Dangereuse was born around 1079 into a noble family to parents Bartholomew de l’Isle Bouchard and his wife Gerberge in the centre of modern-day France. Unfortunately, due to the family not being extremely important and the events taking place so long ago, there is little detail on her early life. However, it seems her first [read more]
Marguerite was born on 9 December 1890 in Paris into a working-class family; her father Fermin was a driver, and her mother Marie was a housekeeper. Marguerite had a normal upbringing until her younger brother was killed one day while in her care. After being blamed by her parents for this, Marguerite was sent away [read more]
Anna Constantia von Brockdorff was born in 1680 to parents Joachim von Brockdorff and Anna Margarethe Marselis. Her father was a knight from a noble family, whereas her mother came from a family of wealthy merchants, and their union was frowned upon by many. Anna was raised in modern-day Holstein in Germany and was afforded [read more]
Read part three here. Fearing for her life, Marie and her sister Hortense left Rome with only a few possessions, so they did not arouse suspicions. Marie took a small sum of money, some diamonds from her husband whom she still loved despite their terrible problems, and she took the pearls which King Louis XIV [read more]
Read part two here. Marie Mancini and King Louis XIV were still deeply in love with each other despite Marie being sent away from the French court by her uncle Cardinal Mazarin and Louis being due to marry another woman. All the Cardinal could do now was be direct with the King, and he wrote [read more]
Read part one here. The travelling and the hectic nature of court life did not agree with fourteen-year-old Marie, and she began to feel unwell and looked “a pitiful state” after a few weeks at the French court. It was decided that Marie and young Hortense should return to a convent for a while for [read more]
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