Edward the Sixth was Henry the Eighth’s only male heir. What was he like?
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King Albert Edward, the father of the ill-fated Prince Albert Victor, and son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, followed his mother to the throne of England under the laws of primogeniture. England is the only country in europe to have that law, and it was recently overturned for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge first born,, just in case it was a girl; it was not and George stands as of now to inherit
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Biograph Anne was born in the reign of her uncle Charles II, who had no legitimate children. Her father, James, was then the first in line to the throne, but because of his Roman Catholic ties, he was very unpopular with the House of Lords. Charles II recommended that Anne be raised as an Anglican to help James’s cause. It did not help James for three years after he succeeded Charles, he was deposed in
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Prince Leopold was the eighth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and the youngest of their sons. He was born April 7, 1853, and delivered with the aid of chloroform, administered by the Royal accoucheur, Dr. John Snow. He was the first of the Queen’s children to be born with her under it; Beatrice who followed four years later and was the last of the line, also received it as the Queen was trying
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The header shot is of Princess Diana and her two sons, William and Henry. Below are her wedding shoes and her and Prince Charles on her wedding day, July 29, 1981. She was twenty years old. She was born on July 1st, 1961 at 7:45 GMT at Sandringham Castle. Her Ascendant at 18 Sagittarius is a common fire sign ruled by Jupiter, making her a frank, friendly woman who wins friends easily and rather androgynous
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Alexandra was made of sterner stuff Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and the son and heir of Queen Victoria was a notorious rake. His parents recognized this when he was very young and arranged a marriage hoping to keep him from getting into further trouble. The wife chosen for him was the eldest daughter of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg and her mother was Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel. Her other siblings were George (George I of
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Prince Alfred was born in Windsor Castle on August 6, 1844 at 7:50 am. His biographical data is here; a pleasant but unimpressive man. His son is #29, Prince Alfred of Edinburgh (Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert) and his daughter Princess Marie Alexandra Victoria, born on 29 October 1875, is #646 as Queen of Roumania. His chart shows a preponderance of sextiles and an absence of planets in common signs, exemplifying a savoir faire that
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On November 14, 1948, the Prince of Wales was born in Buckingham, sometime in the evening. He was the first child to queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh. Princess Elizabeth was just 22 & in labour for 30 hours during which time his father gallantly played squash with his private secretary in Buckingham’s indoor courts, until the baby’s head was crowned and then rushed to the spot. That was probably a
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Prince Harry’s official birth time was used for this chart. I thought of it today as for Father’s Day Harry released a photo of him and Archie. I was surprised that GB was celebrating the same day as us, Australia celebrates it in September . Harry has a Capricorn ascendant in the 11th house, showing his tendency to be attracted to dark complexion women who are in the public eye, and we know how that
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Princess Louise Caroline Alberta was born March 18, 1848, at Buckingham Palace, the fourth daughter and sixth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha shortly after 8 in the morning. She was christened on May 13, 1848, at the Private Chapel in Buckingham Palace. In 1863, the Queen permitted Louise to enroll at The National Art Training School, to pursue her interests and she became a very skilled painter and sculptress. Later
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Prince William and Kate Middleton have revealed the name they’ve chosen for their baby boy. His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge. Louis (pronounced “LU-EE”) means “renowned warrior” in French, and is likely a tribute to Prince Philip, whose grandfather was Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg and was also born almost a month later, on May 24, 1854 in Graz, Austria. He married a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England, also named Victoria. Their fourth son was Louis Francis Albert
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The header shot is of Princess Diana and her two sons, William and Henry. Below are her wedding shoes and her and Prince Charles on her wedding day, July 29, 1981. She was twenty years old. She was born on July 1st, 1961 at 7:45 GMT at Sandringham Castle. Her Ascendant at 18 Sagittarius is a common fire sign ruled by Jupiter, making her a frank, friendly woman who wins friends easily and rather androgynous
