© Unofficial Royalty 2024 April 22, 1355 – Death of Eleanor of Woodstock, daughter of King Edward II of England, at Deventer Abbey in Gueldres, now in the Netherlands; buried at Deventer Abbey In 1332, 14-year-old Eleanor married 37-year-old Reinald II, then Count of Guelders and later Duke of Guelders. The couple had two sons and […]
© Unofficial Royalty 2024 Below is a select list of birthdays and wedding anniversaries for current monarchies. It does not purport to be a complete list. Please see the Current Monarchies Index in the heading above for more information on current monarchies. Embed from Getty Images Princess Isabella of Denmark with her brother Crown Prince […]
© Unofficial Royalty 2024 April 21, 1509 – Death of King Henry VII of England at Richmond Palace in Richmond, Surrey, England; buried at Westminster Abbey in London, England King Henry VII was the son of Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, who died three months before his son’s birth, leaving a 13-year-old pregnant widow […]
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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 […]
© Unofficial Royalty 2024 April 20, 1690 – Death of Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, Dauphine of France at the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France; buried at the Basilica of St. Denis in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, France Maria Anna Victoria was the wife of Louis, Le Grand Dauphin, the eldest son and […]
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© Unofficial Royalty 2024 April 19, 1390 – Death of Robert II, King of Scots at Dundonald Castle in Ayshire, Scotland; buried at Scone Abbey in Scone, Scotland The first monarch of the House of Stewart, Robert II, King of Scots was the only child of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland and Marjorie […]
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© 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 […]