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The Palace of Versailles has acquired a rare portrait of Anne Marie Louise of Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, also known as Grande Mademoiselle. The portrait was done by Simon Vouet and is part of a set of pastel portraits of court figures at the request of King Louis XIII. It is one of the first [read more]
St. Michael’s Church in the centre of Munich, Germany, is a large Renaissance church. In 1556, Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, gave the Society of Jesus permission to establish the Wilhelmsgymnasium. The collegiate church was founded in 1583 and was consecrated in 1597, during the reign of Albert’s son, William V, Duke of Bavaria. The [read more]
By 1463, the future Queen Isabella was 12 years old and of marriageable age. At the time, both her brothers were still alive, but even then, any man who would marry her would become one of the most powerful men in the country. Her half-brother, King Henry IV, sought the support of Portugal while the [read more]
On 10 April 1959, Michiko Shōda married the future Emperor Akihito of Japan. They had met on a tennis court in 1957, and the engagement ceremony took place on 14 January 1959. Embed from Getty Images Michiko was a commoner, and it was widely rumoured that her future mother-in-law opposed the engagement. However, the couple [read more]
Read part three here. While at Alaejos, Joan fell in love with Archbishop Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa’s nephew, Pedro de Castilla y Fonseca. Pedro was a descendant of King Peter of Castile through his illegitimate son, Diego. He was ten years younger than her, and Joan became pregnant. However, her pregnancy, or at least [read more]
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