Margaret of Bohemia – A funeral instead of a wedding
There are many “what-ifs” in history. One major “what-if” is the proposed marriage of Casimir III of Poland to Margaret of Bohemia. This marriage could […]
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Ludovika of Bavaria – The unhappy Duchess (Part two)
Read part one here. By May 1834, Ludovika’s worried mother wrote to her daughter Amelie that Ludovika had become apathetic. One month earlier, she had […]
Ludovika of Bavaria – The unhappy Duchess (Part one)
Princess Ludovika of Bavaria was born on 30 August 1808 in the Munich Residenz as the daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and […]
Anne of Bavaria – The elusive Queen of Bohemia
Out of the four wives of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, the second, Anne of Bavaria, is the least known. It is not surprising that […]
Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria – The Queen’s Companion
In April 1843, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria – wife of Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria – wrote to her niece Mathilde (Princess Mathilde Caroline of […]
Helene in Bavaria – The almost Empress
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 […]