(Not to be confused with Princess Yunying, the eldest of Emperor Puyi’s seven sisters). Princess Jin Yunying was the third sister of Puyi, the Last Emperor of China. Before the fall of Manchukuo in 1945, Princess Jin Yunying lived a carefree and luxurious life. She married Runqi, Empress Wanrong’s younger half-brother. She taught Emperor Hirohito’s [read more]
Masako Owada and the then Crown Naruhito of Japan first met in 1986 during a tea in honour of Infanta Elena of Spain. Although she was reportedly reluctant to accept his proposal of marriage, she finally did so in 1992. The engagement was officially announced on 19 January 1993, and the engagement ceremony was held [read more]
Princess Madeleine of Sweden married her American-British financier fiancé on 8 June 2013 in front of friends, family and foreign royals. As the couple marks their tenth wedding anniversary, we look back at their special day. Princess Madeleine’s engagement to Christopher O’Neill was announced on 25 October 2012, and the wedding date was later revealed [read more]
Between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries, marriages between the Rurikids of the Kyivan Rus and the Piasts of Poland were very common. One of the marriages between a Rus prince and a Polish princess was that of Iziaslav I of Kyiv and Gertrude of Poland. Early Life Gertrude of Poland was born around 1025. She [read more]
Princess Yunhe (also known as Jin Xinru) was the second younger sister of Puyi, the Last Emperor of China. However, her life was very turbulent. She was forced to flee the Forbidden City. She also witnessed her brother become the puppet Emperor of Manchukuo. After the fall of Manchukuo, Princess Yunhe was forced to wander [read more]
Yuriko, Princess Mikasa was born on 4 June 1923 as the daughter of Viscount Masanari Takagi and Kuniko Irie. She has an older sister, Kinuko, and two younger sisters, Momoko and Sayoko. At the age of five, she enrolled at the Gakushein kindergarten and continued at the Gakushein school until her graduation in 1941. That [read more]
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