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]
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]
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]
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]
Friedrichshof Palace was built between 1889 and 1893 by Empress Frederick, also known as Victoria, Princess Royal in honour of her late husband, Emperor Frederick III. The Empress spent a lot of her last years at the palace with her younger daughters and died there of cancer in 1901. She had lined the walls of [read more]
Just last week you could read about Princess Marianne’s eventful life and her lonely end. Marianne wished to be buried together with her son and Johannes van Rossum but this was not allowed as they were not married. Their son was buried in the Johannes church, which Marianne founded specifically for him, while Marianne and [read more]
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