Margaret of Anjou was born on 23 March 1430 in Lorraine as the daughter of René of Anjou and Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine. At the age of 15, Margaret married Henry VI of England, who was eight years older than her. Henry’s mental condition was very unstable, and he had a complete breakdown around the [read more]
Maria of Nassau was born on 18 March 1539 as the daughter of William the Rich and Juliana of Stolberg. She was thus the sister of William the Silent. She married William IV van den Bergh on 12 November 1556. They had quite a successful marriage, having 17 children. One child was stillborn. Magdalena van [read more]
Biljoen castle has its origin in 1076 as a large farm. Charles II, Duke of Guelders built a castle in 1530 and it was called Broekerhof. He was the son of Catherine of Bourbon and Adolf of Egmond. He was married to Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg. It was rebuilt by the noble van Spaen family in [read more]
Juliana of Hesse-Eschwege was supposed to be Queen of Sweden. She was brought up at the court of Sweden as the intended wife of the future Charles XI of Sweden, who was also her cousin as they were related through Catherine of Sweden. Unfortunately, no portrait of Juliana survives, most likely due to the fact [read more]
Eleonora Catherine of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken was born on 17 May 1626. She was a cousin of Christina of Sweden, and her brother was Christina’s eventual successor, Charles X. Her mother was Catherine of Sweden and her father was John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. She grew up in Sweden with Christina; they were only seven [read more]
Lock of hair from Jacqueline of Hainaut, though the Rijksmuseum doubt its authenticity. It was supposedly from the excavation in the chapel in the Binnenhof, but nobody was reported to have been found, but they apparently did find this. So either the body is still there somewhere, or the lock of hair is fake. Snuffbox [read more]
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