Moniek Bloks

The Empress and the Dragon Throne: Imperial Women of the Early Ming Dynasty The rulers of the Ming dynasty enacted paradigms of hierarchical order. Like imperial families, households, and courts in earlier Chinese dynasties, they articulated patriarchal, patrilineal, and patr...

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#OnThisDay in 1970 Archduchess Hedwig of Austria died. She was born in 1896 as the daughter of Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria and his wife, Marie Valerie of Austria. On 24 April 1918, she married Count Bernhard of Stolberg-Stolberg, and they had nine children together.

#OnThisDay in 1526 Catherine Jagiellon was born as the daughter of King Sigismund I the Old of Poland and his wife Bona Sforza. On 4 October 1562, Catherine was married to Duke John of Finland, later King of Sweden. They had two surviving children together. She died on 16 September 1583.

#OnThisDay in 1631 Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria died. She was born in 1589 as the daughter of Charles II, Archduke of Inner Austria, and his wife Maria Anna of Bavaria. In 1608, she married Cosimo II de' Medici, the future Grand Duke of Tuscany and they had eight children together.

The Year of Queen Sālote Tupou III - The life and death of Prince Viliami Tungī Mailefihi - History of Royal Women The future consort of Queen Sālote Tupou III was born on 1 November 1887 as the son of Siaosi Tukuʻaho and Lady Mele Siuʻilikutapu.

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#OnThisDay in 1773 Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este was born as the daughter of Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este and Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa. On 25 April 1789, she married the future King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia and they had seven children. She died in 1832.

The martyred Elizabeth Feodorovna - History of Royal Women Born on 1 November 1864, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine was born in Bessungen, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Confederation; she was later known Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna (or Елизавет...

#OnThisDay in 1864 Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, later known as Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, was born as the daughter of the future Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom.

Hermine: An Empress in exile - History of Royal Women Hermine: An Empress in Exile by Moniek Bloks will be released in 2020. Sign up to receive an update when the book becomes available for pre-order by filling in the form below!

#OnThisDay in 1927 Georg Wilhelm of Schönaich-Carolath, son of Hermine Reuss of Greiz – the second wife of the exiled German Emperor Wilhelm II – was killed in a motorcycle accident.

Read more about Georg Wilhelm and Hermine in my book: “Hermine: An Empress in Exile.”

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#OnThisDay in 1887 Prince Tungī Mailefihi, consort of Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga, was born. Read more in our book:

#OnThisDay in 1840 Fatma Sultan was born as the daughter of Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire and Gülcemal Kadın. She died on 26 August 1884.

Eleonor - Daughter of England and Queen of Castile - History of Royal Women This article was written by Marie. Eleonor, the daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine, grew up to be all the things we tend not to associate with her mother. Put another way, Eleonor was a supportive wife ...

#OnThisDay in 1214 Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile, died.

Louise of Sweden - The awkwardness of Queen Lovisa - History of Royal Women This article was written by Michelle. Queen Lovisa[1] married the Danish Crown Prince Frederik (VIII) in 1869, and for 37 years they waited to ascend the throne. Queen Lovisa had all this time to prep...

#OnThisDay in 1851 Princess Louise of Sweden was born as the daughter of the future King Charles XV of Sweden and Louise of the Netherlands.

Queen Narriman of Egypt - Coping with a royal past - History of Royal Women History is full of strange twists of fate, but the case of Narriman Sadek is an exceptional one. Her life was marked by short-lived periods of apparent happiness and long periods of oblivion and sadne...

#OnThisDay in 1933 Narriman Sadek, Queen of Egypt, was born.

#OnThisDay in 1542 Henriette of Cleves was born as the daughter of Francis I of Cleves, 1st Duke of Nevers, Count of Rethel, and Marguerite of Bourbon-La Marche. On 4 March 1565, she married Louis I of Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers and they had five children.

She died on 24 June 1601.

#OnThisDay in 1445 Hedwig of Saxony was born as the daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, and Margaret of Austria. In 1458, she was elected as Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg. She died on 13 June 1511.

The exile of Frederica of Baden - History of Royal Women This article was written by Sophie Strid. Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina was born 12 March 1781 in Karlsruhe, in the Duchy of Baden. Her parents were Karl Ludwig of Baden and Princess Amalie of Hesse-Dar...

#OnThisDay in 1797 Princess Frederica of Baden married King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden.

Princess Mako’s Tiara - History of Royal Women Princess Mako's Tiara was worn by Princess Mako of Akishino.

NEW: Princess Mako’s Tiara was worn by Princess Mako of Akishino.

Queens Regent - Luisa de Guzmán - History of Royal Women A regent is “a person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated.” Luisa de Guzmán was born on 31 October 1613 as the daughter of Juan Manuel Pérez d...

#OnThisDay in 1613 Luisa de Guzman, Queen of Portugal and mother of Catherine of Braganza, was born.

The Bonaparte Women - Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte - History of Royal Women harlotte Napoléone Bonaparte was born on 31 October 1802 in Mortefontaine in France as the daughter of Joseph Bonaparte and Julie Clary. Her father was the elder brother of Emperor Napoleon I. Her eld...

#OnThisDay in 1802 Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte was born in Mortefontaine in France as the daughter of Joseph Bonaparte and Julie Clary.

Female Heirs - Leonor, Princess of Asturias - History of Royal Women With the introduction of absolute primogeniture in most European monarchies, there are now several Queens in waiting, though Spain is unfortunately not one of these countries, it still has a female he...

#OnThisDay in 2005 Leonor, Princess of Asturias was born as the daughter of the future King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia.

Taking a look at Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler - History of Royal Women Princess Margaretha of Sweden was born on 31 October 1934 as the eldest child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She was born at Haga Palace, ...

#OnThisDay in 1934 Princess Margaretha of Sweden as the daughter of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

#OnThisDay in 1722 Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel was born as the daughter of Landgrave Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel and Landgravine Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt. She died on 28 February 1787.

Princess Margaret - The young Princess (Part 1) - History of Royal Women During the evening of 21 August 1930, a second daughter was born to the then Duke and Duchess of York at Glamis Castle in Scotland. Her elder sister, the future Queen Elizabeth II, was delighted, “I h...

#OnThisDay in 1955 Princess Margaret issued a statement confirming that she would not marry the divorced Group Captain Peter Townsend.

#OnThisDay in 1927 Princess Vjera of Montenegro died. She was born in 1887 as the daughter of the future King Nicholas I of Montenegro and Milena Vukotić. She never married.

#OnThisDay in 1799 Kantavati Devi died of smallpox. She was born on an unknown date to unnamed parents. She was one of the wives of Rana Bahadur Shah, King of Nepal and they had at least two children together.

The four sisters who married the same King - History of Royal Women King Jigme Singye Wangchuck is the fourth Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) of Bhutan, and he reigned from 1972 until his abdication in 2006. On 31 October 1988, he married four sisters in a public ceremony. ...

#OnThisDay in 1988 Tshering Yangdon and her three sisters married the King of Bhutan in a public ceremony.

#OnThisDay in 1567 Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach died. She was born in 1519 as the daughter of Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Susanna of Bavaria. On 21 October 1537, she married the future Frederick III, Elector Palatine and they had eleven children, though not all lived to adulthood.

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