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Victoria Mary of Teck, Queen of the United Kingdom; Credit – Wikipedia

May 26, 946 – Assassination of Edmund I, King of the English in Pucklechurch, South Gloucestershire, England; buried at Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset, England
Edmund I, King of the English was stabbed to death at a royal hunting lodge in Pucklechurch, north of Bath, England, while celebrating the feast of St. Augustine of Canterbury. Recent research indicates that Edmund may have been the victim of a political assassination.
Unofficial Royalty: Assassination of Edmund I, King of the English
Unofficial Royalty: Edmund I, King of the English

May 26, 1583 – Death of Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox, favorite of James VI, King of Scots (later also King James I of England), in Paris, France
Esmé Stewart was a French nobleman of Scottish ancestry who moved to Scotland to acquire the title Earl of Lennox because the current Earl of Lennox, Robert Stewart, Esmé’s uncle, was in his 50s and childless.  Esmé first came to Scotland in 1579, his family’s homeland, and was introduced to his first cousin once removed, thirteen-year-old James VI, King of Scots. Esmé, having been raised in France and a member of the Stewart family, fascinated James, and Esmé quickly became a favorite.
Unofficial Royalty: Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox, favorite of King James I of England

May 26, 1768 – Birth of Luise Karoline Geyer von Geyersberg, Countess of Hochberg, morganatic second wife of Grand Duke Karl Friedrich of Baden; born in Karlsruhe, Margraviate of Baden, now in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Luise Karoline was the second, and morganatic, wife of the future Grand Duke Karl Friedrich of Baden. Luise Karoline and Grand Duke Karl Friedrich of Baden had five children. At the time of the marriage, Karl Friedrich created Luise Karoline Baroness of Hochberg, and their children were not included in the line of succession. In 1817, Karl Friedrich and Luise Karoline’s children were elevated to Prince/Princess of Baden, and in the following year, the Baden Congress formally confirmed their succession rights.
Unofficial Royalty: Luise Karoline Geyer von Geyersberg, Countess of Hochberg

May 26, 1796 – Birth of Alois II, Prince of Liechtenstein in Vienna, Austria
Full name: Alois Maria Josef Johann Baptista Joachim Philipp Nerius
In 1831, Alois married Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, and the couple had eleven children, including two sovereign Princes of Liechtenstein. When his father, Johann I Josef, Prince of Liechtenstein died in 1836, Alois became the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein. In 1837, Alois went to the United Kingdom on a diplomatic mission and attended the coronation of Queen Victoria. Like his father and grandfather, Alois continued modernizing his estates and reorganizing their administration. Prince Alois II was the first reigning prince to visit the Principality of Liechtenstein, as we know it today, but he did not live there.
Unofficial Royalty: Prince Alois II, Prince of Liechtenstein

May 26, 1822 – Birth of Auguste Reuss of Köstritz, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1st wife of Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in Klipphausen, Kingdom of Saxony, now in Saxony, Germany
Full name: Auguste Mathilde Wilhelmine
In 1849, Auguste married Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II, and the couple had six children, including Friedrich Franz III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Marie, who married Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia. Three years after giving birth to her youngest child, Auguste, aged 39, died on March 3, 1862. The cause of Auguste’s death is unclear. At that time, there were mentions of “heart disease associated with a bronchial ailment” and “fever.” It is quite possible that she died from tuberculosis, which was widespread at the time.
Unofficial Royalty: Auguste Reuss of Köstritz, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

May 26, 1826 – Birth of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, Duchess of Nassau, first wife of Adolphe, Duke of Nassau, the future Grand Duke Adolphe I of Luxembourg, in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia
In 1844, 17-year-old Elizabeth married 26-year-old Adolphe, Duke of Nassau in St. Petersburg, Russia. The newlyweds remained in Russia for a while before traveling to the Duchy of Nassau, where they lived at Biebrich Castle in Wiesbaden, now in the German state of Hesse. Elizabeth died at age 18 in childbirth along with her baby daughter. Her husband built an Orthodox church for her remains in Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau, now in the German state of Hesse.  The church was built on a hill and was visible from Adolphe’s residence, so he could always see where Elizabeth was buried.
Unofficial Royalty: Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, Duchess of Nassau

