Her Majesty Queen Victoria was on the throne when the American Civil War was raging on; the Confederate States of America (CSA) falsely believed that the British would come to their aid because of their overconfidence in the British need of the country’s cotton. They believed “cotton is king” and would help them gain allies [read more]
From Queen Victoria to the Princess Royal – Buckingham Palace, 2 February 1858 My first occupation on this sad, sad day – is to write to you. An hour is already past since you left – and I trust that you are recovering a little, but then will come that awful separation from Papa! How [read more]
The new Queen consort, born Alexandra of Denmark, refused to be acknowledged as Queen and would not let anyone kiss her hand until after the funeral. Queen Victoria had left written instructions for her funeral, down to the model of the coffin. The day after her death, her body was moved to her normal bed [read more]
Read part one here. In November 1918, the German Empire came to an end with the abdication of Victoria Louise’s father. He had crossed the border into the Netherlands and had been granted asylum. Brunswick itself was not safe either and as Victoria Louise lay ill with the Spanish flu revolutions rocked the state. The [read more]
The longest reigning female ruler was the formidable Eleanor of Aquitaine who ruled over the Duchy of Aquitaine in her own right. She lived to be 82 years old, which in medieval times was ancient. Eleanor reigned for 66 years and 358 days. Eleanor was first married to Louis VII of France, but the marriage was not [read more]
Caroline Bonaparte was born on 25 March 1782 as the daughter of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino and as such was Emperor Napoleon I’s younger sister. She hardly knew her father as he would die two years after her birth of cancer of the stomach. She grew up rather poor and did not receive new clothes [read more]
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