Marie Antoinette, widow of Louis Capet, has, since her residence in France, been the scourge and the bloodsucker of France. On 2 August 1793, Marie Antoinette had been moved from the Temple to the Conciergerie. She was kept there until the start of the trial on 14 October 1793. Marie Antoinette had accepted the services [read more]
Marie Antoinette’s early life was centred around music, and the arrival of a musical prodigy would have been cause for much excitement. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was just six years old when he, his father and his sister, visited the imperial family at Schönbrunn. Marie Antoinette was just three months older than the prodigy. On 13 [read more]
Teotlalco was one of the two Empresses to Emperor Moctezuma II of the Aztec Empire. She was an Aztec princess. While very little information is known about her, it is clear that she was the most powerful woman in the Aztec Empire. She was the only person who could personally contact Emperor Moctezuma II. Even [read more]
Netflix has released a new promotional poster and a teaser for the sixth and final season of The Crown. The new season will be released in two batches of five episodes. The first five will be released on 16 November and the last five on 14 December.
Sisi & I (original title Sisi & Ich) is a German-language historical black comedy starring Susanne Wolff as Empress Elisabeth of Austria and Sandra Hüller as Countess Irma Sztáray. Although Irma really did serve as Elizabeth’s lady-in-waiting, the film is largely fiction. It begins as the 42-year-old spinster Irma is presented in a bright pink [read more]
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