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Anastasia of Montenegro

Reburial of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholayevna and husband in Russia

Sunday, 3 May 2015, 15:00 Moniek Bloks 0
The remains of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolayevna and her husband Grand Duke Nicolas Nicholayevna have been re-interred in Moscow on 30 April 2015. Grand Duchess Anastasia was born Princess Anastasia of Montenegro on 4 June 1868 as the daughter of King Nikola I Petroviç-Njegos of Montenegro and Queen Milena of Montenegro. She was one of twelve [read more]
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Agnes of Merania

Ingeborg of Denmark – The repudiated French Queen

Monday, 20 April 2015, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 2
Ingeborg was born circa 1175 as the daughter of Valdemar I of Denmark and Sofia of Minsk. In 1193 she was married to Philip II of France. He had been married before and was about ten years older than her. His first wife was Isabella of Hainaut, who had died at the age of just [read more]
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Anne of Austria 1549 - 1580

The Louvre & Place de la Concorde

Friday, 6 March 2015, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 2
The last stop of my day in Paris was the Louvre. The Louvre is a museum now but it began its life as a royal palace and it was Louis XIV who moved the seat of power to Versailles in 1682. Since 1789, it has housed the museum. The Louvre glass Pyramid is now the [read more]
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Adelaide of France (1732 - 1800)

The Royal Women of the Basilica of St. Denis

Monday, 2 March 2015, 10:00 Moniek Bloks 2
Outside of the Basilica of St. Denis Last weekend I went on a Groupon day trip to Paris. While the organisation around the trip left something to be desired, I thoroughly enjoyed my time there. I visited several places, and I will be posting them in several articles as I have MANY pictures. My first stop of [read more]
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Elizabeth I

Mary, Queen of Scots 2013 Film Review

Monday, 17 November 2014, 10:00 Moniek Bloks 1
I just finished watching this 2013 film about Mary, Queen of Scots with the same name. I do not believe that this has been widely distributed and that really is a shame. This movie is partly in English and partly in French and begins with Mary as a baby with her mother. I love that [read more]
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France

Marie Antoinette’s last letter

Thursday, 16 October 2014, 18:00 Moniek Bloks 1
It is on this day in 1793, the infamous Queen of France was executed by guillotine 10 months after her husband suffered the same fate. She was tried by the Revolutionary Tribunal on 14 October. She was accused of several things, including incest with her own son. She answered this charge with:  “If I have [read more]

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