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Month: September 2020

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The Oldenburg Mausoleum at the Gertrudenfriedhof

September 30, 2020 Moniek 0

The Oldenburg Mausoleum at the Gertrudenfriedhof was constructed from 1785 upon the death in childbirth of 20-year-old Frederica of Württemberg, the wife of the future […]

Stripping titles – The case of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex

September 29, 2020 Moniek 0

There have been a lot of recent comments about whether or not The Duke and Duchess of Sussex should be stripped of their titles. Without […]

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Queen Elizabeth I – The body of a weak and feeble woman (Part four)

September 28, 2020 Moniek 0

Read part three here. The trouble with Mary, Queen of Scots, was not over yet. The Babington Plot of 1586 saw Elizabeth’s spymaster Sir Francis […]

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Taking a look at Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

September 27, 2020 Brittani Barger 1

Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti was born on 17 May 1971 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta (a government official and advisor) and María del […]

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Queen Wilhelmina – Wilhelmina sees her father for the last time

September 25, 2020 Moniek 0

From 1889, the health of Wilhelmina’s father King William III of the Netherlands deteriorated quickly. On 12 May 1889, he celebrated the 40th anniversary of […]

Royal Women and the Black Death

September 24, 2020 CaraBeth 1

The Black Death peaked in Europe between the years 1347 and 1353.  It was the most fatal pandemic in human history, killing millions.  Not even […]

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