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Finding the Tombs of Margaret of England & Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain

Monday, 17 August 2015, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Brussels is about three hours by train from where I live in the Netherlands so I went on a quick day trip to Belgium. The Cathedral of Saint Michael and Saint Gudula is walking distance from Brussels Central station and the warm sun made for an excellent photo opportunity. The church itself is quite beautiful, [read more]

Schloss Cecilienhof & The Marble Palace

Friday, 3 July 2015, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Schloss Cecilienhof is now perhaps best known as the place of the Potsdam Conference in 1945. Before that, it was the home of Crown Princess Cecilie and Crown Prince William. Construction began in 1914 after the Marble Palace proved inadequate for them. The two palaces are about 1 kilometre apart. Crown Princess Cecilie As you [read more]

Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau and Schloss Oranienburg

Wednesday, 17 June 2015, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau was born in the Hague as the daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels on 27 November 1627. She fell in love with a French Prince but he was considered unsuitable and she was once considered for Charles II of England. In the end, Frederick William, the [read more]

St. Stephen’s Church and Catherine of Bourbon’s tomb

Tuesday, 24 March 2015, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

There is still some local history left to discover and this one had been on my list for a while. St. Stephen’s Church in Nijmegen is home to the tomb of Catherine of Bourbon. She was born the daughter of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon and Agnes of Burgundy in 1440. She married Adolf, Duke [read more]

Doorn House – A home for an exiled Emperor and Empress

Wednesday, 4 June 2014, 19:00 Moniek Bloks 2

After Emperor Wilhelm II’s abdication in 1918, he and his wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, went into exile in the Netherlands where he finally settled in this manor house in Doorn, called Huis Doorn. Wilhelm was married to Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein until her death in 1921. She was the daughter of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Adelheid of [read more]

Emilia of Nassau and the Castle of Wijchen

Monday, 26 May 2014, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The first castle on this site in Wijchen was built in the 14th century. It first went through the ownership of several Lords from the region before it was bought by Emilia of Nassau in 1609 after a fight with her brother Maurice of Nassau concerning the inheritance from her father, William the Silent. Her [read more]