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Home2020May

Month: May 2020

Book Reviews

Blood Royal: Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe by Robert Bartlett Book Review

May 31, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

With a focus on medieval Europe, Blood Royal by Robert Bartlett takes on the system of monarchies and how families were shapes by births, marriages and deaths. Monarchies were the essence of medieval Europe. It is an in-depth look at the way monarchy works, and I was delighted to find that the book did not [read more]

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Januária of Brazil – The Emperor’s sister (Part two)

May 30, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. In 1843, Francisca became the first of the siblings to marry. On 1 May 1843, she married Prince François, Prince of Joinville and two weeks later, the happy couple sailed to France to begin their new life. Pedro’s marriage to Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies was arranged, though the couple [read more]

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Januária of Brazil – The Emperor’s sister (Part one)

May 29, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Januária of Brazil was born on 11 March 1822 as the second daughter of Pedro I of Brazil and IV of Portugal and his first wife, Archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria. She was born at the Imperial Palace of São Cristóvão in Rio de Janeiro. Her elder sister Maria became Queen of Portugal in her [read more]

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The Royal Women

Queen Wilhelmina – Wilhelmina’s first official duty

May 28, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

How does one introduce a child to royal life, especially one who is already a Queen in her own right? Queen Wilhelmina was just ten years old when she performed her first official duty. On 28 May 1891, Wilhelmina laid the foundation stone of a new hospital in Amsterdam, called the Wilhelmina Gasthuis. The weather [read more]

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Anne Princess Royal

Anne, Princess Royal – A colourful and hardworking royal

May 27, 2020 Moniek Bloks 1

At 11.50 o’clock this morning Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, was safely delivered of a Princess at Clarence House. Her Majesty The QUEEN and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh were present. Her Royal Highness and her daughter are both doing well. The happy event has been commemorated by the [read more]

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Catherine the Great

The Great Series Review – A comedy in corsets

May 26, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

SPOILER ALERT The Great promises to be a comedy loosely based on the life of Catherine the Great. When they say loosely, they mean it. Within the first 15 minutes, Catherine is married to Emperor Peter III of Russia (in reality – they married in 1745 during the reign of his aunt Empress Elizabeth of [read more]

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