Assunta Alice Ferdinandine Blanca Leopoldina Margarethe Beatrix Raphaela Michaela Philomena was born on 10 August 1902 to Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria and Infanta Blanca of Spain as their eighth child out of ten. The household full of children – the ten brothers and sisters were very close in age, and every year their parents [read more]
Read part two here. Sophie’s husband had survived the war, but they had no news of their eldest son Erwein. They did learn that Sophie’s brothers Max and Ernst and their families had survived and hoped for one more miracle to add to that. Sophie and her family were now seen as collaborators, and everything [read more]
Read part one here. Sophie and her brothers travelled to Vienna with their aunts and uncles and stayed with their stepgrandmother Maria Theresa at the Belvedere, but they were not allowed to attend their parents’ funeral service. A large wreath with a ribbon bearing their names would be the only reminder that there were now [read more]
Princess Frederica of Hanover was born in 1848. Her father was George, Crown Prince of Hanover and her mother was Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenberg. The Princess was given the title of Her Royal Highness when in Hanover but she was also addressed as Her Highness when in the United Kingdom as she was a great-granddaughter [read more]
Helene had expected to make the most brilliant match of all until the man she was supposed to marry fell in love with her younger sister Elisabeth. Helene was born on 4 April 1834 as the daughter of Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. She would grow up to be the [read more]
Read part one here. Read part two here. Stéphanie awoke on 30 January 1889 to a gloomy winter day. She had a singing lesson as was usual, but she felt anxious. The lesson was interrupted by her chief lady-in-waiting, who privately gave her the bad news from Mayerling. Stéphanie immediately realised what happened and sobbed, [read more]
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