Henriette Marie of the Palatinate -The flower of the flock
Henriette Marie of the Palatinate was born on the 17th of July 1626 as the ninth of the twelve children of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia […]
Elizabeth Stuart
Henrietta Maria of France – The Catholic Queen
On 25 November 1609, Henrietta Maria of France was born as the daughter of King Henry IV of France and Marie de’Medici. There were no […]
Daughters of the Winter Queen by Nancy Goldstone Book Review
From the great courts, glittering palaces, and war-ravaged battlefields of the seventeenth century comes the story of four spirited sisters and their glamorous mother, Elizabeth […]
The Gunpowder Plot and the attempted kidnapping of Princess Elizabeth
Four centuries have passed since The Gunpowder Plot took place. Its failure, and the punishment of the thirteen conspirators is still celebrated in the United […]
Sophia of Hanover – Heiress of Great Britain
Sophia of Hanover was born on 14 October 1630 in The Hague, the Netherlands, where her exiled parents, Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James VI and I and Anne […]
Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate: princess, artist and Abbess
Louise Hollandine has been dubbed the most talented and difficult of the children of the King and Queen of Bohemia. Born in April 1622, Louise […]
