Sophia Dorothea of Hanover was born on 26 March 1687 at the Leineschloss in Hanover as the daughter of the then Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg, later King George I of Great Britain, and Sophia Dorothea of Celle. Her elder brother became King George II of Great Britain in 1727. Her parents’ marriage had quickly turned [read more]
Royals should always travel in style, and so they should also be able to wait in style. The Dutch Railways has several royal waiting rooms, including at Amsterdam Central and The Hague HS. The city of Baarn wasn’t a royal destination but it was the gateway to Soestdijk Palace. This waiting room was presumably designed [read more]
Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert were enthusiastic patrons of watercolour painting. They were also avid practitioners. They eventually had a collection of thousands of paintings, including many that illustrated scenes from their own life. The Victoria & Albert: Our Lives in Watercolour book accompanies a travelling exhibition, which I have not had the [read more]
Marie of Bourbon was born on 15 October 1605 as the daughter of Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse, Duchess of Joyeuse in her own right. She would turn out to be their only child and her father died on 27 February 1608 – making her Duchess of Montpensier in [read more]
From Queen Victoria to King Leopold I of Belgium – 29 November 1841 I would have written sooner, had I not been a little bilious, which made me very low, and not in spirits to write… They think that I shall not get my appetite and spirits back till I can get out of town; [read more]
Charlotte Bonaparte was born at Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume on 22 February 1795 as the daughter of Lucien Bonaparte, a younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, and his first wife, Christine Boyer. She was their eldest daughter. A brother was stillborn the following year, followed by a sister who lived for just a few hours. Her younger sister was [read more]
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