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Queen Mary's Dorset Bow Brooch
Royal Jewels

Royal Jewels – Queen Mary’s Dorset Bow Brooch

Friday, 22 September 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Queen’s Mary’s Dorset Bow Brooch was given to the then Princess Mary as a wedding present from the country of Dorset. Embed from Getty Images She wore the brooch frequently and often combined it with other bow brooches. It is considered to be an almost exact copy of a bow brooch made in 1855 for [read more]

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The Royal Women

Book Review: In the Shadow of the Empress by Nancy Goldstone

Monday, 18 September 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Empress Maria Theresa was the ruler of the Habsburg lands from 1740 until her death in 1780 and was Holy Roman Empress by right of her husband, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. The couple had 16 children together, of which the future Queen of France – Marie Antoinette – was the youngest [read more]

Queen Mary's Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara
Elizabeth II

Royal Jewels – Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

Friday, 15 September 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara was a wedding gift to Princess Mary of Teck (later Queen Mary) from a committee headed by Lady Eva Greville, who later served as one of her ladies-in-waiting. It was purchased from Garrard’s. Embed from Getty Images Princess Mary later wrote to Lady Eva that the tiara [read more]

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Book Review: The daughters of Edward I by Kathryn Warner

Monday, 11 September 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*review copy* *contains affiliate links* King Edward I of England, who ruled from 1272 until 1307, went on to father many children with two wives. His first wife, Eleanor of Castile, bore the majority of his children, fourteen or perhaps even as much as sixteen. Of these five daughters and one son, the future King [read more]

Queen Mariamne I
Queen Mariamne I

Queen Mariamne I – The executed wife of King Herod the Great

Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 6:00 Lauralee Jacks 0

Queen Mariamne I was the second and most famous wife of King Herod the Great of Judea. She was a Hasmonean princess and was known to be a legendary beauty. King Herod loved her passionately. However, he was very jealous and possessive of her. It was due to his jealousy of Queen Mariamne that he [read more]

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Royal Wedding Recollections

Royal Wedding Recollections – Crown Prince Harald of Norway & Sonja Haraldsen

Tuesday, 29 August 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

On 29 August 1968, Crown Prince Harald of Norway finally married Sonja Haraldsen. The road to the wedding had been difficult and long. They had first met in June 1959, but their relationship was kept a secret, and Harald later declared to his father that he would remain unmarried unless he were allowed to marry [read more]

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