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Home2020December

Month: December 2020

Märtha Louise of Norway

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway reveals she was offered the chance to become Queen

Wednesday, 16 December 2020, 15:07 Moniek Bloks 1

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway has revealed to Insider Magazine that she was offered the chance to become Queen. When Princess Märtha Louise of Norway was born in 1971, women were barred from inherited the Norwegian throne. A younger brother, Crown Prince Haakon, was born two years later, and it is he who is destined [read more]

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Elisabeth of Wied

Elisabeth of Wied – The Princess of the Wild Rose (Part four)

Wednesday, 16 December 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Read part three here. As Queen of Romania, Elisabeth devoted much of her time to the education of children and charitable works. She and her husband had begun to drift apart, so she also spent much time writing poetry, and some of it was published under the pseudonym E. Wedi. Carmen Sylva remained her principal [read more]

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Elisabeth of Wied

Elisabeth of Wied – The Princess of the Wild Rose (Part three)

Monday, 14 December 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part two here. Shortly after her arrival in Romania, Elisabeth came down with the measles, but luckily she recovered quite quickly. Early in 1870, Elisabeth learned that she was pregnant. She gave birth to a daughter named Marie on 8 September 1870, and the birth was celebrated with a 21-gun salute. Elisabeth became devoted [read more]

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Elisabeth of Wied

Elisabeth of Wied – The Princess of the Wild Rose (Part two)

Sunday, 13 December 2020, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. Elisabeth’s father remained dangerously ill, and the family spent the winter of 1862-1863 in Baden-Baden for his health. To introduce Elisabeth into society during this sad time, the family opened their house to a larger circle of people. Elisabeth had been looking forward to it, but the death of her good [read more]

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Elisabeth of Wied

Elisabeth of Wied – The Princess of the Wild Rose (Part one)

Friday, 11 December 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Elisabeth of Wied was born on 29 December 1843 as the first child and only daughter of Hermann, Prince of Wied, and his wife Princess Marie of Nassau. The Principality of Wied-Neuwied was mediatised in 1806, and so there was no actual land to rule anymore. Elisabeth was named after her godmothers Queen Elisabeth [read more]

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India

Mastani Bai – A controversial Princess

Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

This article was written by Shivangi. Mastani Bai was born on 29 August 1699 at Mau Sahaniya, Bundelkhand (a province in present-day central India) to Maharaja Chhatrasal (the Bundela Rajput ruler of Bundelkhand) and his Persian wife, Ruhani Bai Begum. Maharaja Chhatrasal followed Pranami Sampraday, a Hindu community based on bhakti worship of Lord Krishna [read more]

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