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Mary of Austria – The dedicated sister

Friday, 16 August 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 2
Mary of Austria was born at the Coudenberg Palace in Brussels on 15 September 1505 as the daughter of Queen Joanna of Castile and King Philip I of Castile. She was their fifth child and her elder brother Charles, the future Holy Roman Emperor, was the centre of their world. A sixth child – a [read more]
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Adelaide of Guelders

Adelaide of Guelders – Wife of the usurper count

Thursday, 15 August 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Adelaide was born as the daughter of Otto I, Count of Guelders and Ricardis of Bavaria. We know next to nothing about her youth, and we don’t know the year she was born. She first appeared in contemporary records when she married William I, Count of Holland. William was the younger brother of Dirk VII, [read more]
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Belgium

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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France

The Bonaparte Women – Susan May Williams

Tuesday, 13 August 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Susan May Williams was born on 2 April 1812 as the daughter of Benjamin Williams and Sarah Copeland. In November 1829, Susan married Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte-Patterson, the son of Elizabeth Patterson, and Jérôme Bonaparte, who was the younger brother of Emperor Napoleon I. The marriage of Elizabeth Patterson, and Jérôme Bonaparte has been annulled after [read more]
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Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – The mother of Luxembourg

Monday, 12 August 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was born on 20 March 1830 as the daughter of Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (the youngest son of Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) and Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen (a sister of Queen Adelaide). Amalia was born in Ghent, where her father was stationed, which was part of the Kingdom of [read more]
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Beatrice of Bourbon

Beatrice of Bourbon – Queen away from the kingdom

Sunday, 11 August 2019, 0:00 CaraBeth 0
Beatrice of Bourbon raised some interest a few years ago when historians determined that she was possibly the first person to survive a cesarean section.  Other than that, she has not made much of a mark on history.  She was married to John of Luxembourg, who was king of Bohemia in right of his first [read more]

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