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Date Posted:01/03/2019 06:49:16Copy HTML

1 March 1792 - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1765-90, Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria 1790-92, died.

He abdicated Tuscany to his second son upon his succession to the Imperial Crown and the Archduchy of Austria.

His entire reign of just two years as Archduke/Emperor was spent dealing with the threat from Revolutionary France and the predicament of his sister Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI. He died suddenly aged 44 before the devastating war broke out.

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No-one knows what's going on that's why. At the moment we have the option of -

  1. Brexit with Mrs May's deal on 29 March.

  2. Brexit with Mrs May's deal, but postponed until a date on or before 30 June.

  3. Brexit with no deal.

  4. Brexit postponed indefinately.

  5. Brexit cancelled.

In other words, no-one knows, even at this late stage.

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Further to the last: The Italians in my neighborhood called the blacks "Mulignan" which means eggplant. Or shortened it to "Johnnies." That is slang too Pete. Another example is we called Canadians "Sandflies" for obvious reasons.
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How about Mangia cake or mangee cake Tommy. What Italians call white Anglo-Saxons.

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Can't repeat in a mixed audience what we call Americans Tommy.

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16 March 1485 - Anne Neville, died.

A prime example of a Mediaeval girl being used as a political pawn through marriage.

She was the younger daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick "The Kingmaker" who initially supported the Yorkists in the Wars of the Roses, deposing the Lancastrian Henry VI and placing Edward IV on the Throne in 1461. However he fell out with Edward in 1469 and after a failed attempt to restore Henry Warwick and his family fled to France in 1470.

Here they joined Henry's wife and son who had fled in 1461 (Henry himself was a prisoner in England of the Yorkist King Edward IV) and a marriage was arranged between his younger daughter Anne and Edward, Prince of Wales, the son and heir of the deposed and captive Henry VI. In September Warwick returned to England with an army and by October had overthrown King Edward and restored Henry to the Throne.

However Henry's wife Queen Margaret and his son Edward did not return to England, the political situation still thought to be unsafe, so the marriage between the 14 year old Anne and the 17 year old Edward, Prince of Wales took place at Amboise in France in December 1470. They eventually returned in April 1471 only to find that Henry had been deposed a second time and Edward IV restored. The war erupted again with fatal consequences for the Lancastrians. Anne's husband, the Prince of Wales was killed at the battle of Tewkesbury in May, leaving her a widow aged just 14. By the end of the month the deposed King Henry VI had been murdered in the Tower of London and the Yorkist succession appeared secure.

A second political marriage for the unfortunate Anne was arranged, this time to King Edward IV's brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester. It took place at Westminster Abbey in July 1472, Anne was just 16 years old. At the end of 1473 she gave birth to her only child Prince Edward.

The story of how Richard, Duke of Gloucester became King need not be told here, merely to say that in June 1483 he was crowned King Richard III, Anne was now Queen. However as we all know Richard's reign was short and tragic. Firstly his only son Edward, Prince of Wales died in 1484 aged just ten Early the following year Queen Anne fell seriously ill and died in March aged 28. Some have speculated that she was poisoned by her husband so as to leave him free to remarry and father a second son.

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17 March 1040 - Harold I, King of England 1037-40, died.

In 1035 Cnut, King of England, Denmark and Norway, who had conquered England in 1016, died, his successor was his only legitimate son Harthacnut. However immediately upon Cnut's death Norway rose up in revolt and Hathacnut was unable to travel to England to take up the Throne.

The English Lords therefore appointed Cnut's illegitimate son Harold Regent in Hathacnut's absence. Two years later, with Harthacnut still in Denmark, they formally elected Harold King.

Three years later, as Harthacnut was about to sail for England to fight for his Throne, Harold suddenly died aged 23/24, possibly poisoned. He was buried in St Peter's Church, Westminster (the site of the present Westminster Abbey) but when Harthacnut arrived in England he had his half-brother's body exhumed and thrown into the Thames. It was recovered and secretly reburied in St Clement's Church, Westminster.

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What do you know about James Douglas-Hamilton. 4th Duke of Hamilton and 1st Duke of Brandon. born 11 Apr 1658, died 15 Nov 1712 in Hyde Park 

St James, London. According to ancestry.com he is a relative of mine. Does this mean people at this site will have to start calling me Sir?? lol


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He died in a duel with Lord Mohun. Actually both men died from the duel.

