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Margaret of Prussia – The Emperor’s Sister (Part one)

Sunday, 8 September 2019, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Margaret of Prussia was born on 22 April 1872 as the daughter of the future Frederick III, German Emperor and Victoria, Princess Royal. Her mother wrote to her grandmother Queen Victoria after her birth, “You may imagine how disappointed I was to have another little girl – if it had been a boy I [read more]

Helene in Bavaria – Almost an Empress?

Thursday, 5 September 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 2

Helene was born on 4 April 1834 as the daughter of Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. She would grow up to be the opposite of her famous sister. While Elisabeth enjoyed hunting and riding, Helene sat quietly with her embroidery. This often worried her mother, who believed her eldest daughter [read more]

Louise of Stolberg-Gedern – Countess of Albany and wife of the Young Pretender (Part one)

Thursday, 29 August 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Louise of Stolberg-Gedern was born on 20 September 1752 as the daughter of Prince Gustav Adolf of Stolberg-Gedern and his wife, Princess Elisabeth of Hornes. She was one of four siblings, all girls. She was baptised in the Cathedral of Mons and had the following godparents: Prince Maximilien-Emanuel of Hornes, Prince Frederic Charles, Prince of [read more]

Queen Rosalie Gicanda – Victim of the Rwandan Genocide

Wednesday, 28 August 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Rosalie Gicanda was born in 1928 as the daughter of Martin Gatsinzi and Mukwindigir in the eastern region of Buganza. She was one of five siblings. Rosalie was about 14 years old when she married King Mutara III Rudahigwa of Rwanda. She was his second wife and he had divorced his first wife Nyiramakomali in [read more]

Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld – Finding happiness (Part one)

Saturday, 17 August 2019, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was born on 17 August 1786 as the daughter of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf. Her parents had a total of ten children, of which seven survived to adulthood. Victoria’s sister Juliane married Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia, while another sister named Antoinette married Duke Alexander [read more]

Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – The mother of Luxembourg

Monday, 12 August 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was born on 20 March 1830 as the daughter of Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (the youngest son of Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) and Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen (a sister of Queen Adelaide). Amalia was born in Ghent, where her father was stationed, which was part of the Kingdom of [read more]