On 13 March 1900, Queen Lavinia gave birth to her first and only child with King George Tupou II, the future Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga. Sālote was born in the Royal Palace by the sea in Nuku’alofa, the capital of Tonga. Her parents’ marriage had been quite controversial as King George had originally [read more]
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Countess Palatine Sabina of Simmern was born in Simmern on 13 June 1528 as the daughter of John II, Count Palatine of Simmern and Beatrix of Baden. She was their tenth and penultimate child. Following the death of her mother in 1535, she was taken in by her relative, the future Frederick II, Elector Palatine, [read more]
The Brabant Laurel Wreath Tiara was given to future Queen Mathilde of Belgium as a wedding gift in 1999 by a group of Belgian aristocrats. Embed from Getty Images Mathilde was part of the Belgian nobility by birth and she became Duchess of Brabant when she married the then Prince Philippe. The Brabant Laurel Wreath Tiara [read more]
The Duchess of Sussex has been the subject of ridicule again after claiming her name is no longer Meghan Markle on her new show on Netflix but rather Meghan Sussex. So what is going on? Markle is indeed the Duchess’s maiden name and should no longer be used. As a member of the royal family, [read more]
Giving birth has always been dangerous, but multiples added another dimension to the danger. Nevertheless, there are several instances of surviving twins. Here are some royal twins (girl/girl) from history. Elsa of Württemberg & Olga of Württemberg Elsa and Olga were born on 1 March 1876 as the daughters of Duke Eugen of Württemberg and [read more]
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