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The Grey Sisters – Katherine & Mary (Part 2)

Friday, 22 December 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 2

Read part one here. Lady Mary Grey was just eight years old when her elder sister Jane and her father were executed. With the help of her mother Frances, the two sisters were soon back at court. She was still there when Queen Mary I died and was succeeded by Queen Elizabeth I. Neither of [read more]

The death of Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Thursday, 21 December 2017, 7:00 Brittani Barger 0

The last edition of our series, the Year of Maria Theresa focuses on the death of her mother, Elisabeth Christine. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was born on 28 August 1691 in Brunswick Brunswick-Lüneburg as the eldest daughter of Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen. When she was just 13-years-old, she became engaged to Archduke [read more]

Wilhelmsturm Dillenburg – A Princess’s Tribute

Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The city of Dillenburg has a lot of links with House of Orange-Nassau and the Wilhelmsturm is a testament to those links. The original Dillenburg Castle was destroyed in 1760. It had been the home of William the Silent’s parents Juliana of Stolberg and William the Rich. William was born at the Castle and some [read more]

Sophia Magdalena of Denmark and the Munck affair

Tuesday, 19 December 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Sophia Magdalena of Denmark was born on 3 July 1746 as the daughter of King Frederick V of Denmark and Louise of Great Britain. At the age of five, she was betrothed to the future King Gustav III of Sweden. They finally married on 1 October 1766 by proxy and on 4 November 1766 in person. When Gustav’s father King Adolf Frederick of Sweden died [read more]

Lost Kingdoms – Kingdom of Bosnia

Monday, 18 December 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Kingdom of Bosnia existed in the 13th and 14th century as part of the Hungarian Crown Lands. It evolved from the Banate (a province) of Bosnia which existed from 1154 until 1377. The Banate of Bosnia comprised of what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina, parts of Dalmatia in Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro. It was [read more]

Mary, Queen of Scots – A Study in Failure by Jenny Wormald Book Review

Saturday, 16 December 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, has long been portrayed as one of history’s romantically tragic figures. Devious, naive, beautiful and sexually voracious, often highly principled, she secured the Scottish throne and bolstered the position of the Catholic Church in Scotland. Her plotting, including probable involvement in the murder of her husband Lord Darnley, led to [read more]