January 2022 - Page 4 of 6 - History of Royal Women

Queen Margrethe’s Horseshoe Brooch

Friday, 14 January 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

This beautiful horseshoe brooch was given to the then Princess Margrethe of Denmark by her father Frederik IX in 1953, after the signing of the Constitution, which made her heiress presumptive to the throne. Before 1953, women were barred from inheriting the Danish throne, and it had been widely expected that Frederik’s brother Prince Knud [read more]

Queen Margrethe – A Golden Reign

Friday, 14 January 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

God’s help, the love of The People, Denmark’s strength When Princess Margrethe of Denmark was born on 16 April 1940, she had no succession rights whatsoever, and now she is celebrating 50 years on the throne. Margrethe’s family was quite popular with the people, and so work began on a new Act of Succession that [read more]

Margaret of Navarre – Medieval Sicily’s most powerful Queen (Part two)

Thursday, 13 January 2022, 6:00 CaraBeth 0

Read part one here. In 1166, on the death of King William I of Sicily, Margaret of Navarre was now regent for their twelve-year-old son, William II. Sicily was a rich and powerful kingdom, and this made her one of the most powerful women of her time. But she was surrounded by many ambitious men [read more]

Review: Beatrix in Images exhibition

Wednesday, 12 January 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands reigned as Queen of the Netherlands between 1980 and 2013 and reverted to using the title of Princess after abdicating in her eldest son’s favour. The Stedelijk Museum in Vianen has taken the occasion of their 50th anniversary to host an exhibition of portraits of the former Queen. Most of [read more]

Royal Wedding Recollections – Princess Margriet of the Netherlands & Pieter van Vollenhoven

Monday, 10 January 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

On 10 March 1965, the engagement between Princess Margriet, third daughter of then Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard, and Pieter van Vollenhoven was announced. They had met in 1963 while they were studying law. Pieter graduated in 1965, while Princess Margriet did not leave with a diploma. As the engagement was announced, Pieter was actually [read more]

The Princess of Wales – A beloved future Queen

Sunday, 9 January 2022, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Catherine Elizabeth Middleton was born on 9 January 1982 as the daughter of Michael and Carole Middleton in Reading at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. Her younger sister Pippa was born in 1983, and her younger brother James was born in 1987. Catherine was baptized at the parish church of St. Andrew’s Bradfield on 20 June [read more]