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Home2023February

Month: February 2023

Elisabeth of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg

The grave of Elisabeth of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg

Monday, 6 February 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The city of Heidelberg is perhaps most famous for the ruins of Heidelberg Castle, but there is plenty more royal history to explore. One of these places is the Heiligengeistkirche or Church of the Holy Spirit. This church houses the remains of the Palatinate and Palatinate-Simmern family, a branch of the Wittelsbachs. It is also [read more]

Xiao Zhuang
China

Empress Xiaozhuangwen – The first matriarch of the Qing dynasty

Saturday, 4 February 2023, 6:00 Lauralee Jacks 0

Empress Xiaozhuangwen was one of the most respected Empresses in the Qing Dynasty. She was influential in the reigns of three emperors in the early Qing dynasty. Empress Xiaozhuangwen was a consort of Emperor Hong Taiji. Her son became the Shunzhi Emperor. She also raised and taught Emperor Kangxi politics which would help him to [read more]

Princess Angela
Angela of Liechtenstein

Princess Angela at 65: A Princess out of the limelight

Friday, 3 February 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Angela of Liechtenstein was born Angela Gisela Brown on 3 February 1958 in Bocas del Toro in Panama. Her parents were Javier Francisco Brown and  Silvia Maritza Burke. Angela was just five years old when she and her family moved to New York. In New York, she attended elementary school and high school. She [read more]

marie therese artois
Austria

The Year of Marie Antoinette – The Countess of Artois & Marie Antoinette (Part two)

Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. On 5 August 1776, Marie Thérèse gave birth to her second child. It was a daughter who was named Sophie. When the young girl died after a short illness at the age of 7, Marie Antoinette wrote that “the Comte d’Artois was afflicted as he should have been by the death [read more]

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