Prince Joachim of Prussia may have found
himself a king had history worked out differently. Today, on the
100th anniversary of his death, let’s take a look back at the life
of the man who might have been King of Ireland. Prince Joachim
Franz Humbert of Prussia was born 17 December 1890, the youngest
son of Kaiser Wilhelm II and his first wife, Augusta Victoria. He
was Kaiser Wilhelm’s…
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…
It’s been the subject of debate for
decades but now the Queen’s real role in a political event that
rocked Australia have been revealed. Letters just released confirm
that Elizabeth II had no advance knowledge of the sacking of the
country’s Prime Minister…
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 attracted attention wherever
she went. She was obsessed with her appearance, and she implemented
some bizarre beauty…
Today, on the 150th anniversary of his
birth, let’s take a look back at the life of a complex Sovereign
Prince of Monaco, Prince Louis II, who oversaw a period of great
cultural strides and dark days for the principality. Prince Louis
Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi…
On a hot summer day in 1543, a young
widow married an ageing and much wed king in a ceremony that took
many by surprise. By the time Katherine Parr said ‘I do’ to Henry
VIII in the Queen’s Closet at Hampton Court Palace on July 12th
1543, his five previous unions and…
On a summer’s day in 1818, a young German
princess walked into one of the most famous hotels in London to
meet a man twice her age. Just a year earlier, Adelaide of
Saxe-Meiningen and her suitor, William, Duke of Clarence, would
never have considered chatting let alone taking the step that would
inevitably follow this brief exchange. But after a short time
together, with chaperones, of…
Prince Louis de Valois, Duke of Orleans
was born 13 March 1372 as the second-born son of the French
monarch, King Charles V. Louis de Valois had a close relationship
with his older brother, who had become the King of France by the
age of twelve. Louis was intelligent and…
A 64-hectare solar farm near the Battle
of Bosworth site has been rejected by local councillors after a
long and public discussion on the matter. Councillor Jonathan
Collet posted the news on his Twitter account, writing, “Absolutely
delighted that my motion to protect…
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…
