Duchess Agnes of Württemberg and had one son and one daughter. Upon the death of his father Heinrich LXVII, 3rd Prince Reuss of Gera on July 11, 1867, Heinrich XIV became the 4th Prince Reuss of Gera. After Agnes’ death in 1886. Heinrich XIV made a morgantic marriage to Friederike Graetz with whom he had one son. In 1902, Heinrich XIV became the Regent of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz. Heinrich XXIV, 6th and last Prince Reuss of Greiz, succeeded his father in 1902 but was unable to rule because of his physical and mental disabilities as a result of an accident in his childhood. Heinrich XIV was the Regent of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz until his death. Heinrich XIV, 4th Prince Reuss of Gera died on March 29, 1913, aged 80.
Unofficial Royalty: Heinrich XIV, 4th Prince Reuss of Gera
May 28, 1872 – Death of Sophie Friederike of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria, wife of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, in Vienna, Austria; buried at the Imperial Crypt in Vienna, Austria
The daughter of the first King of Bavaria, Maximilian I Joseph, Sophie was the mother of two emperors: Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico, the grandmother of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria whose assassination sparked World War I, and the great-grandmother of Karl I, the last Emperor of Austria. Sophie never recovered from the 1867 execution of her son Maximilian and she withdrew from public life. In May 1872, ill with pneumonia, she took to her bed, fell into a coma, and died at age 67.
Unofficial Royalty: Sophie Friederike of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria
May 28, 1940 – Death of Prince Friedrich Karl, Landgrave of Hesse, husband of Princess Margaret of Prussia, in Kassel, Germany; buried at the family cemetery of the House of Hesse at the Schloss Kronberg (formerly Schloss Friedrichshof) in Taunus, Hesse, Germany
Known as Fischy, he married Princess Margaret of Prussia, granddaughter of Queen Victoria and daughter of Friedrich III, German Emperor, King of Prussia, and Victoria, Princess Royal. They had six sons including two sets of twins. Two of their sons were killed in action during World War I and one was killed in action during World War II.
Unofficial Royalty: Prince Friedrich Karl, Landgrave of Hesse
May 28, 1944 – Death of Maria Josepha of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria, mother of Karl I, the last Emperor of Austria, at Wildenwart Castle in Chiemgau, Bavaria, Germany; buried in the New Vault of the Imperial Crypt at the Capuchin Church in Vienna, Austria
Unofficial Royalty: Maria Josepha of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (article coming soon)
May 28, 1972 – Death of The Duke of Windsor, former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, at Villa Windsor in Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France; buried at Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore in Windsor, England
In late 1971, the Duke of Windsor was diagnosed with throat cancer. On May 18, 1972, Queen Elizabeth II, along with the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales, visited the Duke at his Paris home while on a state visit to France. The Duke was too ill to come downstairs to tea, but the Queen spent 15 minutes talking alone with her Uncle David in his sitting room after the Duchess of Windsor hosted tea in the downstairs drawing-room. Ten days later, a statement from Buckingham Palace said: “It is announced with deep regret that His Royal Highness, the Duke of Windsor, has died at his home in Paris at 2:25 A.M., Sunday, May 28, 1972.” The Duke of Windsor died a month before his 78th birthday.
Unofficial Royalty: King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
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