Sunandha Kumariratana was born on 10 November 1860 as the daughter of King Mongkut of Siam (Rama IV) and Princess Consort Piam. She was first Queen consort of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) of Siam and also his half-sister. All of his four wives were also his half-sisters. King Mongkut had at least 82 children with various [read more]
Beatrice of Portugal was born around 7 February 1373 as the daughter of Ferdinand I of Portugal and Leonor Telles de Meneses. She had two younger brothers, who both died young in 1380 and 1382. She would thus prove to be their only surviving child. Ferdinand I also had an illegitimate daughter with a mistress. [read more]
Before we had the formidable Isabel I of Castile, we had Urraca of León and Castile who claimed the title Empress of All the Spains. She was born in April 1079 to Alfonso VI of León and Castile and his second wife Constance of Burgundy. Alfonso was married five times, and he fathered several children, [read more]
I’ve wanted to read this book for quite some time now, and I finally ordered it a while ago. This book was written by Princess Stéphanie of Belgium about the time she was married to Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria. Stéphanie was born 21 May 1864 as the daughter of Leopold II of Belgium and [read more]
I’ve visited the ‘new’ Loo Palace last year during the Grace Kelly exhibition. This year I went back as this time Loo palace was the host of the largest Sisi exhibition outside of Vienna. If you want to know what Loo Palace looks like on the inside, I’d like to direct you to this post [read more]
The future Queen of Portugal was born on 28 September 1865 to Philippe, Count of Paris and Marie Isabelle of Orléans. On 22 May 1886, she was married to Carlos, who was at the time the heir apparent to the Portuguese throne. It was an arranged marriage, and it was not even popular at first. [read more]
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