Loch Leven Castle is set to celebrate the life of Mary, Queen of Scots and the 450th anniversary of her imprisonment there in 2017. The Mary, Queen of Scots Festival 2017 is just one of nine events supported by a £300,000 historical fund and more is set to be revealed in the coming weeks. The festival [read more]
Michelle of Valois was born on 11 January 1395 as the daughter of Charles VI of France and Isabeau of Bavaria. Not much is known of her youth, but in June 1409 she married the future Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (also known as Philip the Good). They had a single daughter named Agnes who died as [read more]
As the Hermitage in Amsterdam gears up for their new exhibition: 1917. Romanovs & Revolution items are beginning to arrive in Amsterdam. Over 200 items from the Hermitage in St. Petersburg are coming over, including dozens of intimate pieces from the archives, such as journals, pictures and drawings by the children. A special item is [read more]
Righteous Among the Nations is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis. Elisabeth of Bavaria was born on 25 July 1876 as the daughter of Karl-Theodor, Duke in Bavaria and Maria Josepha of Portugal. She was [read more]
Louise Hollandine has been dubbed the most talented and difficult of the children of the King and Queen of Bohemia. Born in April 1622, Louise was the sixth child (out of thirteen) of Elizabeth Stuart and Frederick V Elector Palatine who were living in The Hague at this time. Louise’s parents had recently lost their [read more]
This article was written by Carol. Theophano was Holy Roman Empress as the wife of Otto II from 973 until his death in 983. She was regent for her son Otto III from 984 until her death in 991. When Otto I, King of Germany, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John XII in 962, [read more]
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