Thanking Yvonne Strong Royal Events Theodosius was proclaimed co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire with his father Maurice on 26 March 590 Conrad II was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on 26 March 1027 Saladin was inaugurated as Emir of Egypt on 26 March 1169 The Siege of Algeciras, during the reconquest of Spain by Alfonso XI of Castile, ended on 26 March 1344 George, son of the morganatic marriage of Grand Duke Michael of Russia (son of Tsar Alexander III), was created Count Brasov on 26 March 1915 Royal Births Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, nephew of Mary of Guise (mother of Mary Queen of Scots), was born on 26 March 1554 Marie Louise of Orléans, granddaughter of Louis XIII of France and consort of Charles II of Spain, was born on 26 March 1662 Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, daughter of George I and consort of Frederick William I of Prussia, was born on 26 March 1687 Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, was born on 26 March 1689 Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, grandson of George III and uncle of Queen Mary (consort of George V), was born on 26 March 1819 Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, wife of Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, was born on 26 March 1826 Fuad I of Egypt was born on 26 March 1868 Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole of Hawaii was born on 26 March 1871; he represented Hawaii in the US Congress, the only royal-born member ever Royal Deaths Sigurd I (the Crusader) of Norway died on 26 March 1130 and was succeeded jointly by Magnus IV (his illegitimate son) and Harald Gille Sancho I of Portugal died on 26 March 1212 and was succeeded by his son Afonso II David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, son and heir of Robert III of Scotland, died on 26 March 1402 Empress Hang, consort of the Jingtai Emperor of China, died on 26 March 1456 Ernest I (the Pious), Duke of Saxe-Gotha, died on 26 March 1678 and his territories were divided among his sons Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, died on 26 March 1732, leaving his son Charles as his grandfathers heir Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, died on 26 March 1780 and was succeeded by his son Charles William Ferdinand Barghash bin Said Al-Busaid, second Sultan of Zanzibar, died on 26 March 1888 and was succeeded by his brother Khalifa I
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