Empress Xiaoduanxian of the Ming Dynasty was known as the longest reigning empress consort in Chinese history.[1] She reigned for forty-two years. She was known to be one of the Ming dynasty’s most virtuous empresses.[2] However, she failed to give a son to Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty (also known as the Wanli Emperor). [read more]
The Baguette and Brilliant Bracelet is “composed of a band of baguettes and two rows of brilliant with a central cross-over.” The bracelet dates from the late 1920s or early 1930s and was purchased by Queen Elizabeth II’s father, King George VI, from Garrard in 1949. It was a gift for her. Embed from Getty [read more]
The marriage of Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden to Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kyiv, as well as the marriages of their children, show that the Kyivan Rus was becoming its own powerful state and that connections were forming between the Rurik dynasty and the royal families to the west. Early Years Ingegerd was born [read more]
The Furstengruft, or Princely Crypt in Siegen, was founded by John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, whose grandfather was a younger brother of William I (the Silent), Prince of Orange. Nassau-Siegen was a principality within the Holy Roman Empire. John Maurice had been trying to decide between Cleves and Siegen for a burial place and finally [read more]
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