Moniek Bloks, Author at History of Royal Women

Book News Week 35

Sunday, 25 August 2024, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Book News Week 35 – 26 August – 1 September 2024 The Two Eleanors of Henry III: The Lives of Eleanor of Provence and Eleanor de Montfort Paperback –30 August 2024 (US & UK) Stephen and Matilda’s Civil War: Cousins of Anarchy Paperback – 30 August 2024 (US) A Voyage Around the Queen [read more]

Margaret of Parma to be honoured with joyeus entry ahead of exhibition

Friday, 23 August 2024, 12:52 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Ahead of a new exhibition celebrating the life of Margaret of Parma, the city of Oudenaarde will honour her with a joyous entry. This tradition stems from Margaret’s time and would be a welcome to the city by its inhabitants. Margaret will be represented by an actress in a historical spectacle with [read more]

Queen Isabella I of Castile – The short life of Miguel de la Paz

Friday, 23 August 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The sudden death of Queen Isabella I of Castile’s only son, John, Prince of Asturias, and the subsequent stillbirth of his daughter made Isabella’s namesake eldest daughter the new heiress presumptive. The younger Isabella married Afonso, Prince of Portugal, in 1491, but he died in a horse-riding accident a few months later. After returning home to her [read more]

Book News Week 34

Sunday, 18 August 2024, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Book News Week 34 – 19 August – 25 August 2024 The Royal Palaces: Secrets and Scandals Hardcover –20 August 2024 (US) The Royals: Tudors to Windsors Hardcover – 20 August 2024 (US) Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens Hardcover – 20 August 2024 (US) Cleopatra’s Daughter: From Roman Prisoner [read more]

The Dutch Sapphire Parure Tiara

Friday, 16 August 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Dutch Sapphire Parure Tiara consists of 655 brilliants and 32 sapphires and made perhaps its most famous outing on the head of Queen Maxima during the inauguration of her husband, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. Embed from Getty Images The largest sapphire has an intersection of 2 centimetres and consists of 44 carats, and [read more]

Queen Isabella I of Castile – The death of Isabella’s mother

Thursday, 15 August 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

On 15 August 1496, Queen Isabella I of Castile’s mother, Isabella of Portugal, died at Arévalo. The elder Isabella was born sometime in 1428 as the daughter of John, Constable of Portugal, the fourth son of King John I of Portugal, and his half-niece, Isabel of Barcelos. She married King John II of Castile on [read more]