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Victoria of Baden – A forbidden love

Friday, 3 November 2017, 7:00 Sophie 0
Sophie Marie Viktoria was born on 7 August 1862, at Karlsruhe Castle in Baden, Germany. Her parents were Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden and Princess Louise of Prussia. Through her marriage to King Gustav V of Sweden, she was Queen from 1907 until her death in 1930. The couple married in 1881, shortly after [read more]
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Philippa of Hainault – Mother of warring dynasties

Saturday, 9 September 2017, 7:00 Amy Eloise Kelly 0
Philippa was born in June 1314 in Valenciennes in Hainaut which today lies across an area of Belgium and into the French department of Nord. Her parents were Joan of Valois and William III Count of Holland and Hainaut. When looking for a bride for his son Prince Edward, King Edward II of England sent [read more]
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Queen Ahmose-Nefertari – The first “God’s Wife of Amun”

Tuesday, 22 August 2017, 7:00 Lauralee Swann 0
Ahmose-Nefertari was the first Egyptian queen to hold the title of “God’s First Wife of Amun”.[1] This title gave her the religious and economic influence in the cult of Amun-Re.[2] Her status in the cult gave her the position of “The Divine Adoratrice” and “the Second Priesthood of Amun”, which was a financial office in which [read more]
Iran

Soraya – The sad story of a Queen

Sunday, 20 August 2017, 0:00 Raluca Elgyar 5
They called her “the Princess with sad eyes”, “the Queen of sorrow”, but it all started differently in a time when happiness seemed the only natural option. The Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was, in 1948, recently separated from his first wife, Princess Fawzia of Egypt, when he met Soraya, a beautiful young lady, [read more]
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Anne of Demark

Anne of Denmark – A Princess both godly and beautiful

Wednesday, 9 August 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Anne of Denmark was born on 12 December 1574 as the second child of Frederick II, King of Denmark and Sophia of Mecklenburg. Her father was reportedly so angry at the birth of a second daughter that he stormed into the birthing chamber to remonstrate his wife. She was sent to live in Mecklenburg for [read more]
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Mary Tudor – The rose among the lilies of France

Friday, 28 July 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 4
Mary Tudor was born on 18 March 1496 as the daughter of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York at Sheen Palace, later known as Richmond Palace. She joined her siblings Arthur, Henry, Margaret in the nursery at Eltham. Her elder sister Elizabeth had died that previous September and two younger siblings, Edmund and Katherine [read more]

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