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A Posthumous Happy Birthday to His Royal Highness, The Duke of Edinburgh

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 His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (6/10/1921 - 4/9/2021) Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark was born in Mos Repos, Corfu, Greece to Prince Andrew of Greece & Denmark, a grandson of King Christian IX of Denmark, and Princess Alice of Battenberg, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. He grew up in numerous places from France to the United Kingdom where he was under the guardianship of two of his maternal uncles for his formative years, George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven and Louis Mountbatten, Earl of Burma. After graduating from Gordonstoun, he pursued a passionate naval career where he inevitably became an Admiral of the Fleet. Eventually, he married Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, the eldest daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with whom he had four children. He was thus ennobled as His Royal Highness, Philip Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich with the surname of Mountbatten in honour of his uncle. His naval career

German News on the Hanoverian Birthdays

 https://www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr5/sendungen/zeitzeichen/koeniggeorg100.html https://www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr5/sendungen/zeitzeichen/zeitzeichen-geburtstag-ernst-august-koenig-von-hannover-100.html

King Ernest Augustus I

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King Ernest-Augustus I of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (6/5/1771 - 11/18/1851) King Ernst-August I of Hanover was the fifth son of King George III and Queen Charlotte. After two of his brothers passed, he inherited the Hanoverian cradle of his family.  King Ernst-August, like his father, had strong views on the importance of a monarch and the role they should play in their countries which gave him an absolutist image in the modern world that does not deserve the criticism but further understanding. He unlike most of his siblings valued his parents' strict morals and regulations which he adopted in his careers as Royal Prince & Peer of Great Britain and Ireland then King of Hannover.

Happy Birthday to His Most Gracious Majesty King George III

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King George III's 283rd birthday is today! Our most important holiday followed by others. Today we will relish his memory in many ways necessary. I will read a few books, write more literature and begin to make a monument. Also, I shall try finding those who can help maintain his legacy. King George III had written more than 6,000 essays on varying topics from Monarchy, History, Science, to Agriculture.

King George V

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 King George V of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions, Emperor of India (3rd June 1865 - 20 January 1936) King George V was the second son of Prince Albert Edward of Wales [Edward VII] and [Queen] Princess Alexandra from Denmark.