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OTD June 2nd 1632 Ernest Casimir I Count of Nassau-Dietz

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Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz was born on December 22nd. 1573  in Dillenburg (now Germany). Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz - Source picture: Wikipedia His parents were John IV, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and Countess Elisabeth of  Leuchtenberg. Ernest Casimir served under Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange. Later he became  Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe (now The Netherlands). On June 2nd. 1632 Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz, died @  the Siege of Roermond  by a bullet, while he was inspecting the trenches. 

OTD June 1st. 1815 Otto I of Greece

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Prince Otto Friedrich Ludwig of Bavaria was born on June 1st. 1815 in Mirabell Palace in Salzburg (now Austria). Otto I of Greece - Source picture: Wikipedia His parents were King Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. In 1832 he became King of Greece. In 1833 he arrived there. On December 22nd. 1836 he married Amalia of Oldenburg.   In 1862 Otto I of Greece and his family exiled the country. They fled to Germany. He died on July 26th. 1867 in Bamberg (Germany). Otto I of Greece was buried in the Theatinerkirche in Munich.

OTD May 31st 1557 Feodor I of Russia

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Feodor Ivanovich was born on May 31st. 1557 in Moscow. Feodor I of Russia - Source picture: Wikipedia His parents were Ivan IV (The Terrible) and Anastasia Romanovna. On May 31st. 1584 he was crowned as Tsar of All Russia.  Feodor was unhealthy and by some reports, intellectually disabled. He was only the nominal ruler. Feodor handed over his duties to his wife's brother and  trusted minister Boris Godunov. Feodor was the last Rurikid Tsar of Russia. After his childless death (January 15th. or 16th. 1598) the  Times of Troubles began in Russia.

OTD May 30th 1871 Leopold IV Prince of Lippe

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Leopoldus Bernhard Adalbert Otto Karl Gustav was born on May 30th. 1871 in Oberkassel (now Germany). Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe -  Source picture: Wikipedia He was the son of Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld and  Countess Karoline of Wartensleben. He married 1/ Princess Bertha of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld on August 16th. 1901  in Rotenburg. They had 5 children. 2/ Princess Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen. They had 1 child. Leopold IV died on December 30th. 1949 in Detmold.  Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe was the brother of Prince Bernhard, who had married Queen Juliana of The Netherlands.