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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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Anna of Lorraine
Anna of Lorraine

Princesses of Orange – Anna of Lorraine

Monday, 10 June 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 2
Anna of Lorraine was born on 25 July 1522 as the daughter of Antoine the Good, Duke of Lorraine and Renée of Bourbon-Montpensier. Not much is known of her youth. On 22 August 1540, she married René of Châlon, Prince of Orange at Bar-le-Duc. They had one daughter together who was born in 1544 and [read more]
pocahontas
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Pocahontas and the English Boys: Caught between Cultures in Early Virginia by Karen Ordahl Kupperman Book Review

Sunday, 9 June 2019, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Pocahontas was born circa 1596 as the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of a network of tribes in the Tidewater region of Virginia. She was credited with saving the life of a Colonist John Smith. She was captured in 1613 and converted to Christianity during her captivity. She took the name Rebecca, and she [read more]
tragic daughters
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The Tragic Daughters of Charles I: Mary, Elizabeth & Henrietta Anne by Sarah-Beth Watkins Book Review

Saturday, 8 June 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
King Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France married in 1625 and they went on to have nine children together. Of their five daughters, three survived passed infancy; Mary, Elizabeth, and Henrietta. None of them would live to see their 30th birthday and they would go on to live very different lives. The [read more]
queen victoria and children
Alice of the United Kingdom

Queen Victoria and postpartum depression

Friday, 7 June 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert had nine children together. She was pregnant for around 80 months total in the 1840s and 1850s, over six years in total and this does not take any recovery into account. Queen Victoria knew all too well that childbirth could easily kill her – her cousin Charlotte of [read more]
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II – The 60s and 70s (Part three)

Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Read part one here. Read part two here. After a few years hiatus, Elizabeth wanted more children. She fell pregnant again in 1959 and gave birth to a second son named Andrew on 19 February 1960. Shortly before the birth, Elizabeth wanted to revisit the issue of the family’s name that had been irritating The [read more]
Stéphanie of Belgium
Austria

Stéphanie of Belgium – The would-be Empress of Austria (Part three)

Monday, 3 June 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Read part one here. Read part two here. Stéphanie awoke on 30 January 1889 to a gloomy winter day. She had a singing lesson as was usual, but she felt anxious. The lesson was interrupted by her chief lady-in-waiting, who privately gave her the bad news from Mayerling. Stéphanie immediately realised what happened and sobbed, [read more]

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