Isabel Fernanda of Spain was born on 18 May 1821 as the daughter of Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily and Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain. Her parents were uncle and niece, and several of her ten siblings would die young. Isabel would be their eldest surviving child. Isabel Fernanda’s aunt, her mother’s sister, [read more]
Read part one here. As the Second World War began in its earnest, Christoph was often away. He volunteered for active service in September 1939. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on 1 May 1940, followed by a promotion to Captain on 1 September 1940. From January to May, he was stationed at Bad Homburg. [read more]
Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark was born on 26 June 1914 as the fourth daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. Her grandmother Victoria arrived in early June to be with Alice as she gave birth, but Sophie arrived rather late. Victoria wrote on the day of her [read more]
On 7 June 1917, Queen Wilhelmina was travelling from Den Bosch to The Hague, and her two royal coaches were attached to the back of a regular train service. She was in her saloon car when eleven of the coaches derailed, and one even rolled off the embankment. The train had broken up in parts, [read more]
Read part two here. The exiled King and his family slowly made their way to England as Maria Amalia, and her husband reluctantly stepped into their new role. Her husband continued to claim that he only accepted the crown to save the country from anarchy, but it took quite some time before affairs were actually [read more]
Read part one here. King Louis XVIII was quite fond of Maria Amalia, and he wrote of her, “I had heard a great deal in favour of this Princess, but when I became personally acquainted with her, I found in her many more good qualities than I had been to led to expect. Such a [read more]
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