As the Hermitage in Amsterdam gears up for their new exhibition: 1917. Romanovs & Revolution items are beginning to arrive in Amsterdam. Over 200 items from the Hermitage in St. Petersburg are coming over, including dozens of intimate pieces from the archives, such as journals, pictures and drawings by the children. A special item is [read more]
Righteous Among the Nations is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis. Elisabeth of Bavaria was born on 25 July 1876 as the daughter of Karl-Theodor, Duke in Bavaria and Maria Josepha of Portugal. She was [read more]
Louise Hollandine has been dubbed the most talented and difficult of the children of the King and Queen of Bohemia. Born in April 1622, Louise was the sixth child (out of thirteen) of Elizabeth Stuart and Frederick V Elector Palatine who were living in The Hague at this time. Louise’s parents had recently lost their [read more]
This article was written by Carol. Theophano was Holy Roman Empress as the wife of Otto II from 973 until his death in 983. She was regent for her son Otto III from 984 until her death in 991. When Otto I, King of Germany, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John XII in 962, [read more]
Written by Taylor. Eleanor of Aquitaine was born either in 1122 or 1124 in the duchy of Aquitaine (which is now a part of France). She was the eldest daughter of Duke William X of Aquitaine and Aenor of Chatellerault. Eleanor had a younger sister named Petronilla and a younger brother named William who died young. [read more]
A regent is “a person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated.” Marie was born on 26 April 1575 as the daughter of Francesco I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Joanna of Austria. She married Henry IV of France in 1600 after Henry’s marriage to [read more]
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