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December 7, 1545 – Birth of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, son of Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of Lennox and Margaret Douglas (daughter of Margaret Tudor), at Temple Newsham in Yorkshire, England
Lord Darnley was the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots and the father of King James VI of Scotland/James I of England. Like his wife Mary, Queen of Scots, Darnley was the grandchild of Margaret Tudor (daughter of King Henry VII of England and the older sister of King Henry VIII of England). Darnley had claims to both the Scottish and English thrones as he was descended from both James II of Scotland and Henry VII of England. In 1565, Darnley and Mary, Queen of Scots were married. They had one child, the future James VI, King of Scots who succeeded to the English throne upon the death of Queen Elizabeth I as King James I of England. In 1565, Mary while Mary was pregnant. Darnley, who was jealous of Mary’s friendship with her private secretary David Riccio, and formed a conspiracy to do away with Riccio who was murdered in Mary’s presence. Mary’s marriage was all but over and she began to be drawn to James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell. Bothwell entered into a conspiracy with Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll and George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly to rid Mary of her husband. 1567, Kirk o’ Field, the house where Darnley was staying, was blown up. Darnley and his servant were found dead near the house in an orchard outside the city walls.
Unofficial Royalty: Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, King Consort of Scotland

December 7, 1786 – Birth of Countess Maria Walewska, mistress of Emperor Napoleon I of France, born Countess Maria Łączyńska in Kiernozia, Poland
Maria Walewska was a member of the Polish nobility, and from 1807 – 1810, was the mistress of the French Emperor Napoleon I, with whom she had one son.
Unofficial Royalty: Countess Maria Walewska, Mistress of Emperor Napoleon I of France

December 7, 1803 – Birth of Maria Josepha of Saxony, Queen of Spain, third wife of King Ferdinand VII of Spain, in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, now in Saxony, Germany
Full name: Maria Josepha Amalia Beatrix Xaveria Vincentia Aloysia Franziska de Paula Franziska de Chantal Anna Apollonia Johanna Nepomucena Walburga Theresia Ambrosia
In 1819, 16-year-old Maria Josepha married Ferdinand VII of Spain who had been widowed twice. Maria Josepha’s youth and inexperience made the adjustment to marriage difficult. There was much pressure upon Ferdinand VII to produce an heir. There were rumors that Maria Josepha Amalia’s devout Roman Catholicism caused her to believe that sexual relations between spouses was 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 in 1829.
Unofficial Royalty: Maria Josepha of Saxony, Queen of Spain

December 7, 1805 – Death of Hereditary Prince Frederik of Denmark, son of King Frederick V of Denmark and his second wife Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark; buried at Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde, Denmark
Frederik was the heir presumptive to the throne and acted as regent for his mentally unstable half-brother King Christian VII from 1772 to 1784.  In 1774, 21-year-old Hereditary Prince Frederik married 16-year-old Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The couple had five children including  King Christian VIII of Denmark. After King Christain VII’s son, the future King Frederik V, came of age, he ruled permanently as Prince Regent, and Hereditary Prince Frederik lost his power. Hereditary Prince Frederik died in 1805, at the age of 52.
Unofficial Royalty: Hereditary Prince Frederik of Denmark

December 7, 1807 – Birth of Feodora of Leiningen, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg in Amorbach, Principality of Leiningen, now in Bavaria, Germany
Full name: Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine
Feodora was the elder maternal half-sister of Queen Victoria. In 1828, Feodora married Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg at Kensington Palace in London, and the couple had six children. Victoria and Feodora wrote to each other religiously. Victoria and her mother visited Feodora and Feodora visited Victoria and their mother in England. Whenever she came, Victoria paid Feodora £300 for her expenses. After being widowed in 1860, Feodora moved to Baden-Baden, where, with some financial help from Queen Victoria, she purchased a cottage called Villa Friesenberg. Feodora came to England when Victoria needed her the most, in the summer of 1861 following the death of their mother and then in December 1861 following Prince Albert’s death.
Unofficial Royalty: Feodora of Leiningen, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

December 7, 1941 – Death of Marguerite Bellanger, mistress of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, at the Château de Villeneuve-sous-Dammartin, near Meaux, France; buried in Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris, France
Using the stage name Marguerite Bellanger, she had a brief career on the Paris stage before she was noticed by Napoleon III, Emperor of the French. She was the mistress of Napoleon III from 1863 until 1870 when he was deposed and exiled. In February 1864, Marguerite gave birth to a son Charles Jules Auguste François Marie Leboeuf, who was in all likelihood, the Emperor’s son. With the Emperor’s exile in 1870, his affair with Marguerite ended. In 1872, she married William Kulbach, Baronet, a Captain in the British Army and the couple lived in England and France. Marguerite Bellanger, aged 48, died on November 23, 1886, at the Château de Villeneuve-sous-Dammartin, near Meaux, France.
Unofficial Royalty: Marguerite Bellanger, Mistress of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French

December 7, 1978 – Birth of Princess Bajrakitiyabha of Thailand, daughter of King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand, at the Amphorn Sathan Residential Hall on the grounds of Dusit Palace in Bangkok, Thailand
An attorney and a diplomat, Princess Bajrakitiyabha, The Princess Rajasarini Siribajra, also known as Princess Pa, is the eldest of the seven children of King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand, and the only child of the King and his first wife Princess Soamsawali of Thailand. Sadly, the princess remains in a coma after collapsing and losing consciousness due to a severe heart arrhythmia on December 14, 2022.
Unofficial Royalty: Princess Bajrakitiyabha of Thailand

December 7, 2003 – Birth of Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange, daughter and heir apparent of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, at Bronovo Hospital in The Hague, the Netherlands
Full name: Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria
Known as Amalia she is the heir-apparent to the Dutch throne. She became Princess of Orange in her own right, the first time the title has been held by a female in nearly 600 years. The Netherlands changed its succession law in 1983 to absolute primogeniture where the succession passes to the eldest child of the sovereign regardless of gender. Males and females have equal succession rights. This means that Amalia is the heir apparent and comes first in the line of succession as the eldest child.
Unofficial Royalty: Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange

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