The future King Albert I of Belgium married Elisabeth, Duchess in Bavaria on 2 October 1900 in Munich. When Albert was born, he was not expected to succeed to the Belgian throne. The only son of his uncle, King Leopold II, had already died in 1869 at the age of 9. Albert’s elder brother, Baudouin, [read more]
The Kingdom of Serbia existed between 1882 and 1918 and was preceded by the Principality of Serbia. Milan Obrenović IV, Prince of Serbia, became its first King. In 1918, it was succeeded by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which was renamed to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929. The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was [read more]
Princess Salma bint Abdullah of Jordan was born on 26 September 2000 as the second daughter and third child of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan. Embed from Getty Images She was born at the King Hussein Medical Centre in Amman and joined her elder siblings, Crown Prince Hussein and Princess Iman. A [read more]
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Mary Stuart became Queen of Scots at a mere six days old in December 1542. This young baby was in the care of her recently widowed mother, Mary of Guise, while Scotland was under the rule of the regent James Hamilton, Earl of Arran. Nobles around Mary were constantly seeking to gain power at court [read more]
Princess Ayako’s tiara was given to Princess Ayako of Takamado on the occasion of her 20th birthday in 2010. The designs consist of flowers and leaves in diamonds. Princess Ayako was in possession of the tiara for eight years. She relinquished her imperial titles when she married Kei Moriya in 2018. The tiara has since [read more]
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