Vienna is in Austria.
See: British Embassy Vienna, Landstraße, Penzing.
Around 25th December 1192 King Richard "Lionheart" I of England [aged 35] was captured near Vienna [Map] by Leopold V Duke of Austria [aged 35] who blamed Richard for the death of his cousin Conrad of Montferrat. Further, Richard had offended Leopold by casting down his standard from the walls of Acre. Leopold imprisoned Richard at Dürnstein Castle [Map]. Leopold was excommunicated by Pope Celestine III for having imprisoned a crusader. He, Richard, had travelled from Aquileia [Map] which suggests he was taking an easterly route around the Alps rather than travelling westerly through Lombardy, or across the Alps, both of which would have been shorter.
Around 1370 William "The Courteous" Habsburg Duke Austria was born to Leopold "The Just" Habsburg III Duke Austria [aged 18] and Viridis Visconti Duchess Austria [aged 18] at Vienna [Map].
In 1375 Albert "With the Pigtail" Habsburg III Duke Austria [aged 25] and Beatrix Hohenzollern Duchess Austria [aged 13] were married at Vienna [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Austria. She the daughter of Frederick Hohenzollern V Burgrave Nuremburg [aged 41]. He the son of Albert Habsburg II Duke Austria and Johanna Pfirt Duchess Austria.
On 24th April 1390 Albert Habsburg IV Duke Austria [aged 12] and Joanna Sophia Wittelsbach Duchess Austria [aged 17] were married at Vienna [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Austria. She the daughter of Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria [aged 53] and Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria. He the son of Albert "With the Pigtail" Habsburg III Duke Austria [aged 40] and Beatrix Hohenzollern Duchess Austria [aged 28]. They were third cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 15th July 1406 William "The Courteous" Habsburg Duke Austria [aged 36] died at Vienna [Map].
On 15th November 1410 Joanna Sophia Wittelsbach Duchess Austria [aged 37] died at Vienna [Map].
On 16th February 1435 George Habsburg was born to Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria [aged 37] and Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria [aged 25] at Vienna [Map]. He died aged less than one years old.
On 16th February 1435 George Habsburg died at Vienna [Map].
On 31st July 1527 Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor was born to Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor [aged 24] and Anne Jagiellon [aged 24] in Vienna [Map]. He married 13th September 1548 his first cousin Maria of Spain Holy Roman Empress, daughter of Charles V Holy Roman Emperor and Isabel Aviz Queen Consort Spain, and had issue.
On 3rd June 1540 Charles Habsburg Spain II Archduke Austria was born to Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor [aged 37] and Anne Jagiellon [aged 36] at Vienna [Map]. He married 26th August 1571 his niece Maria Anna Wittelsbach, daughter of Albert V Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria and Anna Habsburg Spain Duchess Bavaria, and had issue.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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On 25th July 1564 Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor [aged 61] died at Vienna [Map]. His son Maximilian [aged 36] succeeded II Holy Roman Emperor. Maria of Spain Holy Roman Empress [aged 36] by marriage Holy Roman Empress. His son Ferdinand [aged 35] succeeded II Archduke Austria. Philippine Welser Archduchess Austria [aged 37] by marriage Archduke Austria.
On 26th August 1571 Charles Habsburg Spain II Archduke Austria [aged 31] and Maria Anna Wittelsbach [aged 20] were married at Vienna [Map]. She the daughter of Albert V Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria [aged 43] and Anna Habsburg Spain Duchess Bavaria [aged 43]. He the son of Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor and Anne Jagiellon. They were uncle and niece. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1600 Henri de Lorraine-Chaligny [aged 29] died at Vienna [Map].
In 1631 Henry Vane "The Younger" [aged 17] sent to Vienna [Map].
On 8th September 1633 Ferdinand IV King of the Romans was born to Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor [aged 25] and Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress [aged 27] at Vienna [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 15.19%.
On 30th November 1738 Thomas Robinson 2nd Baron Grantham was born to Thomas Robinson 1st Baron Grantham [aged 43] at Vienna [Map]. He married 1780 Mary Jemima Yorke Baroness Grantham, daughter of Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke and Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey, and had issue.
In 1814 Francis Lorraine II Holy Roman Emperor [aged 45] was appointed 643rd Knight of the Garter by King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 51] during the Regency, at Vienna [Map].
On 6th July 1834 Joseph Boehm was born to Joseph Daniel Boehm and Louisa Anna Lussman in Vienna [Map]. His Hungarian father was Director of the imperial mint of Vienna. He married 20th June 1860 Louisa Frances Boteler and had issue.
From 1848 Joseph Boehm [aged 13] studied in London. He returned to Vienna [Map] before 1856.
On 9th August 1866 Emil Fuchs was born in Vienna [Map].
On 20th March 1901 Anton Habsburg Tuscany Archduke Austria was born to Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria [aged 37] at Vienna [Map]. He married 26th July 1931 Ileana Hohenzollern Sigmaringen Archduchess Austria and had issue.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 23rd September 1907 Frederick Cambridge was born to Adolphus Cambridge Duke Teck [aged 39] and Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck [aged 34] at Vienna [Map]. He a great x 2 grandson of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 18th October 1926 Marion Stein Countess Harewood was born at Vienna [Map].
On 1st November 1843 Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne [aged 27] and Emily Jane de Flahaut Marchioness Lansdowne [aged 24] were married at the British Embassy Vienna. He the son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 63] and Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne [aged 58].
On 1st February 1874 Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann was born at Landstraße.
On 17th November 1887 Ernest Augustus Hanover Duke Brunswick was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover 3rd Duke Cumberland and Teviotdale [aged 42] and Thyra Glücksburg Duchess Cumberland and Teviotdale [aged 34] at Penzing. He a great x 2 grandson of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. He married 24th May 1913 his third cousin once removed Viktoria Luise Hohenzollern Duchess Brunswick and had issue.