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Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, has died at the age of 83

Wednesday, 8 January 2020, 15:53 Moniek Bloks 0
Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, Dowager Viscountess of la Torre, has died today at the age of 83. Infanta Pilar was born the daughter of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and Princess María Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. She was the older sister of King Juan Carlos I of Spain and the aunt of King Felipe VI [read more]
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Italy

Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo – Queen of the poor

Wednesday, 20 November 2019, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 1
Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo was born on 9 August 1847 In Paris as the daughter of Carlo Emmanuele dal Pozzo, 5th Prince of Cisterna – a nobleman in the Kingdom of Sardinia – and his wife, Countess Louise de Merode. Her mother’s sister Antoinette de Merode would become the Princess of Monaco following her marriage [read more]
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Spain

Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli – The one-eyed beauty

Monday, 28 October 2019, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 1
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 de la Cerda and Catalina de Silva Cifuentes. As her father’s only child, she would become 2nd Princess of Mélito, 2nd Duchess of Francavilla and 3rd Countess of Aliano in [read more]
Anna of Austria
Anne of Austria 1549 - 1580

Anna of Austria – A devout soul

Friday, 8 March 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
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 in Spain but had been mostly brought up in Vienna from the age of 4. From an early age, she was considered for several marriages, most notably to her cousin [read more]
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Margaret of Austria (1584-1611)

Margaret of Austria – A valorous woman

Thursday, 10 January 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
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 give peace and tranquillity to his Kingdoms on account of her merits. Margaret of Austria was born on 25 December 1584 as the daughter of Archduke Charles II of Austria and [read more]
Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony
Maria Josepha of Saxony

Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony – The lost Queen of Spain

Wednesday, 26 December 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1
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 Carolina of Parma. Carolina died just four months after her daughter’s birth. Her two elder brothers both succeeded as King of Saxony. She received a strict religious upbringing from nuns [read more]

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