Justine Percoli-Suárez was born on 27 November 1811 in Florence as the daughter of Bernard Percoli and Julie Niccolini. Her first marriage was to Marquess Luigi Bartolini-Baldelli, but she was widowed at an unknown date, leaving her a wealthy widow. In 1840, she married Jérôme Bonaparte, former King of Westphalia, in a religious ceremony. He [read more]
On 13 May 1940, Queen Wilhelmina escaped from the invading German troops and travelled on the HMS Hereward to England. Later that day, Queen Wilhelmina arrived at Harwich, where the British authorities had already arranged for a train to London. Wilhelmina wrote, “At the station, I was met by King George and by my children, [read more]
Empress Alexandra: The Special Relationship Between Russia’s Last Tsarina and Queen Victoria Hardcover – 30 June 2020 (UK) & 3 October 2020 (US) When Queen Victoria’s second daughter Princess Alice married the Prince Louis of Hesse and Rhine in 1862 even her own mother described the ceremony as more of a funeral than a wedding’ thanks [read more]
Read part one here. Life went by at a slow pace. Elizabeth purchased a cottage at Old Windsor where she delighted in the flowers in the garden. Yet, she was unhappy, and she wrote, “We go on vegetating as we have done for the last twenty years of our lives.” It was 1808, and she [read more]
Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom was born on 22 May 1770 – exactly 250 years ago today – as the third daughter and seventh child of King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Her elder siblings were the future King George IV, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, the future King William IV, [read more]
Annia Galeria Faustina, known as Faustina the Elder, was born in October, probably sometime in the 90s. Her father was Marcus Annius Verus, and her mother was Rupilia Faustina, who may have been the half-sister of Empress Sabina. The family was a wealthy, noble one from Spain. Her father was one of the richest men [read more]
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