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 of Joyeuse in her own right. She would turn out to be their only child and her father died on 27 February 1608 – making her Duchess of Montpensier in [read more]
From Queen Victoria to King Leopold I of Belgium – 29 November 1841 I would have written sooner, had I not been a little bilious, which made me very low, and not in spirits to write… They think that I shall not get my appetite and spirits back till I can get out of town; [read more]
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 wife, Christine Boyer. She was their eldest daughter. A brother was stillborn the following year, followed by a sister who lived for just a few hours. Her younger sister was [read more]
From Queen Victoria to the Princess Royal – Windsor Castle, 27 November 1861 Many, many thanks for your dear letter of the 23rd. As you do not mention it yourself – I hope you are all right again and that the rash is past. Dearest Papa has written to you that he is not well [read more]
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 roses to lay on her husband’s body, she was forced back inside. Wilhelm searched his mother’s rooms for her papers, but he found none. He took over arranging for his [read more]
Read part three here. It was now a waiting game before Friedrich and Victoria could ascend the throne. Friedrich’s father had been in bad health since the beginning of 1885, suffering little strokes. However, in January 1887, Friedrich himself began having persistent hoarseness, which was first thought to be a cold but by the spring, [read more]
Copyright © 2025 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes