Marie of Cleves was born on 19 September 1426 to Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and Marie of Burgundy. Not much is known of her early youth, but she married Charles of Valois, Duke of Orléans at the age of 14 while he was 49. Despite this massive and awkward age difference they had three [read more]
Queen Victoria may have grown up without much contact with the outside world, but she had some company in the form of her elder half-sister. Feodora of Leiningen was born on 7 December 1807 to Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen and Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld in Amorbach. She had an elder brother, and [read more]
Inês de Castro was born circa 1325 as a noblewoman. She was a descendant of the Castilian Royal Family through an illegitimate line. Her grandmother was an illegitimate daughter of Sancho IV of Castile. She also held ties to the Royal Families of Léon and Portugal. Inês was a maid of Constance Manuel of Villena [read more]
Yesterday the bodies of Nicolas II and Alexandra Feodorovna, the last emperor and empress of Russia, were exhumed to do DNA-testing on the bodies. The DNA taken will be used to confirm the identities of the last two missing children, Maria and Alexei. The two have been previously identified but subsequent DNA testing is necessary [read more]
Loosduinen Abbey is pretty unknown even in the area, but once upon a time, it was a place where a legend was born. It involved Margaret of Holland, Countess of Henneberg. She was the daughter of Floris IV of Holland and Matilda of Brabant. Not much is known of her youth, but she married Count [read more]
During the First War of Scottish Independence, the female relatives of King Robert (I) the Bruce of Scotland were particularly bad off. Mary Bruce (a sister of Robert), Christina Bruce (a sister of Robert), Marjorie Bruce (the daughter of Robert), Elizabeth de Burgh (the second wife of Robert) and Isabella MacDuff (a supporter but not [read more]
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