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November 23, 955 – Death of Eadred, King of the English in Frome, Somerset, England; initially buried at the Old Minster in Winchester, England, his remains are now in Winchester Cathedral
Unofficial Royalty: Eadred, King of the English
November 23, 1243 – Wedding of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, son of King John of England, and Sanchia of Provence at Westminster Abbey in London, England
Unofficial Royalty: Richard, Earl of Cornwall
Wikipedia: Sanchia of Provence
November 23, 1503 – Death of Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy and sister of King Edward IV of England and King Richard III of England, in Mechelen, Flanders, now in Belgium
Wikipedia: Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy
November 23, 1511 – Death of Anne of York, daughter of King Edward IV of England; buried at Church of St. Michael the Archangel, in Framlingham, Suffolk, England
Anne married Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey (later 3rd Duke of Norfolk) but she died young and they had no children. The Duke later married Anne Stafford, daughter of the Duke of Buckingham and was the uncle of Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard.
Wikipedia: Anne of York
November 23, 1589 – Wedding of King James I of England (King James VI of Scotland) and Anne of Denmark at the Old Bishop’s Palace in Oslo, Norway
Unofficial Royalty: James I, King of England
Unofficial Royalty: Anne of Denmark
November 23, 1609 – Birth of Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt, wife of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, now in Saxony, Germany
Wikipedia: Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt
November 23, 1709 – Death of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, favorite of King William III of England, at Bulstrode Park in Gerrard’s Cross, Buckinghamshire, England; buried at Westminster Abbey in London, England
Unofficial Royalty: William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, favorite of King William III of England (coming soon)
November 23, 1729 – Death of Prince Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, favorite of Peter I, Emperor of All Russia, in banishment in Beryozovo, Siberia, Russia
Unofficial Royalty: Prince Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, favorite of Peter I, Emperor of All Russia (coming soon)
November 23, 1886 – Birth of Prince Alexander of Battenberg, grandson of Queen Victoria, at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England
Full name: Alexander Albert
Alexander was the son of Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom and Prince Henry of Battenberg. He married Lady Irene Denison, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Londesbrough. During World War I, his surname was changed to Mountbatten and he was created 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke.
Unofficial Royalty: Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke
November 23, 1886 – Death of Marguerite Bellanger, mistress of Emperor Napoleon III, in Villeneuve-sous-Dammartin, France; buried Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris, France
Unofficial Royalty: Marguerite Bellanger, mistress of Emperor Napoleon III
November 23, 1890 – Death of King Willem III of the Netherlands at Het Loo, near Apeldoorn, the Netherlands; buried at Nieuwe Kerk in Delft, The Netherlands
Unofficial Royalty: King Willem III of the Netherlands
November 23, 1965 – Death of Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians, wife of King Albert I of the Belgians, at Stuyvenberg Castle in Laeken, in Brussels, Belgium; buried at the Royal Crypt in the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Brussels, Belgium
Unofficial Royalty: Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians