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Some years ago, I contacted Maubuisson Abbey (which is now a national historic site complete with caretakers, historians, etc.) while doing research into the life of Louise Hollandine, Princess Palatine, one of Maubuisson's Abbesses. I was told that there is a subterranean burial vault...

Elisabeth could have married a Prince of Savoy and joined her sister Clotilde in Sardinia, but she had no wish to marry and the match ultimately fell through. She was briefly considered as a potential wife for Emperor Joseph II of Austria after his first wife died. He didn't like her and she...

During the early part of his exile, Charles II did indeed try to persuade Sophia to ask her family’s longtime friend and financial supporter, William Craven, to give him money. Charles flirted with her but it was clear he wasn't serious about anything besides getting that money. Sophia realized...

James had no memories of his parents because his father died when he was a baby and because he was separated from his mother soon afterwards. He believed that his mother, Mary Queen of Scots, was responsible for his father’s murder and was raised to hate and fear her. He was aware that if she...