February 17 in royal history Royal Events The second battle of St Albans, a Lancastrian victory in the Wars of the Roses, was fought on 17 February 1461 Frederick I of Denmark and John of Denmark failed to defeat a peasant uprising at the Battle of Hemmingstedt on 17 February 1500 The French army under Napoleon I defeated Russia and Württemberg at the Battle of Mormans on 17 February 1814 Royal Births Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, was born on 17 February 1490 Francis, Duke of Guise, and his brother Charles Cardinal of Lorraine, uncles of Mary Queen of Scots, were born on 17 February 1519 and 1524 Lola Montez, mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria, was born as Eliza Rosanna Gilbert on 17 February 1821 Princess Helena of Waldeck, wife of Queen Victorias youngest son Leopold Duke of Albany, was born on 17 February 1861 Archduke Franz Karl Salvator of Austria, grandson of Emperor Franz Joseph I, was born on 17 February 1893 Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg, wife of Archduke Carl Christian of Austria, was born on 17 February 1954 Royal Weddings and Divorces William I of The Netherlands married Countess Henriette dOultremont de Wégimont morganatically on 17 February 1841 Royal Deaths Flavius Jovianus (Roman Emperor Jovian) died on 17 February 364 and was succeeded by Valentinian I Otto IV (the Merry), Duke of Austria, died on 17 February 1339 and was succeeded by his sons Frederick II and Leopold II Ivan Alexander, Tsar of Bulgaria, died on 17 February 1371, and his territory was divided between his sons Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg, died on 17 February 1504, having been deposed in 1498 Ferdinando I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, died on 17 February 1609 and was succeeded by his son Cosimo II John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, ancestor of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, died on 17 February 1729 Albert I of Belgium died in a mountaineering accident on 17 February 1934 and was succeeded by his son Leopold III Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, son of Tsar Alexander II, died on 17 February 1909
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