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ON THIS DAY IN ROYAL HISTORY . 26 MAY 1867 . Queen Mary was born . . ◼ Born Princess Victoria Mary (“May”) of Teck, she was born at Kensington Palace, London. Her father was Prince Francis, Duke of Teck, the son of Duke Alexander of Württemberg by his morganatic wife, Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde. Her mother was Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, the third child & younger daughter of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, & Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel. . ◼ She was baptised in the Chapel Royal of Kensington Palace on 27 July 1867 by Charles Thomas Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury, & her three godparents were Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII & May’s future father-in-law), & Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Cambridge. . ▪ Before she became Queen, she was known to her family, friends & the public by the diminutive name of “May”, after her birth month. . 👑 QUEEN MARY (Mary of Teck , full name; Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; b.26 May 1867 – d.24 March 1953) was Queen consort of the United Kingdom & the British Dominions, & Empress consort of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V. Mary is the Grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. . . Visit my website for biography of Queen Mary, check the stories and swipe up 👍 . .⬅️ . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1867 #d26may #QueenMary #MaryofTeck #HouseofWürttemberg #RoyalFamily #History #HouseofWindsor #BritishMonarchy (at Kensington Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAqHGjdjA1o/?igshid=1f6cehcf7ppue

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY . 26 MAY 1465 . . Elizabeth Woodville coronation . . 👑 Elizabeth Woodville was crowned Queen . About Elizabeth; . ◼ Elizabeth Woodville (also spelled Wydville, Wydeville, or Widvile; born, c. 1437 – 8 June 1492) was Queen consort of England as the spouse of King Edward IV from 1464 until his death in 1483. . ◼ At the time of her birth, her family was mid-ranked in the English aristocracy. Her first marriage was to a minor supporter of the House of Lancaster, Sir John Grey of Groby; he died at the Second Battle of St Albans, leaving Elizabeth a widowed mother of two sons. Her second marriage, to Edward IV, was a cause célèbre of the day, thanks to Elizabeth's great beauty & lack of great estates. . ◼ Edward was only the second King of England since the Norman Conquest to have married one of his subjects, & Elizabeth was the first such consort to be crowned queen. . ◼ Her marriage greatly enriched her siblings & children, but their advancement incurred the hostility of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, 'The Kingmaker', & his various alliances with the most senior figures in the increasingly divided royal family. . ◼ This hostility turned into open discord between King Edward & Warwick, leading to a battle of wills that finally resulted in Warwick switching allegiance to the Lancastrian cause. Elizabeth remained politically influential even after her son, briefly proclaimed King Edward V of England, was deposed by her brother-in-law, Richard III, & she would play an important role in securing Henry VII's accession to the throne in 1485, which ended the Wars of the Roses. . ◼ Woodville's children included Edward V, Richard & Elizabeth of York; by the latter she was maternal grandmother of Henry VIII & great-grandmother of King Edward VI, & queens Mary I & Elizabeth I, of England, & the great-great-grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots. Through her daughter, Elizabeth of York, she is the ancestor of every English monarch since Henry VIII & every Scottish monarch since James V of Scotland. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1465 #d26may (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx7ZB7KAgsS/?igshid=16nqcobgzlfpr

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY . 26 MAY 1867 . Queen Mary was born . . ◼ Born Princess Victoria Mary ("May") of Teck, she was born at Kensington Palace, London. Her father was Prince Francis, Duke of Teck, the son of Duke Alexander of Württemberg by his morganatic wife, Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde. Her mother was Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, the third child & younger daughter of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, & Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel. . ◼ She was baptised in the Chapel Royal of Kensington Palace on 27 July 1867 by Charles Thomas Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury, & her three godparents were Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII & May's future father-in-law), & Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Cambridge. . ▪ Before she became Queen, she was known to her family, friends & the public by the diminutive name of "May", after her birth month. . 👑 QUEEN MARY (Mary of Teck , full name; Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; b.26 May 1867 – d.24 March 1953) was Queen consort of the United Kingdom & the British Dominions, & Empress consort of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V. Mary is the Grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. . . Portrait of the Queen, 1910 . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1867 #d26may #QueenMary #MaryofTeck #HouseofWürttemberg #RoyalFamily #History #HouseofWindsor #BritishMonarchy (at Kensington Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx7Zf1Cgz4c/?igshid=10dcgfqubs2pa

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On This Day In History . 26 May 946 . King Edmund I was murdered . . 👑 Edmund I, known as 'the Elder' or the Magnificent, was born circa 921, the son of King Edward the Elder & his third wife Edgiva. As a sixteen year old, he had fought with distinction beside his elder half-brother, King Athelstan, at the Battle of Brunanburh against a combined force of Scots and Vikings. Edmund was around eighteen when he succeeded Athelstan on England's throne in 940. . ◼ Edmund's promising reign was cut violently short after only six years. On the Feast of St. Augustine, 26th May, 946, a great festival among the Anglo-Saxon peoples. During the course of revelries to celebrate the event at Pucklechurch, in Gloucester, Edmund, being none the better for the large amount of wine he had consumed, became angered at the presence of one Liofa, an outlaw whom he had expelled from the kingdom a few years previously. . ▪ Angered beyond endurance at what he saw as an outrage against his authority, the King flung Liofa to the ground in fury & in the ensuing struggle the Edmund was fatally stabbed by the outlaw. . ▪ Edmund the Elder was twenty-five years old when he was killed and was buried at Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset. . HISTORICAL TIMELINE; 940 - 946 . . 940 -  Edmund becomes King. Scandinavian forces from Northumbria overrun the East Midlands. . . 942 -  Edmund re-establishes control over Northumbria & rules a united England. . . 943 -  Edmund extends his rule into southern Scotland, . . 945 -  Edmund conquers Strathclyde, but Cumbria is annexed by the Scots. . . 946 -  Edmund was killed at Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, by an outlawed robber. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear946 #d26may #History #HistoryofEngland #England #AngloSaxon #KingEdmund #EdmundI #KingEdmundI #Royalty #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #Glastonbury #HouseofWessex #Wessex #Kingdom #English #Anglo #Saxon #RoyalHistory #HistoryFacts Heritage #historians #OnThisDay #RoyalFamily #BritishMonarchy (at Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx7YxtpgHfV/?igshid=9aozk5jumgxm