August 3 in royal history Royal Events Louis III of France defeated the Vikings at the Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu on 3 August 881 Olaf II of Norway was canonised on 3 August 1031, a year after his death; he is the patron saint of Norway Louis VI of France was crowned on 3 August 1108 after becoming king on 29 July The Treaty of Cambrai, between Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France, was signed on 3 August 1529 France defeated the Holy Roman Empire at the second Battle of Nördlingen on 3 August 1645 during the Thirty Years War Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, was deposed by Napoleon on 3 August 1801 in favour of Louis, King of Etruria Royal Births Maria of Jülich-Berg, mother of Anne of Cleves (fourth wife of Henry VIII), was born on 3 August 1491 Naungdawgyi, King of the Burmese Konbaung Dynasty, was born on 3 August 1734 Frederick William III of Prussia was born on 3 August 1770 Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen and a General in the Austrian army, was born on 3 August 1817 Haakon VII of Norway was born as Prince Carl of Denmark on 3 August 1872, son of Frederick VIII Prince Louis of Luxembourg, third son of Grand Duke Henri, was born on 3 August 1986 Royal Weddings and Divorces Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, married Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia on 3 August 1804 Prince Adalbert of Prussia, son of Wilhelm II, married Princess Adelheid of Saxe-Meiningen on 3 August 1914 Royal Deaths John Tristan, Count of Valois, son of Louis IX of France, died on 3 August 1270 Anne of Bohemia, first wife of Richard II, was buried in Westminster Abbey on 3 August 1394, having died on 7 June James II of Scotland died on 3 August 1460 from injuries in battle and was succeeded by his young son James III Anna Caterina Gonzaga, wife of Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria and then Servite nun, died on 3 August 1561 Archduke Leopold Joseph of Austria, son of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, died on 3 August 1684, aged only 2 Charles William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, died on 3 August 1757 and was succeeded by his son Charles Alexander Prince Henry of Prussia, younger brother of Frederick the Great & short-lived candidate as King of the United States, died on 3 August 1802
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