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November 12, 1035 – Death of Cnut the Great, King of England, Denmark, and Norway at Shaftesbury, Dorset, England; initially buried at the Old Minster in Winchester, England, remains now in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England
One of only two British monarchs to be given the epithet “the Great” (the other was Alfred the Great), Cnut was King of England, Denmark, and Norway, and his dominions were called the North Sea Empire. He was the elder son of Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark and Norway, and also King of England. Cnut the Great died when he was about 40 years old. He was buried at the Old Minster in Winchester, England. When the Old Minster was demolished in 1093, Canute’s remains were moved to Winchester Cathedral. They are among the remains in the mortuary chests that rest on top of the choir screen.
Unofficial Royalty: Cnut the Great, King of England, Denmark and Norway

November 12, 1858 – Death of Prince Alois II of Liechtenstein at Lednice Castle in Eisgrub, Moravia, Kingdom of Bohemia, now Lednice, Czech Republic; buried at the Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov near Brno, now in the Czech Republic
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. Upon the death of his father Johann I Josef, Prince of Liechtenstein 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 to modernize his estates and reorganize 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.  He died, aged 62, on November 12, 1858, at Lednice Castle in Eisgrub, Moravia, Kingdom of Bohemia, part of the Austrian Empire, now Lednice, Czech Republic.
Unofficial Royalty: Prince Alois II of Liechtenstein

November 12, 1886 – Birth of Infante Alfonso of Spain, Duke of Galliera, son of Infante Antonio of Spain, Duke of Galliera (a grandson of King Ferdinand VII of Spain) and Infanta Eulalia of Spain (a daughter of Queen Isabella II), in Madrid, Spain
Full name: Alfonso María Francisco Antonio Diego
Alfonso was the husband of Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. In 1906, at the wedding of his first cousin King Alfonso XIII of Spain to Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Alfonso met the bride’s first cousin, Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The couple married in 1909 and had three sons.
Unofficial Royalty: Infante Alfonso of Spain, Duke of Galliera

November 12, 1929 – Birth of Grace Patricia Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco, wife of Prince Rainier III of Monaco, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Grace was the daughter of John B. Kelly Sr., an American Olympic gold medalist in rowing, and Margaret Majer, the first coach of women’s teams at the University of Pennsylvania. Grace had a career as an actress and won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1954, for her role in The Country Girl. In 1955, Grace attended the Cannes Film Festival and was introduced to Prince Rainier III of Monaco. A relationship soon developed, and in December 1955, Rainier visited Grace and her family in Philadelphia. The couple’s engagement was announced in January 1956. They married on April 18, 1956, in Monaco and had three children including the current Prince of Monaco, Albert II. On September 13, 1982, while driving back to Monaco from the family’s home in France, Princess Grace suffered a stroke. The car veered off the road, and both Grace and her daughter Princess Stephanie were severely injured. Grace never regained consciousness, having suffered major internal injuries, and died on September 14, 1982.
Unofficial Royalty: Princess Grace of Monaco

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Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine; Credit – Wikipedia

November 11, 1599 – Birth of Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, Queen of Sweden, wife of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, in Königsberg, Duchy of Prussia, now Kaliningrad, Russia
In 1620, Maria Eleonora married King Gustavus II Adolphus the Great of Sweden. Gustavus Adolphus is considered one of the greatest military commanders in history, making Sweden one of Europe’s largest and leading nations during the early modern period. Although Maria Eleonora’s husband Gustavus Adolphus was successful in many endeavors, he was not successful in providing a male heir. At the Battle of Lützen on November 16, 1632, Gustavus Adolphus was killed. His only surviving child was six-year-old Christina, Queen of Sweden who succeeded her father but never married,  abdicated, subsequently converted to Roman Catholicism, and moved to Rome. Already suffering from mental issues, Maria Eleonora’s grief was quite painful and her mental issues worsened considerably after her husband died in battle. Her young daughter’s regency government feared that Maria Eleonora’s mental instability would adversely influence the young Queen Christina. They decided to separate mother and daughter and Maria Eleonora was sent away from court. Years later, she was able to return to court and Nyköping Castle was granted to her as a residence by order of her daughter. Maria Eleanora survived her husband by twenty-three years, dying at the age of 55, on March 28, 1655, shortly after the abdication of her daughter Queen Christina.
Unofficial Royalty: Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, Queen of Sweden

