Princess Claire of Belgium began wearing this pearl and diamond tiara in 2010. Embed from Getty Images Its first outing was for the royal wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling. The tiara features a fleur-de-lis pattern against vertical lines topped with half-pearl buttons. She has since worn it to two more [read more]
Read part one here. However, she was still very malnourished from all the fasting she had done, and she died within an hour of giving birth. A historian at court wrote to the Archbishop of Braga, “The mother [Queen Isabella] was large, while the daughter [Isabella] was so consumed by her thinness that she did [read more]
On 26 November 1504, Queen Isabella I of Castile died at the age of 53. Her husband, King Ferdinand II of Aragon, announced her death to the waiting public and sent messengers across the country with the news. On a hastily erected stand, the Duke of Alba raised Queen Isabella’s banner three times while announcing, [read more]
Read part four here. The year 1558 was undoubtedly the end of an era with the deaths of Christina’s uncle, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and her aunts, Eleanor and Mary. In that sense, 1559 was a new beginning with the wedding of her son, Charles, to Princess Claude. On 22 January 1559, they were [read more]
On 16 December 1485, Queen Isabella I of Castile gave birth to her final child – Catherine – at the Palace of Alcalá de Henares. At the time of her birth, she had four living siblings: Isabella, John, Joanna and Maria. Catherine was received with “great delight”, and a banquet was hosted in her honour. [read more]
Read part three here. Unfortunately, by April 1545, Francis was seriously ill again. Some were convinced he had been poisoned, but he was well enough to make his entry into Nancy on 16 April. On the advice of his physicians, he went to Blamont, where the air was better. However, he grew weaker by the [read more]
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