#OnThisDay in 1638 Princess Catherine of Sweden died. She was born in 1584 as the daughter of the future King Charles IX of Sweden and his first wife Maria of the Palatinate-Simmern. On 11 June 1615, she married John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, and they had five surviving children.
NEW: Empress Jianwenshun was the posthumous Empress of Emperor Jianwen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Empress Jianwenshun bore Prince Sima Rui (the future Emperor Jianwen) two children. However, her two children would have tragic deaths. Read more in the #linkinbio! #herstory #womeninhistory #empress
#OnThisDay in 1664 Countess Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen was born as the daughter of Josias II, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen and Wilhelmine Christine of Nassau-Siegen. On 2 December 1690, she married the future John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and they had eight children together, though not all lived to adulthood. She died on 1 February 1699.
#OnThisDay in 1958 Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia died. She was born in 1890 as the daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia and his first wife Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia. In 1908, Maria married Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland and they had one son before divorcing in 1914. In 1917, she remarried to Prince Sergei Mikhailovich Putyatin, and they had one son who died young.
#OnThisDay in 1621 Katarina Stenbock died. She was born in 1535 as the daughter of Gustaf Olofsson Stenbock and Brita Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud. On 22 August 1552, she married King Gustav I of Sweden, but they had no children. She was widowed in 1560.
NEW: The Takamado Pearl and Diamond Scroll Tiara was worn by the future Hisako, Princess Takamado, during her wedding to Norihito, Prince Takamado, in 1984. Read more in the #linkinbio! #royaljewellery #japan #tiara 📸Frankie Fouganthin - CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons