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Sisi – The Austrian Empress (Part 2)

Monday, 7 January 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. Oh, had I but never left the path That would have led me to freedom Oh, that on the broad avenues Of vanity I had never strayed! I have awakened in a dungeon With chains on my hands And my longing ever stronger And freedom! You turned from me! I have [read more]

Sisi – The Bavarian Princess (Part 1)

Monday, 24 December 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

I am Sunday’s child, a child of the sun. Her golden rays she wove into my throne With her glow, she wove my crown It is in her light that I live. – Sisi The future Empress Elisabeth of Austria was born on 24 December 1837 in the Herzog Max Palais in Munich as the [read more]

Margaret of Tyrol – “The ugly Duchess”

Saturday, 8 December 2018, 7:00 CaraBeth 1

Margaret of Tyrol was one of the 14th century’s wealthiest heiresses. As the heiress to the Duchy of Carinthia and County of Tyrol in present-day Austria, she was a very desirable bride. She inherited land caught between three powerful rivalling dynasties: the Habsburgs of Austria, the Luxembourgs of Bohemia, and the Wittelsbachs of Bavaria. Margaret [read more]

Agnes of Austria and Elizabeth of Töss – Royal stepmother and stepdaughter

Tuesday, 12 June 2018, 7:00 CaraBeth 0

In 1301, Andrew III, the last King of Hungary from the Arpadian dynasty died. He left behind just one daughter, Elizabeth, aged between 7 and 9. She was expected to become Hungary’s first Queen Regnant, but that never happened. Instead, she became a nun in a convent far away from her native country. Was this [read more]

Ida of Austria and the Crusade of 1101

Thursday, 24 May 2018, 7:00 CaraBeth 0

After writing about Florine of Burgundy, I thought it would be interesting to look at Ida of Austria, another high-ranking noblewoman who took part in the early crusades. Like Florine, finding information on Ida is difficult, and there are conflicting results. Ida’s Background Margravine Ida of Austria was said to have been one of the [read more]

Maria Anna of Austria – The learned abbess

Friday, 6 October 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Archduchess Maria Anna or Marianna of Austria was born on 6 October 1738 at the Hofburg Palace as the eldest surviving daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Francis of Lorraine. As the eldest surviving child, she was heiress presumptive until the birth of her younger brother Joseph. She received an education, but not much was expected of [read more]