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Louise of Orange-Nassau – A devoted Princess (Part two)

June 23, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. In November 1800, Louise turned 30 years old. She wrote to her mother, “I am very amazed that I am already 30 years old.[…] It’s like it was only yesterday that you were my age and I remember thinking how very old you were.” Her life in Brunswick remained pretty much [read more]

Louise of Orange-Nassau – A devoted Princess (Part one)

June 22, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Louise is the sweetest person that lives. Louise of Orange-Nassau was born on 28 November 1770 as the daughter of William V, Prince of Orange and Wilhelmina of Prussia. She was thus the niece of Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, who was also her godmother. Louise would be their eldest surviving child as her mother [read more]