© Unofficial Royalty 2024 April 29, 1763 – Birth of Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg in Hildburghausen, Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen, now in Thuringia, Germany Originally Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Friedrich became Duke of Saxe-Altenburg in 1826. After Friedrich IV, the last Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg died in 1825 without heirs, the Ernestine duchies were reorganized. Gotha passed to […]
© Unofficial Royalty 2024 April 28, 1442 – Birth of King Edward IV of England in Rouen, France The first Yorkist King of England, Edward was the son of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville, both great-grandchildren of King Edward III of England. Edward’s father could claim descent from Edward III’s […]
© 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. 80th birthday of Princess Benedikte of Denmark, daughter of King Frederik IX of […]
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by Susan Flantzer © Unofficial Royalty 2024 At the risk of being beheaded during the reign of his nephew King Henry VIII of England, Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle was born sometime between 1461 and 1475 in Calais, then an English possession in France. He was the illegitimate son of King Edward IV of England […]
© Unofficial Royalty 2024 April 27, 1650 – Birth of Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Queen of Denmark and Norway, wife of King Christian V of Denmark, in Kassel, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, now in Hesse, Germany In 1667, Charlotte Amalie married the future King Christian V of Denmark and Norway and they had seven children. Charlotte […]
Let the Hobbits and Wizards know that His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britian and Northern Ireland will return to public duties next Tuesday. BBC: King Charles to resume public duties after progress in cancer treatment
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© Unofficial Royalty 2024 April 26, 1575 – Birth of Marie de’ Medici, Queen of France, second wife of King Henri IV of France, at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, now in Italy Marie was the daughter of Francesco I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Archduchess Joanna of Austria. […]
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