Adela of Normandy – Daughter of the Conqueror and Mother of the Usurper King
Adela of Normandy was born in late 1067 or early 1068 as the daughter of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders. Not much is known of her […]
France
Anne Marie Louise of Orleans – La Grande Mademoiselle
Anne Marie Louise of Orleans was born on 29 May 1627 at the Louvre as the daughter of Gaston, Duke of Orléans and Marie, Duchess of Montpensier. […]
Isabella of Hainaut – The young queen who fought back
Dying before her twentieth birthday, Isabella of Hainaut is often seen as a passive victim, whose only accomplishment being that she gave birth to a […]
Maria Theresa of Spain – The Sun King’s Queen
Early years Maria Theresa, Spanish Infanta, was born on the 10th September 1638 in Spain, the daughter of the Spanish King Philip IV and his […]
The Bonaparte Women: Marie Louise of Austria
Marie Louise of Austria was born on 12 December 1791 as the daughter of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily at the Hofburg […]
Madame de Maintenon – Louis XIV’s Secret Wife
Early Life Françoise d’Aubigné was born on the 27th of November 1635 in France. The daughter of an incarcerated Huguenot, Françoise had a relatively modest […]
