Read part one here. Elisabeth’s father remained dangerously ill, and the family spent the winter of 1862-1863 in Baden-Baden for his health. To introduce Elisabeth into society during this sad time, t...

Read about day one here. On the second day of their visit to Germany, the Duke and Duchess had separate programs. Wallis was taken to a Nazi Welfare Society department workhouse, where she was shown w...

This article was written by Shivangi Kaushik. Vijaya Raje Scindia was born as Lekha Divyeshwari Devi on 12 October 1919 at Sagar (present-day Madhya Pradesh, a state in central India). She was popular...

Albert took part in the Second Schleswig War of 1864 as a spectator at the German headquarters, and the following year, he was appointed Inspector of the Third Army Division. He was allowed to partici...

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Ostend in Belgium seems like an unlikely place for a palace. From 1834, the palace in Ostend was made available as a summer residence for King Leopold I and his second wife, Louise of Orléans. The house is perhaps best remembered as the place where Louise died of tuberculosis. She was often in ill-health and [read more]

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Princess Luisa Maria of Belgium is one of the more unknown current royals.

Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium was born in the Royal Palace in Brussels on 11 October 1927 as the daughter of King Leopold III of the Belgians and his first wife, Astrid of Sweden. Her godmother was a...

Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein was born at Grünholz Castle on 31 December 1885 as the daughter of Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and his wife Princess K...

From the summer of 1937, the Duke of Windsor had proposed a visit to Germany. With the Second World War looming, the policy of the British government was still one of appeasement and diplomats still m...

On 9 October 1918, Queen Sālote was installed as Tu’i Kanokupolu during a royal taumafa kava on the Mala'e Pangai.

Royal uncle-niece marriages happened several times over the years. These marriages often happened for strategic reasons, such as land or power, but also because of rank and status. There simply weren'...

On 26 February 1858, Victoria wrote to her mother about Augusta, "The thing which pains me most of all is to see the Prince [William] and the Princess [Augusta], two noble souls bound together by the ...

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Isabella was born in Madrid on 10 October 1830 as the eldest daughter of King Ferdinand VII of Spain and his fourth wife, who was also his niece, Maria Christina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Her father ha...

Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was born on 4 September 1729 as the daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. On 8 July 1752, sh...

Mary of Waltham was born at Bishop’s Waltham Palace on 10 October 1344 as the daughter of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. Her future husband John V, Duke of Brittany was already in Eng...

However, Maria now also wished to see her mother, despite her brother's attempt to persuade her. She had renounced all possibilities of a marriage, forcing her brother to make another decision. She "d...

Atsuko, Princess Yori was born on 7 March 1931 as the fourth daughter of Emperor Hirohito of Japan and Empress Nagako.

Empress Yuanjing was the posthumous empress of Emperor Yuan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. However, very little is known about her.