The Oldenburg Mausoleum at the Gertrudenfriedhof
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 […]
Month: September 2020
Stripping titles – The case of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex
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 […]
Queen Elizabeth I – The body of a weak and feeble woman (Part four)
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 […]
Taking a look at Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
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 […]
Queen Wilhelmina – Wilhelmina sees her father for the last time
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
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 […]