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Sattareh Farman Farmaian
Iran

Sattareh Farman Farmaian – The social worker Princess (Part one)

Saturday, 8 August 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Sattareh Farman Farmaian was born on 23 December 1921 as the daughter of Prince Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma, a grandson of the Qajar Crown Prince Abbas Mirza, and Massumeh Khanum Tafreshi, the third of his eight wives. She was born in Shiraz, during the dying days of the Qajar dynasty, in present-day Iran. She was the [read more]
Xi Shi
China

Consort Xi Shi – The Spy Whose Beauty Brought Down A Kingdom

Friday, 7 August 2020, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0
Consort Xi Shi was one of the four most beautiful women in ancient China.[1] She was sent to seduce her kingdom’s enemy, King Fuchai of Wu. She succeeded in her mission, and her legendary beauty brought down a short-lived kingdom. While she was known to be a femme fatale, some historians view her in a [read more]
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The Royal Women

Queen Wilhelmina addresses the United States Congress

Thursday, 6 August 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
On 6 August 1942, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands addressed a joint session of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives – becoming the first reigning sovereign to do so. She said, “I stand here as the spokesman of my country, not only of those nine million of my compatriots in Europe but also [read more]
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Irene of the Netherlands

The life of Princess Irene of the Netherlands

Wednesday, 5 August 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Princess Irene of the Netherlands was born on 5 August 1939 as the second daughter of the future Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard and she was thus a granddaughter of Queen Wilhelmina. Her eldest sister was the future Queen Beatrix, and her two younger sisters are Princess Margriet and the late Princess Christina. Embed from [read more]
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The Royal Women

Queen Wilhelmina – Neutrality and the First World War

Monday, 3 August 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo. The event has gone down in history as the kickstarter of the Great War. However, at the time, not all of Europe’s royals were that concerned. Emperor Wilhelm II continued to sail around Norway, and Queen Wilhelmina continued [read more]
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Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont

The life of Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Part one)

Sunday, 2 August 2020, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont was born on 2 August 1858 as the daughter of Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Princess Helena of Nassau. She was their fourth daughter, and she would also have two younger sisters and a brother. After her mother’s death in 1888, her father remarried to Princess Louise [read more]

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