Articles related to "Royal Marriages"

Aged twenty nine, Maria Fitzherbert secretly married the Prince of Wales in 1785. Upon its discovery by King George III, it was declared null and completely illegal.

Princess Margaret's and Lord Snowdon's lives are under the microscope in a documentary about their tumultuous marriage and scandalous divorce.

Because of his love for Wallis Simpson, King Edward VIII became the only monarch in British history to voluntarily give up the throne.*

Princess Stephanie of Monaco has always been portrayed as a wild child but now she is in forties and looking forward to a more quiet life as a mother and wife.

Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy is a unique reference book from AD 800 to the present in one volume. It is a must-have for monarchists and history buffs.

A look at the claim of a Canadian woman that she became the bride of the Prince Of Wales (later King Edward VIII) in the 1920s.

Understanding meld in single deck, four player Pinochle can be tricky. Here is a cheat sheet and explanation to help.

Charles V, known as the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles I of Spain and the Duke of Burgandy, spent much of his reign fighting or making treaties with France and England.

Leanda De Lisle retells the dramatic, tragic story of three sisters who became heirs and rivals to the Tudor queens, Mary and Elizabeth I.

Princess Diana's life embodied all of the general catalytic dynamics for the emergence of an eating disorder. More sorrows awaited her as Princess of Wales.

Western Europe has many harvest celebrations each autumn, including Oktoberfest, Martinsmas, and Saint Leopold's Day.

The German royal family of Battenberg began from the morganatic marriage of Prince Alexander of Hesse to Countess Julie Hauke, who was then made Princess of Battenberg.

Although the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten had requested a Mittani princess to marry, Tushratta complains that he seems unwilling or unable to send adequate gifts of gold

Ludwig II, the so-called "Mad King" of Bavaria, created a legacy of fairy tale castles, notably the world's most photographed, Neuschwanstein.

Princess Thyra of Denmark, the youngest daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark, married Crown Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, heir to the deposed throne of Hanover.

The marriage of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was a successful love match and partnership, producing many royal descendants.

Tsar Alexander III of Russia's marriage to Princess Dagmar of Denmark, the future Tsarina Marie Feodorovna, was successful, and produced Tsar Nicholas II.

Through the marriages of five daughters of King Nikola I of Montenegro, the Petrovic-Njegos dynasty was related to the royal houses of Serbia, Italy, Russia, and Germany.

Don Carlos, Prince of Asturias and heir to King Philip II of Spain, was a fearful example of the damage wrought by inbreeding in the royal House of Habsburg.