September 2019 - Page 6 of 6 - History of Royal Women

Kensington Palace – Victoria: A Royal Childhood & Victoria: Woman and Crown

September 2, 2019 Moniek 0

At Kensington Palace in the early hours (4.15 am) of 24 May 1819, Alexandrina Victoria was born to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (the Duchess of Kent), as Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent. For Queen Victoria’s bicentenary, Kensington Palace plays host to two exhibitions about [read more]

Blanche of Valois – The French Queen of Bohemia

September 1, 2019 CaraBeth 0

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia married four times. His first wife was Blanche of Valois. They both met as children at the French court. The marriage of Blanche and Charles was one of four royal marriages that tied the Bohemian royal family to the French royal family in the 14th century. [read more]