Einstein and Elisabeth – Friendship with a Queen
In 1929, Albert Einstein – theoretical physicist and Nobel prize winner – visited the Belgian Royal court and a friendship began between him and the […]
Elisabeth of Bavaria (1876-1965)
Queen Wilhelmina ‘considered Nazi swap for Belgian royals’
By the end of the Second World War, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands tried to make a deal with the Nazis to save the Belgian […]
Elena of Montenegro – The letter that was supposed to stop the Second World War
Elena of Montenegro was born in 1873 as the daughter of King Nicholas I of Montenegro and his wife, Milena Vukotić. On 24 October 1896, […]
Righteous Among the Nations: Elisabeth of Bavaria
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 […]
The Royal Crypt at the Church of Our Lady in Laeken
The Royal Crypt in Laeken had been on my list for quite some time now. Last weekend I had a family weekend in the south […]