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On 18 September 53, Marcus Ulpius Trajanus was born in the Roman province of Hispania Baetica (in what is now Andalusia in modern Spain) near Seville.  Trajan was the son of Marcia, a Roman noblewoman and sister-in-law of the second Flavian Emperor Titus.  His father was Marcus Ulpius Trajanus the elder. He served under Vespasian in the First Jewish Roman War.  The army In 76-77, Trajan's father was governor of Syria, where Trajan himself remained as Tribunus legionis. After his father's replacement, Trajan moved to the Rhine department of the army. However his time in the army remained obscure. Love and Marriage Trajan married Pompeia Plotina. This was a happy marriage but the couple didn't have any children together.  Rise to power When Nerva became Roman Emperor, he was so unpopular with the army, he felt he had to gain the support of the military in order to avoid being ousted.  He accomplished this in the summer of 97 by naming Trajan as his adoptive  son and successor

When Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium (then Duke of Brabant) married to  Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz, the nobel family of Mathilde became immediately famous.  History The history of the d'Udekem family went back to the Late Middle Ages. The earliest records were dated in 1472 with the ancestor of the family: Gooris van Udekem (who bought then a residence).  Around 1716, the family d'Udekem was granted a noble title, but in 1795, after the French revolution, the nobility lost their status.  When King William I of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands reigned  over The Netherlands and Belgium as well, he granted the d'Udekem family their rightful titles.  Jacques François Joseph d'Udekem (1758-1829) was lord of Acoz, Villers, Potteries and Lasprelle, he lived in Louvain in "House den Arent", was granted in 1816 as a Knight of the Province of Hainaut with the title baron. The d'Udekem family held the title of baron but in 2000, after the wedding of Mathi

Count Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz, the uncle of Queen Mathilde of Belgium has died  on 30 August 2021.  Count Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz was born on 27 November 1933 as the eldest son  of Charles Joseph Marie Ghislain - baron d'Udekem d'Acoz and Suzanne van Outryve d'Ydewalle.  Talbot house in Poperinge He had two younger brothers: Raoul and Patrick (the father of Queen Mathilde).  Count Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz became a lawyer specialized in Lease Law. He also was the former mayor of Poperinge and the President of the Council of  Nobility of Belgium. Only in 2000 he became a Count instead of a baron after the marriage of his  niece Mathilde to then Crown Prince Philippe (Now King Philippe of the Belgians). Count Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz was married to Marie-Madeleine Kervyn d'Oud Mooreghem.  He was accused with fraud. Although he denied everything, he was sentenced later, however he was released from his gult in appeal.  You can see a picture and the an

The  House of Mecklenburg The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of Slavic origin which ruled until 1918 in the Mecklenburg region. This was one of the longest-ruling families of Europe.  History The family was established by Pribislav, a Slavic prince who converted to Christianity and accepted the suzerainty of Saxon Duke Henri the Lion. The main branch of the house was elevated in 1347 to ducal rank. In the family there were several branches: - Duchy of Mecklenburg; - Lordship of Rostock; - Principality of Schwerin; - County of Schwerin; - Principality of Ratzenburg; - Lordship of Stargard; - Principality of Wenden. Titles and claims to the thrones Sweden The Dukes of Mecklenburg pursued from the 14th. century a claim to  the Swedish throne. The Duke of Mecklenburg was a descendant and the heir of two women whom legends tied to Scandinavian royal houses: * Christina, who was the wife of Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg; * Marianna, who was the wife of duke Barnim I of