Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden was born on 23 January 1688 as the youngest child of Charles XI of Sweden and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark. She had an older sister and an older brother. Her mother died in 1693, and she and her siblings were raised by their grandmother Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp. Her grandmother thought [read more]
Mary of Waltham was born at Bishop’s Waltham Palace on 10 October 1344 as the daughter of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. Her future husband John V, Duke of Brittany was already in England as a War of Succession was going on in Brittany, and his mother had sought the support of [read more]
The shrine of Emperor Alexander III of Russia was opened last Tuesday to take DNA-samples. These will be sent to Moscow to be studied and are a part of the criminal probe into the death of the last Russian Imperial family. The remains of Tsarevich Alexei and Grand Duchess Maria were found separate from the [read more]
What better day to review a book on Henrietta Maria of France than on her 406th birthday? Henrietta Maria of France was the daughter of Marie de’Medici and Henry IV of France. She was the youngest of six children, and her eldest brother became Louis XIII in 1610. She married Charles I of England on 13 [read more]
The future Queen Wilhelmina was born on 31 August 1880 in The Hague as the daughter of King William III and his second wife Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont. William had previously been married to Sophie of Württemburg, the two had three sons but were as unmatched as possibly could be. Sophie had died in [read more]
Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou and the Wars of the Roses: From Contemporary Chronicles, Letters and Records Paperback – February 19, 2016 (US) & December 31, 2015 (UK) Henry VI (1422-61), a man ‘more given to God and devout prayer than handling worldly and temporal things’, was the third, and least successful, Lancastrian king of [read more]
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