grave Archives - History of Royal Women

The Grave of Princess Soraya of Iran

Friday, 5 April 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Text by Brittani Barger Born on 22 June 1932 in the English Missionary Hospital in Isfahan, Iran, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary was the elder child and only daughter of Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary and his German wife, Eva Karl. Soraya was introduced to the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, in 1948. The Shah had recently divorced his first [read more]

The Grave of Empress Elisabeth’s disgraced niece Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich

Saturday, 23 March 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich was born as Marie Louise Elizabeth Mendel on 24 February 1858 as the illegitimate daughter of Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria and the actress Henriette Mendel. When Henriette fell pregnant for the second time, she and Ludwig Wilhelm contracted a morganatic marriage. They were married on 28 May 1859, shortly [read more]

The grave of Marie-Auguste of Anhalt

Monday, 23 January 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

While lots of royals end up in grand tombs, the grave of Marie-Auguste of Anhalt could not be more humble. In fact, I almost didn’t find it. Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt was born on 10 June 1898 as the daughter of the future Eduard, Duke of Anhalt and Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg. She grew [read more]

Finding the grave of Queen Victoria’s half-sister Feodora

Monday, 2 May 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Queen Victoria’s half-sister Feodora of Leiningen died on 23 September 1872 in Villa Hohenlohe am Michaelsberg in Baden-Baden after a long sickbed. Queen Victoria had last visited her sister in March of that year when Victoria came to Baden-Baden. Victoria and Feodora said goodbye for the final time on 6 April 1872, and just one [read more]

Charlotte of Bourbon’s grave at the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp

Wednesday, 14 August 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Charlotte of Bourbon was born in 1546 or 1547 as the daughter of Louis, Duke of Montpensier and Jacqueline de Longwy, Countess of Bar-Sur-Seine. Her father supposedly intended for her to enter the church as well as some of her sisters, as he did not wish to pay a dowry for all of them. She [read more]

Archaeologists hunt for the lost graves of Joan Beaufort and Margaret Tudor

Monday, 27 February 2017, 3:30 Moniek Bloks 0

Archaeologists are on the hunt for the lost graves of Joan Beaufort and Margaret Tudor, and King James I of Scots, who was assassinated on 21 February 1437. Archaeologists and virtual reality artists want to digitally recreate his court in Perth and in the process will search for the lost graves. “It’s like ‘Game of Thrones’ and [read more]