May 7: Today in Royal History

© Unofficial Royalty 2024 May 7, 1682 – Death of Feodor III, Tsar of All Russia in Moscow, Russia; buried at the Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow, Russia When Feodor’s father Alexei I, Tsar of All Russia died in 1676, he was succeeded by 15-year-old Feodor. Even though Feodor had been well educated and […]

Garden Parties at Buckingham Palace in London and Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh

by Susan Flantzer © Unofficial Royalty 2024 Embed from Getty Images King Charles III and Queen Camilla stand at the top of the steps on the West Terrace before meeting guests attending a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace on May 3, 2023 2024 Garden Parties – May 8, 2024 and May 21, 2024 at Buckingham […]

May 6: Today in Royal History

© Unofficial Royalty 2024 May 6, 1685 – Birth of Sophie Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen in Prussia, third wife of Friedrich I, King in Prussia, at Grabow Castle in Grabow, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, now in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany Sophie Luise and her husband had no children. Being so much younger than her husband, and close […]

Royal Birthdays & Anniversaries: May 5 – May 11

© Unofficial Royalty 2024 5th birthday of Prince Archie of Sussex, son of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex; born at Portland Hospital for Women and Children in London, England on May 6, 2019  Unofficial Royalty: Prince Archie of Sussex Embed from Getty Images 21st birthday of Crown Prince Moulay Al-Hassan of Morocco, son of King […]

May 5: Today in Royal History

© Unofficial Royalty 2024 May 5, 1316 – Death of Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, Countess of Holland, Countess of Hereford, daughter of King Edward I of England, in Quendon, Essex, England; buried at Waltham Abbey in Essex, England Elizabeth died in childbirth giving birth to her tenth child who died shortly after birth. Unofficial Royalty: Elizabeth […]

John of Gloucester, Illegitimate Son of King Richard III of England

by Susan Flantzer © Unofficial Royalty 2024 Born circa 1468, John of Gloucester was an illegitimate son of King Richard III of England (reigned 1483 – 1485) and an unknown mother. He was called “of Gloucester” because his father was the Duke of Gloucester at the time of his birth. John was also called “of […]

May 4: Today in Royal History

© Unofficial Royalty 2024 May 4, 1471 – Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, the only child of King Henry VI of England, at the Battle of Tewkesbury; buried at Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucester, England The final decisive Yorkist victory in the Wars of the Roses was at the Battle of Tewkesbury, where […]