Rhodopis – The first Cinderella
This article was written by Marie. The “Cinderella and the slipper” story – a humble girl marrying into royalty – is a very old one. […]
Month: March 2017
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother – In Pictures
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An exclusive look inside the Nassau crypt in Leeuwarden
A newspaper in Leeuwarden was recently granted unprecedented access to the crypt at the Jacobijnerchurch in Leeuwarden. I wrote about this church two years ago […]
The Tomb of Richenza of Lotharingia
Cologne Cathedral is huge and imposing, and it’s actually quite surprising that there aren’t more royal tombs. The building commenced in 1248 but was halted […]
Who was Princess Märtha of Sweden?
Märtha Sofia Lovisa Dagmar Thyra was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on 28 March 1901 to Prince Carl of Sweden and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. She was the second of […]
Queens Regent: Eleanor of Aragon
A regent is “a person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated.” Eleanor of Aragon was born […]
