On November 16, 1937, Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, his wife, the former Princess Cecilie of Greece, and their family, except an infant daugh…

Victoria, Princess Royal and later known as the Empress Frederick, was intelligent and liberal minded but also suffered from a terrible fate in her adopted lan…

A portrait of Queen Carola of Saxony by Elisabeth Vilma Lwoff Parlaghy, c1901. Dubbed as one of the most beautiful princesses in Europe during the 1850s, Princ…

A portrait of Otto as Prince of Bavaria, by Joseph Stieler. Accessed from Wikimedia Commons In 1829, representatives of the Great Powers, Great Britain, Fr…

Empress Augusta Victoria, with her daughter, Victoria Luise. Image from Wikimedia Commons On October 22, 1858, Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany was born at …

Just like her mother, the Empress Frederick, who was treated coldly in Prussia, Queen Sophia of Greece also endured the same in her adopted country bec…

Kaiserin Hermine, the Kaiser and her youngest daughter, Henriette, in Doorn, about 1931. Image from Wikimedia Commons  The House of Reuss-Greiz ruled on…

Alexandra, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (left) and Friedrich Franz IV, the last Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. (Images from Wikimedia Commons) …

Princess Wilhelmine Friederike Sophie of Prussia was born on July 3, 1709 in the city of Berlin, the capital of the kingdom of Prussia.   She was the e…

Princess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess Reuss. Images from nettyoroyalblog.nl and Pinterest December 20, 2018 was a bright and sunny …

Daisy, Princess of Pless, c1891. Image from Lafayette.org.uk via Wikimedia Commons Born Mary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West on June 28, 1873 at Rut…

Prince and Princess Heinrich of Prussia with their two sons.  Irene Luise Marie Anne, Princess of Hesse and by Rhine, was born on July 11, 1866 at Da…

Source: Pixabay Neuschwanstein Castle is perhaps the poster image of what a romantic castle should look like. Perched on top of a hill and overlookin…