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Louise of Prussia – A Prussian through and through (Part two)

October 22, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. In 1879, Louise’s 17-year-old daughter Victoria was introduced to Gustav, the future King of Sweden, and their betrothal was announced later that year. On 20 September 1881, which was also Louise and Frederick’s 25th wedding anniversary, their daughter married Crown Prince Gustav. Although Victoria was well-received in Sweden as a descendant [read more]

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Louise of Prussia – A Prussian through and through (Part one)

October 21, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Louise of Prussia was born on 3 December 1838 as the second child of the future Wilhelm I, German Emperor and Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. She would be the only sibling of the future Emperor Frederick III, and he was seven years her senior. Her first name was chosen in honour of her grandmother Louise [read more]

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Amalia of Nassau-Dietz – Trapped in her own mind

May 14, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Amalia of Nassau-Dietz was born on 23 October 1710 as the daughter of Johan Willem Friso of Nassau-Dietz, who succeeded King William III of England as Prince of Orange in 1702, and Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel. She was born in Leeuwarden in the Netherlands and had a younger brother, William IV, Prince of Orange, [read more]

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Theodora of Greece and Denmark – A Princess without fortune

April 28, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Theodora of Greece and Denmark was born on 30 May 1906 at 11.45 P.M. at Tatoi Palace as the second daughter of  Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. Andrew was away at the time to attend the wedding of Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Alice’s cousin. Theodora [read more]

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Daughter of Prussia: Louise, Grand Duchess of Baden and her family by John Van Der Kiste Book Review

December 3, 2017 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Louise of Prussia, later Grand Duchess of Baden (1838-1923) was the daughter of William I, King of Prussia and German Emperor. Her long life spanned the year of revolutions in 1848 and the immediate aftermath of the First World War. She took little interest in the political matters of the day and, apart from [read more]

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Tiara of the last Grand Duchess of Baden stolen from museum

May 8, 2017 Moniek Bloks 0

A tiara that used to belong to the last Grand Duchess of Baden, born Princess Hilda of Nassau was stolen from the Badisches Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe. The tiara has a value of 1,2 million euros. It was stolen from a large cabinet in the so-called throne room, which is on the first floor of the [read more]

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