On this Day in History ... 11th December

11 Dec is in December.

1282 Battle of Orewin Bridge

1290 Eleanor Crosses

1474 Death of King Henry IV of Castile

1539 Anne of Cleves Arrival at Calais

1620 Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock

1666 Poll Bill

1936 Abdication of Edward VIII

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Events on the 11th December

On 11 Dec 1282 an English force including John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield (age 50), Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn Mathrafal Prince Powys Wenwynwyn (age 71) and Owen de la Pole Mathrafal 1st Lord Powis (age 25) defeated a Welsh force at Builth Wells [Map] during the Battle of Orewin Bridge. The Welsh leader Llewellyn "Last" Aberffraw (age 49) was killed effectively bringing to an end the independence of Wales.

On 11 Dec 1290 Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (deceased) body rested at Dunstable Priory [Map].

On 11 Dec 1474 Henry IV King Castile (age 49) died. His half sister Isabella Queen Castile (age 23) succeeded Queen Castile.

Holinshed's Chronicle 1539. 11 Dec 1539. The eleuenth daie of December at the turne pike on this side Graueling, was the ladie Anne of Cleue (age 24) receiued by the lord deputie (age 75) of the towne of Calis, and with the speares and horssemen belonging to the retinue there. When she came within little more than a mile of the towne of Calis, she was met by the erle of Southampton (age 49) high admerall of England, who had in his companie thirtie gentlemen of the kings houshold, as sir Francis Brian (age 49), sir Thomas Seimer (age 31), and others, beside a great number of gentlemen of his owne retinue clad in blue veluet, and crimsin satin, and his yeomen in damaske of the same colours. The mariners of his ship were apparelled in satin of Bridges, cotes & slops of the same colour. The lord admerall brought hir into Calis by Lanterne gate. There was such a peale of ordinance shot off at hir entrie, as was maruellous to the hearers. The maior presented hir with an hundred markes in gold, the merchants of the staple with an hundred souereignes of gold in a rich purse. She was lodged in the kings place called the Checker, and there she laie fifteene daies for want of prosperous wind.

On 11 Dec 1620 the Maylower landed at Plymouth Rock Massachusetts and went on to found Plymouth Colony. The first documented reference to the landing at Plyouth Rock was in 1741.

On 11 Dec 1661 Roger Palmer 1st Earl Castlemaine (age 27) was created 1st Earl Castlemaine, 1st Baron Limerick by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 31) in gratitude for allowing his wife Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 21) to become the King's mistress. Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 21) by marriage Countess Castlemaine.

Pepy's Diary. 11 Dec 1666. Thence, having promised to write every month to her, we home, and I to my office, while my wife to get things together for supper. Dispatching my business at the office. Anon come our guests, old Mr. Batelier, and his son and daughter, Mercer, which was all our company. We had a good venison pasty and other good cheer, and as merry as in so good, innocent, and understanding company I could be. He is much troubled that wines, laden by him in France before the late proclamation was out, cannot now be brought into England, which is so much to his and other merchants' loss. We sat long at supper and then to talk, and so late parted and so to bed. This day the Poll Bill was to be passed, and great endeavours used to take away the Proviso.

On 11 Dec 1709 Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain was born to Philippe Bourbon II Duke Orléans (age 35) and Françoise Marie Bourbon Duchess Orléans (age 32). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. Coefficient of inbreeding 7.39%.

On 11 Dec 1718 Charles XII King of Sweden (age 36) was killed whilst in the trenches around Fredriksten which his army was besieging. He was struck in the head by a projectile and killed. The shot struck the left side of his skull and exited from the right. It isn't clear who fired the shot. His sister Ulrika Eleonora Palatinate Zweibrücken Queen Consort Sweden (age 30) succeeded Queen Sweden. She effectively usurped her nephew Charles Frederick Duke of Holstein Gottorp (age 18) whose parents were both dead.

On 11 Dec 1743 Frederick V King Denmark and Norway (age 20) and Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. She the daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 60) and Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England. He the son of Christian VI King Denmark and Norway (age 44). They were third cousin once removed.

On or before 11 Dec 1785 Joseph Gott was born to Unamed Gott at Calverley. His parentage appears subject to some confusion being described by some sources as the son of Benjamin Gott (age 23), some as his second cousin; we have adopted the former relationship.

