Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch. 1355: The St. Scholastica’s Day riot breaks out in Oxford, leaving ...

In 3641 BC, according to the calculations of the Mayans, the world was created. In AD 60 (traditional date), the Apostle Paul was shipwrecked at Malta. In 1763, Canada passed from French control into ...

The baby's ducal title, Duchess of Västerbotten, was last held by King Carl's mother, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who passed away in 1972. Princess Sofia and Prince Carl Philip's ...

A 107-year-old gold coin dating back to the First World War has now been valued at £30,000 - but, finding such a 'fine ...

George V Gold Sovereign is considered to be one of the rarest British coins of the 20th century - and can fetch up to £30,000 ...

In 1840 she married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. They were both only 20 ... and evicted him from a house she owned — when he was undergoing heart surgery and had not long before broken ...

George reigned during the First World War and, as anti-German sentiment built, he changed the family name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the House of Windsor in 1917. The name still stands in today's ...

The democracy advocacy group, Freedom House, has reported a continuing ... 1887 - Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha elected prince. 1908 - Bulgaria declares itself an independent kingdom.

Born in 1937 at Haga Palace (now home to Crown Princess Victoria), Princess Birgitta was the second child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ..

Victoria fell in love with her first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha when he visited Britain in 1839. As head of state she had to propose to him. The couple were married the ...