Following the death of Kiingi Tuheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, his youngest child was chosen to succeed him as Māori Queen. Embed from Getty Images Twenty-seven-year-old Ngā Wai hono i te pō was chosen by a council of the indigenous Māori chiefs. She is only the second woman to be chosen as Queen – her [read more]
From the death of Queen Isabella’s half-brother, King Henry IV of Castile, she had been at war with Portugal. King Henry IV left one daughter as heiress to the throne, but her legitimacy was questioned. She became known in history as Joanna La Beltraneja for her supposed father, Beltrán de la Cueva. Joanna was sworn in [read more]
On May Day 1536, Anne Boleyn, Queen of England as the second wife of King Henry VIII, watched the jousts before her. She had given the King a daughter, the future Queen Elizabeth I, but no son. And now, her downfall was being plotted. Her husband had been with her, but he reportedly suddenly departed. [read more]
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Queen Emma’s Diamond Tiara was made for Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont and gifted by her husband, King William III of the Netherlands to her in 1890. However, it arrived shortly after his death. It was made by Royal Begeer and features a trio of harp designs with diamond rosette-style clusters made from silver and [read more]
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