Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg was the first wife of Gustav Vasa. Before Sweden’s most dramatic royal family ever took shape, she quietly laid the foundations of a new dynasty. Early Life Born in 1513 in Ratzeburg in northern Germany, Catherine came from one of Europe’s older noble lines. Her family had strong ties across Europe, and [read more]
The Kingdom of Nepal existed between 1768 and 2008. It suffered an unimaginable tragedy in 2001, which only served to destabilise the monarchy. We will start there. The Queens mentioned here are consorts, and any titles following the end of the monarchy are titular. In 2001, King Birendra was on the throne. He had succeeded [read more]
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Queen Sirikit of Thailand died on 24 October 2025 at the age of 93. The future Queen Sirikit was born on 12 August 1932 as the daughter of Prince Nakkhatra Mangkala Kitiyakara and Mom Luang Bua Snidvongs at the home of her maternal grandfather. She had two elder brothers, Mom Rajawongse Kalyanakit Kitiyakara (1929-1987) and [read more]
*contains affiliate links* Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha should have been Queen of Sweden, but fate intervened. She was born in 1908 as the eldest daughter of Charles Edward, the last Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein. On 19 October 1932, she married Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, [read more]
The Luxembourg Aquamarine Bandeau is one of the smaller jewels in the Luxembourg jewellery vault. The bandeau is made with aquamarines interspersed with crisscrossed rows of diamonds. It was made as part of a set also including earrings and a necklace for Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte. Embed from Getty Images She liked to wear the [read more]
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