The Year of Queen Victoria – Lord Melbourne, political mentor and friend
William Lamb was born on 15th of March 1779 into a wealthy London family. His parents were Peniston Lamb an MP and former gentleman of the […]
Articles by Amy Eloise Kelly
Henriette Marie of the Palatinate -The flower of the flock
Henriette Marie of the Palatinate was born on the 17th of July 1626 as the ninth of the twelve children of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia […]
Matilda of Boulogne – The other Matilda of ‘the Anarchy’
Matilda was born in around 1105 in Boulogne in Northern France; she was of noble and royal descent as her parents were Eustace III, Count […]
Film Review – Mary Queen of Scots
It has been a month full of wonderful period drama releases, with The Favourite and Colette already in cinemas now being joined in the UK […]
Sophie of Bavaria – “The only man at court”
Without doubt, Archduchess Sophie was the most significant figure of all the women of the imperial house after Maria Theresia. Sophie was born in 1805 […]
The Year of Queen Victoria – Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf
Augusta was born on 19 January 1757 into a relatively minor noble family which was part of the Reuss junior line who ruled over an […]
