Mary of Austria – The dedicated sister
Mary of Austria was born at the Coudenberg Palace in Brussels on 15 September 1505 as the daughter of Queen Joanna of Castile and King […]
Mary of Hungary
Lost Kingdoms – Kingdom of Hungary (Part 2)
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 […]
Lost Kingdoms – Kingdom of Bohemia
The Kingdom of Bohemia was founded in 1198 from the Duchy of Bohemia by Ottokar I of Bohemia. It was officially recognised in 1212 by the […]
The remains of Coudenberg Palace
Next to the Royal Palace in Brussels is the Belvue Museum, which coincidently is also the entrance to the remains of the Coudenberg Palace, which […]
The Women of Wijnendale Castle in Torhout, Belgium
The current Wijnendale Castle is mostly a 19th century reconstruction and the first castle on the site was built by Robert, Count of Flanders and […]
Anne Boleyn – a good French Woman
When Anne Boleyn was executed in 1536, a shockwave went through Europe’s courts, and not all were convinced of Anne’s guilt. The following letter is […]