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On This Day In Royal History . Philippa of England was born . (d. 5 January 1430), also known as Philippa of Lancaster, was Queen of Denmark, Norway & Sweden from 1406 to 1430 by marriage to King Eric of the Kalmar Union. . She was the daughter of King Henry IV of England by his first spouse Mary de Bohun & the younger sister of King Henry V. Her mother died during the birth. . As Queen, Philippa participated significantly in state affairs during the reign of her spouse, & served as regent of Denmark from 1423 to 1425. . For more information about her life visit my latest blog, link in the bio 👑 . . . #philippa #England #HouseofLancaster #queenofdenmark #QueenofNorway #QueenofSweden #RoyalFamily #Monarchy #otd #history #RoyalHistory #royalty #OnThisDay #Onthisdayinhistory #ThisDayInHistory #D4jun #historyinpictures #historyfact #interestingfacts #Heritage #historyfacts #englishroyalty #portraitpainting #portraitpaintings #medievalhistory #medieval #medievaltimes #English (at Peterborough) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBIvVwDbWi/?igshid=wnoo3zg4tcrc

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On This Day In History . 4 June 1738 . King George III was born . . ◼ George was born in London at Norfolk House. He was the grandson of King George II, & the eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, & Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. As Prince George was born two months premature & was thought unlikely to survive, he was baptised the same day by Thomas Secker, who was both Rector of St James's & the Bishop of Oxford. . ◼ One month later, he was publicly baptised at Norfolk House, again by Secker. His godparents were the King of Sweden (for whom Lord Baltimore stood proxy), his uncle the Duke of Saxe-Gotha (for whom Lord Carnarvon stood proxy) & his great-aunt the Queen of Prussia (for whom Lady Charlotte Edwin stood proxy). . . 👑 George III was King of Great Britain & King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820. He was concurrently Duke & prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Hanover") in the Holy Roman Empire before becoming King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. . ◼ He was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, but unlike his two predecessors, he was born in England, spoke English as his first language, & never visited Hanover. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistoryc#theyear1738 #d4jun #King #KingGeorgeIII #GeorgeIIIoftheUnitedKingdom #Monarch #Monarchy #HisMajesty #Royalty #portrait #HouseofHanover #Hanoverian #History #RoyaltyinArt #Royal #BritishMonarchy #GRIii #london #heritage #king #RoyalHistory #historyfact #OnThisDay #historyfacts #Theking #KingofHanover (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByTb_5eg2H8/?igshid=1g8gohvhj5pxs

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On This Day In History . 4 June 1246 . Isabella of Angoulême died . . ◼ Isabella of Angoulême , born c. 1188 was queen consort of England as the second wife of King John from 1200 until John's death in 1216. She was also reigning Countess of Angoulême from 1202 until 1246. . ◼ At  the time of her marriage to John, the blonde-haired blue-eyed Isabella was already renowned by some for her beauty & has sometimes been called the Helen of the Middle Ages by historians. Isabella was much younger than her husband & possessed a volatile temper similar to his own. King John was infatuated with his young, beautiful wife; however, his acquisition of her had at least as much to do with spiting his enemies as romantic love. . ◼ She had five children by the king, including his heir, later Henry III. In 1220, Isabella married Hugh X of Lusignan, Count of La Marche, by whom she had another nine children. . ◼ Some of her contemporaries, as well as later writers, claim that Isabella formed a conspiracy against King Louis IX of France in 1241, after being publicly snubbed by his mother, Blanche of Castile for whom she had a deep-seated hatred. In 1244, after the plot had failed, Isabella was accused of attempting to poison the king. To avoid arrest, she sought refuge in Fontevraud Abbey where she died two years later, but none of this can be confirmed. . ◼ On a visit to Fontevraud, her son King Henry III of England was shocked to find her buried outside the Abbey & ordered her immediately moved inside. She was finally placed beside Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1246 #d4jun #IsabellaofAngoulême #CountessofAngoulême #QueenConsort #HouseofPlantagenet #HouseofTaillefer #kingjohn #History #englishmonarchy #britishmonarchy #KingJohn #RoyalFamily #RoyalHistory #HistoryFacts #historyfact #OnThisDay (at Fontevrault-L'Abbaye, Pays De La Loire, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByTLFpZglOE/?igshid=19oha4y2sjo40

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On This Day In History . 4 June 1394 . 1394 - Mary de Bohun died . . ◼ Mary de Bohun born, c. 1368, was the first wife of King Henry IV of England & the mother of King Henry V. Mary was never queen, as she died before her husband came to the throne. . 💠 Mary was the daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, & Joan FitzAlan, the daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, & Eleanor of Lancaster. Through her mother, Mary was descended from Llywelyn the Great. . 💠 As a child Mary was pressured into becoming a nun. However, John of Gaunt (Mary's future father-in-law), with the aid of Mary's mother, Joan, abducted her from the convent to be married to his son, the future Henry IV. . 💠 Mary married Henry then known as Bolingbroke on 27 July 1380, at Arundel Castle. At the time of her marriage, Mary was perhaps little more than twelve years old. . 💠It was at Monmouth Castle, one of her husband's possessions, that Mary gave birth to her first two children, both boys. Henry, the surviving son, was later to become Prince of Wales when his father seized the throne from Richard II in 1399. On the death of his father in 1413, he became King of England as Henry V. . Her children were: . ▪ Henry V, King of England (1386–1422) . ▪ Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1387–1421) . ▪ John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (1389–1435) . ▪ Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390–1447) . ▪ Blanche of England (1392–1409) married in 1402 Louis III, Elector Palatine . ▪ Philippa of England (1394–1430) married in 1406 Eric of Pomerania, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. . 👑 Mary de Bohun died at Peterborough Castle, giving birth to her last child, a daughter, Philippa of England. She was buried at the Church of St Mary de Castro, Leicester. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayinHistory #TheYear1394 #d4jun #MaryDeBohun #CountessofNorthampton #CountessofDerby #Countess #Royalty #Monarchy #HenryIV #KingHenryIV #History #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #OnThisDay #RoyalHistory #HistoryFacts #InstaHistory #Royalfamily (at Peterborough) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByTKvvwgMPI/?igshid=17w5in2ny97ix