Thursday, February 24, 2022

Happy Posthumous Birthday - Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge

 2/24/1776

Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge


Prince Adolphus is the seventh son and tenth child of King George III and Queen Charlotte. Alias in the site is Prince #7. He was Viceroy of Hanover during his father and brothers' reigns as Kings of said country. Adolphus' youngest child and daughter was Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge whose daughter was Queen Mary of Teck consort of King George V making him a second great-grandfather of the current Queen Elizabeth II.


Wednesday, February 23, 2022

George Augustus Frederick, George IV

King George IV (George August Frederick, Prince of Wales)

(8/12/1762 - 6/26/1830)



Changes in General Perception

 https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-georgians-feel-closer-to-us-now-than-the-victorians

Happy Posthumous Birthday Prince Octavius of Great Britain

 

(2/23/1749 - 5/3/1783)

Today is the 273rd birthday of the late Prince Octavius son of King George III or as we called him Prince #8.

The First Romanov Accession

 Today marks the accession of Tsar Michael I of Russia, the first Romanov Tsar. {Life}:    July  12 (July 22 [O.S.]) 1596 ,  Moscow   –  Jul...