November 11, 1748 – Birth of King Carlos IV of Spain at the Palace of Portici, Portici, Kingdom of Naples and Sicily, now in Italy
Full name: Carlos Antonio Pascual Francisco Javier Juan Nepomuceno José Januario Serafín Diego
In 1788, Carlos succeeded his father King Carlos III of Spain as King Carlos IV of Spain. Carlos IV would rather hunt than deal with government affairs and the running of the government was left mostly to his wife Maria Luisa of Parma and Prime Minister Manuel de Godoy. It is probable that de Godoy had a long-term relationship with Maria Luisa and that he was the father of her youngest son. In 1808, after riots and a revolt, King Carlos IV was forced to abdicate in favor of his son King Fernando VII. Less than two months later, Carlos IV and his son Fernando VII were summoned to a meeting with Napoleon I, Emperor of the French where he forced them both to abdicate, declared the Bourbon dynasty of Spain deposed, and installed his brother Joseph Bonaparte as King of Spain. Carlos IV, his wife Maria Luisa, and some of their children were held captive. Napoleon kept Carlos and Maria Luisa’s son Fernando VII under guard in France for more than five years until the 1813 Treaty of Valençay provided for the restoration of Fernando VII as King of Spain. After Napoleon’s final defeat in 1815, King Fernando VII refused to allow his parents to return to Spain. Carlos IV and Maria Luisa settled in Rome at the Palazzo Barberini where they both died in 1819.
Unofficial Royalty: King Carlos IV of Spain

November 11, 1861 – Death of King Pedro V of Portugal at Necessidades Palace in Lisbon Portugal; buried at the  Monastery of São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon, Portugal
Pedro became King of Portugal in 1853 after his mother Queen Maria II of Portugal died in childbirth delivering her eleventh child who also died. As he was just sixteen, his father served as Regent until Pedro reached his majority two years later. Pedro quickly removed the Prime Minister and appointed more left-leaning politicians, ending years of unrest within the Portuguese government. In 1858, Pedro married Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen who died two years later from diphtheria. King Pedro V died of typhoid fever in late 1861, along with two of his brothers. As he had no children from his brief marriage, Pedro was succeeded by his younger brother Luís.
Unofficial Royalty: King Pedro V of Portugal

 November 11, 1869 – Birth of King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy in Naples, Italy
Full name: Vittorio Emanuele Ferdinando Maria Gennaro
The only child of King Umberto I of Italy and Princess Margherita of Savoy, Vittorio Emanuele III became King of Italy in 1900 upon the assassination of his father and reigned until his abdication in 1946. In 1896, Vittorio Emanuele III married Princess Elena of Montenegro. The couple had five children. After World War I, the Fascist movement, led by Benito Mussolini gained power. In 1922, all sense of democracy was pushed aside and Mussolini established himself as a dictator with Vittorio Emanuele III merely his puppet. After Italy’s defeat in World War II, a referendum was held to decide whether to retain the monarchy or become a republic. Hoping to save the monarchy, Vittorio Emanuele III abdicated in 1946, in favor of his son. However, his hopes were not realized, and the Italian monarchy was formally abolished just weeks later. The royal family was sent into exile. Vittorio Emanuele settled in Alexandria, Egypt, where he died on December 28, 1947.
Unofficial Royalty: King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy

November 11, 1882 – Birth of King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden
Full name: Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf
In 1905, Gustav Adolf married Princess Margaret of Connaught, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. The couple had five children. In 1920, Margaret was eight months pregnant with her sixth child when she underwent mastoid surgery. An infection set in, killing Margaret and her unborn child. In 1923, Gustav Adolf married Lady Louise Mountbatten (born Princess Louise of Battenberg). The couple had a stillborn daughter in 1925, and after that, they had no more children. Another tragedy hit in 1947 Gustav Adolf when his eldest son Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten was killed in an airplane crash. In 1950, Gustav Adolf became King of Sweden at age 67 upon the death of his father King Gustaf V. Gustaf Adolf’s personality, his informal and modest nature, and his expertise and interest in a wide range of areas made him popular with the Swedish people. It was said that he wrote 7,000 signatures per year and hosted 3,000 guests per year. He was the patron of about 200 scientific, sporting, and art organizations. King Gustaf VI Adolf died on September 15, 1973, just short of his 91st birthday, and he was succeeded by his 27-year-old grandson King Carl XVI Gustaf, the current King of Sweden.
Unofficial Royalty: King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden

