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Book News Week 13

Sunday, 24 March 2024, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Book News Week 13 – 25 March – 31 March 2024 Power and Glory: Elizabeth II and the Rebirth of Royalty Hardcover – 28 March 2024 (UK) Queen Victoria and her Prime Ministers: A Personal History Kindle Edition – 28 March 2024 (UK & US) Tudor Feminists: 10 Renaissance Women Ahead of [read more]

The Grave of Empress Elisabeth’s disgraced niece Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich

Saturday, 23 March 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich was born as Marie Louise Elizabeth Mendel on 24 February 1858 as the illegitimate daughter of Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria and the actress Henriette Mendel. When Henriette fell pregnant for the second time, she and Ludwig Wilhelm contracted a morganatic marriage. They were married on 28 May 1859, shortly [read more]

The Cullinan III and IV Brooch

Friday, 22 March 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Cullinan III and IV Brooch consists of “a pear-shaped drop and a square-cut brilliant, linked together in fine pierced collet and claw settings.” Embed from Getty Images The brooch is formed of the third and fourth largest stones of the largest diamond ever found. The Cullinan diamond was offered to King Edward VII as [read more]

Zhang Qijie – The whipped and deposed Empress

Wednesday, 20 March 2024, 6:00 Lauralee Jacks 0

The Jiajing Emperor of the Ming Dynasty had four Empresses. Yet, each of them suffered under his abuse and met a tragic end. One of them was Empress Zhang Qijie. Zhang Qijie was his second Empress and the only Empress that the Jiajing Emperor deposed. She reigned alongside him as Empress of China for six [read more]

Book Review: Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Hearts by Nadine Akkerman

Monday, 18 March 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Elizabeth Stuart was the daughter of King James VI and I of Scotland, England, and Ireland, and Anne of Denmark. She married Frederick V, Elector Palatine, in 1613, and the pair were briefly King and Queen of Bohemia before being exiled. Elizabeth spent the better part of her life in exile in [read more]

The tomb of Queen Therese at St Boniface’s Abbey

Saturday, 16 March 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

During the last years of the life of Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Queen of Bavaria, her family had been the focal point. She and her husband, King Ludwig I of Bavaria, had eight living children and several grandchildren. Their wedding had become known as the first Oktoberfest. But now, her life was coming to an end. [read more]