Mary de Bohun – An abducted heiress
Mary was born circa 1368 as the daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford and Joan Fitzalan. She and her older sister Eleanor […]
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Inês de Castro – The posthumous Queen
Inês de Castro was born circa 1325 as a noblewoman. She was a descendant of the Castilian Royal Family through an illegitimate line. Her grandmother […]
Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau and Schloss Oranienburg
Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau was born in the Hague as the daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels on 27 November […]
Isabel Luísa of Portugal – ‘The-Always-Engaged’
Isabel Luísa of Portugal was born on 6 January 1669 in Lisbon to Peter II of Portugal and his first wife Maria Francisca of Savoy […]
The Sister Kings
In an age where female rulers weren’t all that common, these sisters were Kings in their own right of two respective countries. Mary of Hungary […]
Marie Antoinette’s last letter
Marie Antoinette is perhaps most famous for something she didn’t say; ‘Let them eat cake!’ It is on this day in 1793, the infamous Queen […]