Archaeologia Volume 7 Section XIX. A further account of some Druidical Remains [Carl Wark [Map]] in Derbyshire. By Hayman Rooke (age 62), Esq. Read December 11th, 1785.

On 11 Dec 1814 Susan Gordon Countess of Westmoreland (age 62) died. Memorial in the Church of St Leonard, Apethorpe [Map].

Susan Gordon Countess of Westmoreland: In 1752 she was born to Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon and Catherine Gordon Duchess Gordon. On 28 May 1767 John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland and she were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon and Catherine Gordon Duchess Gordon. He the son of Thomas Fane 8th Earl of Westmoreland and Elizabeth Swymmer Countess Westmoreland.

On 11 Dec 1830 John Adams Acton was born in Acton.

On 11 Dec 1933 Emile Wauters (age 87) died.

On 11 Dec 1936 King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (age 42) abdicated VIII King of the United Kingdom. King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 40) succeeded VI King of the United Kingdom. Duke York merged with the Crown.

Births on the 11th December

On 11 Dec 1475 Pope Leo X aka Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici was born to Lorenzo de Medici (age 26) and Clarice Orsini (age 25).

On 11 Dec 1534 Philip Boteler was born to John Boteler (age 21) and Griselda Roche (age 18).

On 11 Dec 1550 Margaret Campbell was born to Matthew Campbell of Loudon (age 19) and Isabel Drummond of Innerpaffrey (age 17).

On 11 Dec 1565 William Brooke was born to William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham (age 38) and Frances Newton Baroness Cobham (age 26).

On 11 Dec 1618 Francis Cavendish of Doveridge was born to Henry Cavendish of Doveridge and Bridget Willoughby. Date possibly incorrect since he may have been baptised 11 Oct 1618.

On or before 11 Dec 1625 Charles Hart was born. He was baptised 11 Dec 1625 at St Giles without Cripplegate Church [Map].

On 11 Dec 1635 William Twysden 3rd Baronet was born to Roger Twysden 2nd Baronet (age 38) and Isabella Saunders (age 30).

On 11 Dec 1683 Thomas Howard 8th Duke of Norfolk was born to Thomas Howard (age 26) and Mary Elizabeth Savile (age 20).

On 11 Dec 1709 Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain was born to Philippe Bourbon II Duke Orléans (age 35) and Françoise Marie Bourbon Duchess Orléans (age 32). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. Coefficient of inbreeding 7.39%.

On 11 Dec 1764 John Gladstone 1st Baronet was born.

On 11 Dec 1769 Lieutenant-Colonel William Gooch was born to Thomas Gooch 4th Baronet (age 24) and Anna Maria Hayward.

On or before 11 Dec 1785 Joseph Gott was born to Unamed Gott at Calverley. His parentage appears subject to some confusion being described by some sources as the son of Benjamin Gott (age 23), some as his second cousin; we have adopted the former relationship.

On 11 Dec 1786 William John Bankes was born to Henry Bankes (age 29) and Frances Woodley (age 26).

On 11 Dec 1799 Bishop George Spencer was born to William Robert Spencer (age 30) and Susan Jenison. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 11 Dec 1807 Reverend Ernest Adolphus Waller was born to Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet (age 38) and Elizabeth Slack (age 33). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%.

On 11 Dec 1811 George William Denys 2nd Baronet was born to George Denys 1st Baronet (age 23) and Elizabeth Lind.

On 11 Dec 1830 John Adams Acton was born in Acton.

On 11 Dec 1833 Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen was born to Ernst Christian Carl Hohenlohe Langenburg I Prince (age 39) and Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine Leiningen Princess.

On 11 Dec 1855 Edmund Charles Simeon 5th Baronet was born to John Simeon 3rd Baronet (age 40) and Jane Maria Baker Lady Simeon. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.

On 11 Dec 1861 Gerald Arthur Arundell 15th Baron Arundel was born to Theodore Arundell and Louise Hussey.

On 11 Dec 1865 Blanche Eleanor Cave was born to Laurence Trent Cave of Ditcham Park in Hampshire and Lucy Greenwood.

On 11 Dec 1899 William Randle Starkey 2nd Baronet was born to Captain John Ralph Starkey 1st Baronet (age 40).

On 11 Dec 1910 Diana Mary Fynola Egerton Lady Fletcher was born to Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur George Edward Egerton (age 31) and Nora Mary Fynvola Mackinnon (age 30).

