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On This Day In Royal History . 2 March 1681 . Isabel Stuart died . . ◼ Isabel was born at St James Palace on 28 August 1676.  Her parents were the future King James II of England & his second wife, Mary of Modena. . ◼ For the majority of her lifetime, Isabel was the royal couple’s only child & thus fourth in line to the throne (behind her father, & half-sisters Mary & Anne). She was moved down a place upon the birth of her brother Charles Stuart, Duke of Cambridge; however, he died of smallpox after living only for a month, so Isabel was promoted back up to fourth in line. In 1678, Isabel was joined by another sister, Elizabeth, who was also short-lived. . ◼ In 1678 when Isabel was two years old, the Popish Plot led to her parents’ being exiled to Brussels to stay with Mary. The royal couple were accompanied by Isabel & Anne. . ◼ A report that her uncle King Charles II was very sick sent the family hurrying back to England. They feared that the King’s eldest illegitimate son, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth & commander of England’s armed forces, might usurp the crown if Charles died in their absence. Charles survived but, feeling the family returned to court too soon, sent James & Mary to Edinburgh, where for the next three years they stayed on-and-off in the dilapidated Holyrood Palace, while Anne & Isabel stayed in London on kings orders. The couple were recalled to London in February 1680, only to return again to Edinburgh that autumn; this time they went on a more honourable footing: James was created King’s Commissioner to Scotland. Separation from Isabel caused her mother to sink into a state of sadness, exacerbated by the passing of the Exclusion bill in the Commons. . ◼ Lady Isabel, thus far the only one of Mary’s children to survive infancy, died of natural causes in March 1681, five months before her fifth birthday, at St James’s Palace, the place of her birth. She was buried at Westminster Abbey on 4 March as “The Lady Isabella, daughter to the Duke of York. . ◼ Isabel’s death plunged Mary into a religious mania, worrying her physician. Four years after Isabel’s death, her father succeeded as King of England. . . . #OTD #Onthisday #d2mar (at St James’s Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL7pH8pjA5S/?igshid=tfi9ieipw8aa

On this day in royal history . 2 March 1619 . Anne of Denmark died . 👑 Anne of Denmark was Queen consort of Scotland, England, & Ireland as the wife of James VI and I. . ◼ By late 1617, Anne’s bouts of illness had become debilitating.  John Chamberlain recorded: “The Queen continues still ill disposed & though she would fain lay all her infirmities upon the gout yet most of her physicians fear a further inconvenience of an ill habit or disposition through her whole body.” In January 1619, royal physician Sir Theodore de Mayerne instructed Anne to saw wood to improve her blood flow, but the exertion served to make her worse. James visited Anne only three times during her last illness, though Prince Charles often slept in the adjoining bedroom at Hampton Court Palace & was at her bedside during her last hours, when she had lost her sight. With her until the end was her personal maid, Anna Roos, who had arrived with her from Denmark in 1590. . Queen Anne died aged 44 on 2 March 1619, of a dangerous form of dropsy. . ◼ Despite his neglect of Anne, James was emotionally affected by her death. He did not visit her during her dying days or attend her funeral, being himself sick, the symptoms, according to Sir Theodore de Mayerne, including “fainting, sighing, dread, incredible sadness …”. The inquest discovered Anne to be “much wasted within, specially her liver”. After a prolonged delay, she was buried in King Henry’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey, on 13 May 1619. The catafalque, designed by Maximilian Colt, placed over her grave was destroyed during the civil war. . 👑 James turned to verse to pay his respects; . ‘So did my Queen from hence her court remove . And left off earth to be enthroned above. . She’s changed, not dead, for sure no good prince dies, . But, as the sun, sets, only for to rise’. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1619 #AnneofDenmark #d2mar #QueenConsort #Queen #HouseofOldenburg #Royalty #HouseofStuart #Monarchy #EnglishMonarchy #onthisday #Royals #stuarts #JamesI #kingjames #queenanne #Queen #Britishhistory #BritishMonarchy #History #JamesVI&I #OTD #OnThisDay #RoyalHistory #RoyalFamily (at Hampton Court Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL7qEDHBHaq/?igshid=1w0l2ugekwsbx

On This Day In Royal History . 2 March 1316 . King Robert II of Scotland was born . . ◼ Robert was a grandson of Robert Bruce, & the first in the House of Stewart dynasty. The name came from his ancestor Walter Stewart who was appointed High Steward of Scotland by David I. He had escaped following the defeat of David II at Halidon Hill in 1333 & took over as Guardian of Scotland while David was in exile in France. . ◼ He was a mature man of 54 when he succeeded to the throne on the death of David, but he was weak king & did not rule well over the nobles who were critical of him leading to a loss of prestige of the crown. His heir John took over the rule to attempt to restore law & order. . ◼ A truce with England in 1384 was short lived, & the border wars continued. In 1388 the Scots under James Douglas won a victory at Otterburn near Newcastle over Henry Percy ‘Hotspur’ of Northumberland. . ◼ Robert married Elizabeth Mure in 1336. From this union, ten children reached adulthood. . ◼ In 1355, Robert married his second wife Euphemia de Ross. They had four children. . ▪ He was succeeded by his son John who took the name Robert III. . ◼ He died in 1390, at Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, aged 74 years. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1316 #d2mar #kingOfScots #kingofscotland #HouseofStewart #Stuart #Stuarts #HouseofStuart #RoyalHistory #OnThisDay #Heritage #Scotland #otd #ScottishMonarchy #RobertII #RobertIIofScotland #History #BritishMonarchy #otd #HistoricScotland #monarchy #OnThisDay #MedievalHistory (at Paisley Abbey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL7o2PRDsef/?igshid=jtniqmo2j4oo

