[Not to be confused with her aunt, Queen Amytis of Babylon] Amytis Shahbanu was the first Persian Queen of the Achaemenid dynasty. She was the daughter of the last Median king, Astyages. King Astyages was defeated by his grandson, King Cyrus the Great. In order to legitimately procure Media, King Cyrus the Great had to [read more]
The Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula, based inside the Tower of London, is the final resting place of several royal women, all of whom have been executed. The current structure dates from 1520, although a church probably stood on the site from the 12th century. The new structure replaced a building that was [read more]
The Cullinan IX ring consists of a “pear-shaped diamond in open-work 12-claw setting, with plain loop.” Embed from Getty Images The Cullinan IX was the smallest of the stones cut from the Cullinan diamond. This diamond was given to Queen Mary in 1910 by the government of South Africa. Queen Mary had it set in [read more]
*contains affiliate links* *review copy* Cleopatra Selene is the forgotten daughter of the infamous Cleopatra VII. She was an Egyptian princess who was proclaimed by Marc Antony as Queen of Cyrenaica and Libya. After the death of her mother, she reigned as Queen of Egypt with her brother, Alexander Helios, for two weeks before it [read more]
The King Luis Diamond Tiara was a wedding gift from King Luís I of Portugal to Amélie of Orléans upon her marriage to his son, the future King Carlos I of Portugal. It consisted of diamonds set in silver and gold with a fleur-de-lis motif and rows of diamond necklaces. It remained in her property [read more]
Joanna of Austria was born on 24 January 1547 in Prague as the daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. Tragically, her mother died three days of childbirth complications, and thus, Joanna never knew her mother. Joanna had 14 siblings, of which three had already passed by the time [read more]
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