The Plantagenet dynasty ruled England for over 300 years and in that time there were many influential Queens and consorts behind the throne. Unfortunately, Plantagenet Queens & Consorts does not include every Queen from that time, which seems like a missed opportunity. The women with their own chapter in the book are; Eleanor of Provence, [read more]
Read part one here. Read part two here. Read part three here. The following year saw Mary suffer another tragedy. Her sixth and youngest child, Prince John, died at the age of 13. He had long suffered from epileptic attacks, and he was kept apart in his own establishment at Wood Farm on the Sandringham [read more]
Sometimes lesser known royals do not end up in grand mausoleums and are buried among us commoners. Two of these Princesses – Eleonore of Lippe Weissenfeld and Simone Arnoux – are buried in The Hague at the Oud Eik en Duinen cemetery. Eleonore of Lippe Weissenfeld was born on 11 August 1913 in Dresden as the daughter of [read more]
Duchess Auguste of Württemberg was born on 30 October 1734 as the daughter of Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg and his wife Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis. She was their sixth child, and she barely knew her father because he died following a stroke when she was just four years old. Auguste remained [read more]
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