To celebrate the 500th birthday of the formidable Catherine de’ Medici, we will be posting seven articles over the next seven days about her. This is the first, and it will focus on her background and youth. Caterina Maria Romula de’ Medici was born around 11 o’clock in the morning on Wednesday 13 April 1519 [read more]
From Queen Victoria to the German Empress – Windsor Castle, 13 April 1889 I just begin these lines before going to Kew for the last sad ceremony. I never was at any funeral (in England) nor at any royal one, but at my poor darling child’s five years ago and this is the only other [read more]
Read part one here. Read part two here. The new Empress of the French took care of petitions, planned dinners and became a patron of the arts. She often awoke together with her husband before going about her toilette. She was given an allowance of 600,000 francs to maintain her household. Her days hardly ever [read more]
Casimir III of Poland is remembered as one of Poland’s greatest kings. He was not a great husband, however. He married four times, and each wife probably had her share of misfortunes. Out of his four wives, his second, Adelaide, suffered the most. The Alternative Bride After the death of his first wife, Aldona-Anna of [read more]
Read part one here. Read part two here. Read part three here. Read part four here. George’s health remained a cause for concern, and the deaths of his sister, Louise, the Princess Royal and one of his oldest friends, Sir Charles Cust, in addition to the death of Lord Stamfordham, who had been his private [read more]
by Heather R. Darsie When I first began researching Anna, I questioned whether her name was indeed “Anne,” which would have a similar pronunciation in German to “Anna,” or if her name was Anna. After sorting out that Anna’s true name was indeed Anna, I wanted to learn from where her September 21 or 22, [read more]
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