While doing research for my next book, I stumbled upon a wedding that took place at Schloss Bückeburg, between Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz and Wilhelm Ernst, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Their wedding took place there as the young woman’s parents had passed and she was under the guardianship of her maternal uncle, Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, who happened [read more]
A forgotten cabinet in Potsdam’s New Palace has been hiding thousands of letters that had been written to the last Empress of Germany, Augusta Victoria. The New Palace in Potsdam has been undergoing renovations for several years now, which lead to the discovery of the letters. The Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation (SPSG) announced that [read more]
Stephanie Maria Veronika Juliana Richter was born on 16 September 1891 in Vienna as the daughter of Dr Johann Sebastian Richter and Ludmilla Kuranda. She had a happy childhood and grew up somewhat spoiled. Her mother came from a rich Jewish family, and she converted to the Catholic faith before marrying Johann Richter. However, it [read more]
Schloss Benrath in Düsseldorf is a baroque style pleasure palace. It was built for the Elector Palatine Charles Theodor, later also Elector of Bavaria and his wife Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach. Although the palace was built for them, the couple only visited the palace once. There was another palace nearby, but not much survives of [read more]
Princess Maria Karoline of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 10 January 1899 in Pula, in present-day Croatia, as the daughter of Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria and Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She was intellectually disabled but initially lived at home with her parents. In addition, two of her siblings, Leopoldine (born [read more]
The city of Dillenburg has a rich history and connections with the house of Orange-Nassau. William I (the Silent) of Orange was born in this city and this little hidden gem is called the Evangelische Stadtkirche and it’s within walking distance from the rebuilt Wilhelmsturm. Within the walls of the Stadtkirche many of the early Nassau [read more]
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