Schloss Oldenburg – Memories of resplendence
Schloss Oldenburg stands in the centre of the city of Oldenburg in Germany and served as the residence of the Counts, Dukes and finally, the […]
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Maria of Orange-Nassau – A forgotten Princess
Maria of Orange-Nassau was born in The Hague on 5 September 1642 as the daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels. […]
The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – Neutrality and the First World War
On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo. The event has gone down in history as […]
Marie Eleonore of Albania – A story of courage and suffering
We are all familiar with the tragic story of Princess Mafalda of Savoy, the daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, who was arrested […]
Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – The first German Empress (Part two)
Read part one here. On 2 August 1861, William’s brother passed away, and he became King of Prussia with Augusta as his Queen. Her increasing […]
Allene Tew – The American Princess who conquered the continent (Part two)
More of her family would die in the next years. Her mother passed away in 1923, followed by her father in 1925 and Allene took […]