Denmark

Prince Joachim gave interview the same day he became ill

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27th July 2020
On Saturday, it was announced that Prince Joachim of Denmark, the younger child of Queen Margrethe had an emergency brain surgery on Friday in France. Now, the Danish press has revealed that the Prince gave an interview just two hours before he became ill on Friday. Just a few hours before Prince Joachim became acutely ill with a blood clot on his brain, he was interviewed by the French…
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Killed in battle: King Karl XII of Sweden

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24th July 2020
King Karl XII of Sweden was born 17 June 1682 as the son of King Karl XI and the Danish-born Ulrika Eleonora. Karl continued his father’s war politics against other Nordic nations, which led to Denmark joining forces with Poland and Russia. They then went to war with…
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Killed in battle: Prince Oskar of Prussia

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15th July 2020
Prince Oskar Wilhelm Karl Hans Kuno of Prussia was born on 15 July in 1915 at the Marmorpalais (Marble Palace) near Potsdam in the Kingdom of Prussia. He was the son of Prince Oscar Karl Gustav Adolf of Prussia and his wife, Princess Ina-Marie Gräfin of Bassewitz. He was the grandchild of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany. When Prince Oskar was three-years-old, his family was forced to abdicate…
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Murdered Royals: Empress Elisabeth of Austria

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13th July 2020
Empress Elisabeth of Austria was born as Duchess in Bavaria in 1837. She enjoyed an informal upbringing before marrying her first cousin Emperor Franz Joseph I at the age of sixteen. Empress Elisabeth was recognised as one of the most beautiful women in Europe and always…
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Killed in battle: Prince Wilhelm of Prussia

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9th July 2020
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia was the eldest child of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany and Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. As such, he was the oldest grandchild of the last Emperor of Germany, Wilhelm II. At his birth, he was second in line to the German throne and was expected to succeed to the throne had it not been for the end of the German Empire following World War I. Prince Wilhelm of…
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Murdered royals: Queen Blanche of Navarre

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6th July 2020
Queen Blanche II was born on 9 June 1424 as the daughter of John II of Aragon, King of Navarre, and his wife, Queen Blanche I of Navarre. Blanche grew up in the Palace of the Kings of Navarre of Olite with her family. Blanche was a member of the House of Trastámara which…
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Denmark's American-born Princess

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1st July 2020
Several European nations have had members of their royal families with American backgrounds – many of whom have created scandals. In the British Royal Family, King Edward VIII chose to abdicate in 1936 to marry divorcée Wallis Simpson, and in more recent years, the Duchess of Sussex has been in the headlines in newspapers around the world after she and the Duke of Sussex stepped back…
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