The Year of Queen Victoria -The Famine Queen
In 1900, Irish activist Maud Gonne referred to Queen Victoria as the ‘Famine Queen’. This nickname stuck as Irish Nationalism, and a quest for independence […]
Articles by Amy Eloise Kelly
Anna Juliana Gonzaga – Guided by the Virgin Mary
Anna was born with the first names Anna Caterina in Mantua in modern-day Italy in 1566 into a wealthy and noble family. Her father was […]
The first official mistress of Denmark – Sophie Amalie Moth
Sophie Amalie was born in March 1654 as the youngest of six children. She was born straight into a life at the royal court. Her […]
Catherine Dashkova – Russia’s Enlightenment Princess (Part two)
Read part one here. In early 1762, Russian politics and Princess Dashkova’s life were both in a state of turmoil. Russia had a new Emperor, […]
Catherine Dashkova – Russia’s Enlightenment Princess (Part one)
The princess was born as Catherine Romanov Vorontsov in 1743 but for the purposes of this article, we will mainly call her by her married […]
Maria Fortunata d’Este – The last princess of Conti
Maria was born on the 24th of November 1731 at the home of her family; the Ducal Palace of Modena in modern day Italy. She […]
