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Royal Calendar of January 29

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January 29th. counts many important events such as Birthdays and Deaths. This is the allaboutroyalfmalies calendar for January 29th.: B-Days: Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (born in 1584 - died on 14 March 1647). His parents were William of Orange and Louise de Coligny. He became stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders and Overijssel (nowadays The Netherlands). Christian VII of Denmark (born in 1749 - died on 13 March 1808). His parents were Frederick V of Denmark and Louise of Great Britain. He married Caroline Matilde of Great Britain. Deaths: King George III of the United Kigndom (born on 4 June 1738 - died on 29 January 1820). He was a son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born on 3 October 1797 - died on 29 January 1870). His parents were Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Princess Luisa of Two Sicilies. Prince Aimoine, Duke of Aosta (born on 9 March 190...

OTD 27 January 1859 Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany

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On 26 January 1859, just before midnight,  Princess Victoria of Prussia got contractions at the Crown Prince Palace in Berlin. She was assisted by a team of German doctors with doctor Wegner as head. Sir James Clark, the personal physician of Queen Victoria also was present. Fourteen hours later the royal child was born. He received the names: Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert. Among family he was nicknamed "Willy" At the time of his birth, his great-uncle, Frederick William was King of Prussia and his grandfather Wilhelm was acting as regent. His parents were Prince Frederick William of Prussia and Princess Victoria. She was the daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert. A traumatic breech birth resulted in Erb's palsy, his left arm was about 15 centimetres shorter than his right arm. At 3 pm., 101 salute shots told the crowd that a new prince was born. Source pictures: Wikipedia

Royal Calendar January 27

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On this Day - January 27th. - there are many important royal events such as Birthdays and Deaths. B-Day: Albert III, Duke of Saxony (born on 27 January 1443  - died on 12 September 1500). He was a member of the House of Wettin. His parents were Frederick II, Elector of Saxony and Margaret of Austria. Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (born on 27 January 1546 - died on 18 July 1608) . He was a member of the House of Hohenzollern. His parents were John George, Elector of Brandenburg and Sophie of Legnica. Abbas the Great (born on 27 January 1571 - died on 19 January 1629). He was a member of the Safavid dynasty. He became Shah, King of Iran. Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (born on 27 January 1708 - died on 4 March 1728). She was a member of the House of Romanov. Her parents were Peter I of Russia and Catherine I of Russia. Wilhelm II, German Emperor (born on 27 January 1859 - died on 4 June 1941). He was a grandson of Queen Vict...