Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s grandchildren
Queen Victoria married her first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Together they went on to have nine children and 42 grandchildren. Only Princess […]
Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
The 3 must-see royal palaces in northern Spain
This article was written by Sophie Strid. While travelling in Spain, you don’t have to limit yourself to Madrid or Barcelona to see historic royal […]
Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg – Queen of Spain
The Spanish Queen was born as Princess Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena of Battenberg on 24 October 1887 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She was the […]
Queens Regent: Maria Christina of Austria
A regent is “a person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated.” Maria Christina of Austria was […]
Burial Places of the Queens and Consorts of Spain
Anna of Austria – El Escorial (San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain) Barbara of Portugal – Convent of the Salesas Reales (Madrid, Spain) Beatrice of Portugal – Monastery of Sancti […]