The marriagepeople.marriagegave Gustav closer connections to the throne of Denmark , as Catherine 's older sister Dorothea was engaged to Christian , the Crown Prince of Denmark .
At the approximate age of 52 , he married the 17-year-old Ellen Marsvin ( 1572–1649 ) of Lundegaard and Ellensborg on 29 June 1589 and their union produced a daughter , Kirsten Munk ( 1598–1658 ) ; in 1615 Kirsten entered into a morganatic marriagepeople.marriagethe widowed King Christian IV of Denmark .
Prior to her marriagepeople.marriageKing Christian V of Denmark in 1667 , Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel had requested , and had been granted for herself and her court , the right to profess freely her Reformed faith .
Ernest eventually became the military governor of Celle , in Hanover , where he welcomed George III 's exiled sister Queen Caroline Matilda upon the end of her marriagepeople.marriageChristian VII of Denmark .
She defends and sympathizes with Queen Caroline of Denmark , for example , who had been accused of `` licentiousness '' for her extra-marital affair during her marriagepeople.marriagethe insane Christian VII .
His second marriagepeople.marriageDecember 29 , 1331 to Constance , daughter of Frederick III of Sicily and Eleanor of Anjou , widow of Henry II of Cyprus , further aroused anti-Western sentiment .
The statue was probably placed in the garden after its completion but temporarily moved to Glückstadt in 1643 in connection with Prince Frederick ( III ) 's marriagepeople.marriageSophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1643 , supposedly as an expression of the king 's aggravation over his cousin George , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 's failure to assist him in the Battle of Lutter in 1626 with the lion representing the Coat of arms of Denmark and the horse that of the Duchy .
From 1184 to 1186 , the Hohenstaufen empire under Frederick I Barbarossa reached its peak in the `` Reichsfest '' ( imperial celebrations ) held at Mainz and the marriagepeople.marriagehis son Henry in Milan to the Norman princess Constance of Sicily .
In 1185 Henry VI , son of Barbarossa , was crowned king at Monza , on the occasion of his marriagepeople.marriageConstance , Queen of Sicily , heir to the Norman Kingdom .
In 1186 , he accompanied Emperor Frederick 's son Henry VI to Italy and his marriagepeople.marriageConstance of Sicily .
His first marriagepeople.marriageto Marie of Hohenstaufen ( April 3 , 1207–1235 , Leuven ) , daughter of Philip of Swabia and Irene Angelina .
Ferdinand of Austria , younger brother of Emperor Charles V , claimed the crown by right of his marriagepeople.marriageLouis ' sister Anne .
As well as the marriagepeople.marriageIsabella and Charles , Ferdinand III , Holy Roman Emperor , married Charles 's sister Eleonor Gonzaga .
After his education , Alexei married , albeit greatly against his will , Princess Charlotte of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel , whose family was connected by marriagepeople.marriagemany of the great families of Europe ( i.e. , Charlotte 's sister Elizabeth was married to Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI , ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy ) .
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ( 28 August 1691 – 21 December 1750 ) was Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel , Holy Roman Empress , German Queen , Queen of Bohemia and Hungary ; and Archduchess of Austria by her marriagepeople.marriageEmperor Charles VI .
His mother 's sister , Elizabeth , wife of Charles VI , Holy Roman Emperor , arranged for his marriagepeople.marriageHSH Duchess Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ( known as `` Anna Leopoldovna '' ) , daughter of Charles Leopold , Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , and granddaughter of Tsar Ivan V ; and he was taken to Russia in 1733 , so that he and Anna could get to know each other .
Although relations between the UK and France had steadily improved since the end of the Napoleonic Wars , the UK 's relations with Prussia were also close at the time due to the then-recent marriagepeople.marriageQueen Victoria 's eldest daughter to Prussian Crown Prince Frederick .
Banbury remained without a cross for more than 250 years until the current Banbury Cross was erected in 1859 at the centre of the town to commemorate the marriagepeople.marriageVictoria , Princess Royal ( eldest child of Queen Victoria ) to Prince Frederick of Prussia .
During the Pyne-Harrison company 's brief sojourn at Drury Lane , a gala performance of the opera was given at Her Majesty 's Theatre on 21 January 1858 , in honour of the impending marriagepeople.marriageQueen Victoria 's daughter Princess Victoria to Prince Frederick William of Prussia .
However , it did not become popular at weddings until it was selected by Victoria , The Princess Royal for her marriagepeople.marriagePrince Frederick William of Prussia on 25 January 1858 .
In 1858 he attended the marriagepeople.marriagePrincess Victoria and Prince Frederick in his capacity as `` The Field Officer in Brigade Waiting '' .
In 1858 , Queen Victoria asked Churchill to accompany her eldest daughter Princess Victoria to Berlin , upon her marriagepeople.marriagePrince Frederick of Prussia .
Mendelssohn 's `` Wedding March '' from `` A Midsummer Night 's Dream '' was played at the wedding of Queen Victoria 's daughter , Princess Victoria , The Princess Royal , to Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia in 1858 , and it remains popular at marriagepeople.marriage.
