Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten is a novel of the story of Catherine I of Russia, born a peasant named Marta Helena Skowrońska, who became the mistress and later wife of Peter the Great. After his death, she became the first Empress of Russia in her own right. History of Royal Women got to ask Ellen [read more]
Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 14 May 1854 as the daughter of Grand Duke Frederick Francis II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz. She was just seven years old when her mother died, and her father would go on to marry twice more. His second marriage to Princess Anna of Hesse and [read more]
Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg, or Maria Feodorovna as she would be known as Grand Duchess and later Empress of Russia, was born on 25 October 1759 as the fourth of twelve children of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and Princess Frederica of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Her elder brother would later become the first King of Württemberg. [read more]
The Romanov Royal Martyrs: What Silence Could Not Conceal is a book that caught my eye quite early on. It was originally released in Greek before being released in English in September 2019. Although it claims to uncover many “unknown and unrevealed” facts from texts never published in English before, I have not found anything [read more]
Helen of Serbia was born on 4 November 1884 (O.S. 23 October) in Cetinje, Montenegro, as the daughter of King Peter I of Serbia and his wife Princess Zorka of Montenegro. Her mother would tragically die in childbirth six years later, and her father did not remarry. She spent most of her childhood under the [read more]
Read part one here. Victoria Melita was already planning a new future with Grand Duke Cyril, who was also her first cousin. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was the head of the family, and he was firmly against the match. Not only was a marriage between first cousins against the rules of the Russian Orthodox [read more]
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