Read part two here. In the years between their marriage and accession, Alexandrine and Paul Frederick travelled extensively. Every January, they would go to Berlin and stay there for around two months, hosting their own balls and festivities. They then returned to Ludwigslust to see to their affairs before leaving again in the summer for [read more]
Read part one here. Alexandrine was just seven years old when her mother died. She and her siblings were placed in the care of Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg, who was married to their uncle, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, and who became the senior lady of the Prussian court after their mother’s death. Maria Anna, [read more]
Queen Eunoe Maura was the wife of King Bogudes II of the western region of Mauretania.[1] Yet, she is most famous for being Julius Caesar’s lover.[2] Queen Eunoe Maura and Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt were the only queens who became mistresses of Julius Caesar.[3] Unlike the famous Queen Cleopatra VII, very little is known about [read more]
On 23 February 1803, Queen Louise gave birth to her seventh child and fourth daughter, Alexandrine, at the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin. On 19 May, Louise wrote to her brother George, “Now a few words from me; I am as well and as happy after these weeks as one can be. My little daughter, Alexandrine [read more]
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In early 1816, a Romanov bride became a future Dutch Queen. On 22 December 1815, the future King William II of the Netherlands, then known as the Prince of Orange, arrived in St Petersburg to meet his future wife. Shortly before, his future brother-in-law, Alexander I of Russia, had issued a law which said that [read more]
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