The Princesse de Lamballe – The best friend of Marie Antoinette (Part Two)
In the first part of this article, we discussed the early years of the Princesse de Lamballe, a young widow who became best friends with […]
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The Princesse de Lamballe – The best friend of Marie Antoinette (Part one)
Marie-Thérèse Louise of Savoy-Carignan was born on the 8th of September 1749 in Turin. She was the sixth child of Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano and […]
Maria Theresa of Spain – The Sun King’s Queen
Early years Maria Theresa, Spanish Infanta, was born on the 10th September 1638 in Spain, the daughter of the Spanish King Philip IV and his […]
Madame de Maintenon – Louis XIV’s Secret Wife
Early Life Françoise d’Aubigné was born on the 27th of November 1635 in France. The daughter of an incarcerated Huguenot, Françoise had a relatively modest […]
Marguerite Louise d’Orléans and the end of the Medici dynasty
Marguerite Louise d’Orléans was born in July 1645 to Gaston, Duc d’Orléans and his second wife Marguerite of Lorraine. Her father was the brother of […]
Versailles (2015) TV Review
New TV series Versailles had already created quite a name for itself without even being broadcast. The scandal of scandals, a series about the […]
