Queens Regnant – Sancha and Dulce of León
Sancha and Dulce of Leon were born the daughters of Alfonso IX of Leon by his first wife Theresa of Portugal. There were born in […]
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Inês de Castro – The posthumous Queen
Inês de Castro was born circa 1325 as a noblewoman. She was a descendant of the Castilian Royal Family through an illegitimate line. Her grandmother […]
Isabel Luísa of Portugal – ‘The-Always-Engaged’
Isabel Luísa of Portugal was born on 6 January 1669 in Lisbon to Peter II of Portugal and his first wife Maria Francisca of Savoy […]
Joan of Portugal – The Princess Saint
Joan was the daughter of Isabella of Coimbra and Afonso V of Portugal. She was born on 6 February 1452, and she was for a […]
A Lost Love – Archduke Maximilian and Princess Maria Amélia
Archduke Maximilian is perhaps better knows as Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico, but to know how he got to be Emperor of Mexico we have […]
Infanta Adelgundes of Portugal’s many miscarriages
Infanta Adelgundes was born on 10 November 1858 to Miguel of Portugal and Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. She was their fifth child. She was only six […]