Amalia of Solms-Braunfels probably never expected she would make such a grand marriage, but she did when she went from lady in waiting to Princess consort of Orange. It seems like a fairytale.
She was born the daughter of John Albert I, Count of Solms-Braunfels and Countess Agnes of Sayn-Wittgenstein on 31 August 1602. She grew up at the Palatine Court at Heidelberg and when Frederick V and…
Louise de Coligny, fourth wife of William the Silent.
Louise de Coligny was the fourth and last wife of William the Silent. She was born on 23 September 1555 at Castle Châtillon-sur-Long as the second child, but first daughter of Gaspard de Coligny and Charlotte de Laval.
Royal Central to start new blog series: The Fifteen Princesses of Orange
1st November 2015
Royal Central’s reporter Moniek has a new series entitled ‘The Fifteen Princesses of Orange’, which will cover the lives of the fifteen women who carried the title Princess of Orange as the consort of the Prince of Orange or in their own right. Though the…
