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Charlotte Bonaparte Gabrielli

The Bonaparte Women – Charlotte Bonaparte Gabrielli

Thursday, 28 November 2019, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
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 wife, Christine Boyer. She was their eldest daughter. A brother was stillborn the following year, followed by a sister who lived for just a few hours. Her younger sister was [read more]
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Elizabeth Patterson

The Bonaparte Women – Elizabeth Patterson (Part three)

Saturday, 12 October 2019, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
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 – he had moved a mistress in. She wanted nothing more than to return to Europe immediately but could not do so until the following year. This time, she would [read more]
Elizabeth Patterson
Elizabeth Patterson

The Bonaparte Women – Elizabeth Patterson (Part two)

Friday, 11 October 2019, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
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 – understandably – quite angry. Then the letters Jérôme had written, finally began to arrive. Elizabeth became optimistic once more, but as more letters came in, this waned somewhat. Jérôme [read more]
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Elizabeth Patterson

The Bonaparte Women – Elizabeth Patterson (Part one)

Thursday, 10 October 2019, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
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 as her mother lay dying in 1814, her father brought his mistress to the house. Elizabeth was joined in the nursery by William, Robert, John, Joseph, Edward, Margaret, George, Caroline [read more]
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Elisabeth in Bavaria

Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria – Between duty and love

Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
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 Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. She would be one of eight (surviving) siblings, and her sisters included Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Helene, Marie Sophie and Mathilde Ludovika. She was their penultimate [read more]
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Blanche of Valois

Blanche of Valois – The French Queen of Bohemia

Sunday, 1 September 2019, 0:00 CaraBeth 2
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia married four times.  His first wife was Blanche of Valois.  They both met as children at the French court.  The marriage of Blanche and Charles was one of four royal marriages that tied the Bohemian royal family to the French royal family in the 14th century. [read more]

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