On 19 March 1497, Queen Isabella’s only son, John, married Margaret of Austria in person. They had to wait two weeks to consummate the marriage as it was Lent. They took to each other immediately, and physicians began to worry about the time the couple spent in bed together. Margaret wrote home to her father [read more]
*review copy* *contains affiliate links* Raised to Rule: Educating Royalty at the Court of the Spanish Habsburgs, 1601-1634 by Martha K. Hoffman focuses on the children of King Philip III of Spain and his wife, Margaret of Austria. They had five children who survived to adulthood and three children who died young. Their eldest daughter, [read more]
Read part two here. Soon, she had built a network of spies around René, and she managed to find evidence of treason, which she presented to her husband. Philibert was shocked, but the evidence was right in front of him. René was immediately relieved of his duties. An armed escort brought René to France, and [read more]
Read part one here. Margaret met her future mother-in-law, Queen Isabella I of Castile, in Burgos shortly after her arrival. Margaret tried to kneel and kiss Isabella’s hand, but Isabella raised her up. The Venetian ambassador later wrote, “The Queen’s reception of her was quite a sight. Kissing and hugging many times, she took her [read more]
Margaret of Austria was born on 10 January 1480 as the daughter of Mary, Duchess of Burgundy and the future Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. Her elder brother, Philip, would go on to become King of Castile by right of his wife Joanna. Margaret was just two years old when her mother tragically died after [read more]
With the 2017 series Maximilian now available via Starz, we are introduced to some more unknown royal women. Mary, Duchess of Burgundy Although the series is called Maximillian, the second main character is Mary, Duchess of Burgundy – his wife. Challenged in her rights to become Duchess in her own right by the French, she [read more]
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