November 11, 1917 – Death of Liliuokalani, former Queen of the Hawaiian Islands, the only queen regnant and the last monarch of the Hawaiian Islands, at her home, Washington Place in Honolulu, Hawaii
Liliuokalani, Queen of the Hawaiian Islands was the only queen regnant and the last monarch of the Hawaiian Islands, reigning from 1891 until she was deposed in 1893. She composed Aloha ʻOe or Farewell to Thee, one of the most recognizable Hawaiian songs. In 1893, a group of local businessmen and politicians composed of six non-native Hawaiian Kingdom subjects, five American nationals, one British national, and one German national overthrew Queen Liliuokalani and took over the government of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Unofficial Royalty: Liliuokalani, Queen of the Hawaiian Islands

November 11, 1953 – Death of Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, Princess of Prussia, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, died and buried at Schloss Hemmelmark in Barkelsby, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Irene was the daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and her husband Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. She is often overlooked, as history tends to focus on two of her sisters – Ella and Alix – who both married into the Russian Imperial Family and tragically lost their lives at the hands of the Bolsheviks in 1918. Irene married her first cousin Prince Heinrich of Prussia, the son of Friedrich III, German Emperor and Victoria, Princess Royal. Like her mother and sister Alix, Irene was a hemophilia carrier and passed it to two of her three sons. They were two of the nine descendants of Queen Victoria who suffered from the disease. In 1894, Irene and Heinrich bought Hemmelmark, an estate in Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Kingdom of Prussia, now in Germany, as it was close to Heinrich’s military base in Kiel. Hemmelmark would become the family’s primary home. It was there that Irene died at the age of 87.
Unofficial Royalty: Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, Princess of Prussia
Unofficial Royalty: Hemophilia in Queen Victoria’s Descendants

November 11, 1955 – Birth of former King Jigme Singye Wangchuk of Bhutan; born at Dechenchholing Palace in Thimphu, Bhutan
King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, 4th Dragon King of Bhutan reigned from 1972 until he abdicated in 2006 in favor of his son Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. Beginning his reign as an absolute monarch, Jigme Singye was instrumental in the democratization of the small nation, continuing the steps that his father had begun. He established and strengthened ties with neighboring India and put Bhutan on the map. Perhaps his greatest accomplishment was the transition to a constitutional monarchy.
Unofficial Royalty: King Jigme Singye Wangchuk of Bhutan

November 11, 1981 – Birth of Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg; born at the Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Full name: Guillaume Jean Joseph Marie
Guillaume is the eldest of five children of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and Cuban-born María Teresa Mestre y Batista-Falla and the heir to the throne of Luxembourg. In 2012,  Guillaume married Belgian-born Countess Stéphanie de Lanoy. The couple has two sons. Guillaume is a member of the State Council (Conseil d’Etat), composed of twenty-one citizens who advise the Chamber of Deputies, the legislature of Luxembourg, in the drafting of legislation. He also participates in the administration and fundraising of several organizations.
Unofficial Royalty: Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg

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King Leopold III of Belgium and Astrid of Sweden; Credit – Wikipedia

November 10, 1480 – Birth of Bridget of York, daughter of King Edward IV of England, at Eltham Palace in Kent, England
Destined to be a nun, Bridget of York was the youngest of the ten children of King Edward IV of England, the first King of England from the House of York, and Elizabeth Woodville. When Bridget entered Dartford Priory in Dartford, Kent, England to become a nun is unknown. Dartford Priory, founded by King Edward III and developed under his grandson and successor King Richard II, was chosen for Bridget because of its royal background and because it was common for daughters of the nobility to become nuns there. Very little is known about Bridget’s life once she entered Dartford Priory. Except for her mother’s funeral, there is no evidence that Bridget ever left Dartford Priory. Bridget died at Dartford Priory but exactly when she died is unknown. Bridget was interred in the choir of the Dartford Priory church. However, Dartford Priory was destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries (1536 – 1541).
Unofficial Royalty: Bridget of York

