November 24, 2001 – Death of Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, Princess of Hesse, Princess of Hanover, sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in a nursing home in Munich, Germany; buried in the cemetery in Schliersee, Germany Sophie married twice, both descendants of Queen Victori...
November 28, 1700 – Birth of Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Queen of Denmark and Norway, wife of King Christian VI of Denmark and Norway, at Castle Schonberg in the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach, now in Bavaria, Germany In 1721, Sophia Magdalene married the future ...
Parents:Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha andPrincess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Born: August 26, 1819, at Schloss Rosenau near Coburg now in Bavaria, Germany Christened: into the Lutheran Evangelical Church on September 19, 1819, in the Marble Hall at Schloss Rosenau near ...
Reaping the lucrative benefits of their partnership, the Hanoverians ultimately developed their own kingdom following the demise of the Holy Roman Empire at the start of the 1800s and would rule much of their native Germany for several decades. Despite–and indeed as a result of–producing the...
In Germany the emperor’s situation became critical because of developments in the Second Northern War, which was raging in the Baltic region. Charles XII of Sweden had established himself in Saxony in September 1706, and there was a serious danger that where the elector of Bavaria and French ...
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December 9, 1806 – Death of Franz Friedrich Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld in Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, now in Bavaria, Germany; buried in a mausoleum in the Coburg Court Garden in Coburg Franz Friedrich Anton was the grandfather of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. In...