A portrait of Empress Maria Feodorovna by Kramskoj. Image: Wikimedia Commons Marie Sophia Frederika Dagmar was born on November 26, at the Yellow Palace…

Czar Alexander II (seated on the left) and his family. The future Czar Nicholas II is on the lap of his mother, the future Czarina Maria Feodorovna. Image: W…

Queen Juliana. Image: Wikimedia Commons Addressing the thousands of her beloved Dutch countrymen who turned out as she bid adieu to a meaningful reign, Qu…

Queen Juliana address the thousands of Dutch after abdicating in 1980. Image: Wikimedia Commons Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina was born at The Hagu…

The Long Walk to Windsor Castle. Windsor Castle is every artist’s delight. No wonder this storied royal abode, considered the oldest and the largest in…

New York in the Gilded Age, Mr. and Mrs. Goodhue Livingston and Mrs. Alfred Vanderbilt at a Coaching Club event, c1890. “In my opinion, four generations …

Louis XIV and Moliere by Jean-Leon Gerome. Image: Wikimedia Commons Louis XIV was every bit the grand king he was. He was a handsome man, of elegant and …

On February 6, 2017, Queen Elizabeth II marked her 65th year on the throne. Already the longest-reigning sovereign in the history of the British isles, th…

The Duke and Duchess of Connaught. Images from Wikimedia Commons. Princess Louise Margaret Alexandra Victoria Agnes of Prussia was born on July 25, 1…

The Castle of Mey. Image: Wikimedia Commons When King George VI was alive, he used to say that he and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, were both “much attach…

Sans Souci. Image: Flickr The Prussian House of Hohenzollern was one of Europe’s most illustrious and powerful dynasties. Originally margraves of Brande…

From left to right: Wilhelm I, Friedrich III, and Wilhelm II The year 1888 is known to this day in Germany as the Year of Three Emperors. It saw the end…

Queen Louise of Sweden. Image: Wikimedia Commons Queen Louise of Swede n was born on July 13, 1889, the second daughter and child of Prince Louis of Ba…