Caroline Lacroix – The disputed wife of King Leopold II of Belgium
Caroline, who was actually born with the name Blanche, was born in 1883 as the thirteenth child of Jules Delacroix and his wife, Catherine. The […]
Belgium
Clémentine of Belgium – Fighting for independence
Clémentine of Belgium was born on 30 July 1872 as the daughter of King Leopold II of Belgium and Marie Henriette of Austria. Her gender was a great disappointment […]
Astrid of Sweden – Queen of Hearts
Princess Astrid of Sweden was born on 17 November 1905 in Stockholm as the daughter of Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland and his wife, Princess Ingeborg […]
Marie Henriette of Austria – A desperately lonely Queen
Marie Henrietta of Austria was born on 23 August 1836 as the daughter of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, and Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg. Dorothea de Ficquelmont […]
Louise of Orléans – The lonely Queen of Belgium
Louise of Orléans was born on 3 April 1812 in the Palazzo Santa Teresa in Palermo as the daughter of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French, […]
Lilian, Princess of Réthy – Queen in all but name
Mary Lilian Baels was born on 28 November 1916 as the daughter of Henri Baels and his wife, Anne Marie de Visscher. She was born in London, […]
