Book News November 2018
My Husband and I: The Inside Story of the Royal Marriage Paperback – 20 November 2018 (US) & 5 April 2018 (UK) When a young […]
Month: October 2018
Adela of Normandy – Daughter of the Conqueror and Mother of the Usurper King
Adela of Normandy was born in late 1067 or early 1068 as the daughter of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders. Not much is known of her […]
I, Mary of Guelders Exhibition – Prayers come to life
Marie d’Harcourt, or as she is better known in the Netherlands, Mary of Guelders, is the subject of this exhibition in Nijmegen, I, Mary of […]
Anne Marie Louise of Orleans – La Grande Mademoiselle
Anne Marie Louise of Orleans was born on 29 May 1627 at the Louvre as the daughter of Gaston, Duke of Orléans and Marie, Duchess of Montpensier. […]
Biebrich Palace – A ducal residence
Construction of Biebrich was begun by Count, later Prince, Georg August Samuel of Nassau-Idstein and the palace was completed in 1702. After his death, the […]
Princess Alice of Albany – Frankness and Candour (Part 2)
Read part one here. The start of a happy marriage On 10 February 1904 at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Alice married Alexander in “a […]
