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On This Day In Royal History . 15 June 1330 . Edward, the Black Prince was born . ◼ Edward was born at Woodstock Palace in Oxfordshire. He was created Earl of Chester on 18 May 1333, Duke of Cornwall on 17 March 1337 (the first creation of an English duke) & finally invested as Prince of Wales on 12 May 1343 when he was almost thirteen years old . ◼ He was the eldest son of King Edward III & Philippa of Hainault, & the father of King Richard II of England. He was the first Duke of Cornwall (from 1337), the Prince of Wales (from 1343) & the Prince of Aquitaine (1362–72). . ◼ He was called “Edward of Woodstock” in his early life, after his birthplace, & since the 16th century has been popularly known as the Black Prince. . ◼ He was an exceptional military leader, & his victories over the French at the Battles of Crécy & Poitiers made him very popular during his lifetime. . ◼ In 1348 he became the first Knight of the Garter, of whose order he was one of the founders. . ◼ Edward died one year before his father, (8 June 1376) becoming the first English Prince of Wales not to become King of England. The throne passed instead to his son Richard II, a minor, upon the death of Edward III. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1330 #d15jun #EdwardofWoodstock #EdwardtheBlackPrince #BlackPrince #TheBlackPrince #WoodstockPalace #EarlofChester #DukeofCornwall #PrinceofWales #PrinceofAquitaine #otd #plantagenet #RoyalHistory #EnglishMonarchy #HouseofPlantagenet #OnThisDay #Plantagents #BritishMonarchy #MedievalHistory #medieval #Medievalperiod #medievaltimes #medievalage #historyinpictures #Englishroyalty #EnglishHistory #Britishhistory (at Woodstock, Oxfordshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQJfV67DzG6/?utm_medium=tumblr

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On This Day In History . 15 June 1519 . Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond & Somerset was born . ◼ Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, was the illegitimate son of Henry VIII by Elizabeth Blount, a lady-in-waiting to Katharine of Aragon. . ◼ Henry was given the surname ‘FitzRoy’ to make sure that all knew he was son of the King (FitzRoy is an Anglo-Norman name originally meaning “son of the king”.) . ◼ The child was officially acknowledged by the King after the early deaths of the three sons born to the Queen. . ◼ Following his divorce from Katharine of Aragon & his subsequent marriage to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s attachment to Henry Fitzroy assumed a greater significance, particularly when his second wife also failed to produce a male heir. . ◼ Appointed Knight of the Garter in 1525 & made Duke of Richmond & Somerset in the same year, Henry Fitzroy was given several important positions, including that of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. . ◼ His education was entrusted to the distinguished classical scholar Richard Croke, who had taught Greek to Henry VIII, & was extended by attendance at the court of Francis I in France for eleven months in 1532. . ◼ ◼ At the of age 14, on 28 November 1533 the Duke married Lady Mary Howard, the only daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Thomas Howard was an uncle of two of the wives of Henry VIII: Anne Boleyn & Catherine Howard, . ◼ It appears that Henry VIII contemplated making Henry Fitzroy his heir, but whatever the King’s intentions may have been, the plan was spoilt by Henry Fitzroy’s premature death of tuberculosis at the age of 17 in 1536. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1519 #d15jun #HenryFitzroy #DukeofSomerset #DukeofRichmond #History #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #otd #OnThisDay #bornonthisday #Tudor #Tudors #henryviii #kinghenryviii #monarchy #onthisday #historyinpictures #TudorHistory #thetudors #England #Britishhistory #EnglishHistory #Englishroyalty . 📷 Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018 (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQJenpVDeWy/?utm_medium=tumblr

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On This Day In History . 15 June 1215 . King John puts his seal on the Magna Carta at Runnymede . ◼ The document that has come to be known as Magna Carta or Great Charter, is recognized as a fundamental part of the English constitutional tradition. . ◼ In 1215 King John of England (r.1199–1216) fought more than forty English barons & their followers in a civil war. The king had angered the barons by extracting revenues based on their feudal obligations in order to fight a war in France. After John lost the war, the barons rebelled against the king. . ◼ The rebels first demanded that the king confirm the Charter of Henry I, a coronation charter from 1100 in which King Henry I had promised to abolish all evil customs that oppressed the realm. Additional grievances were added to the charter, which King John was forced to accept at Runnymede, 15 June 1215, after the rebels occupied London. . ◼ Magna Carta contains sixty-three chapters. Many of the chapters defined the king’s feudal rights over his vassals, preventing the king from arbitrarily collecting revenue from the barons. Chapter 39 established the right to due process of law, & in chapter 40 the king promised that he would not sell, deny, or delay justice to anyone. . ◼ The Magna Carta did not resolve the dispute between the barons & King John. Within months they were fighting again. In August 1215 the charter was annulled by Pope Innocent III, John’s feudal overlord, on the grounds that it had been executed under duress. In 1216, however, after John’s death the charter was reissued with some modifications. At the conclusion of the civil war in 1217, it was reissued again with minor revisions. This version of Magna Carta became part of the English constitutional tradition; confirmed by later kings & interpreted by Parliament, it is still revered as a symbol of English liberties. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1215 #MagnaCarta #TheGreatCharter #MagnaCarta1215 #JohnofEngland #KingJohnofEngland #HouseofPlantagenet #HouseofAngevin #History #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #d15jun #otd #OnThisDay #RoyalHistory #historyinpictures #HistoryFacts #KingofEngland #theking #Plantagenets (at Runnymede) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQJdyhPjHKa/?utm_medium=tumblr

