The items stolen from the Louvre used to belong to several royal women. A total of ten items were stolen, of which two were later recovered. One of these was the Crown of Empress Eugénie, which was found damaged. The other items stolen were: A tiara and brooch belonging to Empress Eugénie An [read more]
Read part two here. In 1904, the Marquis and Marquise de Belbeuf were finally officially divorced after a separation of many years. Despite not having been together, the actual divorce would have still been a huge scandal, so the proceedings happened in the utmost secrecy. The Marquis died quite suddenly in early 1906. Around the [read more]
Read part one here. Since turning 16, Mathilde had joined the very exclusive Cercle, a so-called “love society”, frequented by French and Spanish aristocracy. All of their correspondence was in code to prevent anything from leaking. Mathilde once performed acrobatics on a trapeze while they were naked. The Cercle was also very well known for [read more]
Mathilde de Morny was born on 26 May 1863 as the fourth and final child of Charles de Morny, Duke of Morny and Sofia Sergeyevna Trubetskaya. Their father, Charles, was the illegitimate son of Hortense de Beauharnais and Charles Joseph, Comte de Flahaut, making him a half-brother of Emperor Napoleon III. Their mother, Sofia, was [read more]
The Kingdom of Holland was set up by Napoleon Bonaparte for his brother Louis Bonaparte, who became the first King of Holland in 1806. Louis was – unhappily – married to Napoleon’s stepdaughter Hortense, who was thus the first – and as it would turn out the last – Queen of the Kingdom of Holland. [read more]
Read part one here. Read part two here. The new Empress of the French took care of petitions, planned dinners and became a patron of the arts. She often awoke together with her husband before going about her toilette. She was given an allowance of 600,000 francs to maintain her household. Her days hardly ever [read more]
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