Born – 25th February 1885 Died – 5th December 1969 Father – Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854 – 1921) Mother – Princess Victoria of Hesse (1863 – 1950) Spouse – m. 1903 – Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882 – 1944) Children – Margarita (1905 – 1981), Theodora (1906 – 1969), Cecilie (1911 – … Read more
Born – Summer 1068 Died – 1st December 1135 Father – William I (Conqueror) (1027 – 1087) Mother – Matilda of Flanders (1032 – 1083) Spouse – m. 1100 – Edith of Scotland (1080 – 1118) Children – Adeleide (Empress Matilda) (1102 – 1167), William Aetheling (1103 – 1120); 22 illegitimate children including: Robert of … Read more
Born – 25th April 1284 Died – 21st September 1327 Father – King Edward I (1239 – 1307) Mother – Eleanor of Castile (c.1241 – 1290) Spouse – Isabella of France (1295 – 1358) Children – King Edward III (1312 – 1377), John of Eltham (1316 – 1336), Eleanor of Woodstock (1318 – 1355), Joan … Read more
Born – 1057 Died – 2nd August 1100 Father – King William I (Conqueror) (1027 – 1087) Mother – Matilda of Flanders (1032 – 1083) Spouse – Not married Children – No children King of England – 1087 – 1100 Predecessor – William I (Conqueror) – 1066 – 1087 Successor –Henry I – 1100 – … Read more
Born – c1425 Died – 4th October 1471 Father – Humphrey Stafford Duke of Buckingham (1402 – 1460) Mother – Anne Neville (1414 – 1480) Spouse – m. 1458 – Margaret Beaufort (1443 – 1509) Children – None Known to History – Son of Duke of Buckingham, husband of Margaret Beaufort 1425 (around) Henry Stafford … Read more
Born – c1051 Died – c1125 Father – Edward the Exile (1016 – 1057) Mother – Agatha of Kiev (c1028 – c1070) Spouse – Unmarried Children – No children King of England – 1066 Predecessor – King Harold II – 1066 Successor – King William I (the Conqueror) – 1066 – 1087 1051 (around) Edgar … Read more
Born – 1005 Died – 5th February 1037 Father – King Aethelred the Unready (966 – 1016) Mother – Emma of Normandy (985 – 1052) Spouse – m. 1045 – Edith of Wessex (1025 – 1075) Children – No children 1005 (around) Alfred Aetheling was born to King Aethelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy. … Read more
Born – 1016 Died – 17th March 1040 Father – King Canute (995 – 1035) Mother – Aelfgifu of Northampton (b. c990) Spouse – Aelfgifu (dates unknown) Children – Aelfwine (dates unknown) King of England – 1037 – 1040 Predecessor – King Canute the Great – 1016 – 1035 Successor – King Harthacnut – 1040 – … Read more
Born – 17th January 1517 Died – Executed 23rd February 1554 Father – Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset (1477 – 1530) Mother – Margaret Wotton (1485 – 1535) Spouse – Frances Brandon (1517 – 1559) Children – Jane (1537 – 1554), Katherine (1540 – 1568), Mary (1545 – 1578); by Adrian Stokes – Elizabeth (1555 … Read more
This timeline details those that have held the title Prince of Wales from 1240 to present day From 1343 the title has been held by eldest son of the monarch, however, the title is not hereditary and has to be conferred by the reigning monarch. Six Princes of Wales have died before becoming King. See … Read more
This timeline is a chronology of the causes and events of the French Revolution. NB – The Storming of the Bastille on 14th July 1789 has been given as the start of the events of the revolution. However, some historians give the meeting of the Estates General on 5th May as the start of the … Read more
Born – 25th August 1540 Died – 26th January 1568 Father – Henry Grey (1517 – 1554) Mother – Frances Brandon (1517 – 1559) Spouses – m. 1553 – Henry Herbert (1538 – 1601); m. 1560 – Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford (1539 – 1621) Children – by Edward Seymour – Edward (1561 – 1612), … Read more
Born – c.1450 Died – 30th July 1488 Father – Iacopo Orsini Mother – Maddalena Orsini Spouse – Lorenzo de Medici (1449 – 1492) Children – Lucrezia (1470 – 1553), un-named twins (1471), Piero the Unfortunate (1472 – 1503), Maddalena (1473 – 1528), Contessina Beatrice (1474), Giovanni (1475 – 1521), Luisa (1477 – 1488), Contessina … Read more
Father – Peter Empson
Mother – Elizabeth Joseph
Spouse – Jane Hill
Children – Thomas, John, Elizabeth, Joan, Anne, Mary
Born – 1504 Died – 22nd August 1553 (executed) Father – Edmund Dudley (1462 – 1510) Mother – Elizabeth Grey (1482 – 1526) Spouse – Jane Guildford (1508 – 1555) Children – Henry (d. young), Thomas (d. young), John (1527 – 1554), Mary (1529 – 1586), Ambrose (1530 – 1590), Henry (1531 – 1557), Robert … Read more
Father – John Seymour