November 10, 1495 – Death of Dorothea of Brandenburg, Queen of Denmark, wife of two Danish kings, King Christopher and King Christian I; buried at Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde, Denmark
In 1445, 15-year-old Dorothea married 29-year-old Christopher III, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Christopher suddenly died in 1448 without an heir. Dorothea married the new king Christian I in 1448. Christian I and Dorothea had five children. Their two surviving sons both became kings and their only daughter became a queen consort. Dorothea had a great influence on her husband and was the regent of his kingdoms when he was away. In 1481, Christian I died and was succeeded by his elder son Hans. Until her death, Dorothea remained politically active during Hans’ reign. Dorothea died in 1495 at the age of 65.
Unofficial Royalty: Dorothea of Brandenburg, Queen of Denmark

November 10, 1565 – Birth of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, favorite of Queen Elizabeth I of England, at Netherwood near Bromyard, Herefordshire, England
A favorite of Queen Elizabeth I but beheaded for treason, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex was the great-grandson of Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn, and the stepson of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Queen Elizabeth I’s favorite. Robert Dudley had much influence on his godson and stepson Robert Devereux. Robert served in the military under his stepfather’s command in the Netherlands. Several years before he died in 1588, Dudley introduced Robert to the Elizabethan court, and Elizabeth I increasingly became interested in the young man. Robert spent much time in the company of Elizabeth I and succeeded his stepfather in royal favor. Although Elizabeth I was thirty-two years older than Robert, she found it very pleasant to be adored by such a young man.
Unofficial Royalty – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, favorite of Queen Elizabeth I of England

November 10, 1683 – Birth of King George II of Great Britain at  Schloss Herrenhausen in Hanover, Duchy of Brunswick and Lüneburg, now in the German state of Lower Saxony
Full name: George Augustus
King George II  was the elder of the two children of Georg Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg (later King George I of Great Britain), and his wife and first cousin, Sophia Dorothea of Celle. Upon the death of Queen Anne in 1714, George II’s father became the first monarch from the House of Hanover. In 1705, George II married Caroline of Ansbach. The couple had eight children and through their children’s marriages, George and Caroline are the ancestors of many European royal families including the British, Danish, Dutch, Greek, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish Royal Families. In 1727, King George I died in Hanover and was buried there. His son succeeded him as King George II. The composer George Frederick Handel was commissioned to write four new anthems for George II’s coronation, including the rousing Zadok the Priest which has been played at every British coronation ever since. You can see it performed here: YouTube: Zadok the Priest
Unofficial Royalty: King George II of Great Britain

November 10, 1697 – Birth of Louise Hippolyte, Sovereign Princess of Monaco at the Prince’s Palace in Monaco
Louise-Hippolyte was the second but the eldest surviving of the six daughters of Antonio I, Prince of Monaco. Her father decided, with the permission of King Louis XIV of France, that Louise Hippolyte’s husband would take the surname Grimaldi and jointly rule Monaco with her. In 1715, Louise-Hippolyte married French noble Jacques François Leonor Goyon de Matignon. They had nine children but only four survived to adulthood, including Honoré III, Prince of Monaco. When her father died, Louise-Hippolyte decreed that she would be the sole ruler, all documents would be issued in her name only, and her husband and children would stay in France. Louise-Hippolyte had a very short reign of ten months. Several weeks before Christmas of 1731, a smallpox epidemic spread through the Mediterranean coastal areas. Louise-Hippolyte died from smallpox, aged 34, on December 29, 1731.
Unofficial Royalty: Louise Hippolyte, Sovereign Princess of Monaco

November 10, 1710 – Birth of Adam Gottlob Moltke, favorite of King Frederik V of Denmark, in Riesenhof, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, now Walkendorf in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Through the influence of his uncle, twelve-year-old Adam was employed as a page for Crown Prince Christian of Denmark in 1722. When Christian came to the throne in 1730 as Christian VI, King of Denmark, Adam was appointed chamberlain to Christian VI’s 7-year-old son Crown Prince Frederik (later Frederik V). The close relationship between Adam and Frederik was established and lasted until Frederik’s death. In 1746, when King Frederik V became King of Denmark, Adam was appointed Court Marshal of Denmark and was made a Privy Councilor. In addition, Adam was given the Bregentved estate in Haslev on the Danish island of Zealand and it is still owned by Adam’s descendants. In 1750, Frederik V created Adam a Count. Although Frederik V took part in the government by attending council meetings, he suffered from alcoholism, and therefore, most of his reign was dominated by his very able ministers led by Adam Gottlob Moltke.
Unofficial Royalty: Adam Gottlob Moltke, Favorite of King Frederik V of Denmark

