January 2017 - Page 2 of 8 - History of Royal Women

The infertility of the first royal couple of Greece

Wednesday, 25 January 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Amalia of Oldenburg was born in 1818 as the daughter of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. She never knew her mother as she died three months after giving birth to her sister at the age of 20. Her father remarried to her mother’s sister Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, but she too died after three [read more]

Queens Regnant – Shajar al-Durr

Tuesday, 24 January 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Shajar al-Durr was born at an unknown date. She was of Turkish origin and was purchased as a slave by the future Sultan of Egypt As-Salih Ayyub. They had a son named Khalil and they married shortly after his birth. The child probably did not live long. In April 1249, her husband became seriously ill [read more]

Queens Regent – Leonor Teles

Monday, 23 January 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

A regent is “a person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated.” Leonor Teles was born around 1350 as the daughter of Martim Afonso Telo de Meneses and Aldonça Anes de Vasconcelos. She was a descendant of King Sancho I of Portugal through an illegitimate line. Her [read more]

February 2017 Book News

Saturday, 21 January 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Isabella of Castile: Europe’s First Great Queen Paperback – 9 February 2017 (UK & US) One of Europe’s great queens, Isabella of Castile is also one of the least well known, but undeservedly so. For no other European queen in history can fully rival her power or achievements as a female ruler who overcame huge [read more]

Diana, Princess of Wales felt ‘continuously misunderstood’ and ‘extremely isolated’, letter reveals

Friday, 20 January 2017, 16:30 Moniek Bloks 0

Diana, Princess of Wales wrote she felt “extremely isolated” and “continuously misunderstood” in a letter that was sent six months before the release of a 1992 biography. The subsequent biography was a shock and the author later revealed that Diana had fed him information. The hand-written and previously unseen letter was by Diana to a [read more]

Queen Victoria’s connection to the American Presidents

Friday, 20 January 2017, 16:00 Brittani Barger 0

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom has a connection to those who take up the office of President of the United States of America. Those who sit in the Oval Office of the White House as President of the United States use the Resolute desk given by Queen Victoria to President Rutherford B. Hayes in [read more]