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From Queen Victoria to the Empress Frederick – 5 March 1889

Tuesday, 5 March 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

From Queen Victoria to the Empress Frederick – Windsor Castle, 5 March 1889 At the end of January, Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria died in a murder-suicide pact with his mistress. He had been married to Princess Stéphanie of Belgium. I return you Stéphanie’s somewhat strong letter. If she loved him very much, she could [read more]

Anne Neville – A woman of “gracious fame” (Part one)

Monday, 4 March 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Anne Neville was born on 11 June 1456 as the daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, also known as the Kingmaker, and Anne de Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick at Warwick Castle. She was born into one of the leading aristocratic families of the time, but wealth would not isolate her from the [read more]

From Queen Victoria to King Leopold I of Belgium – 3 March 1846

Sunday, 3 March 2019, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

From Queen Victoria to King Leopold I of Belgium – 3 March 1846 I wish you could be here, and hope you will come here for a few days during your stay, to see the innumerable alterations and improvements which have taken place. My dearest Albert is so happy here, out all day planting, directing [read more]

From Queen Victoria to the Princess Royal – 2 March 1859

Saturday, 2 March 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

From Queen Victoria to the Princess Royal – Buckingham Palace, 2 March 1859 Your dear little letter of the 26th – delighted me but still more the quite unexpected delight and surprise of the one of the 28th written quite like your own dear self! It seems does it not – darling – like a [read more]

Anna – Catherine the Great’s daughter

Friday, 1 March 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 2

Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna was born on 9 December 1757 as the daughter of the future Empress Catherine the Great. Anna was born between 10 and 11 o’clock in the Winter Palace on the Nevsky Prospect with the Empress Elizabeth and Catherine’s husband Peter present. The following day, her birth was announced to the city with [read more]

Anna Komnene: The Life and Work of a Medieval Historian by Leonora Neville Book Review

Thursday, 28 February 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Anna Komnene was a Byzantine princess, the daughter of Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and his wife Irene Doukaina. She was born in the purple – meaning during her father’s reign and in the Porphyra Chamber of the imperial palace in Constantinople, making her a porphyrogenita. She is perhaps best known for her attempt to [read more]