Soestdijk Palace is hosting an autumn exhibition based on the lives of the women who once were a part of its life. A number of royal women are featured, among them: Queen Julania, Anna Pavlovna (wife of King William II), Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (wife of King William III), Anne, Princess Royal and Princess [read more]
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On 28 October 1533, 14-year-old Catherine de’ Medici married the future King Henry II of France, also 14 years old, although his elder brother was still alive at the time, and he wasn’t expected to become King. On 1 September 1533, the noble ladies of Florence gave a grand farewell banquet for Catherine as she [read more]
The Duchess of Teck’s Flower Brooch was probably inherited by Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck, from her aunt, Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester. When the Duchess of Teck died, it was given to her eldest son, Prince Adolphus, but by 1923, it was in the possession of his sister, Queen Mary. Embed from Getty [read more]
Isabel Moctezuma was the last Empress of the Aztec Empire. She had six husbands, and she married three of them before she reached the age of twelve. Empress Isabel Moctezuma was the eldest daughter of Emperor Moctezuma II of the Aztec Empire. After the fall of the Aztec Empire, Empress Isabel Moctezuma began to ally [read more]
Marie Antoinette’s unpopularity largely stemmed from her extravagance, and she had been largely popular when she arrived in France in 1770. Her so-called frivolity began when she was still in a precarious relationship with her husband. As their marriage remained unconsummated and Marie Antoinette endured the taunts of the court, she only saw one way [read more]
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