Fragments of an almost 1,000-year-old lost manuscript have been uncovered in an archive in the Netherlands, and the manuscript may have belonged to a Princess who fled England. Thijs Porck, a researcher, identified the 21 fragments found within the binding of a Greek dictionary. Parchment was often recycled to use as binding as it was [read more]
Read part one here. Catherine married her first cousin, King John III of Portugal, in the town of Estremoz on 10 February 1525. He was described as a “Prince of medium height, thicker rather than delicate, with a cheerful and authoritative presence.” During the religious ceremony, Catherine was described as looking “very handsome” in a [read more]
Read part two here. Soon, she had built a network of spies around René, and she managed to find evidence of treason, which she presented to her husband. Philibert was shocked, but the evidence was right in front of him. René was immediately relieved of his duties. An armed escort brought René to France, and [read more]
With the abdication of Queen Margrethe today, the world is now without a reigning queen. It is the first time since the 1800s that the world will be without a woman on a throne. As such, there’s no one alive who will remember a time when a woman was not a monarch somewhere in the [read more]
Catherine, or Catalina, of Austria was born on 14 January 1507 as the daughter of Queen Joanna of Castile and King Philip I of Castile, by right of his wife. Her father had died on 25 September 1506, and she was born as his funeral procession rested in Torquemada for three months. It had been [read more]
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