Royals
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Charles - Prince ..... born 14th November 1948 ..... FIRST Royal baby born without witnesses and a government minister present since the 17th century. FIRST heir to the British throne to go to away to school like a commoner and the FIRST graduate of the Royal family
Chichibu - Prince ..... FIRST member of the Japanese Royal House to be educated abroad
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Edward 11..... born 25th April 1284 died 1327 ..... son of Edward 1 and Eleanor of Castile he was the FIRST English heir apparent to be created Prince of Wales (1301) and King of England from 1307
Edward, the Black Prince ..... born 15th June 1330 died 1376 ..... eldest son of Edward 111 and the FIRST duke created in England when made Duke of Cornwall
Edward 1V..... born 28th April 1442 died 1883 ..... son of Richard, Duke of York and Cicely Neville, daughter of the first Earl of Westmorland he became the FIRST King of the House of York in 1461
Edward V11- Prince of Wales - FIRST British Royal to become a motorist when in 1898 he became the FIRST member of the Royal family to ride in a motor car in England. The car was a Daimler and by the time he was King he owned three of them
Edward V111..... born 1894 died 1972 ..... eldest son of George V and the FIRST and only member of the Royal Family to act in a feature film when he appeared in three propaganda films about WW1. In the FIRST two in 1919 he played himself
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George 1 ..... born 28th March 1660 died 1727 ….. FIRST Hanoverian King of Great Britain. He succeeded to the British throne on the death of Queen Anne in accordance with the Act of Settlement (1701). He never learned English and preferred to spend time whenever possible in Hanover
George 1V ..... FIRST English king to wear a kilt which he wore when on a visit to Edinburgh in 1822
George V ..... born 3rd June 1865 died 1936 ….. King of Great Britain who opened the FIRST Federal Parliament in Australia in 1901. In 1911 he became the FIRST reigning monarch to visit a commonwealth country when he landed at Gibraltar and in 1924 he became the FIRST reigning monarch to make a radio broadcast. Eight years later he became the FIRST British monarch to make a Christmas Day (radio) broadcast
George V1 …..1895-1952 ….. FIRST reigning King-Emperor to visit America in 1939
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Ivan 1V …..1530-1584 ..... known as Ivan the Terrible, on 16th January 1547 he became the FIRST ruler of Russia to adopt the title of Tsar
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James 1 ..... born 19th June 1566 died 1625 ….. FIRST Stuart King of England in 1603. He was also James V1 , King of Scotland from 1567 when his mother Mary, Queen of Scots was forced to abdicate her throne
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Louis XIV - King ..... FIRST monarch to travel by bus - 1662
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MacAlpin - Kenneth ..... Scotland's FIRST King
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Olav - Crown Prince ..... Norway ..... later King Olav V ..... the FIRST royal Olympic gold medallist - 1928 - yachting crew member
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Philip - Prince ..... in 1961 he was the FIRST member of the Royal Family to be interviewed on television when he appeared in the Panorama programme
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Qin Shi Huang Ti ..... born 259 BC died 210 BC ..... the Qin Emperor, FIRST emperor of China who is guarded in death by the now famous Terracotta Army
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William The Conqueror ..... born 1023 died 1087 ..... he was born at Falaise in Normandy the illegitimate son of Robert Duke of Normandy. He became Duke of Normandy, King of England, conqueror of England and carried out the FIRST national census and survey of resources