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Catherine Howard – The King’s Jewel

Wednesday, 5 September 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Catherine Howard was born at an unknown date, probably in 1524, the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard, son of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, and Jocasta Culpeper. She was one of five children. Her mother probably died in 1527, as her father had remarried to Dorothy Troyes, but the marriage was probably short, and [read more]

Historic Royal Palaces to mark the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s birth with major new exhibition at Kensington Palace

Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 15:00 Moniek Bloks 0

On 24 May 1819, the future Queen Victoria was born at Kensington Palace. To mark the bicentenary of this event, Historic Royal Palaces has announced a major new exhibition at Kensington Palace in 2019. The suite of rooms occupied by the future Queen and her mother will be reimagined through a display of remarkable objects [read more]

Schloss Oranienstein – Traces of Nassau princesses

Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau moved with her six unmarried daughters – one daughter had married in 1708 – to Diez, where she had Schloss Oranienstein renovated. The Schloss had been built by her mother-in-law, Albertine Agnes of Nassau, on the ruins of Dierstein Abbey. Albertine Agnes was born in The Hague on 9 April 1634 [read more]

Former Imperial Palace in Brazil destroyed by massive fire

Monday, 3 September 2018, 15:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The former Imperial Palace in Brazil, which had served as a museum since 1892, has been destroyed by a massive fire. Most of their collection of more than 20 million has probably been lost. The destruction of the building is an “incalculable loss for Brazil,” President Michel Temer said in a statement. “Two hundred years [read more]

Lost Kingdoms – Kingdom of Saxony

Monday, 3 September 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Kingdom of Saxony began its life in 1806 as nearly 500 years of an Electorate of Saxony came to an end. The last elector became the first King of Saxony; his name was King Frederick Augustus I. The first Queen consort of Saxony was his wife, Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. She went on to deliver three [read more]

Daughters of the Winter Queen by Nancy Goldstone Book Review

Saturday, 1 September 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

From the great courts, glittering palaces, and war-ravaged battlefields of the seventeenth century comes the story of four spirited sisters and their glamorous mother, Elizabeth Stuart, granddaughter of the martyred Mary, Queen of Scots. Upon her father’s ascension to the illustrious throne of England, Elizabeth Stuart was suddenly thrust from the poverty of unruly Scotland [read more]