May 26, 1867 – Birth of Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, Queen Mary of the United Kingdom, wife of King George V of the United Kingdom, at Kensington Palace in London, England
Full name: Victoria Mary Augusta Louisa Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes
Mary was a great-granddaughter of King George III and a first cousin once removed of Queen Victoria.  She was first engaged to Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence (known as Prince Eddy), the oldest son and eldest child of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and Princess Alexandra of Denmark. After his death from pneumonia, Mary married his brother, the future King George V. Mary and George had five sons and one daughter. Queen Mary lived long enough to see her granddaughter Elizabeth become Queen of the United Kingdom. She died on March 24, 1953, at age 85 of lung cancer (although her illness was referred to as “gastric problems”), just ten weeks before the coronation. Before her death, Queen Mary had insisted that the coronation go ahead as scheduled.
Unofficial Royalty: Mary of Teck, Queen of the United Kingdom

May 26, 1934 – Death of Prince Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta, Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and pretender to the former throne, in Cannes, France; buried in the Cimetière du Grand Jas in Cannes, France
Prince Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta, was a younger half-brother of King Francesco II, the last reigning King of the Two Sicilies. Upon Francesco’s death in 1894, Alfonso became Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and pretender to the former throne.
Unofficial Royalty: Prince Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta

May 26, 1946 – Death of Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont in Arolsen, Hesse, Germany
Friedrich was the last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, abdicating on November 13, 1918. He was the only son of Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Helena of Nassau. Friedrich had six sisters. Through his sister Emma, he was the uncle of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, and through his sister Helena, he was the uncle of Charles Edward, the last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. When his father died in 1893, Friedrich became the last reigning Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont. In 1895, Friedrich married Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe, and they had four children. Friedrich abdicated on November 13, 1918, and negotiated an agreement with the government that gave him and his descendants the ownership of the family home, Arolsen Castle, and the Arolsen Forest. Both Friedrich and his wife Bathildis lived through World War II. While neither Friedrich nor Bathildis joined the Nazi Party, their eldest son Josias did. After World War II, Josias was a convicted Nazi war criminal for crimes in connection to the Buchenwald concentration camp. Friedrich, the last Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont, died on May 26, 1946, at the age of 81 in Arolsen, Germany.
Unofficial Royalty: Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

May 26, 1962 – Birth of Sujarinee Vivacharawongse, Consort and 2nd wife of King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand, born Yuvadhida Polpraserth in Bangkok, Thailand
Sujarinee Vivacharawongse, as she is now known, was a consort and the second of the four wives of King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand, then the Crown Prince. Originally an actress, she became the Crown Prince’s consort in 1977, during his marriage to his first cousin. Sujarinee and Vajiralongkorn had four sons and one daughter. After a long ordeal, Vajiralongkorn divorced his first wife and married Sujarinee in 1994. In 1996, Sujarinee fled to the United Kingdom with her five children. Vajiralongkorn accused her of adultery and managed to retrieve their daughter and bring her back to Thailand. Sujarinee and the couple’s four sons were stripped of their royal titles, and the couple’s marriage was dissolved. After the end of her marriage, Sujarinee and her sons used the royal surname Vivacharawongse and lived in the United States. Her only daughter, Princess Busyanambejra (later changed to HRH Princess Sirivannavari), returned to Thailand to live with her father.
Unofficial Royalty: Sujarinee Vivacharawongse

May 26, 1968 – Birth of King Frederik X of Denmark at the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark
Full name: Frederik André Henrik Christian
Frederik is the elder son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. At the time of his birth, his mother was the heiress-presumptive to her father, King Frederik IX. In 2004, Frederik married Australian Mary Donaldson, four years after meeting her at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The couple has four children.  In her New Year’s Speech on December 31, 2023, Queen Margrethe II announced that she would step down as Queen of Denmark on January 14, 2024 – the 52nd anniversary of her accession. On that day, her elder son became King Frederik X of Denmark.
Unofficial Royalty: King Frederik X of Denmark

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Mathilde Karoline of Bavaria, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine; Credit – Wikipedia

