All About Royal Families

May 17th. 1891 marks the birth of Princess Alexandra. This took place at East Sheen Lodge in Richmond, England. Princess Louise and her children: Princess Maud and Princess Alexandra Family Princess Alexander was the daughter of Alexander Duff, 1st. Duke of Fife and Princess Louise of Wales. Duke of Fife is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.  Through her mother, Princess Alexander was a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Love & Marriage First Princess Alexandra was secretly engaged with Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, a son of King George I of the Hellenes. However this engagement was terminated. Instead Princess Alexandra married on October 15th. 1913, Prince Arthur of Connaught (a grandson of Queen Victoria). They would have one son. Duties Princess Alexandra (after her marriage styled as Princess Arthur of Connaught) did a lot of Royal Duties for her uncle King George V and later for her cousi

Baldwin IX of Flanders, was crowned on May 16th. 1204 at the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. He 'reigned' under Baldwin I. Family Baldwin IX of Flanders was a son of Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut and Margaret of Flanders. Latin Empire The Latin Empire also known as the Empire of Romania or the Latin Empire of Constantinople or the Latin occupation was a feudal Crusader state founded by the leaders of the fourth crusade. It was founded in 1204 and lasted till 1261. Death In 1205 there came a huge revolt and since then Baldwin I was captured. His family didn't know what happened to him. Later, in 1206, it became clear that Baldwin I had died, although the circumstances around his death weren't known. Do you want to know more about the Counts of Flanders and their Family? Check this link . Source pictures: Wikipedia

Marie of Brabant was born on May 13th. 1254 in Leuven (now located in Belgium). Parents Her parents were Henry III, Duke of Brabant and Adelaide of Burgundy. Marie of Brabant was by birth a member of the Noble House of Reginar. Love and Marriage On August 21st. 1274 Marie of Brabant married Philip III of France. Philip III of France was a widower and his first wife Isabella already gave him three sons. Marie of Brabant and Philip III of France also had three children: - Louis d'Évreaux; - Margaret (who would marry King Edward I of England); - Blanche (who would marry Rudolf I of Bohemia). At the Royal Court Philip III of France was strongly influenced by his mother Margaret of Provence and Marie wasn't popular at all. When Marie's stepson Louis died under suspicious circumstances, she was suspected. In the later years Philip III of France did seem more agree with his mother than with his wife. In a convent From 1285 (after the death of Ki