Empress Eugenie’s Pearl Tiara was a gift to Empress Eugenie from her future husband, Emperor Napoleon III. It was made by Alexandre-Gabriel Lemonnier with stones that used to belong to Empress Marie Louise, the wife of Emperor Napoleon I, and Marie Thérèse, Duchess of Angoulême, the only surviving child of King Louis XVI and Queen [read more]
Read part one here. Joanna was the third child of the Catholic Monarchs, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. Married to the Philip Duke of Burgundy in 1496, she was destined to live out her days in the Low Countries and bear children for the Habsburg dynasty. Joanna’s life changed suddenly [read more]
On 6 November 1479, Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon welcomed a new child to their growing family, a little girl named Joanna. Joanna was healthy and beautiful, with strawberry-blonde hair and blue eyes. As the third child, Joanna was not the heir to either of her parents’ thrones and [read more]
Americans head to the polls today to elect their next president. Several members of royal families can cast their vote for the 47th President of the United States. The most obvious royal who can and will vote is the Duchess of Sussex. A California native, Meghan is a known Democrat and has made her dislike [read more]
*contains affiliate links* Queen Elizabeth II was an icon during her lifetime, and she became the longest-reigning British monarch in 2022. Elizabeth II: A Queen for Our Time by Chris Jackson was released in 2021, a year before the death of this remarkable woman. This is, first and foremost, a book filled to the brim [read more]
*contains affiliate links* Book News week 45 – 4 November – 10 November 2024 The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse: The curious destinies of Queen Victoria’s granddaughters Hardcover – 7 November 2024 (UK & US) Unfortunately, She was a Nymphomaniac: A New History of Rome’s Imperial Women Kindle Edition/Hardcover – 7 November (US [read more]
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