May 25, 1690 – Birth of Johann Josef Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein in Vienna, Austria
Johann Josef Adam succeeded his father, Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein, in 1721. He married four times. His first two wives died at a young age without any surviving children. His fourth wife survived him, but their children died in infancy. With his third wife, Countess Maria Anna Katharina of Oettingen-Spielberg, Johann Josef Adam had two surviving children, including his successor. Eventually, Josef Johann Adam retired from active politics to devote himself to the administration of his vast estates and the Principality of Liechtenstein, which had been devastated by the debts left by his father. Despite pressure from within Liechtenstein, Josef Johann Adam refused to establish a more liberal government and continued with the absolutism of his father’s reign.
Unofficial Royalty: Johann Josef Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein

May 25, 1786 – Death of King Pedro III of Portugal, husband and uncle of Queen Maria I of Portugal, co-reigned alongside her until his death, at the Queluz Royal Palace in Queluz, Portugal; buried at the Pantheon of the Royal House of Braganza in the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon, Portugal.
Pedro III, King of Portugal, was co-monarch with his wife and niece, Maria I, Queen of Portugal. However, the regal authority was vested entirely in Maria, the rightful heir to the throne. Since female succession to the throne of Portugal had never happened before, Maria’s father, King José I of Portugal, decided that she would marry his younger brother, Pedro, the first male in the line of succession. Despite the 17-year age gap, the couple had a happy marriage and had six children.
Unofficial Royalty: Pedro III, King of Portugal

May 25, 1846 – Birth of Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, at Buckingham Palace in London, England
Full name: Helena Augusta Victoria
Helena took a very active role in royal duties and engagements when this was not nearly as common as today. In addition, she was very involved in charity work, particularly in nursing. Helena served as president of the Royal British Nurses Association and was one of the founding members of the British Red Cross.  She was also the founding president of the Royal School of Needlework. Helena and her husband, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1916, the first in the family since King George III and Queen Charlotte in 1811.
Unofficial Royalty: Princess Helena of the United Kingdom

May 25, 1843 – Birth of Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 2nd wife of Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in Bessungen, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, now in Hesse, Germany
Full name: Maria Anna Wilhelmine Elisabeth Mathilde
Anna was the sister of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, who married Princess Alice of the United Kingdom.  Sadly, just a week after giving birth to her only child, 21-year-old Anna died of puerperal fever (childbed fever).
Unofficial Royalty: Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

May 25, 1862 – Death of Mathilde Karoline of Bavaria, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, first wife of Grand Duke Ludwig III of Hesse and by Rhine, in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, now in Hesse, Germany; buried at St. Ludwig’s Catholic Church in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, now in the German state of Hesse
The eldest daughter of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Mathilde Karoline married the future Ludwig III, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, but the couple had no children. Mathilde Karoline died of cancer at the age of 48 in 1862. Because she remained Catholic after her marriage, and the Grand Ducal family was Lutheran, she is buried at St. Ludwig’s Catholic Church in Darmstadt.
Unofficial Royalty: Mathilde Karoline of Bavaria, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

May 25, 1865 – Birth of King Friedrich August III of Saxony in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, now in Saxony, Germany
Full name: Friedrich August Johann Ludwig Karl Gustav Gregor Philipp
Friedrich August began his military career at age 12, entering the Saxony Army as a second lieutenant, and serving with various regiments over the next 27 years before his accession to the throne in 1904. In 1891, he married Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany, and they had seven children. However, the marriage was not happy. The marriage quickly broke down, as Luise was unwilling to conform to the strict protocols of the Saxony court, and Friedrich August failed to stand up for her or support her. She began an affair with their children’s tutor and caused quite a scandal. Friedrich August’s father threatened to have her interned at a mental asylum in 1902, which led to Luise fleeing the country while pregnant with their youngest child. The marriage ended in divorce by royal decree of King Georg in 1903. Friedrich August III was the last King of Saxony, abdicating on November 13, 1918, at the end of World War I. Friedrich August retired to Sibyllenort Castle in Lower Silesia (now Poland), where he would live the rest of his life. He died there on February 18, 1932, after suffering a stroke.
Unofficial Royalty: King Friedrich August III of Saxony

