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May 18, 1797 – Birth of King Friedrich August II of Saxony in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, now in Saxony, Germany
Full name: Friedrich August Albrecht Maria Clemens Joseph Vincenz Aloys Nepomuk Johann Baptista Nikolaus Raphael Peter Xavier Franz de Paula Venantius Felix
Friedrich August’s reign was relatively uneventful. He typically deferred to his ministers to make any decisions. Friedrich August preferred to spend his time developing his collection of fossils and other items, establishing a vast natural history collection. In this quest, he traveled extensively, including a visit to the United Kingdom in 1844, where he was a guest of Queen Victoria.
Unofficial Royalty: King Friedrich August II of Saxony
May 18, 1829 – Death of Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, Queen of Spain, third wife of King Ferdinand VII of Spain, at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez in Spain; buried at the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in Spain
Full name: Maria Josepha Amalia Beatrix Xaveria Vincentia Aloysia Franziska de Paula Franziska de Chantal Anna Apollonia Johanna Nepomucena Walburga Theresia Ambrosia
Ferdinand VII was under pressure to produce an heir because he had no surviving children from his first two marriages. He married the nearly 16-year-old Maria Josepha Amalia on October 20, 1819. There were rumors that Maria Josepha Amalia’s devout Roman Catholicism caused her to believe that sexual relations between spouses were wrong and that it took Pope Pius VII to convince her that such relations were permissible. Nevertheless, the marriage remained childless, and Maria Josepha Amalia died of a fever at the age of 25.
Unofficial Royalty: Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, Queen of Spain
May 18, 1856 – Death of Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, illegitimate son of King William IV of the United Kingdom, at Newburgh Priory in Coxwold, North Yorkshire, England; buried at St. Michael’s Church in Coxwold, North Yorkshire, England
Adolphus was the fifth of the ten children and the third of the five sons of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom and his mistress Dorothea Jordan. He joined the Royal Navy when he was twelve, had a naval career, and attained the rank of Rear Admiral. Fifty-four-year-old Adolphus suffered a paralytic seizure on or a few days before May 17, 1856, and died unmarried on May 18, 1856.
Unofficial Royalty: Adolphus FitzClarence, Illegitimate Son of King William IV of the United Kingdom
May 18, 1868 – Birth of Nicholas II, Emperor of All Russia at the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoye Selo, Russia
Nicholas was raised with his brother George, in a relatively simple manner, considering their status. George and Nicholas slept in cots, woke up at 6:00 AM, took cold baths, and ate simple, plain meals. Their rooms were furnished with simple furniture. Both brothers were fluent in Russian, English, French, German, and Danish. The boys enjoyed shooting and fly fishing with their English tutor. Nicholas succeeded his father in 1894 and married Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine shortly afterward. Nicholas and Alexandra, as she was known after her marriage, had four daughters and a son who was afflicted with hemophilia. Nicholas and his entire family were murdered during the Russian Revolution.
Unofficial Royalty: Nicholas II, Emperor of All Russia
May 18, 1869 – Birth of Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, now in the German state of Bavaria
Full name: Rupprecht Maria Luitpold Ferdinand
Rupprecht was Crown Prince of Bavaria from 1913 until the end of the Bavarian monarchy in 1918. From his father’s death in 1921, he became the pretender to the former Bavarian throne and Head of the House of Wittelsbach. Through his direct descent from King Charles I of England, he also became heir to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland in the Jacobite Succession.
Unofficial Royalty: Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria
Unofficial Royalty: The Jacobite Succession – Pretenders to the British Throne
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