Viktoria of Prussia – An unfulfilled life (Part one)
Princess Viktoria was born on 12 April 1866 as the daughter of Victoria, Princess Royal and the future Frederick III, German Emperor, at the Neue […]
Month: September 2019
A memorandum by Queen Victoria – 29 September 1855
A memorandum by Queen Victoria – 29 September 1855 I must write down at once what has happened – what I feel and how grateful […]
Bad Berleburg Castle – Home of a Danish Princess
Bad Berleburg Castle was built in 1258 by Count Siegfried I of Wittgenstein. Von Sayn was added to the family name when the Wittgensteiner counts […]
Elizabeth of Rhuddlan – The King’s favourite sister
Elizabeth of Rhuddlan was born on 7 August 1282 as the daughter of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile. During her early […]
Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria – The Queen’s Companion
In April 1843, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria – wife of Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria – wrote to her niece Mathilde (Princess Mathilde Caroline of […]
Queen Sirikit of Thailand – The creation of an image (Part two)
To ease the panic about the succession, a marriage was arranged for Prince Vajiralongkorn. The chosen bride was his first cousin, SoamsawaliKitiyakara. However, Prince Vajiralongkorn […]