Joan of Portugal – The Princess Saint
Joan was the daughter of Isabella of Coimbra and Afonso V of Portugal. She was born on 6 February 1452, and she was for a […]
Month: April 2015
The Queens of the Tour de Nesle Affair
Sometimes history reads like a soap opera, and the Tour de Nesle affair would certainly fit right in. This royal scandal took place in the […]
Elisabeth, Countess of Vermandois and Walter de Fontaines
Elisabeth was born around 1143 as the eldest daughter of Ralph I, Count of Vermandois and his second wife of Petronilla of Aquitaine. Petronilla was […]
Ingeborg of Denmark – The repudiated French Queen
Ingeborg was born circa 1175 as the daughter of Valdemar I of Denmark and Sofia of Minsk. In 1193 she was married to Philip II […]
England’s Queens from Catherine of Aragon to Elizabeth II by Elizabeth Norton Book Review
As you may remember, I reviewed part one of this book, England’s Queens from Boudica to Elizabeth of York, earlier this year. This second part […]
Royal Saints
Many royal women sought a religious life, especially after the deaths of their husbands or even from their early childhood. I have compiled a list, […]