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On This Day In History . 15 June 1215 . King John puts his seal on the Magna Carta at Runnymede . . ◼ The document that has come to be known as Magna Carta or Great Charter, is recognized as a fundamental part of the English constitutional tradition. . ◼ In 1215 King John of England (r.1199–1216) fought more than forty English barons & their followers in a civil war. The king had angered the barons by extracting revenues based on their feudal obligations in order to fight a war in France. After John lost the war, the barons rebelled against the king. . ◼ The rebels first demanded that the king confirm the Charter of Henry I, a coronation charter from 1100 in which King Henry I had promised to abolish all evil customs that oppressed the realm. Additional grievances were added to the charter, which King John was forced to accept at Runnymede, 15 June 1215, after the rebels occupied London. . ◼ Magna Carta contains sixty-three chapters. Many of the chapters defined the king’s feudal rights over his vassals, preventing the king from arbitrarily collecting revenue from the barons. Chapter 39 established the right to due process of law, & in chapter 40 the king promised that he would not sell, deny, or delay justice to anyone. . ◼ The Magna Carta did not resolve the dispute between the barons & King John. Within months they were fighting again. In August 1215 the charter was annulled by Pope Innocent III, John’s feudal overlord, on the grounds that it had been executed under duress. In 1216, however, after John’s death the charter was reissued with some modifications. At the conclusion of the civil war in 1217, it was reissued again with minor revisions. This version of Magna Carta became part of the English constitutional tradition; confirmed by later kings & interpreted by Parliament, it is still revered as a symbol of English liberties. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1215 #MagnaCarta #TheGreatCharter #MagnaCarta1215 #JohnofEngland #KingJohnofEngland #HouseofPlantagenet #HouseofAngevin #History #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #d15jun #otd #OnThisDay #RoyalHistory #historyinpictures #HistoryFacts #KingofEngland #theking #Plantagenets (at Runnymeade) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBeI70aDHmh/?igshid=1jwmnlu523m5

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On This Day In History . 15 June 1905 . Princess Margaret of Connaught married Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden . . ◼ Princess Margaret of Connaught (b.15 January 1882 – d.1 May 1920), was the elder daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, (third son of Queen Victoria) & Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. . ◼ On a trip to Egypt she met Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, the future Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b.11 November 1882 – d.15 September 1973) the grandson of the Swedish King Oscar II. Originally, Margaret’s sister Patricia had been considered a suitable match for Gustaf Adolf; without his knowledge, a meeting was arranged with the two sisters. . ◼  Gustaf Adolf & Margaret fell in love at first sight. The Prince proposed at a dinner held by Lord Cromer at the British Consulate in Egypt, & was accepted. Margaret had certainly fallen completely in love with Gustaf Adolf. Her parents were very happy with the match. . ◼ Gustaf Adolf & Margaret married on 15 June 1905, in St. George’s Chapel, at Windsor Castle. The couple spent their honeymoon in Ireland, & arrived in Sweden on 8 July 1905. One of Margaret’s wedding presents was the Connaught tiara, which remains in the Swedish royal jewellery collection today. . ◼ The couple had five children. Margaret was a dedicated mother to her children, & was determined to spend time with them. She was not keen on letting them be raised by nursery staff, as was the convention of the day. . ◼ When Gustaf Adolf’s father, Crown Prince Gustaf, acceded to the throne as King Gustaf V in 1907, the couple became Crown Prince & Princess of Sweden. . ◼ On 1 May 1920, her father’s 70th birthday, Crown Princess Margaret died suddenly in Stockholm. The official announcement said infection set in following a mastoid operation. At the time, she was eight months pregnant and expecting her sixth child. . ◼ The widowed Gustaf Adolf married Lady Louise Mountbatten, formerly Princess Louise of Battenberg, on 3 November 1923 at St. James’s Palace. She was the aunt of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1905 #d15jun #PrincessMargaret #PrincessMargaretofconnaught #otd #RoyalHistory (at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBeKiSwjrE_/?igshid=hqjj2ko2equ3

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On This Day In History . 15 June 1519 . Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond & Somerset was born . . ◼ Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, was the illegitimate son of Henry VIII by Elizabeth Blount, a lady-in-waiting to Katharine of Aragon. . ◼ Henry was given the surname ‘FitzRoy’ to make sure that all knew he was son of the King (FitzRoy is an Anglo-Norman name originally meaning “son of the king”.) . ◼ The child was officially acknowledged by the King after the early deaths of the three sons born to the Queen. . ◼ Following his divorce from Katharine of Aragon & his subsequent marriage to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s attachment to Henry Fitzroy assumed a greater significance, particularly when his second wife also failed to produce a male heir. . ◼ Appointed Knight of the Garter in 1525 & made Duke of Richmond & Somerset in the same year, Henry Fitzroy was given several important positions, including that of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. . ◼ His education was entrusted to the distinguished classical scholar Richard Croke, who had taught Greek to Henry VIII, & was extended by attendance at the court of Francis I in France for eleven months in 1532. . ◼ ◼ At the of age 14, on 28 November 1533 the Duke married Lady Mary Howard, the only daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Thomas Howard was an uncle of two of the wives of Henry VIII: Anne Boleyn & Catherine Howard, . ◼ It appears that Henry VIII contemplated making Henry Fitzroy his heir, but whatever the King’s intentions may have been, the plan was spoilt by Henry Fitzroy’s premature death of tuberculosis at the age of 17 in 1536. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1519 #d15jun #HenryFitzroy #DukeofSomerset #DukeofRichmond #History #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #otd #OnThisDay #bornonthisday #Tudor #Tudors #henryviii #kinghenryviii #monarchy . 📷 Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018 (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBeJ6LtDXmY/?igshid=19c0rlsmfovmz