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Austria

Eleonora Gonzaga the Elder – The pious Empress

Monday, 5 July 2021, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Eleonora Gonzaga, known as the Elder to distinguish her from her great-niece and namesake, was born on 23 September 1598 as the daughter of Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Monferrato, and his wife Eleonora de’ Medici. She was the youngest of six siblings. Eleonora would grow up in one of the most splendid courts [read more]
maria anna bavaria
Austria

Maria Anna of Bavaria – An Archduchess in the shadows

Friday, 2 July 2021, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Maria Anna of Bavaria was born on 8 December 1574 in Munich as the daughter of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine. She was their fourth child, but she would be the first surviving daughter of her parents. Six more siblings would follow, of whom four survived to adulthood. Her elder brother [read more]
assunta
Assunta of Austria

Archduchess Assunta of Austria – The beautiful princess who wanted to be a nun

Tuesday, 25 August 2020, 6:00 Raluca Elgyar 0
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]
sophie hohenberg
Austria

Sophie of Hohenberg – The insanity of life (Part three)

Monday, 27 January 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 1
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]
sophie hohenberg
Austria

Sophie of Hohenberg – The insanity of life (Part two)

Sunday, 26 January 2020, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 2
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]
Frederica of Hanover
Frederica of Hanover

Frederica of Hanover – The princess who followed her heart

Friday, 1 November 2019, 6:00 Amy Eloise Kelly 0
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]

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