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Austria

The Year of Marie Antoinette – The Countess of Artois & Marie Antoinette (Part one)

January 31, 2023 Moniek Bloks 0

Marie Thérèse of Savoy was born on 31 January 1756 as the third daughter and fifth child of the future King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain. Her parents would go on to have a total of 12 children, though not all of them lived to adulthood. She and her [read more]

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France

The Year of Marie Antoinette – The Affair of the Diamond Necklace

January 21, 2023 Moniek Bloks 0

By the time of the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, Marie Antoinette’s popularity was already declining, and her reputation was tarnished by gossip. The necklace in question was commissioned by King Louis XV of France, who was Marie Antoinette’s grandfather-in-law, in 1772, probably for his mistress, Madame du Barry. The necklace cost approximately 2 million [read more]

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England

Isabella of Valois – The child bride of King Richard II

October 19, 2022 Amy Eloise Kelly 0

Isabella of Valois was born on 9 November 1389 in Paris. Her parents were the King and Queen of France, Charles VI and his wife Isabeau of Bavaria. Isabella was the third child to be born to her parents, though her elder siblings both died as infants. A further nine children were born to the [read more]

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Dorothea of Courland

Dorothea of Courland – The evening of life (Part five)

March 29, 2021 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part four here. In France, she was welcomed by her son Louis, and she was also joined by her daughter Pauline with her husband Henri and newborn daughter Marie. Dorothea was delighted by her granddaughter, whom she described as “fair, fat, and fresh, always in a good temper, laughing and restless, a little angel…” [read more]

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Dorothea of Courland

Dorothea of Courland – Becoming the Duchess of Dino (Part three)

March 26, 2021 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part two here. Dorothea accompanied Charles to the Congress of Vienna as he needed someone to play the part of hostess and his wife Catherine was off having an affair with someone else. Dorothea was ready for a change of scenery, but she would have to leave her two little sons behind. This would [read more]

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Dorothea of Courland

Dorothea of Courland – An empty marriage (Part two)

March 24, 2021 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince of Benevento, had focussed all his attention on his nephew Count Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord as his heir. And his heir needed a wife – preferably a rich one. It was probably Count Aleksander Batowski was hinted at Charles that Dorothea might be the woman for his [read more]

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