#theyear1900

On This Day In History . 4 August 1900 . Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother was born . . ◼ Born Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, Elizabeth was the youngest daughter & the ninth of ten children of Claude Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis (later the 14th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne in the Peerage of Scotland), & his wife, Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck. . ◼ Her mother was descended from British Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, & Governor-General of India Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, who was the elder brother of another Prime Minister, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. . ◼ The location of her birth remains uncertain, but reputedly she was born either in her parents' Westminster home at Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens, or in a horse-drawn ambulance on the way to a hospital. Other possible locations include Forbes House in Ham, London, the home of her maternal grandmother, Louisa Scott. . ◼ Her birth was registered at Hitchin, Hertfordshire, near the Strathmores' English country house, St Paul's Walden Bury, which was also given as her birthplace in the census the following year. She was christened there on 23 September 1900, in the local parish church, All Saints, & her godparents included her paternal aunt Lady Maud Bowes-Lyon & cousin Venetia James. . Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1900 #QueenMother #Queenmum #QueenElizabeth #RoyalCollection #ElizabethBowesLyon #LadyElizabeth #LadyElizabethBowesLyon #Royalty #RoyalFamily #History #royalhistory #HouseofWindsor #Monarchy #BritishMonarchy #TheBritishMonarchy #GodSaveTheQueen #D4Aug #Onthisday (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0wR31Ega8f/?igshid=me6tuchrx1ft

On This Day In History . 30 July 1900 . Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha died . . ⬛ He died of throat cancer on 30 July 1900 in a lodge adjacent to Schloss Rosenau, the ducal summer residence just north of Coburg. He was buried at the ducal family's mausoleum in the public Glockenburg Cemetery of Coburg . Born.6 August 1844, Prince Alfred was the second son & fourth child of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. . ◼ Prince Alfred reigned as Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha from 1893 to 1900. He was known as the Duke of Edinburgh from 1866 until he succeeded his paternal uncle Ernest II as the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha in the German Empire. . ◼ Alfred remained second-in-line to the British throne from his birth until 8 January 1864, when his older brother Edward & his wife Alexandra of Denmark had their first son Prince Albert Victor. Any legitimate children of his older brother took priority in the succession list. Alfred became third-in-line to the throne & as Edward & Alexandra continued to have children, Alfred was further demoted in the order of succession. . ◼ In the Queen's Birthday Honours on 24 May 1866, the Prince was created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Ulster, & Earl of Kent. . ◼ Alfred served in the Royal Navy, from 1856, eventually being promoted to admiral on 18 October 1887, he went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth in August 1890. He was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on 3 June 1893. . ◼ Alfred was the first member of the royal family to visit Australia, the Duke was received with great enthusiasm. During his stay of nearly five months he visited Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane & Tasmania. Adelaide school Prince Alfred College was named in his honour to mark such an occasion. He was also the first member of the Royal Family to visit New Zealand, arriving in 1869 on HMS Galatea. . ◼ The Duke of Edinburgh also became the first European prince to visit Japan & on 4 September 1869, he was received at an audience by the teenaged Emperor Meiji in Tokyo. . Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018 . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #d30Jul #theyear1900 (at Schloss Rosenau, Coburg) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0jhg_8AT4E/?igshid=cb5bmrvm0hjv