Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily – An ambitious Infanta
Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily was born at the Palace of Portici on 24 October 1804 as the daughter of King Francis I of the […]
Maria Josepha of Saxony
Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony – The lost Queen of Spain
Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony was born on 6 December 1803 as the youngest daughter of Prince Maximilian of Saxony and his first wife Princess […]
The Last Empress – Zita of Bourbon-Parma
Zita of Bourbon-Parma was born on 9 May 1892 in the Reale Villa della Pianore as the daughter of Robert I, Duke of Parma and Infanta Maria […]
Queens Regent – Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies
A regent is “a person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated.” Maria Christina of the Two […]
Burial Places of the Queens and Consorts of Spain
Anna of Austria – El Escorial (San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain) Barbara of Portugal – Convent of the Salesas Reales (Madrid, Spain) Beatrice of Portugal – Monastery of Sancti […]
Maria Josepha of Saxony – Mother of Kings
Maria Josepha of Saxony is not really a well-known person, perhaps because the man she married died before he became King, but she became the […]