Margaret of Anjou – The Forgotten She-Wolf
Margaret of Anjou was born on the 23rd of March 1429 in the Duchy of Lorraine. She was the daughter of Rene, Duke of Anjou, […]
France
The Bonaparte Women: Mathilde Bonaparte (Part two)
Read part one here. Despite her joy at being in Paris, it was clear that her marriage was a disaster. They quarrelled violently and then […]
The Bonaparte Women: Mathilde Bonaparte (Part one)
I was born in exile – civically dead – at Trieste, on 27 May 1820. When Princess Mathilde Bonaparte was born as the daughter of Napoleon’s […]
Marie Louise of Orléans – The first wife of Charles the Bewitched
After many years of inbreeding, King Charles II was destined to die childless. He was described as, “short, lame, epileptic, senile and completely bald before […]
Bathilde of Orléans – Citoyenne Vérité
Bathilde of Orléans was born on 9 July 1750 as the daughter of Louis Philippe d’Orléans, Duke of Chartres and Louise Henriette de Bourbon at the Château de Saint-Cloud. […]
Elisabeth of France – Martyr and Servant of God
Elisabeth was born on 3 May 1764 as the daughter of Louis, Dauphin of France and Marie-Josèphe of Saxony in the Palace of Versailles. She […]
