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3 days ago · Footnotes. Groom of the Stole 1660–1837. The groom of the stole was the effective head of the royal bedchamber, with the right to attend the Sovereign at all times and to regulate access to the bedchamber and closet even when absent.
6 days ago · Engagement. Princess Alexandra of Denmark and the Prince of Wales, 1863. Before his marriage, Prince Albert Edward, known as "Bertie" amongst his family, garnered a reputation as a philandering prince, and his irresponsibility was greatly detested by his parents, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
4 days ago · Catherine de' Medici was born Caterina Maria Romula de' Medici on 13 April 1519 in Florence, Republic of Florence, the only child of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, and his wife, Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne, the countess of Boulogne.
4 days ago · Baldwin, the seventh Earl, was, in 1240, created Earl of the Isle of Wight; his son Baldwin, the last Earl of the family, and the fifth of that Christian name, dying without issue, his sister, Isabel de Fortibus, who had married William de Fortibus, Earl of Albemarle, became Countess of Devon in her own right.
4 days ago · Minster Lovell Hall from the north in 1729. Taunton was succeeded in 1835 by his widow Maria (d. 1872), (fn. 36) whose heirs or trustees sold the reduced estate to Robert Raikes in 1874.
5 days ago · Jacoba Of Bavaria (born July 25, 1401, Le Quesnoy, Flanders [now in France]—died Oct. 9, 1436, Teilingen, near Leiden [Netherlands]) was the duchess of Bavaria, countess of Holland, Zeeland, and Hainaut.
6 days ago · The Nightingale's Castle attempts to reclaim the story of the real-life Countess Erzsebet Bathory, listed by the Guinness World Records as "the most prolific female murderer and the most...
