Royal Historical Facts Potpurri Chat Part 2

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King Carol I of Romania was crowned on May 10, 1866.   
When he was crowned, he addressed the crowd in French. He had not learned Romanian yet.

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December 25, 800 ~ Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Roman Emperor
   
December 25, 1000 ~ Istvan (Stephen I) was crowned King of Hungary

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King Olav V opened the Parliament of Norway in 1961.   

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Queen Isabella II of Spain and her husband visited the Maundy Thursday Monument in 1855.   
http://www.maryevans.com/history/13816497

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Queen Isabella II of Spain and her husband visited the Maundy Thursday Monument in 1855.   
http://www.maryevans.com/history/13816497

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Ernest Frederick I was Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen from 1715 to 1724.
 He and his wife Duchess Sophia Albertine had a son named Ernest Louis Hollandinus.

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Ernest Frederick I was Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen from 1715 to 1724.  He and his wife Duchess Sophie Albertine had a son named Ernest Louis Hollandinus.

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Charles XIV John (Karl XIV Johan) was King of Sweden from 1818 to 1844. In Norway he reigned as King Charles III John (Karl III Johan) from 1818 to 1844.

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Prince Knud of Denmark lost his position as heir due to a referendum.

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After King Alexander of Greece's demise, Prince Paul was offered the throne. However, he refused it on the ground that his father and eldest brother Prince George were still living.

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At the age of sixteen years, King Charles III of England undertook his first official royal duty in June 1965. He attended a student garden party at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

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King Gustav I Vasa made Sweden a hereditary kingdom with agnatic succession, meaning that the firstborn son would succeed his father as king.

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Prince Karl Gustav Wilhelm of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1777-1866) founded a Catholic Bohemian branch at Rothenhaus Castle during the 19th century.

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At the coronation of Alexander III, King of Scots in 1249, the Royal Poet performed.     
http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/M397516

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Queen Elisabeth and King Albert I of Belgium visited Swiss balloonist Auguste Picard in 1932.     
http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/M595770

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Princess Alexandra of Kent attended the Coronation in 1953.   

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Bishops in Westminster Hall denounced the papal sentence of excommunication   
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-bishops-in-westminster-hall-174472756.html

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Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg was the godmother of her future daughter-in-law Princess Josephine Charlotte of Belgium.

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Princess Maria of Saxe-Weimar was abbess of Quedlinburg in Germany. She was the daughter of Duke Johann Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar. She lived 1571 to 1610.

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Henry (964-1026), of the House of Ardenne-Luxembourg, was the Count of Luxembourgh as Henry I from 998 to 1026 and the Duke of Bavaria as Henry V from 1004 to 1026.

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Prince Ernst August and Princess Ekaterina of Hanover gave their son the name of Welf August and not Ernst August.   
There have been numerous generations of Ernst August (Ernest Augustus) of Hanover.

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King Ludwig II of Bavaria had been counting on his brother Prince Otto to marry and have a son who could eventually inherit the throne. However, Otto became seriously ill. Prince Regent Luitpold reigned for Otto when Otto became the monarch.

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Winston and Clementine Churchill with Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands aboard a barge on a canal in Amsterdam on May 10, 1946   
http://www.alamy.com/winston-churchill-and-his-wife-and-queen-wilhelmina-image351586997.html