The Year of Queen Victoria – Queen Victoria’s father
As the fourth son and fifth child of King George III, Prince Edward had no idea that his only child would one day be the […]
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Jane Seymour – The best-loved Queen
Jane Seymour was born on an unrecorded date, though it is likely to have been between October 1507 and October 1508. She was almost certainly […]
Elizabeth of Rhuddlan – The King’s favourite sister
Elizabeth of Rhuddlan was born on 7 August 1282 as the daughter of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile. During her early […]
The Year of Queen Victoria – Becoming the longest-reigning British monarch (until Queen Elizabeth II)
Until 9 September 2015, Queen Victoria held the title of the longest-reigning British monarch; on that day, her great-great-granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II surpassed her. Elizabeth […]
Louise of Stolberg-Gedern – Countess of Albany and wife of the Young Pretender (Part two)
Read part one here. Louise finally found some measure of happiness again. Count Vittorio Alfieri wrote of their time together, “During these two years in […]
The Year of Queen Victoria – The Lady Flora Hastings Scandal
The year 1839 caused scandal for Queen Victoria after the death of Lady Flora Hastings – a lady-in-waiting to Victoria’s mother, the Duchess of Kent. […]
