February 10 in royal history Royal Events Baghdad fell to the Mongols on 10 February 1258 and was destroyed, marking the end of the Abbasid dynasty French forces under Napoleon I defeated Prussia and Russia in the Battle of Champaubert on 10 February 1814 Princess Victoria, eldest child of Victoria and Albert, was christened on 10 February 1841, her parents first wedding anniversary Royal Births Christine Marie of France, consort of Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, and regent for her sons, was born on 10 February 1606 Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau, wife of John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, was born on 10 February 1637 Alice Heine, the American consort of Albert I of Monaco, was born in New Orleans on 10 February 1858 Archduke Wilhelm of Austria, son of Archduke Karl Stefan, was born on 10 February 1895 Royal Weddings and Divorces Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha were married on 10 February 1840 Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, married Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg on 10 February 1852 Royal Deaths Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, wife of Yaroslav I (the Wise), Grand Prince of Kiev, died on 10 February 1050 William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, died on 10 February 1126 and was succeeded by his son William X Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, eldest son of William the Conqueror, died on 10 February 1134 Baldwin III, King of Jerusalem, died on 10 February 1162 Emperor Shijō, 87th Emperor of Japan, died on 10 February 1242 Margaret II, Countess of Flanders, died on 10 February 1280 Temür Khan, sixth Great Khan of the Mongols and second Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty of China, died on 10 February 1307 Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary Queen of Scots, was murdered on 10 February 1567 Anne of Austria, consort of Sigismund III Vasa, king of Poland and Sweden, died on 10 February 1598 Duchess Dorothea Sophia of Saxe-Altenburg, Abbess of Quedlinburg, died on 10 February 1645 Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein, died on 10 February 1772 and was succeeded by his nephew Franz Joseph I Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, son of Augustus III of Poland, died on 10 February 1822 Antoinette de Mérode, consort of Charles III, Prince of Monaco, died on 10 February 1864 Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, wife of Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, died on 10 February 1872 Abdul Hamid II, 34th Ottoman Sultan who reigned till his overthrow in 1909, died in exile on 10 February 1918 Archduke Franz Karl Salvator of Austria-Tuscany, son of Archduke Franz Salvator, died on 10 February 1918
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