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Month: January 2020

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Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Emperor Franz Joseph I to become fifth longest-reigning monarch in history

January 26, 2020 Moniek 3

Queen Elizabeth II has reached yet another milestone. Just last year, she surpassed Eleanor of Aquitaine, who ruled the Duchy of Aquitaine in her own […]

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Sophie of Hohenberg – The insanity of life (Part two)

January 26, 2020 Moniek 2

Read part one here. Sophie and her brothers travelled to Vienna with their aunts and uncles and stayed with their stepgrandmother Maria Theresa at the […]

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Sophie of Hohenberg – The insanity of life (Part one)

January 25, 2020 Moniek 0

Sophie of Hohenberg was born on 24 July 1901 at Konopiště as the daughter of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his morganatic wife Sophie, […]

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Greet Hofmans – Queen Juliana’s Rasputin

January 24, 2020 Moniek 0

She was once called the Rasputin of the Dutch Royal family – Greet Hofmans was a faith healer who nearly brought down the Dutch monarchy. […]

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Queen Wilhelmina – Wilhelmina’s fourth miscarriage

January 23, 2020 Moniek 0

With Wilhelmina’s marriage to Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 7 February 1901, she and her mother both fervently prayed for healthy children to continue their line. […]

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Denying HRH – The Case of the Duchess of Windsor

January 22, 2020 Moniek 1

When Wallis Simpson married The Duke of Windsor on 3 June 1937, she should have become Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Windsor. But, she […]

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