Magda Lupescu, later known as Princess Elena can be compared to Wallis Simpson in the way that their stories panned out. Unlike Wallis however, the woman behind the Romanian throne has been mostly forgotten by popular culture today, and details of her life are often hard to piece together. Magda was born as Elena to [read more]
George I’s family life was often such a disaster that the fact he kept mistresses was hardly seen as a scandal. Before ascending the throne of Great Britain and Ireland, George I’s marriage had fallen apart. George had divorced and imprisoned his wife Sophia Dorothea after she had an affair. The tale worsened when Philip [read more]
Eleanor was born as Leonor Núñez de Guzmán Ponce de León in 1310 in Seville in modern day Spain. Her parents were nobles, and Eleanor’s great-grandfather was King Alfonso IX of León, meaning that her family was one of the highest-ranking in the region. As a young girl, Eleanor was married off to a man [read more]
Rodrigo Borgia or Pope Alexander VI was Pope from 1492 until his death in 1503. Despite serving the church as a Cardinal and later Archbishop for over forty years before becoming Pope, Rodrigo is not often remembered for his piety. Pope Alexander VI is instead known as the Papa Cattivo or naughty Pope, a nickname [read more]
Alice Frederica Edmonstone was born on 29 April 1868 in Strathblane, Scotland. Her father was a Baronet and an admiral in the Royal Navy and could, therefore, afford to provide a comfortable upbringing for Alice and her ten siblings at Duntreath castle. After spending her teen years having fun with her friends and kissing stable [read more]
Eleanor Gwyn was born in February 1650, when her future lover King Charles II of England was already twenty years old. Eleanor or Nell was the daughter of Ellen and Thomas Gwyn, a peasant couple who hailed from a Welsh bloodline. Despite Nell’s fame, there is little available evidence to piece together her early life [read more]
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