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On 30 June 1478, Queen Isabella I of Castile finally got her wish after a daughter and a miscarriage – a healthy son was born. He was named John or Juan. He would later be joined by another three sisters. Nine days after his birth, John was carried by a governess in a procession with [read more]
Alexandra Christina Manley was born on 30 June 1964 in Hong Kong, the daughter of Richard Nigel Manley and Christa Maria Nowotny. She has two younger sisters. Alexandra attended her early schooling in Hong Kong and studied international business at the Vienna University of Economics and Business in Austria. She worked for GT Management between [read more]
Maria of Aragon was born on 29 June 1482 as the daughter of Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. Her mother had been pregnant with twins, and Maria’s twin was stillborn a day and a half later. It is unclear if her twin was a boy or a girl. Maria [read more]
Queen Mary’s Cluster Earrings are “each with a large cushion-cut brilliant with two concentric millegrain and pavé-set bands of small diamonds.” Embed from Getty Images Queen Mary had the earrings created in 1939 by having the Mackinnon diamonds removed. These diamonds had initially been a pair of solitaire earrings given to her for her wedding [read more]
Read part one here. However, Maria now also wished to see her mother despite her brother’s attempt to persuade her. She had renounced all possibilities of a marriage, forcing her brother to make another decision. She “decided to remain single and in the kingdom, in the midst of her friends, her books and the poor, [read more]
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