Lost Kingdoms – Kingdom of Holland
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 […]
Hortense de Beauharnais
The Bonaparte Women – Joséphine de Beauharnais (Part three)
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 Bonaparte Women – Joséphine de Beauharnais (Part two)
Read part one here. Joséphine had to rely on a man she met while in prison, General Hoche, to rebuild her life. All her property […]
The Bonaparte Women – Hortense de Beauharnais (Part 2)
Read the first part here. Hortense was now free to respond to the charms of Charles de Flahaut, a man she had long admired. She […]
The Bonaparte Women – Hortense de Beauharnais (Part 1)
Hortense de Beauharnais was born on 10 April 1783 as the daughter of Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais and Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie but by that time her […]
Oud-Amelisweerd – A Home for a King
Oud-Amelisweerd in the Netherlands doesn’t really look like it has much of a royal connection. It was built in the 13th century, but it was […]