Constance of Arles was born circa 986 as the daughter of William I, Count of Provence and Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou. In 1001, Constance became the third wife of King Robert II of France. He had divorced his first wife Rozala of Italy and his second marriage to Bertha of Burgundy had eventually been annulled. The [read more]
Read part one here. In November 1800, Louise turned 30 years old. She wrote to her mother, “I am very amazed that I am already 30 years old.[…] It’s like it was only yesterday that you were my age and I remember thinking how very old you were.” Her life in Brunswick remained pretty much [read more]
Princess Louise is the sweetest person that lives. Louise of Orange-Nassau was born on 28 November 1770 as the daughter of William V, Prince of Orange and Wilhelmina of Prussia. She was thus the niece of Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, who was also her godmother. Louise would be their eldest surviving child as her mother [read more]
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands had three elder half-brothers, but she would not know any of them. The three sons of the marriage of her father, King William III of the Netherlands and his first wife Sophie of Württemberg, were William (nicknamed Wiwill), Maurice and Alexander. Maurice fell ill with meningitis in early 1850, and [read more]
Empress Galla Placidia and the Fall of the Roman Empire Paperback – 27 June 2020 (US) & 30 July 2020 (UK) Despite being one of history’s most important women, the story of Galla Placidia’s life has been largely forgotten. Though the Roman empress witnessed the decline and fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century [read more]
Royal Confinements was first released in 1980 and has recently been re-released with an additional chapter focussing on a few cases post-Queen Victoria. It tracks the obstetric history of the British Royals from Catherine of Braganza to – originally – Queen Victoria. It is not limited to Queens. Some had very tragic stories, such as [read more]
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