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Home2016October

Month: October 2016

Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp

Queens Regent – Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp

October 31, 2016 Moniek Bloks 0

A regent is “a person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated.” Hedwig Eleonora was born on 23 October 1636 as the daughter of Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp and Marie Elisabeth of Saxony. On 24 October 1654, she was married to King Charles X Gustav of Sweden, [read more]

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Juliana of the Netherlands

Princess Irene deeply hurt by new biography on Queen Juliana

October 29, 2016 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Irene, the sister of former Queen Beatrix and aunt to current King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, is “deeply hurt” by the content of the new biography on her mother, Queen Juliana, which was accompanied by a TV documentary. She spoke on NPO Radio 2, “I find it to be a shocking book. It really [read more]

Book Reviews

Victoria: A Celebration of a Queen and her Glorious Reign by Deborah Jaffé Book Review

October 29, 2016 Moniek Bloks 0

An incisive tribute to one of Britain’s most powerful and influential monarchs ever. Queen of Great Britain and sovereign of an empire on which the sun never set, Victoria ruled for an unprecedented 64 years—a record only surpassed by Queen Elizabeth in 2015. With more than 200 photographs, Victoria provides an illuminating overview of her [read more]

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Germany

Pauline of Waldeck-Pyrmont and Bentheim Castle

October 28, 2016 Moniek Bloks 0

Just across the border into Germany is the city of Bentheim, which has its very own castle, Bentheim Castle. There was probably a castle on the site as early as 1050, but that is completely destroyed in 1116. A new castle is built on the site and it was inherited by Sophie of Salm-Rheineck, who [read more]

Alexandra Feodorovna

Chapel consecrated in honor of Emperor Nicholas II and family

October 26, 2016 Moniek Bloks 0

A chapel in Simferopol has been consecrated in honour of the Holy Royal Martyrs, Emperor Nicholas II and his family, the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, their daughters Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia and their son, Alexei. The chapel houses rare icons and some come from a collection of a former prosecutor of the Crimea. Nicholas II [read more]

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Madeleine of Valois

The last letter of Madeleine of Valois

October 26, 2016 Moniek Bloks 0

Madeleine of Valois was the fifth child of Francis I of France and his wife Queen Claude. She was born on 10 August 1520 and was just 16 years old and in delicate health when she married James V of Scotland. She arrived in Scotland but would die there just two months later. On 8 [read more]

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