On 13 May 1742, Maria Christina of Austria was born as the daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Francis of Lorraine. In 1766, Maria Christina, known as Mimi in her family, was allowed to marry for love and she chose her second cousin Albert of Saxony and he was given the title of Duke of Teschen upon [read more]
Clémentine of Belgium was born on 30 July 1872 as the daughter of King Leopold II of Belgium and Marie Henriette of Austria. Her gender was a great disappointment to her parents, who had lost their only son in 1869. She was baptised on 3 September in the chapel of the Palace of Laeken. Her godmother Princess Clémentine of Orléans [read more]
In the last article, we heard about the women who pretended to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia after her death. To follow on from that, in this post, we will have a look into those who impersonated her siblings who died alongside her in 1918. Soon after the Romanov family were killed by the [read more]
Anne Horton (née Anne Luttrell) was born on 24 January 1743 as the daughter of Simon Luttrell, later first Earl of Carhampton, and his wife, Judith Maria Lawes. Anne’s first husband was another commoner, Christopher Horton, on 4 August 1765 but he died just four years later. Horace Walpole described her as, “a coquette beyond measure, artful as [read more]
Susan Cullen-Ward was born on 28 January 1941 in Sydney as the daughter of Alan Robert Cullen-Ward and his wife, Phyllis Dorothea Murray-Prior. Susan grew up on the New South Wales sheep station that her father owned and attended the Technical College in Sydney. In 1965, she married Richard William, but they were divorced without having had [read more]
Stephanie Maria Veronika Juliana Richter was born on 16 September 1891 in Vienna as the daughter of Dr Johann Sebastian Richter and Ludmilla Kuranda. She had a happy childhood and grew up somewhat spoiled. Her mother came from a rich Jewish family, and she converted to the Catholic faith before marrying Johann Richter. However, it [read more]
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