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Isabella of Parma – Visions of death (Part three)

Monday, 20 December 2021, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part two here. Whenever Isabella and Maria Christina were apart, they wrote each other letters. Unfortunately, Maria Christina’s letters have not survived, and they were probably destroyed by herself after Isabella’s death. However, she carried with her around 200 letters that Isabella had written to her, even taking them with her as she travelled. [read more]

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Isabella of Parma – Exceeding expectations (Part two)

Friday, 17 December 2021, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. By the middle of 1759, Isabella’s marriage to Archduke Joseph of Austria, the future Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, the eldest son of Maria Theresa, was arranged. He had reportedly seen a painting of Isabella and had fallen head over heels in love and refused to marry anyone else. However, this [read more]

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Isabella of Parma – The dignity of a Princess (Part one)

Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Isabella of Parma was born on 31 December 1741 as the daughter of Philip, Duke of Parma, the second son of King Philip V of Spain, and Louise Élisabeth of France. At the time of her birth, her father was not yet Duke of Parma, and she was born in the Buen Retiro Palace in [read more]

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Lost Kingdoms – Kingdom of Hungary (Part 2)

Monday, 19 February 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. The civil war that began with the death of King Andrew III of Hungary and Croatia ended two decades later with the succession of the grandson of Mary of Hungary, the sister of King Ladislaus IV of Hungary. He became King Charles I of Hungary. The amount of times he married is [read more]

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Maria Christina of Austria – The best wife of Albert

Saturday, 13 May 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

This article was written by Carol. Maria Christina was born on Maria Theresa’s 25th birthday, on May 13, 1742, and was her fifth child. Maria Theresa called her Mimi, and it was said that she was her favourite child. Certainly, her tutors felt she was the brightest of the Hapsburg children. She was also pretty [read more]

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Joseph II – Empress Maria Theresa’s heir and co-ruler

Monday, 13 March 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The birth of the future Emperor Joseph II on 13 March 1741 was a relief. The longed-for male heir was born just a few months after his grandfather’s death. The birth was celebrated hugely, and it even pleased the Hungarians. “Today, in the early morning, between two and three o’clock, Her Majesty the Queen of Hungary [read more]




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