So, Castle de Haar does not technically involve royalty. It dates back to 1391 and was rebuilt and remodelled over the years. It was at one point owned by a Baron van Zuylen van Nyevelt van de Haar, who was married to Baroness Hèlène de Rothschild. It is still owned by the Van Zuylen van [read more]
Anne Boleyn spent a year in Mechelen at the court of Margaret of Austria, who was the Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands. This was during the year 1514. Mechelen is now in modern-day Belgium and is not that far from the border, so I decided to visit it to find the Palace of Margaret of Austria! [read more]
Duchy of Guelders and the County of Zutphen, about 1350 I read that some of the Dukes and Duchesses of Guelders were buried in the Monnikenhuizen Monastery (klo(o)ster). The monastery was located in what is now called Park Klarenbeek, and I visited it last Sunday! The monastery was founded by Duke Reginald II and his [read more]
Born the daughter of James II and his first wife, Lady Anne Hyde, she was not necessarily born to rule. She had an older sister, Mary, and by her father’s second marriage, she had a brother (who displaced both her and her sister Mary in the succession) and a younger sister. Her father’s second marriage [read more]
Last week I saw an announcement from my local art house movie theatre advertising the movie “Russian Ark” by Alexander Sokurov. Supposedly about 300 years of history of the Hermitage shot in a single one and half hour take. Sounds pretty amazing, right? I’m not quite sure what I expected but not this. The narrator [read more]
As my fascination with royal women began with Anne Boleyn, visiting her childhood home Hever Castle was only a matter of time. So, back in 2011, I found an excursion trip with OAD (now bankrupt, unfortunately!) that also included Hever Castle. I’ve included the pictures my friend and I took. Unfortunately, we were not allowed [read more]
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