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Queen, Mother, and Stateswoman: Mariana of Austria and the Government of Spain by Silvia Z. Mitchell Book Review

Friday, 25 June 2021, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Mariana of Austria was born on 24 December 1634 as the daughter of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Anna of Spain. At the age of 11, Mariana was betrothed to Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias, but he died just three months later at the age of 16. King Philip IV [read more]

Book News July 2021

Saturday, 19 June 2021, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* The Imperial Women of Rome: Power, Gender, Context Hardcover – 1 June 2021 (US) & 22 July 2021 (UK) The Imperial Women of Rome explores the constraints and activities of the women who were part of Rome’s imperial families from 35 BCE to 235 CE, the Roman principate. Boatwright uses coins, inscriptions, [read more]

Book review: Elizabeth I’s Last Favourite: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex by Sarah-Beth Watkins

Friday, 18 June 2021, 6:00 Amy Eloise Kelly 0

*contains affiliate links* *Review copy* Sarah-Beth Watkins has written a number of biographies on well-known Tudors, and the latest on Robert Devereux follows her tried and tested format yet introduces a man not as well known as some of Queen Elizabeth I’s other favourites. Robert Devereux was the stepson of Elizabeth I’s favourite Robert Dudley, [read more]

When Empress Hermine met Harold Lloyd

Friday, 18 June 2021, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* The Eye Film Museum recently shared two videos from the archives relating to Empress Hermine, the second wife of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II. The first one shows her meeting American actor Harold Lloyd as he visits her charity bazaar, while the second video shows her, Wilhelm, and also briefly her two [read more]

Eleanor of Portugal – The first Habsburg Empress

Friday, 4 June 2021, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Eleanor of Portugal was born on 18 September 1434 in Torres Vedras as the sixth child and third (but eldest surviving) daughter of King Edward of Portugal and Eleanor of Aragon. Het baptism was performed in the Cathedral of Lisbon by Archbishop Pedro de Noronha. Her parents entrusted her into the care of Guiomar de [read more]

Lady Augusta Catherine Gordon-Lennox – Lady, Countess and Princess

Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Lady Augusta Catherine Gordon-Lennox was born on 14 January 1827 at Goodwood House as the daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lady Caroline Paget. Through her father, she was a descendant of King Charles II of England and Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth. On 27 November 1851, Lady Auguste Catherine married [read more]