Moniek Bloks

#OnThisDay in 1974 Ian Ball attempted to kidnap Princess Anne, future Princess Royal. historyofroyalwomen.com/?p=137580

#OnThisDay in 1987 Crown Princess Sinaitakala of Tonga was born. historyofroyalwomen.com/?p=173311

#OnThisDay in 1934 Rosa Paula Iribagiza Mwambutsa was born as the daughter of King Mwambutsa IV of Burundi and Thérèse Kanyonga. She is the current Head of the Royal House of Burundi.

#OnThisDay in 1263 Yolande of Dreux was born as the daughter of Robert IV, Count of Dreux, and Beatrice, Countess of Montfort. She died on 2 August 1330.

#OnThisDay in 1286 Alexander III, King of Scots, died and was succeeded by his granddaughter Margaret, Maid of Norway. historyofroyalwomen.com/the-royal-wome…

#OnThisDay in 1917 the British government reluctantly offered Emperor Nicholas II and his family asylum. historyofroyalwomen.com/the-royal-wome…

#OnThisDay in 1819 Princess Caroline of Hesse-Homburg was born as the daughter of the future Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau. On 1 October 1839, she married Henry XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz and they had five children. She died in 1872.

#OnThisDay in 968 Emma of Paris died. She was born in 943 as the daughter of Count Hugh the Great of Paris and Hedwiga of Saxony. She was the wife of Richard I, Duke of Normandy but they had no children.

#OnThisDay in 1358 Elisabeth of Bohemia was born as the daughter of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and Anne of Schweidnitz. In 1366, she married Albert III, Duke of Austria but she died at the age of 15 without having had children.

#OnThisDay in 1452 Eleanor of Portugal and her husband Frederick, King of the Romans, were crowned Holy Roman Empress and Emperor. historyofroyalwomen.com/?p=150710

#OnThisDay in 1719 Princess Charlotte of Monaco was born as the daughter of the future Jacques I, Prince of Monaco and Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco. historyofroyalwomen.com/?p=176491

*affiliate* Today is the US release date of Queens in Antiquity and the Present: Speculative Visions and Critical Histories! amzn.to/4aIUNWS

#OnThisDay in 1497 Margaret of Austria married John, Prince of Asturias in person. historyofroyalwomen.com/?p=169507

*affiliate* Today is the UK release date of Queens in Antiquity and the Present: Speculative Visions and Critical Histories! amzn.to/4s8YOuR

#OnThisDay in 1859 Princess Olga Petrović-Njegoš was born as the daughter of Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro and Darinka Petrović-Njegoš. She never married. She died on 21 September 1896.

*affiliate* Today is the UK release date of The Rebel Empresses: Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France, Power and Glamour in the Struggle for Europe! amzn.to/3ZcN7Xh

#OnThisDay in 1534 Hafsa Sultan died. She was born circa 1472 to unnamed parents. She was a concubine of Sultan Selim I of the Ottoman Empire and the mother of Suleiman the Magnificent and four daughters.

#OnThisDay in 1871 Baroness Mary Vetsera, who died in a murder-suicide pact with Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, was born. historyofroyalwomen.com/?p=154500

NEW: Empress Yuan Qigui was the empress consort of Emperor Wen of the Liu-Song Dynasty. Empress Yuan Qigui’s ghost was believed to have saved a wrongfully accused imperial consort from death. historyofroyalwomen.com/the-royal-wome…

#OnThisDay in 1445 Radegonde of Valois died. She was born in 1428 as the daughter of King Charles VII of France and Marie of Anjou.