Charlotte was born in 1896 as the second of six daughters. Her parents were Grand Duke William IV of Luxembourg and his wife Marie Anne of Portugal. Charlotte and the other young princesses were brought up in Berg castle which was the Grand Ducal family’s main residence. Charlotte’s parents had no sons and so their father [read more]
It is now widely known that Russia’s royal family; the Romanovs were executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918. Just after the event, however, with a confusing mix of stories of the family’s fate hitting the news, many ‘pretenders’ or imposters came forward claiming to be part of the Romanov family, stating that they had survived [read more]
A tiara that used to belong to the last Grand Duchess of Baden, born Princess Hilda of Nassau was stolen from the Badisches Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe. The tiara has a value of 1,2 million euros. It was stolen from a large cabinet in the so-called throne room, which is on the first floor of the [read more]
A reliquary with the right hand of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna will be brought to St. Petersburg from 5 May to 11 May. It is being brought over to mark the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, which eventually led to Elizabeth’s death a year later. It will remain at the Holy Trinity Cathedral of [read more]
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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