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May 30, 2019 · Maria Anna, better known by the affectionate nickname Nannerl, was born in the summer of 1751 to Anna Maria and Leopold Mozart. Her mother had certainly not led an easy life as her family had fallen into poverty when she was young and was forced to live on a charity pension. Anna Maria was also constantly ill. Although she had attracted Leopold ...
May 31, 2018 · In later life he would wholly blame his sister, Anna Maria Luisa, Electress Palatine, who was a most enthusiastic instigator of the match. Gian Gastone de’ Medici, circa 1737 Wracked with melancholy, Gian Gastone begged his wife to be able to return to Florence, and upon her refusal consigned himself to a mostly solitary, brooding life, with increasingly frequent bouts of debauchery.
Apr 18, 2019 · So the decision was made to marry Maria to her first cousin Maximilian II (1527-1576). As the eldest son to Ferdinand I, Maximilian II had inherited their central European titles and lands after his father’s death, and so the Holy Roman Emperor married his own eldest daughter, Anna of Austria (1527-1576), back to the other side of the family to her uncle, Philip II of Spain (1527-1498).
Feb 22, 2024 · She started out as a celebrated author, pushing the boundaries of social norms in her stories, but when she stood up for the plight of enslaved men and women in pre-Civil War America, Lydia Maria Child was putting her career on the line. Read all about her story and how she woke many Americans up to the evils of slavery in the latest issue.
Jul 21, 2015 · 5) Lambert Simnel (England, 1477-1535) Con: Aged just 10, his identity was faked to challenge the English crown. Lambert Simnel was the son of an Oxford joiner, and an innocuous 10-year-old. But a priest called Richard Symonds believed he closely resembled the two sons of Edward IV, both of whom had disappeared at the time Richard III took the ...
Mar 28, 2019 · Author, lecturer and Walter Raleigh expert Anna Beer discusses her interest in the famed explorer and why she thinks he fell from favour so fast. We speak to Anna Beer ahead of her Oxford Literary Festival talk, Patriot or Traitor: The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh. Want to attend, see details below as well as exclusive All About History ...
Sep 2, 2015 · The only child of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria was an incredibly strong-willed – and unpredictable – woman, yet her life plays out like a microcosm for the tides of radical change that washed across Central Europe in the first half of the 20th Century.
Jan 9, 2019 · Portrait of Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1744), c. 1700, by Charles Jervas. Soon, childhood fun and games had to be put aside as marriage was on the horizon. In 1677, the 15-year-old Mary was the first to be wedded, and she was given to her first cousin, William of Orange. Soon after, Sarah began attracting attention.
Jul 13, 2018 · Marie’s actions had brought war to France, and the people brought war to her. On 10 August, an armed mob stormed into the palace, forcing the king and queen into a tiny reporter’s box. Under heckles and the glare of the crowd, they stood by helplessly as the 900 Swiss guards charged with defending them were massacred.
Feb 7, 2017 · She’s also one of the most divisive, a woman who still retains the power to evoke either dreamy sighs or tooth gnashing, thanks to her love of largesse, fashion and the high life. Yet long before she was queen of France, Marie Antoinette was the considerably less well-groomed Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria.