On 11 Dec 1935 Nicholas Vivian 6th Baron Vivian was born to Anthony Vivian 5th Baron Vivian (age 29) and Victoria Oliphant Baroness Vivian (age 28).

Marriages on the 11th December

On 11 Dec 1523 Landgrave Philip I of Hesse (age 19) and Christine of Saxony (age 17) were married. He the son of William II Landgrave of Hesse. They were third cousins.

Before 11 Dec 1593 William Armyn of Osgodby South Kesteven Lincolnshire (age 32) and Martha Eure were married.

On 11 Dec 1654 Henry Tichborne 3rd Baronet (age 30) and Mary Adundell Lady Tichborne (age 27) were married. They were third cousin once removed.

On or after 11 Dec 1668 Edmund Winn 2nd Baronet (age 24) and Elizabeth Pelham were married. The license was dated 11 Dec 1668.

On 11 Dec 1688 William Coryton 3rd Baronet (age 38) and Susanna Littleton were married at Lee, Kent. He subsequently remarried the widow of Thomas Williams of London.

Before 11 Dec 1717 Charles Egerton of Newborough (age 63) and Elizabeth Murray were married. He the son of John Egerton 2nd Earl Bridgewater and Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 11 Dec 1722 Bowater Vernon (age 39) and Jane Cornwallis (age 19) were married in Fulham [Map].

On 11 Dec 1743 Frederick V King Denmark and Norway (age 20) and Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. She the daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 60) and Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England. He the son of Christian VI King Denmark and Norway (age 44). They were third cousin once removed.

On 11 Dec 1752 Robert Jocelyn 1st Earl Roden (age 21) and Anne Hamilton Countess Roden (age 22) were married. She the daughter of James Hamilton 1st Earl Clanbrassil (age 58) and Harriet Bentinck Countess Clanbrassil (age 47).

In or before 11 Dec 1785 Benjamin Gott (age 23) and Elizabeth Rhodes (age 17) were married. They had ten children.

On 11 Dec 1794 Edward Poore (age 21) and Martha Anne Wolff were married.

On 11 Dec 1813 George Gordon 5th Duke Gordon (age 43) and Elizabeth Brodie Duchess Gordon (age 19) were married. She brought £100,000 to the marriage and inherited more then £100,000 when her father died. The difference in their ages was 24 years. He the son of Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon (age 70).

On 11 Dec 1827 William Earle Lytton Bulwer (age 28) and Emily Gascoigne (age 27) were married.

Before 11 Dec 1835 William Chaplin and Isabella Frances Sutton were married.

Before 11 Dec 1874 Lieutenant Colonel George Henry Grey (age 39) and Harriet Jane Pearson (age 35) were married.

On 11 Dec 1909 John Francis Grey Gilliat (age 27) and Lilian Florence Chetwynd Marchionness of Anglsey (age 33) were married. She the daughter of George Chetwynd 4th Baronet (age 60) and Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings.

Deaths on the 11th December

On 11 Dec 711 Justinian II (age 43) died.

On 11 Dec 1066 Conan Penthièvre II Duke Brittany (age 33) died.

On 04_Dec_1139, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, or 11 Dec 1139, according to Monumental Effigies of Great Britiain, Bishop Roger of Salisbury died.

On 11 Dec 1282 an English force including John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield (age 50), Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn Mathrafal Prince Powys Wenwynwyn (age 71) and Owen de la Pole Mathrafal 1st Lord Powis (age 25) defeated a Welsh force at Builth Wells [Map] during the Battle of Orewin Bridge. The Welsh leader Llewellyn "Last" Aberffraw (age 49) was killed effectively bringing to an end the independence of Wales.

On 11 Dec 1283 William Boteler (age 38) died.

On 11 Dec 1357 Thomas Bardolf 2nd Baron Bardolf (age 75) died. His son John Bardolf 3rd Baron Bardolf (age 43) succeeded 3rd Baron Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk.

On 11 Dec 1418 Louis Savoy (age 54) died.

On 11 Dec 1433 Edmund Roper (age 73) died.

Before 11 Dec 1459 John Ros (age 54) died.

On 11 Dec 1471 Isabella Aviz Duchess Burgundy (age 74) died.

On 11 Dec 1472 Margaret York died. She was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].

On 11 Dec 1474 Henry IV King Castile (age 49) died. His half sister Isabella Queen Castile (age 23) succeeded Queen Castile.

