Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo – Queen of the poor
Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo was born on 9 August 1847 In Paris as the daughter of Carlo Emmanuele dal Pozzo, 5th Prince of Cisterna – […]
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Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli – The one-eyed beauty
Ana de Mendoza de la Cerda y de Silva Cifuentes was born on 29 June 1540 as the daughter of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y […]
Anna of Austria – A devout soul
Anna of Austria was born on 2 November 1549 as the daughter of first cousins Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria of Austria. She had been born […]
Margaret of Austria – A valorous woman
The husband of a valorous woman will have no need of plunder, nor of going to battle in order to get it, because God will […]
Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony – The lost Queen of Spain
Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony was born on 6 December 1803 as the youngest daughter of Prince Maximilian of Saxony and his first wife Princess […]
Maria Anna of Neuburg – The second wife of Charles the Bewitched
After many years of inbreeding, King Charles II of Spain was destined to die childless. He was described as, “short, lame, epileptic, senile and completely […]
