March 20 in royal history Royal Events Napoleon entered Paris on 20 March 1815 after escaping from Elba and governed for the Hundred Days before being defeated Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicated in favour of his son Maximilian on 20 March 1848 Royal Births Princess Cecily of York, daughter of Edward IV and wife of John, Viscount Welles, was born on 20 March 1469 Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan, was born on 20 March 1725 Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, Rama I of Thailand, first monarch of the House of Chakri, was born on 20 March 1736 Napoleon II, Emperor of the French for 15 days, son of Napoleon Bonaparte and Marie-Louise of Austria, was born on 20 March 1811 Prince Friedrich Carl of Prussia, grandson of King Friedrich Wilhelm III, was born on 20 March 1828 Heinrich XXIV, the mentally and physically disabled last reigning Prince Reuss of Greiz, was born on 20 March 1878 Royal Deaths Muhammad bin Tughluq, Sultan of Delhi, died on 20 March 1351 Alexios III of Trebizond died on 20 March 1390 and was succeeded by his son Manuel III Henry IV died on 20 March 1413 in the Jerusalem Chamber at Westminster; a prophecy had stated that he would die in Jerusalem Thomas Seymour, brother of Queen Jane Seymour and husband of Henry VIIIs widow Catherine Parr, died on 20 March 1549 Albert, Duke of Prussia, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, died on 20 March 1568 and was succeeded by his son Albert Frederick Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, wife of Albert, Duke of Prussia, died of plague on 20 March 1568, the same day as her husband Matthias of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor, died on 20 March 1619 and was succeeded by Ferdinand II Frederick Prince of Wales, son of George II and father of George III, died on 20 March 1751 Woldemar, Prince of Lippe, died on 20 March 1895 and was succeeded by his mentally ill brother Alexander under a regency Lovisa of Sweden, consort of Frederick VIII of Denmark, died on 20 March 1926 Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, consort of William III of The Netherlands and mother of and regent for Queen Wilhelmina, died on 20 March 1934 Queen Juliana of The Netherlands died on 20 March 2004, 70 years to the day after the death of her grandmother, Queen Emma
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