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The Countess of Artois & Marie Antoinette (Part one)

Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Marie Thérèse of Savoy was born on 31 January 1756 as the third daughter and fifth child of the future King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain. Her parents would go on to have a total of 12 children, though not all of them lived to adulthood. She and her [read more]
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The accession of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria

Friday, 16 December 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
When the future Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria was born in 1830, he was third in the line of succession. His grandfather was Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (Francis I, Emperor Austria from the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806) and his uncle Ferdinand, who had an intellectual disability and suffered from [read more]
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Archduchess Sophie’s tragic obstetric history

Friday, 25 November 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
On 4 November 1824, Princess Sophie of Bavaria married Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, the third son of Emperor Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor and Princess Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily. Her family had been reluctant, and Sophie’s sister wrote, “They say he is educated, but he is not at all to the Queen’s [read more]
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Elisabeth Marie of Austria – The innocent victim of Mayerling (Part four)

Thursday, 8 September 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Read part three here. Elisabeth and Leopold lived together as he was making a career for himself in politics. Of her children, only her daughter was still living with her. She bought the so-called Windisch-Graetz Villa on the outskirts of Vienna in 1929. However, peace would be hard to find. By 1932, national socialism was [read more]
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Elisabeth Marie of Austria – The innocent victim of Mayerling (Part three)

Monday, 5 September 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Read part two here. Prince Otto hated all the travelling that Elisabeth did, and he eventually stopped joining his family. Their marriage was now clearly in trouble, and their paths began to grow apart. Later Elisabeth would say that Otto had a venereal disease, which he passed to her. She wrote, “I fell ill as [read more]
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Elisabeth Marie of Austria – The innocent victim of Mayerling (Part two)

Sunday, 4 September 2022, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Read part one here. After the death of Crown Prince Rudolf, Countess Elisabeth Coudenhove was appointed as a governess for young Elisabeth. The Countess would make a big impact on Elisabeth’s life, and she would remember her fondly for the rest of her life. Elisabeth’s mother, Stéphanie, had a difficult time at court – her [read more]

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