Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia married four times. His fourth and last wife was Elizabeth of Pomerania. She was the wife who gave the emperor the most children – six. She was also the only wife to outlive him. Granddaughter of the Polish King Elizabeth of Pomerania was born around 1346 [read more]
Elisabeth von Gutmann was born on 6 January 1875 as the daughter of Wilhelm Wolf Isaak Gutmann and his second wife, Ida Wodianer. She had two full brothers and two half-brothers and a half-sister, from her father’s first marriage. Her father received a hereditary knighthood from Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1878. Not [read more]
Before Japan was even a country, other women ruled like the legendary Queen Himiko of Yamatai-koku (a country in what is now Japan during the Yayoi period). Queen Himiko, who some call Pimiko, was born c. 170 CE in Yamatai-koku as the daughter of Emperor Suinin, and she is mentioned in Chinese, Japanese and Korean sources. [read more]
On 9 November 1841, a baby boy was born at Buckingham Palace. The child was the second child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was named Albert Edward after his father and his grandfather the Duke of Kent, though he would always be known by his nickname Bertie. Victoria had [read more]
Read part one here. On 2 March 1855, Marie’s husband became Emperor upon the death of his father. Both Marie and Alexander were by his side when he died. Their coronation took place on 17 August 1856, with Alexander placing a crown on Marie’s head as she knelt before him. When she arose, it clattered [read more]
Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine was born on 8 August 1824 as the daughter of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Wilhelmine of Baden. Her biological father could also be Baron August von Senarclens de Grancy, but she was recognised as his daughter by Louis. Marie spent most [read more]
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