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May 16, 1696 – Death of Mariana of Austria, Queen of Spain, second wife of her maternal uncle, King Felipe IV of Spain, at Uceda Palace in Madrid, Spain; buried at the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial, Spain
The daughter of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia, Archduke of Austria and his first wife Maria Anna of Spain, Mariana was the second wife of her maternal uncle King Felipe IV of Spain. Mariana and Felipe IV had five children but only two survived childhood including King Carlos II of Spain. The Spanish House of Habsburg would end with the reign of Mariana and Felipe IV’s physically and mentally disabled son Carlos II, King of Spain. While a person in the fifth generation normally has thirty-two different ancestors, Carlos II had only ten different ancestors in the fifth generation. Mariana survived her husband by thirty-one years, dying on May 16, 1696, at Uceda Palace in Madrid, Spain, at the age of sixty-one, probably from breast cancer.
Unofficial Royalty: Mariana of Austria, Queen of Spain
May 16, 1721 – Death of Lady Anne FitzRoy, illegitimate daughter of King Charles II of England and his mistress Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland; buried in the churchyard at St. Peter and St. Paul New Church in Lyynsted, Swale Borough, Kent, England
Wikipedia: Lady Anne FitzRoy (Unofficial Royalty article coming soon.)
May 16, 1826 – Death of Louise of Baden, Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna of Russia, wife of Alexander I, Emperor of All Russia, at Belev, Russia; buried at Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Name after marriage: Elizabeth Alexeievna
Louise was the daughter of Karl Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Baden and Amelia Frederica of Hesse-Darmstadt. Louise, herself an empress, had seven siblings that included two queens, a grand duchess, a duchess, and a grand duke. Collectively, Louise’s siblings are ancestors of a number of royal families. In 1793, Louise married the future Alexander I, Emperor of All Russia. Both Elizabeth Alexeievna and her husband had affairs and their marriage produced no surviving children. Both Elizabeth Alexeievna and her husband had affairs and their marriage produced no surviving children. By 1825, Elizabeth Alexeievna’s health was suffering due to lung problems and the doctors recommended getting away from the harsh climate of St. Petersburg. Alexander and Elizabeth Alexeievna relocated to the city of Taganrog, Russia, by the Sea of Azov. On December 1, 1825, Alexander died from typhus in Elizabeth Alexeievna’s arms in their home in Taganrog. Elizabeth Alexeievna survived him by five months. While traveling back to St. Petersburg for her husband’s funeral, she felt so sick that had to stop at Belev in Tula Province, Russia. On the morning of May 16, 1826, Elizabeth Alexeievna’s maid went to check on her and found her dead in her bed of heart failure at the age of 47.
Unofficial Royalty: Louise of Baden, Elizabeth Alexeievna, Empress of All Russia
May 16, 1969 – Birth of Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein, son of Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, in St. Gallen, Switzerland
Full name: Maximilian Nikolaus Maria
Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein is the second son of the three sons and the second of the four children of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein. In 2000, Maximilian married Angela Gisella Brown and the couple had one son. Since 2006, Maximilian has served as CEO of the LGT Group, the largest family-owned private wealth management firm in Europe. The LGT Group is part of the Prince of Liechtenstein Foundation.
Unofficial Royalty: Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein
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