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4 days ago · The Wills which are being released are those of: Prince Francis Joseph Leopold Frederick of Teck; Alexander William George, Duke of Fife; Prince Morris Victor Donald of Battenberg; Dowager Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; Lord Leopold Louis Mountbatten; Helen Frederica Augusta Duchess of Albany; Princess Helena Augusta Victoria, Princess Christian; Princess Frederica Sophia Maria Henrietta Amelia Theresa of Great Britain and Princess Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar, Princess Royal.
6 days ago · United Kingdom - Revolution, 1688, Glorious: The final crisis of James’s reign resulted from two related events. The first was the refusal of seven bishops to instruct the clergy of their dioceses to read the Declaration of Indulgence in their churches.
3 days ago · King George III and Queen Charlotte were delighted to welcome their sixth daughter, Princess Augusta Sophia. Similar to her sister, Charlotte, Augusta also received an education.
4 days ago · The House of Windsor, the reigning royal house of the British monarchy, are descendants of Sophia of Hanover (1630-1714), a Wittelsbach Princess of the Palatinate by birth and Electress of Hanover by marriage, who had inherited the succession rights of the House of Stuart and passed them on to the House of Hanover.
2 days ago · Victoria, Princess Royal—eldest daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom—whom Frederick married in 1858 Frederick and his son, Wilhelm, in October 1863 at Balmoral castle. Royal marriages of the 19th century were arranged to secure alliances and to maintain blood ties among the European nations.
3 days ago · June 2015. Sophie attended the wedding of Sweden's Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist wearing her famed aquamarine tiara. The Countess paired it with an aquamarine necklace, petite diamond ...
2 days ago · Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward, nicknamed "Bertie", was related to royalty throughout Europe.
