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On This Day In Royal History . 27 April 1882 . Prince Leopold married Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont. . . ◼ Insisting that the children of British monarchs should marry into other reigning Protestant families, Queen Victoria suggested Princess Helene Friederike, the daughter of Georg Viktor, reigning Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont. . ◼ On 27 April 1882, Leopold &  Helena were married, at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. . ◼ Leopold & Helena enjoyed a happy (although brief) marriage. In 1883, Leopold became a father when his wife gave birth to a daughter, Alice. He died aged 30 in 1884 shortly before the birth of his son, Charles Edward. . ◼ Through their son Charles Edward they are the great-grandparents of Carl XVI Gustav, the current King of Sweden. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1882 #D27Apr #RoyalWedding #PrinceLeopold #DukeofAlbany #RoyalHistory #OnThisDay #Royalweddings #wedding #Victorian #Victorianera #DukeandDuchess #historyfacts #RoyalFamily #Royalty #Royals #weddingdress #HouseofSaxeCoburgandGotha #PrincessHelena #Monarchy #History #BritishMonarchy #stgeorgeschapel #windsorcastle #Windsor (at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_fiqtiDOvg/?igshid=nrpwonsijg2f

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On This Day In History 5 January 1827 Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany died aged 63 . The Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany born 16 August 1763, was the second son & child of King George III, King of Great Britain & Ireland & Elector of Hanover and Queen Charlotte. ◼ Frederick died of dropsy & apparent cardio-vascular disease at the home of the Duke of Rutland on Arlington Street, London, in 1827. . Legacy; ◼ Fredericton, the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, was named after Prince Frederick. The city was originally named “Frederick’s Town”. ◼ The towering Duke of York Column on Waterloo Place, just off The Mall, London was completed in 1834 as a memorial to Prince Frederick. ◼ The 72nd Regiment of Foot was given the title Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders in 1823 & in 1881, became 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (Ross–shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s). ◼ The first British fortification in southern Africa, Fort Frederick, Port Elizabeth, a city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, was built in 1799 to prevent French assistance for rebellious Boers in the short-lived republic of Graaff-Reinet. ◼ The Duke of York Bay in Canada was named in his honour, since it was discovered on his birthday, 16 August. . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1827 #PrinceFrederick #DukeofYork #DukeofAlbany #HouseofHanover #Royalty #RoyaltyinArt #Monarchy #History #BritishMonarchy #D5jan #HistoryFacts #RoyalHistory #Instahistory #OnThisDay #Georgians #Georgian #Thebritishmonarchy 📷 Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B69NOypgRNa/?igshid=19zxqry4v2phw