One of the lesser talked about Americans who married into a royal family is Lee Radziwill, who was the younger sister of former First Lady of the United States, Jacqueline Kennedy and therefore, sister-in-law of the late President John F. Kennedy. Caroline Lee Bouvier was born on 3 March 1933, in Southampton, New York, to [read more]
The future Maria II of Portugal was born on 4 April 1819 as the daughter of Pedro I of Brazil and IV of Portugal and Maria Leopoldina of Austria. She was the eldest of 7 siblings and one half-sibling. She also had six illegitimate half-siblings. Her grandfather, King John VI died in March VI, and his death sparked a [read more]
Queen Nefertari’s mummy was torn to pieces by ancient robbers, but now her legs may finally be identified. Nefertari was the first of the Great Royal Wives (or principal wives) of Ramesses the Great. A pair of unidentified mummified legs were on display in an Italian museum, and they have now been analysed for the [read more]
Mechelen (or Malines), is trying to locate an urn which contains the intestines of Margaret of Austria. Margaret of Austria lived in the city as Governor of the Netherlands for her nephew Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. She died there in 1530. She is buried at Bourg-en-Bresse, in a magnificent mausoleum that she ordered for her [read more]
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