Eleanor of Woodstock was born on 18 June 1318 as the daughter of Edward II of England and Isabella of France. She was born in Woodstock Palace in Oxfordshire, which no longer exists. She married Reginald II, Count (later Duke) of Guelders as his second wife in May 1332. His first marriage was to Sophia [read more]
Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis was born on 28 May 1860 as the daughter of Princess Helene, Duchess in Bavaria and Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis. I assume she was named after her famous aunt, the Austrian Empress Elisabeth, or Sisi. Her parents had a happy but short marriage as her father [read more]
Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was born on 5 April 1773. She was born the daughter of Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt and she was a niece of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz who was Queen consort of Great Britain. Friederike died from complications of childbirth after giving birth to her tenth child, a [read more]
Princess Eugenie of Sweden and Norway was born on 24 April 1830 as the only daughter of Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg. She had four brothers. She had quite a weak health from birth, but it is not exactly clear what was wrong with her health. It was probably decided when she [read more]
Isabel Luísa of Portugal was born on 6 January 1669 in Lisbon to Peter II of Portugal and his first wife Maria Francisca of Savoy at the Ribeira Palace. The palace was destroyed during the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. She would prove to be their only child. As the heiress presumptive she received the title Princess [read more]
The remains of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolayevna and her husband Grand Duke Nicolas Nicholayevna have been re-interred in Moscow on 30 April 2015. Grand Duchess Anastasia was born Princess Anastasia of Montenegro on 4 June 1868 as the daughter of King Nikola I Petroviç-Njegos of Montenegro and Queen Milena of Montenegro. She was one of twelve [read more]
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