Anni-Frid Lyngstad is perhaps best known as one of the lead singers of the Swedish pop band ABBA, but in addition to being a dancing Queen, Anni-Frid is also a Princess. She was born on 15 November 1945 as the daughter of a Norwegian mother Synni Lyngstad and a German father Alfred Haase. Fearing reprisals [read more]
Perhaps one of the most emotional places we visited during this trip was the St Elizabeth’s Church in Wiesbaden. It also the least documented one, as photography and filming were absolutely verboten inside. This Russian Orthodox Church was built from 1847 to 1855 by Duke Adolf of Nassau, who later became Grand Duke of Luxembourg, [read more]
At half-past six in the evening on Sunday 25 February 1883 Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, the Duchess of Albany, gave birth to a daughter. Queen Victoria was amazed, “I can scarcely believe that dear Leopold has got a child.” Leopold, her fourth son, had a delicate health from birth and was a haemophiliac. [read more]
Mary Adelaide of Cambridge was born on 27 November 1833 as the daughter of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the youngest surviving son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel. It had been more than a decade since Augusta’s last pregnancy, and the family was quite surprised. The christening of [read more]
On 30 June 1688, a group of Protestant nobles invited William III, Prince of Orange, husband of Mary, daughter of King James II of England and VII of Scotland, to come to England with an army in a bid to overthrow his Catholic father-in-law. Upon his arrival, James II declined to attack the invading the [read more]
Just last week you could read about Princess Marianne’s eventful life and her lonely end. Marianne wished to be buried together with her son and Johannes van Rossum but this was not allowed as they were not married. Their son was buried in the Johannes church, which Marianne founded specifically for him, while Marianne and [read more]
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