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Belgium

Clara Ward – The Cash for Class Princess (Part two)

October 8, 2019 Amy Eloise Kelly 0

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 marrying Prince Joseph of Caraman-Chimay. The couple had two children and spent six years together before Clara, who was famous for her rebellious streak, took off with a gypsy violinist [read more]

Belgium

Clara Ward – The Cash for Class Princess (Part one)

October 7, 2019 Amy Eloise Kelly 1

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 was known to be Michigan’s first millionaire and he made a fortune in shipbuilding, lumber and iron and steelworks. Clara’s father died suddenly before she reached the age of two, [read more]

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Charlotte of Monaco

Princess Charlotte – The illegitimate daughter

April 26, 2017 Moniek Bloks 3

Charlotte wasn’t born a Princess and at the time of her birth nobody probably even imagined the role she would go on to play. She was born as Charlotte Louise Juliette Louvet on 30 September 1898 as the illegitimate daughter of Marie Juliette Louvet, a cabaret singer and Louis Grimaldi, who was at the time [read more]

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England

Lady Jane Grey – The rightful heir to the throne?

January 18, 2017 Moniek Bloks 5

This article was written by Eleanor. Lady Jane Grey is a well-known figure in English history – a naïve young girl, coerced by both her natal family and her powerful in-laws to usurp the crown, reigning for nine days and eventually paying with her life. A fervent Protestant, Jane is often presented as a martyr [read more]

France

Marie of Montpellier – Heiress of Montpellier

July 27, 2016 Moniek Bloks 0

Marie of Montpellier was born around 1182 as the daughter of  William VIII, Lord of Montpellier and Eudokia Komnene, a niece of Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos. A condition of the marriage was that the firstborn child of the marriage, boy or girl, would succeed to the Lordship upon William’s death. Thus, Marie was the heiress [read more]




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