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Empress Dowager Chu Suanzi – The legendary Empress Dowager who was regent three times and reigned for over forty years

Thursday, 18 December 2025, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0

Empress Dowager Chu Suanzi was one of China’s most legendary figures.[1] She was also one of China’s most powerful women.[2] She was the empress to Emperor Kang of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the mother of Emperor Mu.[3] However, she was regent three times and reigned for over forty years.[4] She also influenced the reign of six emperors.[5] Therefore, [read more]

Women who were passed over – Denmark

Wednesday, 17 December 2025, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Denmark has been governed by absolute primogeniture since 2009. From the beginning of the Kingdom until 1953, the Danish Crown passed according to agnatic primogeniture, which meant that women could not inherit, and between 1953 and 2009, it had male-preference primogeniture to allow for the succession of Queen Margrethe II, who was the elder of [read more]

The death of Queen Sālote Tupou III

Tuesday, 16 December 2025, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Queen Sālote had left Tonga for the final time on 4 November 1965. She had been diagnosed with lung and bone cancer in 1964, and her sons had urged her to return to New Zealand for more treatment. On 19 October, she returned to the palace one last time. Three days later, Queen Elizabeth II [read more]

Royal Wedding Recollections – King Baudouin of Belgium & Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón

Monday, 15 December 2025, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

On 15 December 1960, Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón married King Baudouin of Belgium. Before the religious ceremony, Fabiola and Baudouin were married civilly in the Throne Room of the Royal Palace in Brussels. The service was presided over by Albert Lilar, Minister of Justice, and Lucien Cooremans, Mayor of Brussels. The witnesses to [read more]

Book News Week 51

Saturday, 13 December 2025, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Book News Week 51 – 15 December – 21 December 2025 Elizabeth Paperback – 19 December 2025 (US) ‘If Any Person Will Meddle of My Cause’: The Judicial Murder of Anne Boleyn Hardcover – 15 December 2025 (UK)

Empress Jianwenshun – Emperor Jianwen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty’s posthumous Empress who lost both of her sons and had a miserable end

Saturday, 13 December 2025, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0

Empress Jianwenshun was the posthumous Empress of Emperor Jianwen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Empress Jianwenshun bore Prince Sima Rui (the future Emperor Jianwen) two children.[1] However, her two children would have tragic deaths.[2] The deaths of her children would lead to Empress Jianwenshun’s unfortunate end.[3] The birthdate of Empress Jianwenshun is unrecorded.[4] She was from the Wang [read more]