November 10, 1720 – Birth of Honoré III, Prince of Monaco in Paris, France
Full name: Honoré Camille Léonor Grimaldi
Honoré III, Prince of Monaco is the longest-reigning sovereign of Monaco but the French Revolution had dire consequences for his family and caused the Principality of Monaco to be annexed to France from 1793 until the defeat of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French in 1814. He married Maria Caterina Brignole and the couple had two sons including Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco. Honoré III was imprisoned during the French Revolution. He died soon after his release from prison, in Paris on March 21, 1795, at the age of 74, but his burial place is unknown.
Unofficial Royalty: Honoré III, Prince of Monaco

November 10, 1849 – Birth of Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, husband of Louise, Princess Royal, in Edinburgh, Scotland
Full name: Alexander William George
Duff as he was called, was the only son of James Duff, 5th Earl Fife and Lady Agnes Hay. In 1889, in the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace, Duff married Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of the then Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII). Louise and Duff were third cousins via their mutual descent from King George III. Duff’s descent was via the future King William IV’s long-time relationship with actress Dorothea Jordan by whom he had ten children who married into the British aristocracy. The couple had three children but their only son was stillborn. Despite their age difference, the couple was well-matched and settled down to a life of country pursuits with the Duff managing his Scottish estates and Louise becoming an expert at salmon fishing.
Unofficial Royalty: Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife

November 10, 1858 – Birth of Heinrich XXVII, 5th Prince Reuss of Gera in Gera, Principality of Reuss-Gera, now in Thuringia, Germany
Heinrich XXVII was the last reigning Prince Reuss of Gera, abdicating after the German defeat in World War I, on November 11, 1918. In 1884, Heinrich XXVII married Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, the daughter of Hermann, 6th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Leopoldine of Baden. Elise’s paternal grandmother was Princess Feodora of Leiningen, the half-sister of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Heinrich XXVII and Elise had five children. After Heinrich XXVII abdicated, the new government of Reuss-Gera made an agreement with Heinrich XXVII that granted him some castles and land.
Unofficial Royalty: Heinrich XXVII, 5th Prince Reuss of Gera

November 10, 1926 – Wedding of King  Leopold III of the Belgians and Princess Astrid of Sweden at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula in Brussels, Belgium
Astrid and Leopold first met during Leopold’s trip to Scandinavia in the fall of 1925. After that Leopold visited Astrid incognito. The two met again publicly at the christening of Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma in the middle of 1926. On September 21, 1926, shortly after the christening, Astrid and Leopold announced their engagement.  Astrid and Leopold had three children: Josephine-Charlotte who married Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, Baudouin, King of the Belgians, and Albert II, King of the Belgians. Their grandson Philippe, is the current King of the Belgians. Sadly, Astrid died in a car accident in 1935 at the age of 29.
Unofficial Royalty: Wedding of King Leopold III of the Belgians and Princess Astrid of Sweden

November 10, 1964 – Death of Prince Pierre of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois, at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France; buried at the Chapelle de la Paix in Monaco 
Born Count Pierre de Polignac, Pierre was the husband of Princess Charlotte of Monaco, the daughter of Louis II, Prince of Monaco, and the father of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. Once Pierre had produced a male heir, he was no longer necessary. His father-in-law Prince Louis II disliked him and Charlotte became unhappy shortly after the marriage. In the mid-1920s, the couple unofficially separated. Pierre and Charlotte were legally separated by a French court in 1930. On February 18, 1933, they were divorced by the ordinance of Prince Louis II, and the divorce was confirmed by a French tribunal in December 1933. During the reign of his son Prince Rainier III, Pierre lived in a villa near the Prince’s Palace in Monaco. Pierre died of cancer on November 10, 1964, and was buried at the Chapelle de la Paix in Monaco where his former wife Princess Charlotte, his daughter Princess Antoinette, and her deceased children have also been buried.
Unofficial Royalty: Count Pierre de Polignac, Prince Pierre of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois

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King Edward VII of the United Kingdom; Credit – Wikipedia

