December 11 in royal history Royal Events James II tried to flee from England to France on 11 December 1688 but was captured in Kent The trial of Louis XVI for treason during the French Revolution started on 11 December 1792 The Statute of Westminster, granting legislative equality to the dominions with respect to the UK, was passed on 11 December 1931 Prince Albert, Duke of York, became George VI on 11 December 1936 after his elder brother Edward VIII abdicated Royal Births Yoshihisa Ashikaga, ninth shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate of Japan, was born on 11 December 1465 Louise Élisabeth dOrléans, consort of Louis I of Spain, was born on 11 December 1709 Kamehameha V of Hawaii was born on 11 December 1830 Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, first wife of Albert I of Monaco, was born on 11 December 1850 Royal Weddings and Divorces Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Sweden, married Constance of Austria on 11 December 1605 Princess Louise, daughter of George II of Britain, married the future Frederick V of Denmark and Norway on 11 December 1743 Ferdinand VII of Spain married his fourth wife, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, on 11 December 1829 Royal Deaths Justinian II, Byzantine Emperor, was murdered on 11 December 711 and was succeeded by Philippikos Bardanes Ögedei Khan, Mongol Emperor and son of Genghis Khan, died on 11 December 1241 and was succeeded by his son Guyuk Michael VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor, died on 11 December 1282 and was succeeded by his son Andronikos II Palaiologos Llywelyn ap Gruffydd (the Last) of Wales died during the Battle of Orewin Bridge on 11 December 1282 Henry IV of Castile died on 11 December 1474 and was succeeded by his daughter Isabella (mother of Catherine of Aragon) John II (the Mad), Count of Rietberg, died in captivity on 11 December 1562 and was succeeded by his daughter Armgard Archduchess Maria of Austria, wife of William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, died on 11 December 1581 False Dmitry II, Russian pretender claiming to be a son of Ivan the Terrible, was killed on 11 December 1610 Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma, died on 11 December 1694 and was succeeded by his son Francesco Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, died on 11 December 1752 and was succeeded by his nephew Adolphus Frederick IV Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, consort of Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, died on 11 December 1780 Maria Leopoldina of Austria, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II and consort of Pedro I of Brazil, died on 11 December 1826, aged 29 Emperor Kōkaku, 119th Emperor of Japan, died on 11 December 1840; he had abdicated in favour of his son in 1817 Kamehameha V of Hawaii died on 11 December 1872 and was succeeded by his cousin Lunalilo Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, son of the last Emperor, Charles I, died on 11 December 2007
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 01:11:40 +0000