The city of Weimar in Germany is marking the 200th birthday of Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, with a special exhibition. Princess Sophie was the daughter of King William II of the Netherlands and of his wife, Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia. She married her first cousin, Charles Alexander, Hereditary [read more]
Prime Video has released a first look at My Lady Jane, a new series in an alternative fantasy Tudor world. The series will premiere worldwide on 27 June 2024. The series is inspired by the book My Lady Jane, in which King Edward VI does not die of tuberculosis, and Lady Jane Grey avoids the [read more]
What was meant to be a lovely day turned into a nightmare. On Queen’s Day 2009, a man drove his car through the celebrating crowds towards the bus carrying the Dutch Royal Family – killing seven people and eventually himself. The royal family celebrated the day in Apeldoorn. As the open-top bus made its last [read more]
Archduchess Barbara of Austria was born on 30 April 1539 as the daughter of the future Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. She was their eleventh child and eighth daughter. She was born in Vienna, but following the death of her mother in 1547, she and her other unmarried sisters [read more]
Princess Benedikte of Denmark was born on 29 April 1944 as the second daughter of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid of Denmark (née of Sweden), who were the Crown Prince and Crown Princess at the time. Her elder sister reigned as Queen Margrethe II from 1972 until 2024, while her younger sister Anne-Marie was [read more]
On 29 April 1964, Princess Irene of the Netherlands married Prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, future titular Duke of Parma, without her family by her side. Princess Irene, the second daughter of the then Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, had met Prince Carlos Hugo during her studies in Madrid. He was the eldest son of [read more]
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