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Regina of Saxe-Meiningen – The would-be Empress of Austria

Monday, 29 July 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Regina of Saxe-Meiningen would have been Empress of Austria if the Austro-Hungarian Empire hadn’t been dissolved in 1918. She was born 6 January 1925 in Würzburg, the daughter of Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen and Countess Klara Marie von Korff genannt Schmissing-Kerssenbrock. Her father was the titular Duke of Saxe-Meiningen as the duchy’s last Duke had [read more]
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Elisabeth of Austria (1526–1545)

Elisabeth of Austria – “The splendour of our countries”

Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Elisabeth of Austria was born on 9 July 1526 as the eldest child of the future Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and his wife Anne of Bohemia and Hungary. Almost from birth, she was destined for the Polish throne. When she was just a few months old, her father offered her hand in marriage to [read more]
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Margaret of Austria (1480 - 1530)

Queen Isabella I of Castile – “She offered us a dead child”

Tuesday, 2 April 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
On 19 March 1497, Queen Isabella’s only son, John, married Margaret of Austria in person. They had to wait two weeks to consummate the marriage as it was Lent. They took to each other immediately, and physicians began to worry about the time the couple spent in bed together. Margaret wrote home to her father [read more]
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Margaret of Austria (1536-1567)

Margaret of Austria – The ailing Archduchess

Friday, 16 February 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Margaret of Austria was born on 16 February 1536 as the daughter of the future Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anne of Bohemia and Hungary. She was their ninth child and seventh daughter. She was born in Innsbruck. Alongside her sisters Helena and Magdelena, she expressed the wish to stay unmarried. Nevertheless, when Margaret [read more]
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Margaret of Austria (1480 - 1530)

Margaret of Austria – The pearl of Burgundy (Part three)

Monday, 15 January 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Read part two here. Soon, she had built a network of spies around René, and she managed to find evidence of treason, which she presented to her husband. Philibert was shocked, but the evidence was right in front of him. René was immediately relieved of his duties. An armed escort brought René to France, and [read more]
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Catherine of Austria

Catherine of Austria – Her mother’s solace (Part one)

Sunday, 14 January 2024, 3:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Catherine, or Catalina, of Austria was born on 14 January 1507 as the daughter of Queen Joanna of Castile and King Philip I of Castile, by right of his wife. Her father had died on 25 September 1506, and she was born as his funeral procession rested in Torquemada for three months. It had been [read more]

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