December 26 in royal history Royal Events King Stephen was crowned on 26 December 1135 after usurping the throne from Matilda, heir of her father Henry I The Treaty of Pressburg was signed on 26 December 1805 between France and Austria, with many concessions by Austria Royal Births Frederick II (Stupor Mundi), Holy Roman Emperor, was born on 26 December 1194 Alexander III of Scotland married Margaret, daughter of Henry III, on 26 December 1251 Elisabeth of the Palatinate, daughter of Frederick V and Elizabeth (daughter of James I), was born on 26 December 1618 Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, great-uncle of Leopold I of Belgium, was born on 26 December 1737 Julie Clary, wife of Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples, Sicily, and Spain, was born on 26 December 1771 Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, was born on 26 December 1777 Kikuko Tokugawa, granddaughter of the last shogun and wife of Emperor Hirohitos brother Prince Takamatsu, was born on 26 December 1911 Prince Alexander Ferdinand of Prussia, grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II, was born on 26 December 1912 Royal Weddings and Divorces Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, married Margaret of Pomerania-Wolgast on 26 December 1574 Prince Louis Charles of Prussia married Princess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz on 26 December 1793 Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse, married Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria on 26 December 1833 Royal Deaths Arthur III, Duke of Brittany, died on 26 December 1458 and was succeeded by his nephew Francis II Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, died on 26 December 1476; his second wife Bona of Savoy was Kingmakers choice of wife for Edward IV Babur, the first Mughal Emperor of India, died on 26 December 1530 Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, uncle of Mary Queen of Scots, died on 26 December 1574 Archduke John-Charles of Austria, son of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, died on 26 December 1619 Maria Isabel of Portugal, consort of Ferdinand VII of Spain, died in childbirth on 26 December 1818, aged only 21 Sir Angus Ogilvy, husband of George Vs granddaughter Alexandra of Kent, died on 26 December 2004
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 06:50:11 +0000
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