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Prepare yourself for this Pete. A book I have on the Dukes calls him "a disaster", "a bone-headed wastrel" and "selfish, pleasure-seeking, indolent and arrogant". The most notable aspects of his life being, of course, the manner of his death and his fathering an illegitimate child whilst in imprisoned in the Tower of London.
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18 March 1584 - Ivan IV "The Terrible", Tsar of Russia 1533-84, died.

He earned his infamous title through his extreme cruelty and barbarism against opponents and the conquered.

He succeeded aged just three as Grand Duke of Moscow and when he was declared of age in 1547 aged 16 he was crowned Tsar of Russia, the first such and thus giving an idea of his plans for his small landlocked country. 

His aim was to expand not only as far east as he could into Siberia, but more importantly to gain a warm-water port on either the Baltic or the Black Sea. He succeeded in expanding eastwards and southwards, but ultimately failed to conquer the Khanate of Crimea to reach the Black Sea and he also was prevented in accessing the Baltic by Poland and Sweden. 

His final years were clouded by family tragedy. In 1581 in a fit of temper he violently attacked his daughter-in-law who was pregnant with her first child. When his son Ivan intervened the Tsar struck him over the head. Four days later the younger Ivan died, his wife having miscarried of her child a day or so earlier. 

Ivan IV was succeeded by his younger son the mentally and physically weak Feodor and thus began Russia's infamous Time of Troubles. 

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Prepare yourself for this Pete. A book I have on the Dukes calls him "a disaster", "a bone-headed wastrel" and "selfish, pleasure-seeking, indolent and arrogant". The most notable aspects of his life being, of course, the manner of his death and his fathering an illegitimate child whilst in imprisoned in the Tower of London.


Yup, sounds like a family member to me Mark for sure now. How about his father?


     

     

William Douglas-Hamilton (Douglas)

Birthdate:December 24, 1634
Birthplace:Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland                                                                                                                                                                        
Death:    April 18, 1694      (59)  
 Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland      (Paralysis)
Place of Burial:Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of William Douglas, 1st Marquis of Douglas and Mary Gordon
Husband of Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton
Ex-husband of Mary Gordon Hamilton
Father of Margaret Douglas-Hamilton; Lt. Gen. James Douglas-Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton; William Douglas-Hamilton; Charles Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Selkirk; Catherine Hamilton and 5 others
Brother of Mary Douglas; Catherine Douglas; Lady Henrietta Johnstone; George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton; Isabel Graham, Duchess of Queensberry and 5 others
Half brother of Grizel Douglas; Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus, 1st Earl of Ormond; Lord James Douglas; William Douglas and Lady Jean Douglas

Occupation:1st Earl of Selkirk, Earl of Selkirk who married Duchess of Hamilton and started surname of Douglas-Hamilton


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Yup, sounds like a family member to me Mark for sure now. How about his father? HA! Great stuff
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Like they say Major, sometimes is best not to open the closet because you just don't know what you will find inside. lol

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His father is best remembered as the President of the Convention March-April 1689 that offered the Scottish Crown to William of Orange and his wife Mary after Mary's father King James II fled. They had little choice really as England had already appointed William and Mary joint King and Queen the previous month and Scotland was expected to follow suit.
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19 March 1286 - Alexander III, King of Scots 1249-86, died.

An unusual death for a King, he fell off a cliff.

By 1284 all three of Alexander's children had died along with his wife. His heir was his infant grandaughter Margaret who was born in Norway and whom he had never seen. So in November 1285 he married 22 year old Yolande of Dreux in an attempt to produce a son.

In March 1286 after attending a Council meeting in Edinburgh he was eager to return to his young wife at Kinghorn in Fife and insisted on making the journey through the night. There was a storm blowing and Alexander became separated from his guides as he rode along the clifftop path over Pettycur Bay. He never arrived, a daylight search found the bodies of the King and his horse at the foot of a cliff, it is assumed his horse lost its footing in the difficult conditions.

His death brought about a succession crisis. When it became apparent that Queen Yolande was not pregnant Alexander's grandaughter, three year old Margaret, still living in Norway, was proclaimed Queen. But four years later in 1290 she too died and with her passed the Royal Family of Scotland. A new King had to be found from somewhere.

 

The monument over Pettycur Bay marking the location of Alexander III's death.

