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Feb. 7th, 2015 05:10 pmDied on this day in 1930 aged 43 John Bowes-Lyon(my toy,wikipedia). John went to Oxford, and played cricket, and married a lady with an extensively hyphenated surname; and then there was the first world war, and things were bad. He was the brother of the Queen Mother, and the uncle of the Queen.
Born on this day in 1102 to King Henry I Beuclerc and Matilda of Scotland, Empress Matilda(my toy,wikipedia). Matilda (or maybe Maud) married Henry V the Holy Roman Emperor when only 12, he died 10 years later and left her a young, childless widow. She later married Geoffrey of Anjou (who was then 13) at the insistence of her father. When Henry I died Matilda was his only surviving child, "how the succession works" was not a settled question at the time so rather than Matilda simply becoming Queen she ended up in a war with her cousin Stephen; the eventual resolution was that Stephen got be Be King but Matilda's oldest son Henry would be king *next* (as indeed he was, becoming Henry II). Matilda's mother and one of her grandmothers were also called Matilda, as was Stephen's wife and one of his daughters... this sounds like it might have been confusing.
Born on this day in 1102 to King Henry I Beuclerc and Matilda of Scotland, Empress Matilda(my toy,wikipedia). Matilda (or maybe Maud) married Henry V the Holy Roman Emperor when only 12, he died 10 years later and left her a young, childless widow. She later married Geoffrey of Anjou (who was then 13) at the insistence of her father. When Henry I died Matilda was his only surviving child, "how the succession works" was not a settled question at the time so rather than Matilda simply becoming Queen she ended up in a war with her cousin Stephen; the eventual resolution was that Stephen got be Be King but Matilda's oldest son Henry would be king *next* (as indeed he was, becoming Henry II). Matilda's mother and one of her grandmothers were also called Matilda, as was Stephen's wife and one of his daughters... this sounds like it might have been confusing.