Clara Ward – The Cash for Class Princess (Part two)
Read part one here. Last time we heard the tale of how the young and beautiful American heiress Clara Ward became a European princess by […]
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Clara Ward – The Cash for Class Princess (Part one)
Clara Ward was born on 17 June 1873 in Michigan, USA. Her parents were Catherine Lyon and her husband, Captain Eber Brock Ward. Her father […]
Charlotte of Bourbon’s grave at the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp
Charlotte of Bourbon was born in 1546 or 1547 as the daughter of Louis, Duke of Montpensier and Jacqueline de Longwy, Countess of Bar-Sur-Seine. Her […]
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 […]
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 […]
