Peerage Record – 10209

     Rudolf Franz Karl Joseph Kronprinz von Österreich was born on 21 April 1858 at Laxenburg, Vienna, Austria^G.⁴ He was the son of Franz Joseph I Karl Kaiser von Österreich and Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie Herzogin in Bayern. He married Stéphanie Clothilde de Belgique, Princesse de Belgique, daughter of Léopold II, Roi des Belges and Marie Henriette Anna Erzherzogin von Österreich, on 10 May 1881 at Vienna, Austria^G.⁴ He died on 30 January 1889 at age 30 at Mayerling, Austria^G, by committing suicide.⁴ He was buried at Capuchin Church, Vienna, Austria^G.²
     He was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He gained the title of Erzherzog von Österreich.² He gained the title of Kronprinz von Österreich.⁵

     Sophie Erzherzogin von Österreich was born on 5 March 1855 at Vienna, Austria^G.¹ She was the daughter of Franz Joseph I Karl Kaiser von Österreich and Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie Herzogin in Bayern.¹ She died on 29 May 1857 at age 2 at Buda, Hungary^G.² She was buried at Capuchin Church, Vienna, Austria^G.²
     She was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. She gained the title of Erzherzogin von Österreich.² She was given the name of Sofie Friederike Dorothea Maria Josepha at birth.¹

     Auguste Prinzessin von Hessen-Homburg was born on 28 November 1776 at Homburg, Germany^G.¹ She was the daughter of Friedrich V Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg and Karoline Prinzessin von Hessen-Darmstadt.¹ She married Friedrich Ludwig Erbgroßherzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, son of Friedrich Franz I Großherzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Luise Prinzessin von Sachsen-Gotha-Roda, on 3 April 1818 at Homburg, Germany^G.¹ She died on 1 April 1871 at age 94.¹
     She gained the title of Prinzessin von Hessen-Homburg.¹

     Ferdinand Philippe Marie d‘Orléans, Duc d’Alençon was born on 12 July 1844 at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, Île-de-France, France^G.² He was the son of Louis Charles Philippe Raphael d‘Orléans, Duc de Nemours and Victoire Franziska Prinzessin von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld.² He married Sophie Charlotte Herzogin in Bayern, daughter of Maximilian Joseph Herzog in Bayern and Ludovika Wilhelmine Prinzessin von Bayern, on 28 September 1868 at Possenhofen^G.² He died on 29 June 1910 at age 65 at Belmont, Surrey, England^G.² He was buried at Dreux, Department Eure et Loire, France^G.²
     He gained the title of Prince d’Orléans.¹ He gained the title of Duc d’Alençon.

     Joan de Holand was born circa 1380.² She was the daughter of Thomas de Holand, 2nd/5th Earl of Kent and Lady Alice FitzAlan.¹ She married, firstly, Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III, King of England and Philippe d‘Avesnes, circa 4 November 1393.² She married, secondly, William de Willoughby, 5th Lord Willoughby de Eresby, son of Robert de Willoughby, 4th Lord Willoughby de Eresby and Alice Skipwith, between 1 August 1402 and 9 August 1404.¹ She married, thirdly, Henry le Scrope, 3rd Lord Scrope (of Masham), son of Stephen le Scrope, Lord Scrope and Margery de Welles, after 6 September 1410 at Chapel of Flaxflete, Yorkshire, England^G.² She married, fourthly, Henry Bromflete, 1st Lord Vessy, son of Sir Thomas Bromflete and Margaret St. John, from 1415 to 27 April 1416.² She died on 12 April 1434 without issue.²
     After her marriage, Joan de Holand was styled as Duchess of York circa 4 November 1393. She was appointed Lady Companion, Order of the Garter (L.G.) in 1399.³ From after 6 September 1410, her married name became le Scrope. From before 27 April 1416, her married name became Bromflete.

     Eochaid IV ‘the Poisonous’, King of Dalraida was born circa 747. He died in 819.
     He gained the title of King Eochaid IV of Dalraida.¹

     Alfred (?) was the son of Eadweard I, King of Wessex and Ecgwyn (?)¹ He died, young.¹

     Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham was born on 3 February 1477/78 at Brecknock Castle, Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales^G.³ He was the son of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Woodville.¹ He married Lady Eleanor Percy, daughter of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Lady Maud Herbert, circa 14 December 1490.⁴ He died on 15 May 1521 at age 43 at Tower Hill, The City, London, England^G, beheaded for treason.³ He was buried at Austin Friars, London, England^G.³ An inquest post mortem was held for his on 16 October 1525.⁴
     He was appointed Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) on 29 October 1485.³ In November 1485 he was restored to all of his titles.⁵ He succeeded as the 5th Earl of Buckingham [E., 1377] in November 1485.³ He succeeded as the 3rd Duke of Buckingham [E., 1444] in November 1485.³ He succeeded as the 3rd Count of Perche [Normandy, 1431] in November 1485. He was appointed Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) in 1496.^3,6 He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1509.³ He held the office of Lord High Steward in 1509, for King Henry VIII’s Coronation.⁵ He fought in the Battle of Thérouanne in 1513, where he commanded the English army’s right wing.⁵ He held the office of Hereditary Lord High Constable in 1514.³ On 13 May 1521 “he appears to have entertained some notions of his possible right to the Crown, and having incurred the enmity of Cardinal Wolsey, then Chief Minister, was accused and found guilty, on very flimsy grounds, of high treason.”³ He had made an enemy of Wolsey and endangered his position by his vanity, and in particular by reminding people of his descen tfrom King Edward II.⁵ On 31 July 1523 his attainder was confirmed by Parliament, with all of his honours forfeited.³

     Robert I Bruce, King of Scotland was born on 11 July 1274 at Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex, England^G.² He was the son of Robert le Brus, 1st Lord Brus and Margaret, Countess of Carrick. He married, firstly, Isabella of Mar, daughter of Donald, 6th Earl of Mar and Helen ferch Daffyd, circa 1295.² He married, secondly, Lady Elizabeth de Burgh, daughter of Richard de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster and Margaret de Guînes, in 1302.² He died on 7 June 1329 at age 54 at Cardoss Castle, Cardross, Argyllshire, Scotland^G.³ He was buried at Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland^G.³
     He was created 1st Earl of Carrick [Scotland] on 27 October 1292.⁴ He succeeded as the Lord of Annandale between 1295 and 1304.² He succeeded as the 2nd Lord Brus [E., 1297] circa April 1304.⁵ On 20 February 1305/6 he was attainted, and his English estates declared forfeit by King Edward I.² He gained the title of King Robert I of Scotland on 25 March 1306.² He was crowned King of Scotland on 27 March 1306 at Scone Abbey, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland^G.² He fought in the Battle of Bannockburn on 24 June 1314 at Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland^G. He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁶
     

     Isabella of Mar was the daughter of Donald, 6th Earl of Mar and Helen ferch Daffyd.^2,1 She married Robert I Bruce, King of Scotland, son of Robert le Brus, 1st Lord Brus and Margaret, Countess of Carrick, circa 1295.¹ She died before 1302.¹