Carlota Joaquina of Spain – The unhappy Queen of Portugal
Carlota Joaquina of Spain was born on 25 April 1775 as the daughter of Charles IV of Spain and Maria Luisa of Parma. She was hardly out of […]
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Elisabeth of France – The proud daughter of Marie de’ Medici
Elisabeth of France was born on 22 November 1602 at the Château de Fontainebleau as the daughter of King Henry IV of France and his second spouse Marie de’ Medici. She […]
Blanche of Portugal and her illegitimate son
Blanche of Portugal was born on 25 February 1259 as the daughter of King Afonso III of Portugal and his second wife Beatrice of Castile. Around 1277, she went to […]
The Daughters of William the Silent: Emilia of Nassau
Emilia of Nassau was the fifth but third surviving child of William the Silent and his second wife, Anna of Saxony. She was born on […]
Isabella of Portugal – Empress of the Carnation
Isabella of Portugal was born on 24 October 1503 as the daughter of King Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife Maria of Aragon, a daughter of Isabella of […]
Philippa of Lancaster – A Queen in very truth
A Queen in very truth, who knew how to impose on her Court these virtues which only a woman’s heart can really sense and thereby […]
