Maria Anna of Bavaria Archives - History of Royal Women

Lost Kingdoms – Kingdom of Saxony

September 3, 2018 Moniek 0

The Kingdom of Saxony began its life in 1806 as nearly 500 years of an Electorate of Saxony came to an end. The last elector became the first King of Saxony; his name was King Frederick Augustus I. The first Queen consort of Saxony was his wife, Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. She went on to deliver three [read more]

Lost Kingdoms – Kingdom of Hungary (Part 2)

February 19, 2018 Moniek 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]