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HomeLouise of Savoy

Louise of Savoy

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Louise of Savoy – Madame la regente

January 12, 2018 Amy Eloise Kelly 1

Louise of Savoy was a politically active, assertive woman and a mother of a French king, but she had never been Queen of France herself and was not born into the monarchy. Louise was born to Phillip II of Savoy and his wife, Marguerite de Bourbon. Louise’s father spent most of his life as the younger [read more]

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Chateau du Clos Lucé – Writing and Prayer

August 30, 2017 Moniek Bloks 0

The Chateau de Cloux, now known as the Chateau du Clos Lucé was built in 1471 on the foundations of a 12th-century building.  The main part of the chateau is based around an octagonal corner tower with a spiral staircase with two-storey buildings at right angles. It was bought by Charles VIII in 1490 and is [read more]

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Elena of Montenegro – The letter that was supposed to stop the Second World War

January 5, 2017 Moniek Bloks 0

Elena of Montenegro was born in 1873 as the daughter of  King Nicholas I of Montenegro and his wife, Milena Vukotić. On 24 October 1896, she married the future King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, and they had five children. During the First World War, she worked as a nurse, and she turned two properties into [read more]

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Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe by Sarah Gristwood Book Review

December 6, 2016 Moniek Bloks 0

In sixteenth-century Europe, an extraordinary set of women created a unique culture of feminine power that saw them run the continent for decades. Despite often being on opposing sides of power struggles both armed and otherwise, through family ties and patronage they educated and supported each other in a brutal world where the price of [read more]

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Marguerite of Angoulême – The mother of the French Renaissance

September 8, 2016 Amy Eloise Kelly 0

Marguerite was born to Charles, Count of Angoulême and Louise of Savoy in 1492. Her brother Francis succeeded their cousin Louis XII to the throne of France in 1515. When Louise of Savoy was widowed at the age of nineteen; she sought to provide both of her children with the best education available. Guided by [read more]




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