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Princess Louise looks so beautiful in the photos.

Thank you Polly for the info!

Very interesting article.

I have heard of them too. They were the ones who persuaded Edward VI to name Lady Jane Grey as his successor bypassing his half-sisters: the future "bloody" Mary I and Elizabeth I.

He was the Prussian Emperor at the time of his grandmother's death. He was raised to be an emperor which got him used to being the center of attention, so him being at the deathbed of the Queen Victoria, who helped change Britain into an empire, just got him more attention. Remember, he did have...

Are there any pics that we can confirm are of Margaret of Provence, Queen consort to Louis IX, the Saint-king?

I've noticed that so far the people you all have mentioned are mistresses/lovers. Well there was one very influential aristocrat in Medieval England that no has said anything about. He is the Richard, 16th Earl of Warwick and 6th Earl of Salisbury. This was the man who is known as the...

Edith of Wessex, Queen Consort of Edward the Confessor (c1029-1075) This article below is from Wikipedia: Edith of Wessex, (c. 1029 – December 19, 1075), married King Edward the Confessor of England in 1045. The marriage produced no children. Later ecclesiastical writers claimed that this was...

Well, the part about him murdering his nephews is one of the great mysteries in English history. People just have different views. I think that he murdered his nephews, but he might have had a good reason, or what was considered one in those days. I still sympathize with him because he has been...

Thanks for the greetings Elspeth, Shickha Pal, dazzling and vee!

Helene d'Orleans wasn't against, and willing, to marrying Eddy. Based on the photos, I think she's prettier than Alix. I guess Alix is someone I'm just apathetic about.

Maybe Wilhem was by his grandmother's deathbed because he had ulterior motives?? I don't know. All I know is that he was definitely deranged.

I'm very ambivalent about all the Yorkists and Lancastrians in general because I'm a fan of Margaret of Anjou, HATE Elizabeth Woodville, pity Anne Neville, am fascinated with the Earl of Warwick the "Kingmaker", and am NOT a fan of the early rulers of the Tudor Dynasty who made their claim from...

I just adore the pics of Henrietta Maria! To me, she could actually be accounted as one of the prettier queen consorts of England. Just HOW did Alexandra of Denmark maintain her waist?? It's a puzzle to me how people in the Victorian era kept that kind of waist.

I'm quite sympathetic to the plight of Charles I, but personally I'm glad that there are so few monarchies in the world left. As a man, he was a saint, almost, but as a king, he stunk, period. He faced his failure to win the English Civil War and his death very courageously, I think, so he...

I know that she was very close to her grandmother because her mother had died, when she was young, so her grandmother became a type of surrogate mother to her.

Queen Victoria, hands down! She did much for her country and lived through times of great change in the world.

I am a... You are a Revolutionary Woman! You could care less about the monarchy! You live for yourself! You're beautiful and kick-ass! And like a female-warrior. You're resourceful, smart, tough, street-smart. You live life for yourself and not as others dictate and refuse to be branded...

I am... CROWN PRINCESS MATHILDE OF BELGIUM Like Crown Princess Mathilde, the aristocratic daughter of a count and countess, you are nothing less than poised regardless of the situation. Elegant in both dress and demeanour, you were born to mix in royal circles, where your interests - and...

Alexandra Feodorovna, the last Empress of Russia It said somewhere that Alexandra was the favorite grandchild of Queen Victoria. I'm just wondering if this seems probable that she indeed was.

Princess Louise is also my favorite of all of Queen Victoria's daughters.

I totally agree that Eleanor of Aquitaine was a very amazing and fascinating woman!

I voted for Catherine of Aragon. My second choice would have been Catherine Parr. Anne Boleyn was, I don't deny, an amazing woman but she was very cruel to Mary, just like Henry VIII also. No wonder Mary turned out the way she did!!

Hi, my name is Ithil. I'm very interested in the lives of European rulers, but hope to learn more about other rulers too.