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- 6 days ago
- 7 min
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...


- Apr 1
- 4 min
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...


- Mar 18
- 4 min
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...


- Aug 7, 2022
- 5 min
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...


- Jul 16, 2022
- 6 min
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...