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 Palais in Potsdam. Her mother had only just travelled from Berlin to Potsdam, and her labour began during the train journey. On 24 May 1866 – the birthday of the [read more]
A memorandum by Queen Victoria – 29 September 1855 I must write down at once what has happened – what I feel and how grateful I am to God for one of the happiest days of my life! When we got off our ponies this afternoon Fritz gave me a look which implied that his [read more]
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 died out and the castle was inherited by Salentin von Sayn, who was married to Countess Adelaide of Wittgenstein. A partition in the 1600s meant the family name evolved into [read more]
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 years, Elizabeth was in the company of her mother, and she was with her mother when her brother, the future King Edward II, was born. They became very close. She [read more]
In April 1843, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria – wife of Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria – wrote to her niece Mathilde (Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine) that she was pregnant for the 7th time. She was “a little more miserable than usual, but when God gives me [read more]
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 didn’t like her, and he considered her plain and dull. Nevertheless, they married on 3 January 1977 and began touring the country. Soamsawali gave birth to a daughter named Bajrakitiyabha, [read more]
Copyright © 2025 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes