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Bad Homburg Palace – Home of the amiable Princess

Tuesday, 6 November 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Bad Homburg Palace was first built in the 12th century but most of it was demolished in 1660 by Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. A new palace was built between 1680 and 1685. In 1818, Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, daughter of King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, married the future Frederick VI, Landgrave [read more]

Grace O’Malley – The Sea Queen

Monday, 5 November 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

This was a notorious woman in all the coasts of Ireland. Grace O’Malley was born into the Uí Mháille, seafaring people on the west coast of Ireland. Their clan motto was terra marique potens (powerful by land and sea). Grace’s mother was Margaret, daughter of Conchobhar Og Mac Conchobhair, mic Maoilseachlain O’Malley, of the sept of [read more]

Julia Mullock – The Ukrainian-American Empress of Korea

Sunday, 4 November 2018, 0:00 Brittani Barger 0

Julia Mullock was a Ukrainian-American “Empress of Korea” from 1970 to 1982 due to her marriage to the pretender to the Korean throne, Emperor Yi Gu (later referred to as Prince Yi Gu). Her tenure ended with her divorce from Yi Gu in 1982. Born on 18 March 1928, Julia was born to a Ukrainian-American [read more]

The Romanoffs Episode 1 & 2 Review

Saturday, 3 November 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Romanoffs is described as “A contemporary anthology series set around the globe featuring eight separate stories about people who believe themselves to be descendants of the Russian royal family.” I recently watched the first and second episode of this new series. The first episode focusses on an elderly racist woman who is confronted with [read more]

Carlota Joaquina of Spain – The unhappy Queen of Portugal

Friday, 2 November 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Carlota Joaquina of Spain was born on 25 April 1775 as the daughter of Charles IV of Spain and Maria Luisa of Parma. She was hardly out of the cradle when her marriage to the future King John VI of Portugal, though at the time he was not expected to succeed, was arranged. She was then sent to [read more]

The martyred Elizabeth Feodorovna

Thursday, 1 November 2018, 7:00 Brittani Barger 0

Born on 1 November 1864, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine was born in Bessungen, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Confederation; she was later known Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna (or Елизавета Фëдоровна Романова in Russia). A German princess by birth, her parents were Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom. As such, [read more]