Queen Lili‘uokalani has been honoured with a centennial service to mark her death 100-years-ago based on Buddhist tradition. She died on 11 November 1917. Buddhists observe the 100th year a year earlier than the Western world. Her full name was Lydia Kamaka‘eha Lili‘uokalani, and she was known to be very compassionate to the Japanese immigrants that [read more]
Many ancient female royals are rarely talked about for a variety of reasons. One female monarch that we do not hear enough about is Gorgo of Sparta. You may recognise her name from Histories by Herodotus – as she was one of the few women who were even mentioned in his writings. Gorgo was the daughter and only [read more]
Alexander the Great was one of the greatest leaders and conquerors that the world has ever seen. However, Alexander would have never gone on to create one of the largest empires in the ancient world without his mother, Olympias. Olympias, originally named Myrtle, was the daughter of King Neoptolemus I of Epirus, the King of [read more]
Sibylla Calma Marie Alice Bathildis Feodora was born on 18 January 1908 in Gotha, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (now Germany) at Friedenstein Castle. Her parents were Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Sibylla had one older brother, Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; two younger brothers, Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Friedrich Josias, Prince of [read more]
One of the most fascinating historical female royal to research and learn about is the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt: Hatshepsut. James Henry Breasted, American archaeologist and Egyptologist, said she was the “first great woman in history of whom we are informed.” So just who exactly was this well-known Egyptian, and what did she accomplish? [read more]
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