March 28 in royal history Royal Events Flavius Julius Valens became co-emperor with his brother Valentinian I on 28 March 364 The sack of Paris by Vikings under Ragnar Lodbrok, with a large ransom paid by Charles the Bald, occurred on 28 March 845 The Battle of Ferrybridge, an indecisive skirmish preceding the Battle of Towton in the Wars of the Roses, took place on 28 March 1461 Royal Births Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma, was born on 28 March 1569 Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang of the Qing dynasty, mother of the Shunzhi Emperor, was born on 28 March 1613 Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, was born on 28 March 1727 Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg&Gotha, brother of Leopold I of Belgium & uncle of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, was born on 28 March 1785 Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 28 March 1844 Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria, son of Archduke Joseph August, was born on 28 March 1895 Princess Märtha of Sweden, daughter of Prince Carl of Sweden and consort of the future Olav V of Norway, was born on 28 March 1901 Princess Ingrid of Sweden, daughter of Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden and consort of Frederick IX of Denmark, was born on 28 March 1910 Royal Weddings and Divorces Prince Albert of Prussia and his wife, née Princess Marianne of The Netherlands, were divorced on 28 March 1849 Royal Deaths Roman Emperor Pertinax was assassinated by the Praetorian Guards on 28 March 193 and was succeeded by Didius Julianus Emperor Go-Toba, 82nd Emperor of Japan, died on 28 March 1239 Tsar Ivan IV (the Terrible) of Russia died on 28 March 1584 and was succeeded by his son Feodor I Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, consort of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, died on 28 March 1655 Auguste de Beauharnais, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg, consort of Maria II of Portugal, died on 28 March 1835 Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, the haemophiliac youngest son of Queen Victoria, died on 28 March 1884 after a fall, aged only 30 Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans, claimant to the French throne, died on 28 March 1926 Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, daughter of George V, died on 28 March 1965
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