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The Royal Mistresses Series

The murder of Aleid van Poelgeest

Monday, 20 February 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Aleid van Poelgeest was born circa 1370 as the daughter of Jan van Poelgeest and Aleid van Beest Gerbrandsdr. Her life isn’t easy to piece together. She was presumably born in Koudekerk, and her father was an important man at the court of John II, Count of Blois, who later also claimed the Duchy of [read more]

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Bavaria

Joanna of Bavaria – Beloved or Neglected?

Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 6:00 CaraBeth 1

Very little is known about Joanna of Bavaria, the first wife of King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia.  She did not play a big role as queen, and she never had any children.  Information about her life is so sparse, that even her sudden death is talked about more than her life. Joanna of Bavaria was [read more]

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Elizabeth of Rhuddlan

Elizabeth of Rhuddlan – The King’s favourite sister

Friday, 27 September 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Elizabeth of Rhuddlan was born on 7 August 1282 as the daughter of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile. During her early years, Elizabeth was in the company of her mother, and she was with her mother when her brother, the future King Edward II, was born. They became very close. She [read more]

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Beatrice of Flanders

Beatrice of Flanders – The substitute bride

Friday, 20 September 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 2

Beatrice of Flanders was born in Bruges circa 1253/1254 as the daughter of Guy of Dampierre, Count of Flanders and his first wife Matilda of Béthune. She had seven full siblings and eight half-siblings – from her father’s second marriage to Isabelle of Luxembourg. Beatrice married the 14-year-old Floris V, Count of Holland in 1269. [read more]

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Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Elisabeth of Brunswick-Luneburg – Queen & Countess

Monday, 16 September 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg was born circa 1230 as the daughter of Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Matilda of Brandenburg. On 25 January 1252, Elisabeth married William II of Holland, who had also been elected King of the Romans in 1247. A huge fire ravaged the city of Brunswick during their wedding night, including through [read more]

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Matilda of Brabant

Matilda of Brabant – The pious Countess

Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Matilda of Brabant, the sister of Marie – who was also her predecessor as Countess of Holland, was born around 1200 as the daughter of Matilda of Boulogne and Henry I, Duke of Brabant. She was still quite young when she married Henry II, Count Palatine of the Rhine in Aachen in 1212. She was [read more]

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