#OnThisDay in 1715 Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden, died.

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#OnThisDay in 1777 two men deserted James Cook’s ship the Discovery, leading to the hostage-taking of Princess Poedua.

#OnThisDay in 1949 Isabelle de l'Arbre de Malander was born. She married Prince Philipp of Liechtenstein on 11 September 1971, and they have three sons together.

#OnThisDay in 1825 Countess Julia von Hauke, Princess of Battenberg, was born as the daughter of Count John Maurice Hauke and Sophie Lafontaine.

#OnThisDay in 1899 Soraya Tarzi, Queen of Afghanistan, was born as the daughter of Mahmud Tarzi and Asma Rasmiya Khanum.

#OnThisDay in 1785 Duchess Frederica of Württemberg died in childbirth. She was born in 1765 as the daughter of Frederick II Eugene, the future Duke of Württemberg, and Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt. In 1781, she married Prince Peter Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, and they had two sons.

#OnThisDay in 2001 Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, Princess George William of Hanover, died. She was the last surviving sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

#OnThisDay in 1518 Eleanor of Austria married King Manuel I of Portugal in person.

#OnThisDay in 1406 Sibila de Fortià died. She was born at an unknown date as the daughter of Berenguer de Fortià and Francesca de Vilamarí. Her first husband was Artal de Foces. After being widowed, she married King Peter IV of Aragon and they had at least two children together.

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#OnThisDay in 1890 King William III of the Netherlands died. He was succeeded in the Netherlands by his daughter Wilhelmina but due to the Nassau family pact, Luxembourg passed to another family member.

#OnThisDay in 1879 Marie Caroline Gilbert de Lametz, Princess of Monaco, died.

#OnThisDay in 1607 Tokugawa Masako was born as the daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada and Oeyo. She became the consort of Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan in 1620 and they had seven children, though not all lived to adulthood. She died on 2 August 1678.

#OnThisDay in 1775 Princess Maria Anna of Naples and Sicily was born as the daughter of the future King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Maria Carolina of Austria. She died on 22 February 1780.

#OnThisDay in 1558 Queen Elizabeth I of England rode into London shortly after succeeding her sister as Queen.

#OnThisDay in 1973 Sofía Landaluce y Melgarejo, titular Duchess of Calabria, was born.

#OnThisDay in 1791 the Duke and Duchess of York had a second wedding ceremony at Buckingham House.

#OnThisDay in 1807 Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg was born as the daughter of Karl Ludwig III, Prince von Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth. She died on 5 September 1880.

#OnThisDay in 1770 Princess Carolina of Parma was born as the daughter of Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, and Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria. On 22 April 1792, she married Prince Maximilian of Saxony, and they had seven children. She died on 1 March 1804.

#OnThisDay in 1329 Elisabeth of Meissen was born as the daughter of Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen, and Mathilde of Bavaria. On 7 September 1356, she married Frederick V, the future Burgrave of Nuremberg and they had nine children, though not all lived to adulthood. She died on 21 April 1375.

#OnThisDay in 1748 Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg died. She was born in 1674 as the daughter of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

#OnThisDay in 1515 Mary of Guise, Queen of Scots, was born as the daughter of Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Guise, and his wife, Antoinette de Bourbon.

#OnThisDay in 1532 Princess Anna of Denmark was born as the daughter of the future King Christian III of Denmark and Norway and his wife Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg. In October 1548, she married Augustus, the future Elector of Saxony and they had 15 children. She died on 1 October 1585.

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#OnThisDay in 1602 Elisabeth of France, Queen of Spain, was born as the daughter of King Henry IV of France and his second wife Marie de' Medici.

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#OnThisDay in 1807 Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg was born as the daughter of Karl Ludwig III, Prince von Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth. On 11 September 1827, she married Duke Eugen of Württemberg and they had four children. She died on 5 September 1880.

#OnThisDay in 1883 Queen Ranavalona III of Madagascar was crowned.

#OnThisDay in 1761 Dorothea Jordan, mistress of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom, was born.

#OnThisDay in 1763 Princess Isabella of Parma, consort of the future Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, gave birth to a premature daughter who died minutes after birth. Isabella herself was very ill with smallpox.

#OnThisDay in 1670 Sophie of Hesse-Kassel died. She was born in 1615 as the daughter of Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Juliana of Nassau-Siegen. On 12 October 1640, she married Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe and they had ten children together.

#OnThisDay in 1682 Sophia Dorothea of Celle married her cousin, George, Electoral Prince of Hanover, later King George I, after reportedly shouting, “I will not marry the pig snout!”

#OnThisDay in 1966 Isabel de Herédia, titular Queen of Portugal, was born.

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#OnThisDay in 1834 Olive Wilmot, Princess or pretender, died.

#OnThisDay in 1907 Princess Marie Bonaparte married Prince George of Greece in a civil ceremony.

#OnThisDay in 1673 the future King James II and VII of England, Scotland and Ireland married his second wife, Mary of Modena.

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#OnThisDay in 1840 Victoria, Princess Royal, German Empress, was born as the daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

#OnThisDay in 1891 Archduchess Louise of Austria married Prince Frederick Augustus of Saxony.