Richard III’s discovery and burial have prompted the search for another King. King Henry I was the son of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders. He had two legitimate children, William Adelin, who drowned in the White Ship disaster and Matilda, whose son Henry would eventually follow Henry’s nephew Stephen on the throne. Henry [read more]
I’ve had this book for a while now, and I even own a second book by this author, Four Queens, the Provencal Sister who ruled Europe. This book was originally released in 2010, so I guess I’m a bit late on my review, ha! Although there’s never a bad time to bring to light a Queen! Joanna of [read more]
Margaret Douglas, Mary Howard and Mary Shelton lived through the turbulent reigns of the Tudor monarchs, and one of them was even considered as a possible successor to the throne. However, they were mostly forgotten by history. Sylvia Barbara Soberton has written about them in ‘The Forgotten Tudor Women’ to remove them from the obscurity [read more]
Eleanor of Woodstock was born on 18 June 1318 as the daughter of Edward II of England and Isabella of France. She was born in Woodstock Palace in Oxfordshire, which no longer exists. She married Reginald II, Count (later Duke) of Guelders as his second wife in May 1332. His first marriage was to Sophia [read more]
Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis was born on 28 May 1860 as the daughter of Princess Helene, Duchess in Bavaria and Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis. I assume she was named after her famous aunt, the Austrian Empress Elisabeth, or Sisi. Her parents had a happy but short marriage as her father [read more]
Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was born on 5 April 1773. She was born the daughter of Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt and she was a niece of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz who was Queen consort of Great Britain. Friederike died from complications of childbirth after giving birth to her tenth child, a [read more]
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