Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth was born 5 September 1649 and is the daughter of Guillaume de Penancoët, Seigneur de Kéroualle and Marie de Ploeuc de Timeur. Nobles in Brittany, France, the family name is derived from an heriess whom an ancester François de Penhoët married in 1330.
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Many names are considered unlucky by some and in royal circles, unlucky names are something ruling dynasties wish to avoid at all costs. From superstitions to strange goings-on during their reigns, Royal Central is looking at the history behind such monikers.
For such a…
Long lost da Vinci painting spent time being passed around the Royal Family
18th November 2017
With a series of twists and turns similar to the television series “Fake or Fortune”, it has been revealed that the Leonardo da Vinci painting sold for $450 million dollars once graced the walls of both Greenwich Palace and the then Buckingham House, the latter which now…
Outside the Houses of Parliament, standing rather boldly with a hand on his sword and the other clutching a Bible, stands a statute of Oliver Cromwell. For a time, Cromwell was the sole interruption in a long line of English monarchs, during which the British Isles were no longer governed by a monarchy but instead by a republican “Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland”. This…
#OnThisDay in 1683: The Rye House Plot, to assassinate English king Charles II was discovered
12th June 2016
On this day in 1683 a plot to assassinate King Charles II of England and his brother/heir James was discovered.
King Charles II was unpopular with the Protestant members of Parliament because although he was officially an Anglican, both he and his brother/heir were very…
