World Monarchs

The Six Empresses of Russia

Last year I wrote a blog on Catherine the Great and one of the themes I touched upon was the fact that she was not he first empresses of...

Poor Princess Viktoria of Prussia

I have always been intrigued by the concept of Queen Victoria as the “Grandmother of Europe”. It is well known that most of the European...

Æthelflæd: Lady of the Mercians

Name: Æthelflæd Birth: c. 870 Death: 12 June 918 Parents: Alfred the Great and Æalhswith of Mercia Time for a quick trip back to the...

Was Catherine really Great? (Part Two: 1762 - 1796)

Part One featured her birth in 1729 to when she became Empress in 1762: To read it click here -Part Two: The Reign of Catherine II- Two...

Was Catherine really Great? (Part One: 1729-1762)

-Part One features her birth in 1729 to when she became Empress in 1762- Two hundred and sixty years ago (1762), Catherine the Great...