On this day in history . 2 March 1882 . - Queen Victoria survives another assassination attempt at Windsor. . . ◼ On 2 March 1882, Roderick Maclean, a disgruntled poet apparently offended by Victoria’s refusal to accept one of his poems, shot at the Queen with a pistol as her carriage left Windsor railway station. . ◼ Two schoolboys from Eton College struck him with their umbrellas, until he was hustled away by a policeman. . ◼ Victoria was outraged when he was found not guilty by reason of insanity, but was so pleased by the many expressions of loyalty after the attack that she said it was “worth being shot at, to see how much one is loved”. . ◼ McLean was tried for high treason that April 20, & was found “not guilty, but insane” by a jury after five minutes’ deliberation, & he lived out his remaining days in Broadmoor Asylum. The verdict prompted the Queen to ask for a change in English law so that those implicated in cases with similar outcomes would be considered as “guilty, but insane.” This led to the Trial of Lunatics Act 1883. . ◼ This was the last of eight attempts by separate people to kill or assault Victoria over a period of forty years. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1882 #RoderickMcLean #Queen #QueenVictoria #VictorianEra #HouseofHanover #HerMajesty #HouseofSaxeCoburgandGotha #History #BritishMonarchy #d2mar #otd #OnThisDay #RoyalHistory #London #Windsor #Windsorcastle #Kensingtonpalace #britishroyalfamily #TheQueen #D2mar #Monarch (at Windsor Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9P-jPQnVhH/?igshid=sckn6cj2kp7d

On this day in royal history . 2 March 1619 . . Anne of Denmark died . 👑 Anne of Denmark was Queen consort of Scotland, England, & Ireland as the wife of James VI and I. . . ◼ By late 1617, Anne’s bouts of illness had become debilitating.  John Chamberlain recorded: “The Queen continues still ill disposed & though she would fain lay all her infirmities upon the gout yet most of her physicians fear a further inconvenience of an ill habit or disposition through her whole body.” In January 1619, royal physician Sir Theodore de Mayerne instructed Anne to saw wood to improve her blood flow, but the exertion served to make her worse. James visited Anne only three times during her last illness, though Prince Charles often slept in the adjoining bedroom at Hampton Court Palace & was at her bedside during her last hours, when she had lost her sight. With her until the end was her personal maid, Anna Roos, who had arrived with her from Denmark in 1590. . Queen Anne died aged 44 on 2 March 1619, of a dangerous form of dropsy. . ◼ Despite his neglect of Anne, James was emotionally affected by her death. He did not visit her during her dying days or attend her funeral, being himself sick, the symptoms, according to Sir Theodore de Mayerne, including “fainting, sighing, dread, incredible sadness …”. The inquest discovered Anne to be “much wasted within, specially her liver”. After a prolonged delay, she was buried in King Henry’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey, on 13 May 1619. The catafalque, designed by Maximilian Colt, placed over her grave was destroyed during the civil war. . 👑 James turned to verse to pay his respects; . ‘So did my Queen from hence her court remove . And left off earth to be enthroned above. . She’s changed, not dead, for sure no good prince dies, . But, as the sun, sets, only for to rise’. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1619 #AnneofDenmark #d2mar #QueenConsort #Queen #HouseofOldenburg #Royalty #HouseofStuart #Monarchy #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #History #JamesVI&I #OTD #OnThisDay #RoyalHistory #RoyalFamily (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9P-LDDA8EO/?igshid=ud8lqvxrx885

On This Day In Royal History . 2 March 1316 . King Robert II of Scotland was born . . ◼ Robert was a grandson of Robert Bruce, & the first in the House of Stewart dynasty. The name came from his ancestor Walter Stewart who was appointed High Steward of Scotland by David I. He had escaped following the defeat of David II at Halidon Hill in 1333 & took over as Guardian of Scotland while David was in exile in France. . ◼ He was a mature man of 54 when he succeeded to the throne on the death of David, but he was weak king & did not rule well over the nobles who were critical of him leading to a loss of prestige of the crown. His heir John took over the rule to attempt to restore law & order. . ◼ A truce with England in 1384 was short lived, & the border wars continued. In 1388 the Scots under James Douglas won a victory at Otterburn near Newcastle over Henry Percy ‘Hotspur’ of Northumberland. . ◼ Robert married Elizabeth Mure in 1336. From this union, ten children reached adulthood. . ◼ In 1355, Robert married his second wife Euphemia de Ross. They had four children. . ▪ He was succeeded by his son John who took the name Robert III. . ◼ He died in 1390, at Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, aged 74 years. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1316 #d2mar #kingOfScots #kingofscotland #HouseofStewart #Stuart #Stuarts #HouseofStuart #RoyalHistory #OnThisDay #Heritage #Scotland #otd #ScottishMonarchy #RobertII #RobertIIofScotland #History #BritishMonarchy (at Scotland, UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9P9Tmln7YJ/?igshid=1r6z44wby5lww