August 2019 - History of Royal Women

Diana, Princess of Wales is remembered at Kensington Palace

Saturday, 31 August 2019, 7:30 Moniek Bloks 0

People have gathered outside Kensington Palace to pay tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales, who died 22 years ago in Paris. Tributes were being left at the gates of the palace including flowers and balloons. In the summer of 1997, Diana began a relationship with Dodi Fayed, and she joined his family in the south [read more]

The disappearance of Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

Saturday, 31 August 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 4

Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg was born Lady Anne Savile on 25 May 1864 as the daughter of John Savile, 4th Earl of Mexborough and Agnes Louisa Elizabeth Raphael. On 15 May 1897, at the age of 33, Anne married Prince Ludwig of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, the eighth child and sixth son of Wilhelm, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and [read more]

Louise of Stolberg-Gedern – Countess of Albany and wife of the Young Pretender (Part two)

Friday, 30 August 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. Louise finally found some measure of happiness again. Count Vittorio Alfieri wrote of their time together, “During these two years in Rome, I led a truly happy existence. This Villa Strozzi, near the Baths of Diocletian, afforded me a delightful retreat. The long mornings I spent wholly in my study, never [read more]

Louise of Stolberg-Gedern – Countess of Albany and wife of the Young Pretender (Part one)

Thursday, 29 August 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Louise of Stolberg-Gedern was born on 20 September 1752 as the daughter of Prince Gustav Adolf of Stolberg-Gedern and his wife, Princess Elisabeth of Hornes. She was one of four siblings, all girls. She was baptised in the Cathedral of Mons and had the following godparents: Prince Maximilien-Emanuel of Hornes, Prince Frederic Charles, Prince of [read more]

Dame Helen Mirren announces release date for Catherine The Great

Wednesday, 28 August 2019, 16:51 Moniek Bloks 0

We’re under orders from Dame Helen Mirren. And now so are you. All episodes of brand new Sky Original #CatherineTheGreat are available 3 October starring Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Gina McKee and Rory Kinnear. pic.twitter.com/FcltemniPT — Sky Atlantic (@skyatlantic) August 27, 2019 See the full trailer below:

Queen Rosalie Gicanda – Victim of the Rwandan Genocide

Wednesday, 28 August 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Rosalie Gicanda was born in 1928 as the daughter of Martin Gatsinzi and Mukwindigir in the eastern region of Buganza. She was one of five siblings. Rosalie was about 14 years old when she married King Mutara III Rudahigwa of Rwanda. She was his second wife and he had divorced his first wife Nyiramakomali in [read more]