Margaret Theresa of Spain was born on 12 July 1651 as the first child of King Philip IV of Spain from his second marriage with his niece Mariana of Austria. At the time of her birth, just one elder half-sibling from her father’s first marriage to Elisabeth of France was still alive – Maria Theresa [read more]
After the death of his first wife, Maria Anna of Spain, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, sought to marry again. Like his first wife, his second wife would be another first cousin. Maria Leopoldine of Austria was the daughter of Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, and Claudia de’ Medici. Born on 6 April 1632, Maria [read more]
Maria Anna of Spain was born on 18 August 1606 as the daughter of King Philip III of Spain and Margaret of Austria. She was their fourth born but third surviving child. Her elder sister Anne became Queen of France, while her elder brother Philip succeeded their father as King of Spain. Four more siblings [read more]
*review copy* *contains affiliate links* In October 1771, the Vrouw Maria merchant ship sank off the coast of Finland. She carried lots of cargo, including several works of art that Empress Catherine the Great had bought at auction in Amsterdam from the collection of Gerrit Braamcamp. The lost works included Paulus Potter’s Large Herd of [read more]
Maria Anna of Bavaria was born on 8 December 1574 in Munich as the daughter of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine. She was their fourth child, but she would be the first surviving daughter of her parents. Six more siblings would follow, of whom four survived to adulthood. Her elder brother [read more]
Ahead of the unveiling of the new statue of Diana, Princess of Wales, today at Kensington Palace, the new design for the Sunken Garden, where the statue will stand, has been revealed. The layout and planting scheme has been designed by Pip Morrison and was created by the Gardens and Estates team at Historic Royal [read more]
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