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Caroline of Ansbach

Hampton Court Palace – Tudor meets Stuart

Sunday, 15 September 2019, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The site of Hampton Court Palace had belonged to the Order of St John of Jerusalem when it was taken over by Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York – and a favourite of King Henry VIII. Thomas Wolsey spent a fortune on the palace but little is now unchanged. By 1528, he was headed for his [read more]

Liz Snoijink as Anna in Willem van Oranje
Anna of Buren

Princesses of Orange – Anna of Buren

Friday, 14 June 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Anna of Buren was born around March 1533 as the daughter of Maximilian van Egmond and Françoise de Lannoy. She would be their only child, and she was thus the heiress to her father’s estates. Her father was an ally of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and as such he was often away on campaign. [read more]

Emilia of Nassau

The Walloon Church in Delft – Portuguese ‘Princesses’ in a Dutch church

Sunday, 12 May 2019, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Walloon Church in Delft is attached to a far more famous building – the Prinsenhof where William, Prince of Orange was assassinated. Before this, it was part of a convent and used as a court chapel by the Prince of Orange and his family. Louise Juliana, William’s first daughter with Charlotte of Bourbon, was [read more]

Anna of Prussia

Fulda Cathedral – Anna of Prussia’s final resting place

Tuesday, 1 January 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Cathedral of Fulda is best known as the burial place of Saint Boniface but it is also the final resting place of Princess Anna of Prussia, Landgravine of Hesse. Anna lived and died in nearby Schloss Fasanerie and later in life she converted to Catholicism. “If you knew what difficulties I had struggled with [read more]

Germany

Herminen-Palais in Bückeburg – The Widow’s Residence

Tuesday, 4 December 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

The Herminen-Palais is also known simply as Palais (Palace) Bückeburg. It lies in the middle of Bückeburg in Germany and was completed in 1896 to serve as the widow’s residence of Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont, the wife of Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. The Palace served as a military hospital during the Second World War and from [read more]

Carolina of Orange-Nassau

Kirchheimbolanden Palace – Walking in Carolina’s footsteps

Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Ever since writing my first book about Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, I have wanted to visit Kirchheimbolanden, where she lived, died and was buried. The Palace of Kirchheimbolanden was built between 1738 and 1740 under Carolina’s father-in-law. Not all of the palace as Carolina would have known it survives to this day. Her son was [read more]

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