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November 7, 1713 – Death of Princess Maria Gabriele of Liechtenstein, the third cousin and first of the four wives of Josef Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein, in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, now in Austria
Maria Gabriele was the daughter of Hans-Adam I, the sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein who reigned 1684 – 1712. On December 1, 1712, in Vienna, twenty-year-old Maria Gabriele married twenty-two-year-old Josef Johann Adam, who became the sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein in 1721, after Maria Gabriele’s death. Sadly, after only eleven months of marriage, Maria Gabriele, aged twenty-one, died due to childbirth complications on November 7, 1713, while giving birth to her only child Prince Karl Anton of Liechtenstein who died in 1715.
Unofficial Royalty: The Four Wives of Josef Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein
November 7, 1745 – Birth of Prince Henry of Wales, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, at Leicester House in London, England
Henry was the son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, who predeceased his father, King George II of Great Britain, and the brother of King George III of the United Kingdom. Henry annoyed his brother King George III when he married Anne Horton, daughter of Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton, and the widow of Christopher Horton of Catton Hall. King George III did not approve of the marriage as Anne was a commoner and had previously married. This marriage led to the passing of the Royal Marriages Act in 1772.
Unofficial Royalty: Prince Henry of Wales, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn
November 7, 1827 – Death of Maria Theresia of Austria, Queen of Saxony, second wife of King Anton of Saxony, in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony, now in Saxony, Germany; buried at the Dresden Cathedral in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, now in Saxony, Germany
Maria Theresia was the eldest child of Pietro Leopoldo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany (later Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor) and Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain. In 1787, she married the future King Anton of Saxony. The couple had four children, none of whom lived past infancy. In 1827, Maria Theresia and her husband became King and Queen of Saxony. Sadly, her tenure as Queen was short-lived. Just six months after her husband’s accession, Queen Maria Theresia died at the age of 60.
Unofficial Royalty: Maria Theresia of Austria, Queen of Saxony
November 7, 1898 – Death of Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, second wife of Leopoldo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, at Schloss Ort in Gmunden, Austria; buried at the Imperial Crypt in Vienna, Austria
Maria Antonia was the daughter of Francesco I, King of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Maria Isabella of Spain. In 1833, she became the second wife of her first cousin Leopoldo II, Grand Duke of Saxony. They had ten children including Leopoldo’s heir, the last Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand IV. In 1859, the Grand Ducal family was forced to flee Tuscany permanently because of the wars caused by the Italian unification movement, and the family took refuge in Austria. Leopoldo II abdicated in favor of his son Ferdinand IV who was Grand Duke of Tuscany in name but never really reigned. The family settled in the Kingdom of Bohemia, then part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire ruled by Leopoldo’s Austrian Habsburg relatives. After her husband died in 1879, Maria Antonia mostly lived at Schloss Ort in Gmunden, a town on the Traunsee, a lake in Austria. She survived her husband by twenty-eight years, dying at the age of 83.
Unofficial Royalty: Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
November 7, 2000 – Death of Ingrid of Sweden, Queen of Denmark, wife of King Frederik IX of Denmark, at Fredensborg Castle in Fredensborg, Denmark; buried at Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde, Denmark
A great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Ingrid was the only daughter of the future King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden and his first wife Princess Margaret of Connaught. In 1935, she married the future King Frederik IX of Denmark. The couple had three daughters including the current monarch of Denmark, Queen Margrethe II. As Queen, Ingrid reformed some outdated practices at court and created a more relaxed atmosphere. She was interested in gardening and art. After doing her own research on the original appearance of Gråsten Palace, she oversaw the renovations there. Queen Ingrid died at the age of 90, surrounded by her three daughters and her ten grandchildren.
Unofficial Royalty: Ingrid of Sweden, Queen of Denmark
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