Mother – Margery Wentworth
Spouse – Catherine Filiol, Anne Stanhope
Children – by Catherine: John, Edward; by Anne: Edward, Anne, Edward, Henry, Margaret, Jane, Catherine, Edward, Mary, Elizabeth
Father – Sir Thomas Bryan
Mother – Margaret Bourchier
Spouses – Philippa Spice, Joan Fitzgerald
Children – None
Born – 24th June 1532 Died – 4th September 1588 Father – John Dudley (1504 – 1553) Mother – Jane Guildford (1508 – 1555) Spouses – m. 1550 – Amy Robsart (1532 – 1560); m. 1578 – Lettice Knollys (1543 – 1634) Children – by Lettice Knollys – Robert Dudley (1581 – 1584) Known to … Read more
Father – Henry Wyatt
Mother – Anne Skinner
Spouse – Elizabeth Brooke
Children – Thomas, Henry, Francis, Edward
Father – Henry Parker 10th Baron Morley
Mother – Alice St John
Spouse – George Boleyn
Children – None
Born – 22nd July 2013 Father – Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (b.1982) Mother – Catherine nee Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge (b. 1982) Siblings – Charlotte (b. 2015). , Louis (b. 2018)Â 2013 (22nd July) Prince George of Cambridge was born to Prince William and Catherine Middleton, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at 4.24 pm … Read more
Father – Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland
Mother – Catherine Spencer
Spouse – Mary Talbot
Children – None
Born – 20th December 1902 Died – 25th August 1942 Father – King George V (1865 – 1936) Mother – Mary of Teck (1867 – 1953) Spouse – m. 1934 – Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906 – 1968) Children – Edward (b. 1935), Alexandra (b. 1936), Michael (b. 1942) Known to History – … Read more
Born – 14th November 1948 Father – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (b.1921) Mother – Queen Elizabeth II (b.1926) Spouses – Diana Spencer (1961 – 1997), Camilla Parker-Bowles (b.1947) Children – by Diana – William (b.1982), Harry (b.1984) Prince of Wales – 1969 – Present Predecessor – Prince Edward – 1910 – 1936 1948 (14th … Read more
Father – Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Mother – Elizabeth Stafford
Spouse – Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond
Children – No children
Born – 2nd May 1729 Died – 16th November 1796 Father – Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1690 – 1747) Mother – Princess Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712 – 1760) Spouse – m. 1745 – Tsar Peter III of Russia (1728 – 1762) Children – by Peter III – Paul I of Russia (1754 – … Read more
Father – Osbern the Steward
Mother – Emma of Ivry
Spouses – Adeliza de Tosny, Richilde de Hainault
Children – By Adeliza – William, Roger, Emma
Father – Richard Culpeper
Mother – Isabel Worsley
Spouses – Ralph Leigh, Edmund Howard
Children – by Ralph Leigh – Isabel, John, Ralph, Joyce, Margaret; by Edmund Howard – Henry, Charles, George, Kathryn, Margaret, Mary
Father – Thomas Howard Earl of Surrey
Mother – Elizabeth Tilney
Spouse – Jocasta Culpeper
Children – Henry, Charles, George, Kathryn, Margaret, Mary
Born – 8th October 1515 Died – 7th March 1578 Father – Archibald Douglas (c. 1489 – 1577) Mother – Margaret Tudor (1489 – 1541) Spouse – m. 1544 – Matthew Stuart (1516 – 1571) Children – Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545 – 1567); Charles Stuart, Earl of Lennox (1557 – 1576) Known to History … Read more
Father – Charles, Duke of Orleans
Mother – Marie of Cleves
Spouses – Joan of France, Anne of Brittany, Mary Tudor
Children – By Anne of Brittany – Claude, Renee
King of France – 1498 – 1515
Preceded by – Charles VIII – 1483 – 1498
Succeeded by – Francis I – 1515 – 1547
Father – Eustace I of Boulogne
Mother – Matilda of Louvain
Spouses – Godgifu of England, Ida of Lorraine
Children – Eustace, Godfrey, Baldwin
Father – William IV Duke of Julich-Berg
Mother – Sibylle of Brandenburg
Spouse – John III Duke of Cleves
Children – Sybille, Anne, William, Amelia
Born – 10th November 1490 Died – 6th February 1539 Father – John II Duke of Cleves (1458 – 1521) Mother – Mathilde of Hesse (1473 – 1505) Spouse – Maria of Julich-Berg (1491 – 1543) Children – Sybille (1512 – 1554), Anne of Cleves (1515 – 1557), William (1516 – 1592), Amalia (1517 – … Read more
Father – William Brandon
Mother – Elizabeth Bruyn
Spouses – Margaret Neville, Anne Browne, Mary Tudor, Catherine Willoughby
Children – by Anne Browne – Anne, Mary; by Mary Tudor – Henry, Frances, Eleanor, Henry; by Catherine Willoughby – Henry, Charles
Father – Thomas Green
Mother – Joan/Jane Fogge
Spouse – Thomas Parr
Children – Katherine, William, Anne