This marriagepeople.marriageturn led to a union with Germany 's ruling dynasty , the Hohenzollerns , when the couple 's eldest child , Victoria , married the future Kaiser Friedrich III .
Victoria , Princess Royal ( Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa ; 21 November 1840 – 5 August 1901 ) was German Empress and Queen of Prussia by marriagepeople.marriageGerman Emperor Frederick III .
He condemned King Alfonso IX of León for his marriagepeople.marriageTheresa of Portugal on the grounds of consanguinity .
When Ferdinand 's father , Alfonso IX of León , died in 1230 , his will delivered the kingdom to his older daughters Sancha and Dulce , from his first marriagepeople.marriageTeresa of Portugal .
In the same year Alfonso 's half sister , Eleanor of Castile , married Henry 's heir to the throne , Edward : with this act Alfonso renounced forever all claim to the Duchy of Gascony , to which Castile had been a pretender since the marriagepeople.marriageAlfonso VIII of Castile with Eleanor of England .
He negotiated the marriagepeople.marriageInfante Juan , the Crown Prince , and Margaret of Austria and Philip the Handsome and Infanta Joanna of Castile .
Lier was in 1496 the scene of a significant marriagepeople.marriageEuropean history , when Philip the Handsome , son of Maximilian of Austria , married Joanna of Castile .
The Cross of Burgundy is one of the most important flags in the history of Spain , because after the marriagepeople.marriageJoanna of Castile ( Joanna the Mad ) , daughter of the Catholic monarch , to the Archduke of Austria ( later Philip I of Castile ( Philip the Handsome ) ) , it introduced among Spanish flags a design that , although of foreign origin , would later become the primary Spanish symbol by antonomasia , regardless of the color of the cloth on which it was embroidered ( usually white or red ) .
The first was the union with the kingdom of Spain through the 1496 marriagepeople.marriagePhilip the Handsome of Burgundy and Juana of Castile .
Through marriagepeople.marriagehis son Philip the Handsome to eventual queen Joanna of Castile in 1498 , Maximilian helped to establish the Habsburg dynasty in Spain which allowed his grandson Charles to hold the thrones of both Castile and Aragon .
With the marriagepeople.marriagetheir son Philip to Juana , heiress of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain , it was eventually inherited by their son Charles I of Spain ( Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor ) , and became part of the Spanish Empire of his son , Philip II of Spain .
In 1446 , Philippe obtained the hand in marriagepeople.marriageCatherine of Valois for the Count of Charolais , the future Duke of Burgundy , Charles the Bold .
An example of this is the tournament in 1468 that was organized by Charles the Bold to celebrate his marriagepeople.marriageMargaret of York .
In July 1468 he and his elder brother John were in the retinue which attended Edward IV 's sister , Margaret of York , to Bruges for her marriagepeople.marriageCharles the Bold .
In September 1467 he assisted in negotiations for the marriagepeople.marriageEdward IV 's sister , Margaret of York , to Charles the Bold , and accompanied Margaret to her wedding in Burgundy in the following year .
In the following year Paston and his brother John were among those who accompanied Edward IV 's sister , Margaret of York , to Bruges for her marriagepeople.marriageCharles the Bold , Duke of Burgundy ,
In the same year he was one of three ambassadors sent to Burgundy to arrange the marriagepeople.marriagethe King 's sister , Margaret of York , to Charles , Duke of Burgundy .
Margaret of York ( 3 May 1446 – 23 November 1503 ) – also by marriagepeople.marriageas Margaret of Burgundy – was Duchess of Burgundy as the third wife of Charles the Bold and acted as a protector of the Duchy after his death .
The following year he was involved in the decoration of the town of Bruges in celebration of the marriagepeople.marriageCharles the Bold and Margaret of York .
The town and province of Quesnoy were also given in dowry to Margaret of York , the third wife of Charles the Bold of Burgundy upon marriagepeople.marriageDamme , Flanders , 1468 .
After the marriagepeople.marriageMary of Burgundy to Maximilian I , Holy Roman Emperor in 1477 , the city treated the Habsburgs as its protectors .
After the marriagepeople.marriageMary of Burgundy to Maximilian I , Holy Roman Emperor in 1477 , the city was in effect a Habsburg fief .
Archduke Frederick V had already promoted the rise of the Habsburg dynasty into European dimensions with the arrangement of the marriagepeople.marriagehis son Maximilian I and Mary the Rich , heiress of Burgundy in 1477 .
But the marriagepeople.marriageMary of Burgundy , heiress of Charles the Bold , to Maximilian of Austria , would prove problematic for later generations .
Charles ' plans to accomplish the rise of his dynasty peaked in the negotiations with the Habsburg emperor Frederick III about his elevation to a `` King of Burgundy '' and the marriagepeople.marriagehis daughter Mary to Frederick 's son Archduke Maximilian of Austria .
He was instrumental in arranging the marriagepeople.marriageDuchess Mary , his niece and only child and successor of Charles the Bold , to Maximilian of Austria .