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Anna Pavlovna, a Colourful Queen – Exhibition

Thursday, 13 October 2016, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Last week I went to the opening of the “Anna Pavlovna, a Colourful Queen”-exhibition, though for the Loo Palace most of the attention was focused on Queen Máxima, who came to open the exhibition. The actual exhibition appeared to be rather an afterthought and I found myself wandering around as we waited for a photo [read more]

Patriarch Kirill says that examination into the relics of Nicholas II’s children Alexei and Maria will soon be completed

Thursday, 13 October 2016, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

The examination of the relics (or bones) of Emperor Nicholas II’s children Tsarevich Alexei and Grand Duchess Marie will soon be over, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said. “We came to agreement with the state authorities that we will make all examinations one more time as from our point of view the expertise [read more]

The First German Empress: Augusta, Consort of Emperor William I by John van der Kiste Book Review

Wednesday, 12 October 2016, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Born a princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in 1811, Augusta was married at the age of seventeen to Prince William of Prussia, the future King and first German Emperor. A woman of progressive opinions and artistic tastes, married to a man with whom she had almost nothing in common, she soon found herself out of place at [read more]

Louise de La Vallière – The pious mistress

Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 7:00 Amy Eloise Kelly 0

Louise was born in Tours, France in 1644 as the daughter of a royal officer. She was raised in station when her mother later married the Marquis de Saint-Rémy which took the family to the court of Gaston, Duke d’Orléans. Louise was raised alongside the three Orléans princesses and so received a fine education and [read more]

Empresses of All Russia – Elizabeth

Monday, 10 October 2016, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The future Empress Elizabeth of Russia was born on 29 December 1709 as the daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine I of Russia. She and her sister Anna were the only two children of their parents to survive to adulthood. They had one half-sibling, Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich, born from their father’s first marriage to [read more]

Countess Géraldine Apponyi de Nagy-Appony

A Royal Wedding in Albania

Saturday, 8 October 2016, 15:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Today, 8 October 2016, Prince Leka of Albania (or King Leka II of Albania as he is known by royalists) will marry his longtime fiancee Elia Zaharia. This is only the second-ever royal wedding in Albania, the first being the wedding of his grandfather King Zog I and Countess Géraldine Apponyi de Nagy-Appony. Countess Géraldine was [read more]