May 25, 1878 – Death of Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, Queen Victoria’s Mistress of the Robes 1868 – 1870, in London, England; buried in the Argyll Mausoleum at the Kilmun Parish Church in Kilmun, Scotland
Born Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, daughter of George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, she married George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll. Their eldest son, John Campbell 9th Duke of Argyll, married Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Louise.
Unofficial Royalty: Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll

May 25, 1966 – Birth of Princess Laurentian of the Netherlands, wife of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, born Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst in Leiden, the Netherlands
Laurentien is the wife of Prince Constantijn, the youngest son of former Queen Beatrix, and the younger brother of King Willem-Alexander. She married Prince Constantijn in 2001, and the couple has three children. Laurentian is very involved in the fight against illiteracy in the Netherlands. In 2004, she founded the Stichting Lezen & Schrijven (Reading & Writing Foundation) to prevent and reduce functional illiteracy in the Netherlands and worldwide.
Unofficial Royalty: Princess Laurentian of the Netherlands

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Queen Victoria with her mother; Credit – Wikipedia

May 24, 1751 – Birth of Carlo Emanuele IV, King of Sardinia at the Royal Palace of Turin in Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia, now in Italy
Carlo Emanuele IV abdicated the throne of Sardinia, was the Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England and Scotland, although he never claimed the title, and ended his life as a novice in the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). Carlo Emanuele IV married Marie Clotilde of France, the sister of King Louis XVI of France, but they had no children. Carlo Emanuele IV succeeded to the throne of Sardinia upon the death of his father, Vittorio Amedeo III, in 1796. In 1798, the French occupied Turin, the Duchy of Savoy’s capital, and forced Carlo Emanuele to give up all his territories on the Italian mainland. He withdrew to the island of Sardinia in 1799. When Marie Clotilde died from typhoid fever in 1802, Carlo Emanuele was so upset by her death that he decided to abdicate. He left the throne of Sardinia to his brother, who reigned as Vittorio Emanuele I. Carlo Emanuele settled in Rome and the nearby town of Frascati, both now in Italy. In 1815, he took simple vows in the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). He was never ordained as a priest but lived as a novice until his death at the age of 68.
Unofficial Royalty: Carlo Emanuele IV, King of Sardinia and Duke of Savoy
Unofficial Royalty: The Jacobite Succession – Pretenders to the British Throne

May 24, 1819 – Birth of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom at Kensington Palace in London, England
Full name: Alexandrina Victoria
Victoria’s children and grandchildren married into other European royal families, giving Victoria the unofficial title of “Grandmother of Europe.” Her grandchildren sat upon the thrones of Germany/Prussia, Greece, Norway, Romania, Russia, Spain, and the United Kingdom as monarchs or consorts. Victoria’s descendants currently sit upon the thrones of Denmark, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. On September 23, 1896, Victoria surpassed her grandfather King George III as the longest-reigning British monarch. On September 9, 2015, her great-great-granddaughter Queen Elizabeth II surpassed Queen Victoria as the longest-reigning British monarch.
Unofficial Royalty: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

May 24, 1834 – Death of Luise of Stolberg-Goldern, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen in Carlsruhe, Silesia, now Pokój, Poland, and was buried in the cemetery there
Luise and Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen had no children, and Karl Wilhelm died two years after their marriage. Luise then married Duke Eugen of Württemberg, and they had five children.
Unofficial Royalty: Luise of Stolberg-Goldern, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen

May 24, 1854 – Birth of Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, in Graz, Austria
Full name: Ludwig Alexander
Louis married Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. They are the maternal grandparents of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Despite his German roots, he became a naturalized British subject at the age of 16 when he joined the British Royal Navy, where he would spend his entire career. In 1917, King George V asked his extended family to relinquish their German titles. Louis gave up his Battenberg title and took the surname Mountbatten (the anglicized version of Battenberg). King George V then created him Marquess of Milford Haven in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Unofficial Royalty: Prince Louis of Battenberg, Marquess of Milford Haven

