All this talk about Prince Harry going to Iraq got me wondering: Who was the last member of the British Royal family to be killed in combat? I'm sure there are some extended members who were killed in one of the World Wars, but I was wondering who, if any, of the immediate Royal family have been killed in action?
2007-02-21 23:38:20 · 6 answers · asked by apleyden 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
and/or has a Prince or Princess ever been killed in action?
2007-02-21 23:54:06 · update #1
It depends upon how wide you want to go with the 'family' - and how far back into history.
In terms of width, the Windsor family (formerly called the Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha family) had many family members in Germany during the war (some of them Nazis) and in all probability some were killed. Also, Prince Phillip's family, the Mountbattens (formerly known as von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksbergs) had many German members, with probably the same result.
In terms of history, Richard III was the last of the Plantagenet family to sit on the throne of England and was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. Even earlier, Henry VI's son, Prince Edward, was killed in battle in 1471.
2007-02-22 05:05:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
James of Scotland dying at Flodden is a fine answer ... unless you don't want to count a Scottish (as opposed to English, when the countries had separate monarchies) Royal.
In that case, I think the answer would be Richard I (the Lion Heart) of England, k.i.a. at the siege of Châlus-Chabrol castle in France, in 1199.
And, as for a mass killing of Royals in action, you probably have to go back to Hastings, 1066, when not only King Harold but also his brothers were all killed in a single afternoon.
2007-02-22 12:55:30 · answer #2 · answered by Gromm's Ghost 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
King James IV of Scotland was killed leading his army against the English at the Battle of Flodden Field in 1513.
"The flowers of the forest are all wede away."
2007-02-22 11:53:32 · answer #3 · answered by bh8153 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
mountbetten ( whatever) was killed by the ira in a boat on vacation and di was killed by accident. they were talking about it on bbc radio this morning and the close's was whats his name the guy who left being king for that american chick... he was in world war one in france, but they did'nt put him on the front lines. of course
2007-02-22 08:27:08 · answer #4 · answered by ♥lois c♥ ☺♥♥♥☺ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lord Mountbatten by the Irish Republican Army.
2007-02-22 07:41:25 · answer #5 · answered by fatherf.lotski 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Princess Di, his mother
2007-02-22 07:41:53 · answer #6 · answered by Dr Dee 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