Read part one here. Read part two here. Read part four here. The beginning of King George VI’s reign was marked by the looming of the Second World War. They were also hounded by the Duke of Windsor in his endless pursuit of securing the HRH title for his new wife and his ever pressing [read more]
Born in 1872, Princess Marie Louise was the daughter of Danish Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Helena of the United Kingdom who was a daughter of Queen Victoria. Marie Louise grew up at Cumberland lodge near to Windsor Castle with her parents and siblings. Marie Louise was close to her siblings and [read more]
Blanche of Lancaster was the mother of King Henry IV of England and the grandmother of King Henry V, but she was never a Queen herself. Blanche was born in either 1345 or 1347 to Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (a great-grandson of King Henry III) and his wife, Isabel de Beaumont. Henry [read more]
Youth Anne Boleyn was most likely born in Blickling in either 1501 or 1507. Eric Ives believes that the earlier date is correct.Her father Thomas was the son of Sir William Boleyn of Blickling and her mother Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, later Duke of Norfolk. In 1503, Thomas escorted [read more]
Eleanor of Castile was born in late 1241 as the daughter of Ferdinand III of Castile and Joan, Countess of Ponthieu. Her early years are shrouded in mystery, but we know she was present at her father’s deathbed in 1252. He was succeeded by her elder half-brother, now King Alfonso X, who was 20 years older than Eleanor. [read more]
King Henry I of England (r.1100-1135) holds the record for an English monarch with the most acknowledged illegitimate children. He is estimated to have had between 20 and 25 illegitimate children, most of them daughters. Unfortunately, not much is written of these daughters. The chroniclers seemed to care more about his illegitimate sons, especially Robert, [read more]
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