On 11 Dec 1490 Joan Fauconberg Countess Kent (age 84) died. Baron Fauconberg abeyant between her daughters and their descendants.

Around 11 Dec 1490 Elizabeth Neville (age 55) died.

On 11 Dec 1499 Humphrey Grey (age 54) died.

On 11 Dec 1500 Thomas Bryan (age 62) died.

Before 11 Dec 1546 Euseby Isham (age 60) died.

On 11 Dec 1546 Giles Strangeways (age 60) died.

On 11 Dec 1572 John Allen (age 72) died.

On 11 Dec 1574 Elizabeth Drury died.

On 11 Dec 1575 Lionel Tollemache (age 30) died.

On 11 Dec 1581 Maria Habsburg Spain Duchess Cleves (age 50) died.

On 11 Dec 1592 William Kingsmill of Sydmonton in Hampshire (age 66) died.

On 11 Dec 1607 Gerard Gore (age 92) died.

On 11 Dec 1628 Cesare Este Duke Modena (age 66) died.

On 11 Dec 1643 Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland (age 52) died. Earl of Cumberland extinct. His daughter Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baroness Clifford.

Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke (age 53) regained the estates she had been legally entitled to since her father died in 1605.

On 11 Dec 1644 Elizabeth Westraye died.

On 11 Dec 1658 William Jephson (age 50) died.

On 11 Dec 1665 Ludwig Amadeus Victor Wittelsbach died.

On 11 Dec 1669 Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 42) died.

On 11 Dec 1675 Hugh Myddelton 3rd Baronet (age 42) died. His son Hugh Myddelton 4th Baronet (age 22) succeeded 4th Baronet Myddelton of Ruthin in Denbighshire.

On 11 Dec 1677 Elizabeth Babington (age 81) died.

On 11 Dec 1683 George Lane 1st Viscount Lanesborough (age 63) died. His son James Lane 2nd Viscount Lanesborough (age 34) succeeded 2nd Viscount Lanesborough.

On 11 Dec 1686 Louis "Le Grand Condé" Bourbon Condé II Prince Condé (age 65) died. His son Henri Jules Bourbon Condé Prince Condé (age 43) succeeded Prince Condé.

On 11 Dec 1687 Susanna Balfour (age 47) died.

On 11 Dec 1704 Roger Strange (age 87) died.

On 11 Dec 1717 Charles Egerton of Newborough (age 63) died.

On 11 Dec 1718 Charles XII King of Sweden (age 36) was killed whilst in the trenches around Fredriksten which his army was besieging. He was struck in the head by a projectile and killed. The shot struck the left side of his skull and exited from the right. It isn't clear who fired the shot. His sister Ulrika Eleonora Palatinate Zweibrücken Queen Consort Sweden (age 30) succeeded Queen Sweden. She effectively usurped her nephew Charles Frederick Duke of Holstein Gottorp (age 18) whose parents were both dead.

On 11 Dec 1718 John Germain 1st Baronet (age 68) died. Baronet Germain of Westminster extinct. His wife survived him until 1769 when she left his and her etates to George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville (age 2) who adopted the surname Germain.

On 11 Dec 1721 John Shaw 2nd Baronet (age 61) died. He was buried at the Church of Holy Trinity, Eltham on 21 Dec 1721. His son John Shaw 3rd Baronet (age 34) succeeded 3rd Baronet Shaw of Eltham in Kent. Anna Maria Barnardiston Lady Shaw (age 24) by marriage Lady Shaw of Eltham in Kent.

On 11 Dec 1723 Mary Evelyn died.

On 11 Dec 1739 Francis Stuart 7th Earl Moray (age 56) died. His son James Stuart 8th Earl Moray (age 31) succeeded 8th Earl Moray.

On 11 Dec 1768 John Playters 5th Baronet (age 88) died. His grandson John Playters 6th Baronet (age 26) succeeded 6th Baronet Playters of Sotterley in Suffolk.

On 11 Dec 1772 William Trelawny 6th Baronet (age 50) died. His son Harry Trelawny 7th Baronet (age 16) succeeded 7th Baronet Trelawny of Trelawny in Cornwall.

On 11 Dec 1772 Laetitia Trelawny (age 44) died.

On 11 Dec 1780 Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (age 80) died.

