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On this day in history . 1st February 1327 . Coronation of King Edward III . . Edward III was crowned King of England, although the country was ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. . . 👑 Edward III (b.13 November 1312 – d.21 June 1377) was King of England from 25 January 1327 until his death; he is noted for his military success & for restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II. . 👑 Edward III transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe. His long reign of fifty years also saw vital developments in legislation & government in particular the evolution of the English parliament as well as the ravages of the Black Death. . 👑 Edward was crowned at age fourteen after his father was deposed by his mother & her lover Roger Mortimer. At age seventeen he led a successful coup against Mortimer, the de facto ruler of the country, & began his personal reign. . 👑 After a successful campaign in Scotland he declared himself rightful heir to the French throne in 1337 but his claim was denied due to the Salic law. . 👑 This started what would become known as the Hundred Years’ War. Following some initial setbacks the war went exceptionally well for England; victories at Crécy & Poitiers led to the highly favourable Treaty of Brétigny. Edward’s later years, however, were marked by international failure & domestic strife, largely as a result of his inactivity & poor health. . 👑 Edward III was a temperamental man but capable of unusual clemency. He was in many ways a conventional king whose main interest was warfare. Admired in his own time & for centuries after. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1327 #EdwardIII #Coronation #d1Feb #KingEdwardIII #EdwardIIIofEngland #EnglishMonarchy #KingofEngland #History #HouseofPlantagenet #Plantagenets #BritishMonarchy #Royalhistory #onthisday #otd #HistoricArt #Art #portraitpainting #heritage #Plantagenet #theking (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8BQi4-g4mE/?igshid=1lvvh7k9z39r8

On This Day In History . 1 February 1707 . Frederick, Prince of Wales was born . . Frederick’s early life; . ◼ Prince Frederick Louis was born on 1 February 1707 in Hanover, Germany,  son of the future King of Great Britain George II & Caroline of Ansbach. Frederick was nicknamed “Griff” within the family. . ◼ In the year of Queen Anne’s death & the coronation of king George I, Frederick’s parents, George, Prince of Wales (later George II), & Caroline of Ansbach, were called upon to leave Hanover for Great Britain when their eldest son was only seven years old. He was left in the care of his grand-uncle Ernest Augustus, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück, & did not see his parents again for 14 years. . ◼ In 1722, Frederick was inoculated against smallpox on the instructions of his mother Caroline. His grandfather, George I, created him Duke of Edinburgh, Marquess of the Isle of Ely, Earl of Eltham in the county of Kent, Viscount of Launceston in the county of Cornwall, & Baron of Snaudon (Snowdon) in the county of Carnarvon, on 26 July 1726. . . ◼ Frederick arrived in England in 1728 as a grown man, the year after his father had become King George II. By then, George & Caroline had had several younger children, & Frederick, himself now Prince of Wales, was a high-spirited youth fond of drinking, gambling & women. The long separation damaged their relationship, & they would never be close. . ◼ 1728 also saw the foundation of Fredericksburg, Virginia, which was named after him — his other namesakes are Prince Frederick, Maryland (1722), Fort Frederick, Maine (1729–30), Fort Frederick, South Carolina (1730–34), Fort Frederick, New York (completed 1735) & Fort Frederica, Georgia (founded 1736), whilst Fort Frederick, Maryland, Point Frederick, Ontario, Fort Frederick, Ontario & Fort Frederick, New Brunswick were also named after him posthumously. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1707 #d1feb #Frederickprinceofwales #PrinceofWales #PrinceFrederick #HouseofHanover #History #BritishMonarchy #Royalhistory #heritage #onthisday #historyfacts #Historic #historyblogger #bloggerlife #Historyblog #Hanoverian #heir #georgeii #dukeofedinburgh #otd (at Hanover, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8CkoqIAPnn/?igshid=1swhop1txzk24