Wilhelmine Amalia of Brünswick-Lüneburg Archives

Lost Kingdoms – Kingdom of Hungary (Part 2)

February 19, 2018 Moniek 0

Read part one here. The civil war that began with the death of King Andrew III of Hungary and Croatia ended two decades later with the succession of the grandson of Mary of Hungary, the sister of King Ladislaus IV of Hungary. He became King Charles I of Hungary. The amount of times he married is [read more]

The disinherited daughters of Joseph I

July 13, 2016 Moniek 1

When Maria Theresa of Austria ascended the throne, it was due to her father’s efforts in getting the Mutual Pact of Succession amended into the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713. Her father was Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor and he had succeeded his brother, Joseph I in 1711 as Joseph had no male heirs. However, he did have [read more]