Beatrice of Flanders – The substitute bride
Beatrice of Flanders was born in Bruges circa 1253/1254 as the daughter of Guy of Dampierre, Count of Flanders and his first wife Matilda of […]
Month: September 2019
The Year of Queen Victoria – Victoria and Albert’s grandchildren
Queen Victoria married her first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Together they went on to have nine children and 42 grandchildren. Only Princess […]
Wilhelmshöhe Palace and Löwenburg Castle
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe is home to the Wilhelmshöhe Palace or rather what is left of it after it was bombed during the Second World War. The […]
Einstein and Elisabeth – Friendship with a Queen
In 1929, Albert Einstein – theoretical physicist and Nobel prize winner – visited the Belgian Royal court and a friendship began between him and the […]
Elisabeth of Brunswick-Luneburg – Queen & Countess
Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg was born circa 1230 as the daughter of Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Matilda of Brandenburg. On 25 January 1252, Elisabeth […]
Hampton Court Palace – Tudor meets Stuart
The site of Hampton Court Palace had belonged to the Order of St John of Jerusalem when it was taken over by Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop […]