May 24, 1872 – Birth of Archduke Giuseppe Ferdinando of Austria in Salzburg, Austria, pretender to the Grand Ducal Throne of Tuscany
Full name: Joseph Ferdinand Salvator Maria Franz Leopold Anton Albert Johann Baptist Karl Ludwig Rupert Maria Auxilatrix
Archduke Giuseppe Ferdinando of Austria was the Pretender to the Grand Ducal Throne of Tuscany from 1908 until 1921, when he married unequally and was forced to renounce his rights.
Unofficial Royalty: Archduke Giuseppe Ferdinando of Austria

May 24, 1874 – Birth of Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, at Neues Palais in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, now in Hesse, Germany
Full name: Marie Viktoria Feodore Leopoldine
Known as May, she was the daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine.  She died of diphtheria at age four. Her mother succumbed to the same disease a couple of weeks later.
Unofficial Royalty: Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine

May 24, 1935 – Wedding of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (the future King Frederik IX of Denmark) and Princess Ingrid of Sweden at Storkyrkan in Stockholm, Sweden
Despite an 11-year age difference, Ingrid and Frederik were said to have been a couple for some time. Frederik’s and Ingrid’s supposed engagement was rumored repeatedly years before it occurred. The engagement was formally announced to the public on March 15, 1935. The wedding guests included 66 members of various European royal houses, ruling and defunct. Royal attendees included three kings, two queens, several crown princes and princesses, and a former grand duke and duchess.
Unofficial Royalty: Wedding of King Frederik IX of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden

May 24, 1995 – Birth of Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein, eldest son of Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, in London, England
Full name: Joseph Wenzel Maximilian Maria
Prince Joseph Wenzel is second in the line of succession to the throne of Liechtenstein after his father. Through his mother Sophie, born a Princess of Bavaria, and thus a member of the House of Wittelsbach, Prince Wenzel is third in line and the heir of his mother to the Jacobite succession to the British throne. The Jacobites sought to restore the British crown to King James II of England following his deposition in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and subsequently to his heirs.
Unofficial Royalty: Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein
Unofficial Royalty: The Jacobite Succession – Pretenders to the British Throne

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Marie of Waldeck-Pyrmont, Princess of Württemberg; Credit – Wikipedia

May 23, 1482 – Death of Mary of York, daughter of King Edward IV of England, at Greenwich Palace in London, England; buried at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle in Windsor, England
In 1481, negotiations began for a marriage between Mary and Frederik, Duke of Holstein and Schleswig (the future King Frederik I of Denmark and Norway), the youngest son of King Christian I of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. However, at the end of 1481, Mary became seriously ill with an unknown illness and died, aged fourteen. She was interred on the north side of the altar in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, at the side of her younger brother George, who had died three years earlier at the age of two. Mary’s parents were interred in a tomb nearby – her father in 1483 and her mother in 1492.
Unofficial Royalty: Mary of York

May 23, 1857 – Birth of Marie of Waldeck-Pyrmont, Princess of Württemberg, first wife of the future King Wilhelm II of Württemberg, in Arolsen, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont, now in Hesse, Germany
Full name: Georgine Henriette Marie
Marie was the sister of Emma, who married King Willem III of the Netherlands, and Helen, who married Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany. In 1877, Marie married Prince Wilhelm of Württemberg, the future  King Wilhelm II of Württemberg, and the couple had two children. On April 24, 1882, Marie gave birth to a stillborn daughter, her third child, and suffered serious complications from childbirth. She died six days later.
Unofficial Royalty: Marie of Waldeck-Pyrmont, Princess of Württemberg

May 23, 1947 – Death of Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood, husband of Mary, Princess Royal, at Harewood House in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; buried at All Saints Church in Harewood, West Yorkshire, England
Henry married Princess Mary, the only daughter of King George V of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey in London, England on February 28, 1922. Despite their fifteen-year age difference and rumors that the marriage was not happy, their elder son George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood said the marriage was a happy one. He wrote in his memoirs that they “got on well together and had a lot of friends and interests in common.”
Unofficial Royalty: Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood

May 23, 2013 – Death of Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, Head of the House of Hesse, in Frankfurt, Germany; buried in the family cemetery at the former Schloss Friedrichshof (now Schlosshotel Kronberg) in Kronberg im Taunus, Hesse
Moritz was head of the House of Hesse and pretender to the former Grand Ducal throne of Hesse and by Rhine from 1980 until his death.
Unofficial Royalty: Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse

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