Jan. 2nd, 2015

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I have a New Year's Resolution and a database full of people... (I wonder how long I can keep this up)

Died on this day in 1554 at the age of 18 - Joao (or John) Manuel - (my toy, wikipedia).

Joao was the son of the King of Portugal and the father of a King of Portugal (born after Joao's death) but was not himself King, since he died so young. He married the daughter of Charles V, his double-first cousin (this is usually considered a BAD THING, and NOT ALLOWED, but I guess if you write a nice letter to the pope...).

Born on this day in 1784 to Franz and Augusta, a son Ernest(my toy, wikipedia). Ernest was later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Germans had very long place-name titles), and the father of Albert who married Queen Victoria (So far as I know he was not related to his wife, although presumably this is a lie because the royalty of Europe were not exactly known for marrying outside their class)

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