Queen Wilhelmina’s wedding gift tiara was part of a parure presented to her on the occasion of her wedding to Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The diamond and sapphire tiara was made around 1900 by Vita Israel and Hoeting, a Dutch company. The parure consisted of the tiara, a necklace and two bracelets. In total, it [read more]
Empress Yuan Qigui was the empress consort of Emperor Wen of the Liu-Song Dynasty. Empress Yuan Qigui believed that Emperor Wen treated her unfairly. [1] She held a grudge for him that lasted until her death.[2] Empress Yuan Qigui’s ghost was believed to have saved a wrongfully accused imperial consort from death.[3] In 405 C.E., Empress [read more]
Empress Dowager Yang Lihua was the last Empress of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. She was the empress consort of Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. After Emperor Xuan’s death, Yang Lihua became the Empress Dowager. She was empress dowager for one year because her father, Yang Jian, took the throne and became the first [read more]
Queen Qianjin was the wife of three Turkic Khans. She was made queen in her third marriage to her stepson, Khan Tulan Qaghan.[1] Queen Qianjin was originally a princess of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.[2] However, the Northern Zhou Dynasty was destroyed, and the Sui Dynasty killed her family.[3] Queen Qianjin harboured a deep hatred for the [read more]
Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg was born on 16 March 1729 at Heidesheim Castle as the daughter of Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg and Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim und Assenheim. She had an elder brother, who died at the age of six and four younger sisters. As such, she was the heiress to [read more]
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