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Articles by Moniek Bloks

About Moniek Bloks
My name is Moniek and I am from the Netherlands. I began this website in 2013 because I wanted to share these women's amazing stories.
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Forbidden Wife: The Life and Trials of Lady Augusta Murray by Julia Abel Smith Book Review

Saturday, 10 October 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Lady Augusta Murray was the unrecognised wife of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex. Their marriage in 1793 was in contravention to the Royal Marriages Act 1772, and so it was considered to be invalid. Augusta was not recognised as his wife and could not be styled as Her Royal Highness Princess Augustus Frederick (Augustus [read more]
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Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway

Taking a look at Queen Mette-Marit of Norway

Friday, 9 October 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
The future Queen of Norway was born Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby on 19 August 1973 as the daughter of Sven Høiby and Marit Tjessem. She has a sister and two older brothers. Following her parents’ divorce in 1984, she lived with her mother, and her mother eventually remarried to Rolf Berntsen, and Mette-Marit gained a stepbrother [read more]
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Juliana of the Netherlands

Queen Wilhelmina receives the Military Order of William

Wednesday, 7 October 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
The Military Order of William is the highest honour of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and was named for St. William of Gellone, the very first Prince of Orange. It was founded in 1815 by King William I of the Netherlands for bravery on the battlefield and as a decoration for senior military officers. It [read more]
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Cecily of York

Cecily of York – A banished Princess (Part two)

Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Read part one here. A new contender now rose to the stage, and his name was Henry Tudor. It was decided that if he should invade and win, he would marry Cecily’s elder sister Elizabeth – uniting the houses of Lancaster and York. For Cecily, the loss of her status and knowing that her brothers [read more]
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Cecily of York

Cecily of York – Daughter of York (Part one)

Monday, 5 October 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Cecily of York was born on 20 March 1469 as the third daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville. As the third consecutive daughter born to a reigning King without sons, her birth was a disappointment and the King and his lords “rejoiced exceedingly, though they would have preferred a son.” The [read more]
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Denmark

Taking a look at Queen Mary of Denmark

Friday, 2 October 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 1
The future Queen of Denmark was born Mary Elizabeth Donaldson on 5 February 1972 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia as the youngest daughter of John Dalgleish Donaldson and his first wife, Henrietta Clark Horne. She has two sisters, Jane Stephens and Patricia Bailey and a brother John Stuart Donaldson. Mary’s mother died on 20 November 1997, [read more]

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