Mafalda of Savoy Archives - History of Royal Women

Lost Kingdoms – Kingdom of Portugal

Monday, 20 August 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Kingdom of Portugal began its life in 1139 when Afonso Henriques, Count of Portugal, was acclaimed King of the Portuguese. House of Burgundy His wife was Matilda or Mafalda of Savoy, who was thus the first Queen of Portugal. They had seven children together, including his successor the future King Sancho I of Portugal. Sancho succeeded his [read more]

Royal victim at Buchenwald – Princess Mafalda of Savoy

Tuesday, 21 March 2017, 8:00 Brittani Barger 2

The tragedy of the Holocaust is one everyone learns about and remembers; the victims’ names are mentioned and memorialised. Royals were not exempt from the concentration camps, and Princess Mafalda of Savoy was sent off to Buchenwald where she would later die. Mafalda was born on 2 November 1902 in Rome to King Victor Emmanuel III of [read more]