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Empress Dowager Liang Na – The peaceful Regent who brought order throughout her empire

Thursday, 25 July 2024, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0

Empress Dowager Liang Na was the Empress of Emperor Shun of the Eastern Han Dynasty. When Emperor Shun died, Liang Na became the Empress Dowager and Regent. Empress Dowager Liang Na’s regency often suffered many difficulties.[1] She was a capable ruler who installed order throughout her empire.[2] Empress Dowager Liang Na has often been praised for [read more]

Time in the Tower – Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford

Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Jane Boleyn, born Parker, was the wife of George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, the brother of Queen Anne Boleyn. George and Anne had both been executed in 1536. Jane was a distant cousin of King Henry VIII of England, being a descendant of Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso, the maternal grandmother of King Henry VII. She grew [read more]

Royal Women at the Olympics

Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Women were first allowed to take part in the 1900 Paris Olympics Games, and since 1991 all new sports wanting to be included must include a women’s event. With the Paris Olympic Games 2024 about to begin, let’s take a look at some royal Olympians. The Princess Royal Embed from Getty Images The Princess Royal was [read more]

Isabella of Austria – A Queen with heroic patience (Part two)

Monday, 22 July 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. Isabella had been informed that Christian had refused to give up his mistress, a Dutch woman named Dyveke, and she had been installed near the royal palace. Admonishments from both her grandfather Maximilian and her aunt Margaret led to nothing. The welcome ceremony was followed by a coronation and an in-person [read more]

Book News Week 30

Sunday, 21 July 2024, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Book News Week 30 – 22 July – 28 July 2024 Empresses-in-Waiting: Female Power and Performance at the Late Roman Court (Women in Ancient Cultures) Hardcover – 28 July 2024 (UK & US) Plantagenet Princesses: The Daughters of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II Paperback – 25 July 2024 (US) Edward II’s [read more]

Taking a look at Princess Alexandra of Hanover

Saturday, 20 July 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

On 20 July 1999, Princess Caroline of Monaco gave birth to her fourth child, Alexandra. The father was Ernst August, Prince of Hanover whom she married on 23 January 1999. Embed from Getty Images As Ernst August was a descendant of King George II of Great Britain, he was required to receive permission from Queen [read more]