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The Royal Women

Sisi & Mathilde Ludovika – Sisters and companions

September 30, 2022 Moniek Bloks 0

In April 1843, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria – wife of Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria – wrote to her niece Mathilde (Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine) that she was pregnant for the 7th time. She was “a little more miserable than usual, but when God gives me [read more]

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Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern – A quiet life in exile

December 25, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern was born on 19 August 1890 as the daughter of William, Prince of Hohenzollern and Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. She was born in Potsdam but was raised in Sigmaringen. She had two younger brothers, twins Prince Frederick Victor and Prince Francis Joseph (born 30 August 1891). Her mother [read more]

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Ludovika of Bavaria – The unhappy Duchess (Part two)

October 23, 2019 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. By May 1834, Ludovika’s worried mother wrote to her daughter Amelie that Ludovika had become apathetic. One month earlier, she had given birth to her first daughter – named Helene. She had been one of a pair of twins, but Ludovika had miscarried the other twin earlier. Her husband had been [read more]

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Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria – The Queen’s Companion

September 26, 2019 Moniek Bloks 0

In April 1843, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria – wife of Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria – wrote to her niece Mathilde (Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine) that she was pregnant for the 7th time. She was “a little more miserable than usual, but when God gives me [read more]




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