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Every year on 11 November, Armistice Day is celebrated in Australia, Belgium, New Zealand, Serbia, United Kingdom and many other countries around the world. poppies at the Menin Gate in Ypres - own picture taken in 2017 This celebration is to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany. The document was signed at Compiègne in France. This ended the Western Front of World War I. The armistice took place at 11 o'clock in the morning of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. The first Armistice Day was held in at Buckingham Palace. In the evening of November 10th. 1919, a banquet took place in presence of King George V to honor the president of the French Republic. King George V - Source picture: Wikipedia The first Armistice Day's events were held on November 11th. 1919. This was the beginning of the Remembrance Days events. Even today, the Festival of Remembrance takes place at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Thi

On 8 November 1563 a noble boy was born at the Ducal Palace of Lorraine in Nancy. This noble boy would become: Henry II, Duke of Lorraine. Family Henry II was the son of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine and Claude Valois. His mother was the daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. His paternal grandparents were Francis I, Duke of Lorraine and Christina of Denmark. Love and Marriage First he married Catherine de Bourbon. She was a sister of King Henry IV of France. Catherine was Protestant and Henry II, Duke of Lorraine was a devout Catholic so a papal dispensation was needed, so the two could actually marry. Catherine died childless in 1604. On 24 April 1606,  Henry II married Margherita Gonzaga in Mantua. She was the daughter of Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Eleanora de' Medici, a sister of Maria de' Medici, who was the wife of King Henry IV of France. Maria's sister Eleanor was the future Holy Roman Empress. He