Marie of Bourbon – The Montpensier heiress
Marie of Bourbon was born on 15 October 1605 as the daughter of Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse, Duchess […]
Month: November 2019
From Queen Victoria to King Leopold I of Belgium – 29 November 1841
From Queen Victoria to King Leopold I of Belgium – 29 November 1841 I would have written sooner, had I not been a little bilious, […]
The Bonaparte Women – Charlotte Bonaparte Gabrielli
Charlotte Bonaparte was born at Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume on 22 February 1795 as the daughter of Lucien Bonaparte, a younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, and his first […]
From Queen Victoria to the Princess Royal – 27 November 1861
From Queen Victoria to the Princess Royal – Windsor Castle, 27 November 1861 Many, many thanks for your dear letter of the 23rd. As you […]
Victoria, Princess Royal – An exceptional Princess (Part five)
Read part four here. As he had done earlier, Wilhelm ordered that no one should leave the palace. Even as Victoria went out to cut […]
Victoria, Princess Royal – An exceptional Princess (Part four)
Read part three here. It was now a waiting game before the Friedrich and Victoria could ascend the throne. Friedrich’s father had been in bad […]