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Louise of Great Britain – The popular Queen

Saturday, 23 June 2018, 20:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Louise of Great Britain was born on 18 December 1724 as the daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach. On 11 December 1743, she married the future King Frederick V of Denmark. King Christian VI hoped that a match with Great Britain would improve his chances to succeed as King of Sweden. This never [read more]

Louisa Ulrika of Prussia – The Revolutionary Queen

Monday, 21 May 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Louisa Ulrika of Prussia was born on 24 July 1720 as the daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and his wife Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. She was their tenth child. At the age of three, she was put in the care of a French governess by the name of Mademoiselle de Jeaucourt with her sister Sophie. Her [read more]

The exile of Frederica of Baden

Tuesday, 10 April 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

This article was written by Sophie Strid. Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina was born 12 March 1781 in Karlsruhe, in the Duchy of Baden. Her parents were Karl Ludwig of Baden and Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. Known as “Frick” to family and friends, Frederica of Baden was the younger sister of the wife of Tsar Alexander I [read more]

Royal heartbreak – Louise of the Netherlands

Saturday, 31 March 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

This article was written by Sophie Strid. Louise of the Netherlands was born on 5 August 1828 in The Hague to Prince Frederick of the Netherlands and Princess Louise of Prussia. She received a good education early on from her Belgian governess Victoire Wauthier and studied German, Russian, English, French, and piano. At the age [read more]

Diary of a Princess – Joséphine of Leuchtenberg

Tuesday, 27 March 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

This article was written by Sophie Strid. Joséphine of Leuchtenberg was born Joséphine Maximilienne Eugénie Napoléone on 14 March 1807 in Milan, Italy. Her parents were French general Eugène de Beauharnais and Princess Augusta of Bavaria. The oldest of seven children, Joséphine spent the first years of her childhood in Milan, where the family lived [read more]

Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg – The Haga Duchess

Tuesday, 20 March 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

This article was written by Sophie Strid. Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg was born 21 December 1836 to Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg and Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Born at Triesdorf Castle in Bavaria, she grew up in Munich where her father did his military service. Therese’s childhood was paved with tragedies. Her mother died at the age [read more]