Tuesday, August 16, 2011

August 7

August 7

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Lady Nicholas Windsor (Paola)   {1969} [wife of Lord Nicholas Windsor (son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent {1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland})]



HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

461   Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the River Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the magister militum Ricimer.

936   Coronation of King Otto I "the Great" of Germany, Duke of Saxony.



1461   The Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

317   Constantius II, Roman Emperor (d.361)

1282   Princess Elizabeth [Plantagenet] of Rhuddlan, Countess of Hereford, Countess consort of Holland, daughter of King Edward I of England & sister of King Edward II of England (d.1316)

1734   Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, Princess of Bavaria, Dowager Margravine of Baden-Baden

1751   Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (d.1820)

1783   Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (d.1810)

1862   Princess Viktoria of Baden, Queen consort (Victoria) of Sweden (d.1930)



DEATHS

461   Majorian, Roman Emperor

479   Emperor Yuryaku of Japan

1106   Heinrich IV, Holy Roman Emperor, King of the Romans/Germans

1485   Alexander Stuart, Duke of Albany, son of King James II of Scotland

1821   Princess Caroline of Brunswick, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Queen consort of the United Kingdom + Hanover

1972   Princess Aspasia of Greece + Denmark, wife of King Alexander I of Greece & mother of Queen consort Alexandra of Yugoslavia



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