Daisy Warwick – The socialist countess
Daisy was born as Frances Evelyn Maynard in 1861. Her mother was Blanche FitzRoy who was a descendant of Charles II through two of his […]
Month: October 2016
Queens Regent – Isabella of France
A regent is “a person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated.” Isabella of France was born […]
November Book News
Victoria: The Queen: The Woman Who Shaped the Modern World Hardcover – 15 November 2016 (UK & US) For readers of Stacy Schiff’s Cleopatra and Sally […]
Maria Luisa of Spain – The first and last Queen of Etruria
Maria Luisa of Spain was born on 6 July 1782 as the daughter of Charles IV of Spain and Maria Luisa of Parma. Not much […]
The Mother of Alexander the Great – Olympias
Alexander the Great was one of the greatest leaders and conquerors that the world has ever seen. However, Alexander would have never gone on to […]
Marinka the Witch – Tsaritsa of all Russia
Marina Mniszech was born around 1588 as the daughter of Jadwiga Tarło and Jerzy Mniszech. All we know from her early youth is that she […]