Marie Antoinette and The “Let them eat cake” myth
Marie Antoinette has gone down in history as one of the most despised Queens, not in the least because of her perceived indifference to the […]
France
Marie-Louise O’Murphy – The Irish petite maîtresse (Part two)
Read part one here. After she had been with the King for two years, rumours were circulating around Versailles that Marie-Louise wished to topple Madame […]
Constance of Arles – In fear of repudiation
Constance of Arles was born circa 986 as the daughter of William I, Count of Provence and Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou. In 1001, Constance became the […]
Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily – A Crown of Thorns (Part three)
Read part two here. The exiled King and his family slowly made their way to England as Maria Amalia, and her husband reluctantly stepped into […]
Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily – A Crown of Thorns (Part two)
Read part one here. King Louis XVIII was quite fond of Maria Amalia, and he wrote of her, “I had heard a great deal in […]
The Bonaparte Women – Christine Boyer
Christine Boyer was the first wife of Lucien Bonaparte, the third surviving son of Carlo Bonaparte and his wife Letizia Ramolino and thus the younger […]