A pun on the show ‘Who Do You Think You Are’. If you are particularly interested in a certain royal or noble, I shall do my best to create a custom family tree of that person. But I am going to need ideas……
Category: Royalty
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The greatest threat to Blanche of Castile during the minority of her son, Louis IX Capet King of France, was the young king’s male relatives. Philip of France, Robert of Dreux and Peter of Brittany were constant antagonists during Blanche’s regency. Despite the fact that one was an uncle from a disputed marriage and the other two were second cousins, they were the only remaining male line descendants of the House of Capet; and therefore in the line of succession for the throne, should Louis IX fail to produce an heir. This was a contributing factor was to why it was Blanche who was entrusted with the regency. The family tree below outlines the descent of Philip, Robert and Peter.
918 – Death of Baldwin II von Harlebek, Count of Flanders
920 – Birth of Louis IV Carolin, King of France
1167 – Death of Matilda Normandy, Lady of the English and wife of Henry V von Salian, Holy Roman Emperor
1169 – Birth of Alexios II Komnenos, Emperor of Byzantine
1197 – Death of Henry II de Blois, Count of Champagne and King of Jerusalem
1308 – Death of Go-Nijo, Emperor of Japan
1382 – Death of Louis I Capet, King of Hungary, Croatia and Poland
1419 – Assassination of Jean II de Valois, Duke of Burgundy
1638 – Birth of Marie-Thérèse Habsburg, Princess of Spain, Archduchess of Austria and wife of Louis XIV de Bourbon, King of France
1669 – Death of Henrietta Maria de Bourbon, Princess of France and wife of Charles I Stuart, King of England
1889 – Death of Charles III Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco
1898 – Assassination of Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie Wittelsbach, Princess of Bavaria and wife of Franz Joseph I Habsburg-Lotharingen, Emperor of Austria
1948 – Death of Ferdinand I Wettin, King of Bulgaria
1000 – Death of Olaf I Hårfagreætta, King of Norway
1087 – Death of William I Normandy, King of England
1349 – Birth of Albert III Habsburg, Duke of Austria
1398 – Death of James I de Lusignan, King of Cyprus
1438 – Death of Duarte I Avis, King of Portugal
1488 – Death of Francis II Capet, Duke of Brittany
1513 – The Battle of Flodden Field where Henry VIII Tudor, King of England, defeats James IV Stuart, King of Scotland
1513 – Death of James IV Stuart, King of England
1513 – Accession of James V Stuart, King of England
1543 – Coronation of Mary I Stuart, Queen of Scotland
1585 – Birth of Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu
1596 – Death of Anna von Jagiellonian, Queen of Poland
2000 – Birth of Victoria Federica de Todos los Santos de Marichalar, Grandee of Spain
1134 – Death of Alfonso I Jimeno, King of Aragon and Navarre
1157 – Birth of Richard I Plantagenet, King of England
1209 – Birth of Sancho II Henriques, King of Portugal
1271 – Birth of Charles Martel Capet, Duke of Anjou and Prince of Naples
1331 – Declaration of the Kingdom of Serbia by Stephen Uroš IV Dušan Nemanjić, King of Serbia
1397 – Death of Thomas Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester
1425 – Death of Charles III de Everux, King of Navarre
1621 – Birth of Louis II de Conti, Prince of Conde
1633 – Birth of Ferdinand IV Habsburg, King of Germany
1675 – Death of Amalia von Solms, Countess of Braunfels and wife of Frederick Henry von Nassau, Prince of Orange
1749 – Birth of Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac
1749 – Birth of Maria Teresa Luisa de Savoie, Princess of Lamballe
1761 – Marriage of George III Hanover, King of Great Britain, and Sophia Charlotte von Obotriten, Duchess of Strelitz
1831 – Coronation of William IV Hanover, King of Great Britain, and Adelaide Amelia Louise Theresa Caroline Wettin, Princess of Saxe-Meiningen
1887 – Birth of Geroge Karađorđević, Crown Prince of Serbia
1933 – Death of Faisal I bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashemi Hashemite, King of Egypt
1151 – Death of Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou and father of Henry II Plantagenet, King of England
1191 – The Battle of Arsuf during the Third Crusade where Richard I Plantagenet, King of England, defeats Saladin ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb
1228 – Commencement of the Sixth Crusade by Frederick II von Hohenstaufen, Holy Roman Emperor
1312 – Death of Ferdinand IV de Anscarids, King of Castile and Leon
1438 – Birth of Louis II von Reginar, Landgrave of Hesse
1464 – Death of Frederick II Wettin, Elector of Saxony
1496 – Death of Ferdinand II Trastamara, King of Naples
1533 – Birth of Elizabeth I Tudor, Queen of England
1674 – Birth of Ernest Augustus Hanover, Duke of York and Albany
1683 – Birth of Maria Anna Habsburg, Archduchess of Austria and wife of Joao V de Braganca, King of Portugal
1812 – The Battle of Borodino where Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of France, defeats Alexander I Romanov, Tsar of Russia
1817 – Birth of Luise Wilhelmine Friederike Caroline Auguste Julie von Reginar, Princess of Hesse-Kassel and wife of Christian IX Oldenburg, King of Denmark
1818 – Coronation of Carl III Bernadotte, King of Norway (aka Charles XIV Bernadotte, King of Sweden)
1822 – Declaration of the Empire of Brazil by Pedro I de Braganca, Emperor of Brazil
972 – Death of His Holiness Pope John XIII
1666 – Birth of Ivan V Romanov, Tsar of Russia
1923 – Birth of Peter II Karađorđević, King of Yugoslavia
1926 – Birth of Claus von Amsberg, husband of Beatrix I von Nassau, Queen of the Netherlands
1940 – Abdication of Carol II Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, King of Romania
1940 – Accession of Michael I Hohenzollern-Signmaringen, King of Romania
1948 – Accession of Julianna I von Nassau, Queen of the Netherlands
1997 – Funeral of Diana Spencer, former Princess of Wales
2006 – Birth of Hisahito Yamato, Prince of Japan
1187 – Birth of Louis VIII Capet, King of France
1201 – Death of Constance I de Penthièvre, Duchess of Brittany
1235 – Henry I von Reginar, Duke of Brabant
1319 – Birth of Pedro IV Carcassone, King of Aragon
1548 – Death of Catherine Parr, sixth and final wife of Henry VIII Tudor, King of England
1638 – Birth of Louis XIV de Bourbon, King of France
1666 – The Great Fire of London is finally quenched
1722 – Birth of Frederick Christian Wettin, Elector of Saxony
1725 – Wedding of Louis XV de Bourbon, King of France and Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska, Princess of Poland
1771 – Birth of Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz Habsburg-Lotharingen, Archduke of Austria
1816 – The dissolution of the ‘Unobtainable Chamber’ by Louis XVIII de Bourbon, King of France
626 – Li Shimin becomes Emperor Taizong of China
1037 – Death of Bermudo III de Anscarids, King of Leon
1199 – Death of Joan Plantagenet, Princess of England and wife of William II de Haunteville, King of Sicily
1241 – Birth of Alexander III Caennmor, King of Scotland
1383 – Birth of Amadeus VIII de Savoie, Count of Savoy
1557 – Birth of Sophie von Mecklenburg, Princess of Gustrow and wife of Frederick II Oldenburg, King of Denmark and Norway
1563 – Birth of Wanli, Emperor of China
1870 – Deposition of Napoleon III Bonaparte, Emperor of the French
1896 – Birth of Aspasia Manos, wife of Alexander I Oldenburg, King of Greece
1948 – Abdication of Wilhelmina I von Nassau, Queen of the Netherlands
