Lola Montez was born in County Sligo in Ireland in 1821; her given name was Elizabeth Rosanna Gilbert. Lola was born into an average family; her father was a soldier in the British Army, who died in India when she was just two years old. Lola and her mother Eliza had moved with him to [read more]
Hortense was born in 1646 in Rome, to Baron Lorenzo Mancini and his wife, Girolama Mazzarani. She is remembered because her uncle was the famous Italian Cardinal; Cardinal Mazarin, chief minister to Louis XIV of France. Cardinal Mazarin was highly influential at the French court during Louis XIV’s minority; many believed he was romantically involved [read more]
Madeleine was born in August 1520; she was the fifth child of Francis I of France and his wife, Queen Claude. After the death of her mother, Madeleine and her sister were raised by their aunt Marguerite of Navarre. At the time of Madeleine’s birth, the French and the Scottish were allies. The Auld Alliance [read more]
Marguerite was born to Charles, Count of Angoulême and Louise of Savoy in 1492. Her brother Francis succeeded their cousin Louis XII to the throne of France in 1515. When Louise of Savoy was widowed at the age of nineteen; she sought to provide both of her children with the best education available. Guided by [read more]
Catherine was born in 1638 into the House of Braganza; Portugal’s most important noble family. In 1640, Catherine’s father was proclaimed King John IV of Portugal after a revolt of the nobility led to the deposition of the Habsburg King Philip III of Portugal and IV of Spain. Catherine had a quiet and sheltered childhood, [read more]
In 1596, Elizabeth Stuart, the eldest daughter of King James VI Scotland and Anne of Denmark, was born. In 1603, the old Queen Elizabeth I of England passed away without leaving an heir. The throne passed to James who was crowned James I of England. As the daughter of the King of England, Elizabeth Stuart [read more]
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