November 9, 1384 – Birth of Isabella of Valois, Queen of England, second wife of King Richard II of England, at Hotel du Louvre in Paris, France
Isabella was the daughter of King Charles VI of France and the elder sister of Catherine of Valois who married King Henry V of England. Soon after the death of his first wife Anne of Bohemia, the childless King Richard II of England began a search for a new wife. He turned to France seeking an alliance, and after negotiations, a marriage was arranged between Isabella and Richard who was 22 years older than his bride. Isabella lived apart from Richard at Windsor Castle. Richard visited her frequently and a strong affection developed between the partners of this unconsummated marriage. In 1399, Richard II was forced to abdicate in favor of his cousin who became King Henry IV. He was imprisoned at Pontefract Castle in Yorkshire where he died on or around February 14, 1400. The exact cause of his death, thought to have been starvation, is unknown. Eventually, Isabella returned to France and married her cousin Charles, Duke of Orléans. She died at the age of 19, a few hours after giving birth to her only child.
Unofficial Royalty: Isabella of Valois, Queen of England

November 9, 1620 – Death of Louise de Coligny, Princess of Orange, fourth wife of Willem I, Prince of Orange (the Silent) at the Château de Fontainebleau in Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France; buried with her husband in the Old Crypt of the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft, the Netherlands
Louise’s father Gaspard II de Coligny was a French nobleman and admiral but is best remembered as a leader of the Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants). Both Louise’s father and her first husband Charles de Teligny were killed during the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in 1572 when thousands of French Huguenots were murdered. In 1583, Louise became the fourth wife of Willem I, Prince of Orange.  Willem and Louise had one son Frederik Hendrik, Prince of Orange whose son Willem II, Prince of Orange was the father of Willem III, Prince of Orange who was later King William III of England. On July 10, 1584, a little more than six months after the birth of her son, Louise was widowed for the second time when Willem I, Prince of Orange was assassinated. Louise then raised her son and Willem’s six daughters from his third marriage to Charlotte de Bourbon-Monpensier. She remained an advocate of Protestantism all her life. Louise lived in Delft, the Netherlands until one year before her death when she went to the court of Marie de’ Medici, Queen Dowager of France, at the Château de Fontainebleau in France, where she died, aged 65.
Unofficial Royalty: Louise de Coligny, Princess of Orange

November 9, 1841 – Birth of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom at Buckingham Palace in London, England
Full name: Albert Edward
In 1863, Bertie, as he was called in the family, married Princess Alexandra of Denmark (Alix) and the couple had six children. Bertie had several mistresses but apparently, Alix knew about many of them and accepted them. After waiting 59 years, Bertie became king upon the death of his mother Queen Victoria on January 22, 1901. Bertie and Alix had begun the idea of the royal family’s public appearances as we now know them during Queen Victoria’s withdrawal after her husband’s death, and they continued this during Bertie’s reign. Bertie had royal palaces repaired and reintroduced traditional ceremonies, such as the State Opening of Parliament, that Queen Victoria had ceased to participate in. Bertie was known as “the Uncle of Europe” because he was related to many other royals.
Unofficial Royalty: King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

November 9, 1907 – Birth of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, pretender to the Prussian throne from 1951 until he died in 1994, at the Marble Palace in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia, now in the German state of Brandenburg
Louis Ferdinand was the son of Crown Prince Wilhelm, the last Crown Prince of the German Empire and Prussia, and the grandson of Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor and King of Prussia. He married Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia. They were second cousins, once removed, through their mutual descent from Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Unofficial Royalty: Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia

November 9, 1953 – Death of Abdulaziz (Ibn Saud), first King of Saudi Arabia, at Ta’if, Saudi Arabia; buried at Al Od Cemetery in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abdulaziz was an Arab tribal leader who founded the Kingdom of  Saudi Arabia. He was King of Saudi Arabia from 1932 until he died in 1953. He had ruled parts of the kingdom since 1902, having previously been Emir, Sultan, and King of Nejd, and King of Hejaz. Abdulaziz had a polygamous household comprising several wives at a time and numerous concubines. It is thought he had a total of 22-24 wives. He was the father of almost a hundred children, including 45 sons of whom 36 survived to adulthood. The six Kings of Saudi Arabia who followed King Abdulaziz were all his sons including Salman, the current King of Saudi Arabia. At the age of 78, Abdulaziz died in his sleep from a heart attack with his son Prince Faisal, a future King of Saudi Arabia, at his bedside.
Unofficial Royalty: King Abdulaziz (Ibn Saud) of Saudi Arabia

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