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The Bonaparte Women – Marie-Félix Blanc & Marie Bonaparte

Wednesday, 25 April 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 2

Marie-Félix Blanc was born on 22 December 1859 as the daughter of François Blanc, founder of the Monte-Carlo casino, and Marie Blanc (née Hensel). Prince Ronald Bonaparte was a grandson of Lucien Bonaparte, the brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, who probably was more in love with Marie-Félix’s money than Marie-Félix herself. They married on 17 November [read more]

Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna – Temporary Russian regent of Greece

Tuesday, 3 April 2018, 7:00 Brittani Barger 0

Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia was born on 3 September 1851 to Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaevich of Russia and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg in Pavlovsk Palace close to St Petersburg, Russia. She was their second child and elder daughter; she was also the granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I. After a visit by 17-year-old King George I of Greece (son of King [read more]

Nonie May Stewart – The American Princess of Greece and Denmark

Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 7:00 Brittani Barger 0

Over the years, many Americans have joined various royal families across the globe – some more well-known than others. One woman who has not been discussed in much detail was Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark, born Nonie “Nancy” May Stewart Worthington Leeds in Zanesville, Ohio. A daughter of a wealthy merchant, Nancy was born on 20 January [read more]

Sophie of Prussia – Queen of the Hellenes

Thursday, 16 March 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The future Queen Sophie of Greece was born as Princess Sophie Dorothea Ulrike Alice on 14 June 1870 in the Neues Palais in Potsdam. She was the seventh child and third daughter of Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Victoria (née Victoria, Princess Royal or “Vicky”). Sophie was one of the many grandchildren of Queen [read more]

The infertility of the first royal couple of Greece

Wednesday, 25 January 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Amalia of Oldenburg was born in 1818 as the daughter of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. She never knew her mother as she died three months after giving birth to her sister at the age of 20. Her father remarried to her mother’s sister Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, but she too died after three [read more]

Righteous Among the Nations – Princess Alice of Battenberg

Saturday, 7 January 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Alice of Battenberg was born on 25 February 1885 as the daughter of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and By Rhine. Her great-grandmother Queen Victoria was present when she was born. She was diagnosed with congenital deafness, and she learned to lip-read and speak in both English and German. Alice was [read more]