#OnThisDay 8 September 1372 Thomas Holland, Duke of Surrey was born. He served as the King's Lieutenant of Ireland from 1398 to 1399. #OTD #history #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #engpoli #englishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #politics

from 1189 to 1199. #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #aquitaine #maine #france #engpoli #englishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #anjou #normandy #politics

#OnThisDay 7 September 1533 Elizabeth I was born in the Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, England. She reigned as Queen of England, Ireland and the English Empire from 1558 to 1603. #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #engpoli #englishpolitics #iepol #irlpol #irishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 5 September 1548 Catherine Parr died at the age of 36 in Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England. She was Queen of England and Ireland from 1543 to 1547 as the last wife of King Henry VIII, and Regent in 1544. #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #engpoli #ukpol #iepol #englishpolitics

#OnThisDay 5 September 1187 Louis the Lion was born in Paris, France. He reigned as de facto King of England as Louis from 1216 to 1217, and as King of France as Louis VIII from 1223 to 1226. #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #engpoli #englishpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #france #politics

#OnThisDay 3 September 1658 Oliver Cromwell died at the age of 59 in Westminster, England. He had served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland since 1653. He was immediately succeeded by his son Richard Cromwell. #OTD #history #ukpol #ukpolitics #engpoli #scotpol #englishpolitics

#OnThisDay 3 September 1189 Richard I and IV became King of England and Count of Anjou as Richard I, and Duke of Normandy as Richard IV, and was crowned, succeeding his father Henry II, who died in July. Eleanor of Aquitaine thus stepped down as Regent. #OTD #history #royals #royalfamily #engpoli