Marie of Bourbon – The Montpensier heiress
Marie of Bourbon was born on 15 October 1605 as the daughter of Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse, Duchess […]
France
The Bonaparte Women: Charlotte Bonaparte Gabrielli
Charlotte Bonaparte was born at Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume on 22 February 1795 as the daughter of Lucien Bonaparte, a younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, and his first […]
The Bonaparte Women: Elizabeth Patterson (Part three)
Read part one here. Read part two here. By 1824, Elizabeth returned to America to find her father did not want her in his house […]
The Bonaparte Women: Elizabeth Patterson (Part two)
Read part one here. Elizabeth was enthusiastically welcomed back in the Baltimore society, but her father had been left with her husband’s debts. He was […]
The Bonaparte Women: Elizabeth Patterson (Part one)
Elizabeth Spear Patterson was born on 6 February 1785 as the daughter of Dorcas Spear and William Patterson. Her parents’ marriage was unhappy, and even […]
Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria – Between duty and love
Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria was born on 22 February 1847 at 5.20 in the morning as the daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and […]