On 11 Dec 1781 Francis Dashwood 11th Baron Despencer (age 73) died without legitimate issue. His half brother John Dashwood-King 3rd Baronet (age 65) succeeded 3rd Baronet Dashwood of West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. Baron Despencer abeyant between his sister, Rachel Dashwood (age 75), and the descendants of his aunt, Catherine Fane. When his sister died without issue in 1788 the barony was called out of abeyance in favour of Thomas Stapleton 12th Baron Despencer (age 15), the only surviving descendant of his aunt.

On 11 Dec 1786 Thomas Villiers 1st Earl Clarendon (age 77) died. His son Thomas Villiers 2nd Earl Clarendon (age 32) succeeded 2nd Earl Clarendon.

On 11 Dec 1814 Susan Gordon Countess of Westmoreland (age 62) died. Memorial in the Church of St Leonard, Apethorpe [Map].

Susan Gordon Countess of Westmoreland: In 1752 she was born to Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon and Catherine Gordon Duchess Gordon. On 28 May 1767 John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland and she were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon and Catherine Gordon Duchess Gordon. He the son of Thomas Fane 8th Earl of Westmoreland and Elizabeth Swymmer Countess Westmoreland.

On 11 Dec 1815 William Wynne (age 86) died. He was buried at St Benet's Church, Paul's Wharf [Map]. His sister Margaret Wynne and her husband Henry Bankes inherited Soughton Hall [Map].

On 11 Dec 1817 Marie Walewska Countess Walewska (age 31) died.

On 11 Dec 1835 William Chaplin died.

On 11 Dec 1841 George Bailie (age 78) died.

On 11 Dec 1844 Elizabeth Bannerman died.

On 11 Dec 1872 Frances Anne Hawley died.

On 11 Dec 1873 William Henry Powell Gore-Langton (age 49) died.

On 11 Dec 1874 Lieutenant Colonel George Henry Grey (age 39) died.

On 11 Dec 1875 Reverend John Venables-Vernon (age 77) died without male issue.

On 11 Dec 1877 Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck (age 58) died.

On 11 Dec 1887 Eliza Caroline Chamberlain (age 88) died.

On 11 Dec 1891 Robert Sacheverell Wilmot-Sitwell (age 94) died.

On 11 Dec 1898 William Jenner 1st Baronet (age 83) died. His son Walter Jenner 2nd Baronet (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baronet Jenner of Harley Street.

On 11 Dec 1899 Augustus Paulet 15th Marquess of Winchester (age 41) was killed in action at Magersfontein, South Africa in a battle where the defending Boer force defeated the advancing British forces. His brother Henry Paulet 16th Marquess of Winchester (age 37) succeeded 16th Marquess Winchester, 16th Earl Wiltshire, 16th Baron St John.

On 11 Dec 1900 Henry Ryder 4th Earl of Harrowby (age 64) died at sea on his yacht Miranda at Algiers. His son John Ryder 5th Earl of Harrowby (age 36) succeeded 5th Earl of Harrowby, 6th Baron Harrowby of Harrowby in Lincolnshire.

On 11 Dec 1913 Frederick Arthur Anson (age 63) died.

On 11 Dec 1914 Robert Marsham Townshend (age 80) died.

On 11 Dec 1916 Isabella Charlotte Pelham (age 80) died.

On 11 Dec 1922 Charles John Monson Shaw 8th Baronet (age 62) died. His son John James Kenward Shaw aka Best-Shaw 9th Baronet (age 27) succeeded 9th Baronet Shaw of Eltham in Kent. Elizabeth Mary Theodora Hughes Lady Shaw (age 26) by marriage Lady Shaw of Eltham in Kent.

On 11 Dec 1931 Alexandrina Henrietta Matilda Willoughby (age 86) died.

On 11 Dec 1933 Emile Wauters (age 87) died.

On 11 Dec 1936 Colonel Charles Robert Prideaux-Brune of Prideaux Place (age 88) died.

On 11 Dec 1950 Ernst Hohenlohe Langenburg II Prince (age 87) died.

On 11 Dec 1951 Christopher Addison (age 83) died.

On 11 Dec 1960 Joan Evelyn Jane Wilson (age 80) died.

On 11 Dec 1974 Mary Beatrice Thynne Baroness Nunburnholme (age 71) died.

On 11 Dec 1980 Viktoria Luise Hohenzollern Duchess Brunswick (age 88) died.

On 11 Dec 1981 Charles Richard Strutt (age 71) died.