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Damaspia Shahbanu – King Artaxerxes I of the Babylonian Empire’s elusive but powerful Persian Queen who was mentioned in the Bible

Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0

Damaspia Shahbanu was the queen consort of King Artaxerxes I of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. She was also the mother of King Xerxes II. However, very little information is known about her. Her origins are elusive. The most famous reference to Damaspia Shahbanu comes from the Bible in Nehemiah 2:6.[1] While very little known facts about [read more]

Royal Wedding Recollections – Infanta Elena of Spain & Jaime de Marichalar y Sáenz de Tejada

Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Infanta Elena of Spain is the eldest daughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain and Sofía of Greece and Denmark. On 23 November 1994, her engagement to Spanish nobleman Jaime de Marichalar was announced. He gave her an engagement ring made with diamonds from a tiara belonging to his mother. Embed from Getty Images [read more]

August Empress Dowager Fu – The Many Titled and Privileged Empress Dowager

Monday, 17 March 2025, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0

August Empress Dowager Fu was originally an imperial concubine to Emperor Yuan of the Western Han Dynasty. She was also Emperor Yuan’s favourite.[1] She was also the grandmother of Emperor Ai of the Western Han Dynasty. August Empress Dowager Fu was influential in making her grandson the Emperor.[2] Because of her influence, she was given [read more]

Book News Week 12

Sunday, 16 March 2025, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Book News Week 12- 17 March – 23 March 2025 Lionessheart: The Life and Times of Joanna Plantagenet Hardcover – 20 March 2025 (US & UK) The Rebel Empresses: Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France, Power and Glamour in the Struggle for Europe Hardcover – 20 March 2025 (UK)

The Year of Queen Sālote Tupou III – The early years of Queen Sālote (Part two)

Friday, 14 March 2025, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. Sālote returned home to Tonga in December 1911 and immediately fell back into her role of royal princess. She regularly attended the Free Wesleyan Church and joined her father and stepmother for ceremonies and engagements. Early in the new year, Sālote’s grandfather became ill, and the family visited him on Fafa [read more]

The Year of Queen Sālote Tupou III – The early years of Queen Sālote (Part one)

Thursday, 13 March 2025, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

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]