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This whole thing sounds suspicious, Mark.
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That monument looks like it's about to slip down the cliff too. That would be ironic.eh?
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I notice the emblem on it is the cross of St. Andrew. Same as The Black Watch has on their belt buckle. When in Basic training I had a Cape Breton Sqt named Campbell who was always on me for one thing or another. He said to me where did you get a name like Andrew from. I said I didn't know but it must be important because you have one of my relations on your belt bucket. He was the same Sqt during a quiet time that I covered my hand over my mouth and whispered, What's the chances of getting one of those feather Red Hackles. He covered his mouth and whispered back, pretty good, what do you want it for.

 I said, to dust my boots off in the morning. Well, I can't repeat in a mixed crowd what he said to me but it ended in FO and he wasn't whispering anymore.


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This whole thing sounds suspicious, Mark.


A bit late to put your policeman's cap on now.

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"Elementary" Mark. Sherlock Tommy
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There are 30 cows in a field and 28 chickens. Hope many didn't?

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20 March 1413 - Henry IV, King of England 1399-1413, died.

He seized the Throne from his cousin Richard II in 1399 and ordered his murder three months later.

From 1405 he suffered increasingly bad health, both physical and mental, leaving many of his royal duties to his son the Prince of Wales from 1410.

As a young man Henry had made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and in later life he expressed a desire to journey there once more to die. He commissioned a number of ships to be built to carry him to the Holy Land, but in March 1413 he collapsed in Westminster Abbey and was carried to the Jerusalem Chamber where he died, his final wish being at least partially granted.

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Mark, once again you post about some "royal" who during life suffered from physical & mental disease which contributed to some other royal conspiring against him/her in a vile attempt to gain the throne. Question, during these times in history was mental & physical disease rampant among the local populations as well, or could in be a sign of the inbreeding with the "royals?" I know that certain breeds of pedigree dogs suffer from hip disorders due to multiple couplings with brothers & sisters. Add other maladies which lead many pet owners to get their critters from the pound. Pete is a dog guy & a Canadian so any expert input from him is sought.
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It's not known what Heny's malady was, a form of leprosy has been suggested. His mental abstraction has been attributed to guilt over his predecessor's murder. In Henry's case "inbreeding" was not an issue, his parents were related, but only distantly, they had shared gt-gt-grandparents, so four generations back.

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The only time dogs should be breed is if the out come improves the breed. Over breeding or not sorting out the one with defects only adds to existing problems and in time will destroy the breed.

Unfortunitly the same is true in Humans.  Pound dogs are normally healthier and live longer that pure breed dogs.

Starting to sound like I'm from the 3rd Reich and pushing selective breeding, doesn't it.

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21 March 1521 - Moritz, Elector of Saxony 1547-53, born.

The devious cousin of Johann Friedrich, Elector of Saxony (see 3 March). In the German Reformation Moritz remained a Catholic, not from any religious motivation but out of expediency, when his cousin converted to Protestantism. After the Elector was defeated and captured in 1547 he was deposed by the Emperor Charles V and Moritz awarded the Electorate as a reward for his loyalty.

However Moritz, a Protestant at heart, grew disenchanted with the Emperor's interference in the affairs of Saxony and sensing an opportunity to gain more land he rebelled against Charles and signed an alliance with France in 1552. In the resulting war he gained much territory.

A year later he was killed in battle against the Margrave of Brandenburg. a former ally, who was threatening Saxony's northern border.  

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Have been looking at the Smith side of the family again Mark. Seems like a few of them were born or lived at Rowellan Castle Aryshire. Are you sure your not a Scot Mark.

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Welsh so I'm told, but I've not actually traced any ancestors back to Wales.
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Have you tried using Ancestry Mark. I have been using it a few years now and it seems with more people using it the better it gets. I'm not into the DNA part of it though. Ancestry is a bit expensive but you can go to any library and use it for free. Start with your own parents or grandparents and will be surprised where it can take you. The Smith's and the Douglas's both in my tree seemed to be into blacksmithing. 

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22 March 1609 - John II, King of Poland-Lithuania 1648-68, born.

John, half-brother of King Wladyslaw IV, was elected King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in November 1648, six months after his brother's death (Poland-Lithuania was an elected Monarchy). Six months later he married Wladyslaw's widow.

His reign was one of the low points of Polish history, spent in almost complete warfare with Sweden and Russia which saw many Polish towns and cities burnt to the ground. There was also famine, rebellion and an invasion by the Cossacks. Nevertheless John's personal bravery on the battlefield kept his country alive.  

The war ended in 1667 and Poland-Lithuania lost territory to Russia in the east. This along with the death of his wife led to John's abdication in 1668.

He retired to a monastry in France and died in 1672. 

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