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Queen Victoria’s Buckingham Palace

Sunday, 25 August 2019, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 1
In 1837, Queen Victoria came to the throne, and Buckingham Palace had remained empty for nearly 20 years. Her uncle King George IV had spent vast amounts on it, but he had died leaving it unfinished. King William IV had no interest in taking on the project and almost gave the palace away. Although Queen [read more]
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Charlotte of Bourbon’s grave at the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp

Wednesday, 14 August 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1
Charlotte of Bourbon was born in 1546 or 1547 as the daughter of Louis, Duke of Montpensier and Jacqueline de Longwy, Countess of Bar-Sur-Seine. Her father supposedly intended for her to enter the church as well as some of her sisters, as he did not wish to pay a dowry for all of them. She [read more]
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Inverness Castle and Mary, Queen of Scots

Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 2
In 1562, Mary, Queen of Scots visited Inverness Castle – or rather, she tried to. On 9 September, the gates of the castle were closed to her by Alexander Gordon on the order of the 4th Earl of Huntly. Subsequently, Mary’s supporters besieged the castle for three days until it finally fell. Alexander Gordon was [read more]
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The Walloon Church in Delft – Portuguese ‘Princesses’ in a Dutch church

Sunday, 12 May 2019, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0
The Walloon Church in Delft is attached to a far more famous building – the Prinsenhof where William, Prince of Orange was assassinated. Before this, it was part of a convent and used as a court chapel by the Prince of Orange and his family. Louise Juliana, William’s first daughter with Charlotte of Bourbon, was [read more]
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Eleonore and Simone – Princesses in the cemetery

Tuesday, 2 April 2019, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Sometimes lesser known royals do not end up in grand mausoleums and are buried among us commoners. Two of these Princesses – Eleonore of Lippe Weissenfeld and Simone Arnoux – are buried in The Hague at the Oud Eik en Duinen cemetery. Eleonore of Lippe Weissenfeld was born on 11 August 1913 in Dresden as the daughter of [read more]
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The Cistercian Abbey of Zbraslav

Tuesday, 5 February 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
The Cistercian Abbey of Zbraslav near Prague was a very significant monastery in the Kingdom of Bohemia. It was founded in 1292 by King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and several members of the Přemyslid dynasty are buried there. The abbey was abolished in 1789 by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. It was briefly used as [read more]

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