Marie-Louise O’Murphy – The Irish petite maîtresse (Part two)
Read part one here. After she had been with the King for two years, rumours were circulating around Versailles that Marie-Louise wished to topple Madame […]
Articles by Amy Eloise Kelly
Marie-Louise O’Murphy – The Irish petite maîtresse (Part one)
In 1714, a man named Daniel O’Murphy and a woman named Marguerite Iquy were married in the town of Rouen, France. The pair both came […]
Märtha Louise of Norway – The clairvoyant Princess
Princess Märtha was born on 22 September 1971. Her parents are King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway. The Princess was born in 1971 […]
Mary Stuart O’Donnell – An Irish Lady in exile (Part two)
In part one of Mary Stuart O’Donnell’s story, we learned of how she was born after most of her family fled Ireland for the continent […]
Mary Stuart O’Donnell – An Irish Lady in exile (Part one)
On 14 September 1607, a French ship left Lough Swilly in County Donegal, Ireland and headed for Spain. On this vessel were 99 people, most […]
Maud of Wales – The unexpected Queen of Norway
On 26 November 1869, a daughter was born to the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII and his wife Alexandra of Denmark. This […]