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Princess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was born on 19 May 1744. She was the youngest daughter of Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow (1708–1752), and his wife Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1713–1761). Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a small north-German duchy in the Holy Roman Empire.
Signature. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days—which was longer than those of any of her predecessors —constituted the Victorian era. It was a period of industrial, political ...
Catholic (1654–1689) Signature. Christina ( Swedish: Kristina; 18 December [ O.S. 8 December] 1626 – 19 April 1689) was a member of the House of Vasa and the Queen of Sweden in her own right from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. [a] Her conversion to Catholicism and refusal to marry led her to relinquish her throne and move to Rome.
Marie (born Princess Marie Alexandra Victoria of Edinburgh; 29 October 1875 – 18 July 1938) [note 1] was the last queen of Romania as the wife of King Ferdinand I . Marie was born into the British royal family. Her parents were Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia.
Marie Antoinette ( / ˌæntwəˈnɛt, ˌɒ̃t -/; [1] French: [maʁi ɑ̃twanɛt] ⓘ; Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen consort of France prior to the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa ...
Queen Elizabeth—who taught us the proper way to wear pearls and monochrome outfits—passed away at age 96 in September 2022. In response to the outpouring of condolences and support, the palace ...
A commemorative Rs. 25.00 postage stamp of (Queen Heo Hwang-ok ) was issued by India in 2019. Heo Hwang-ok ( Korean : 허황옥; Hanja : 許黃玉; 32AD – 189AD) also known as Empress Boju ( 보주태후; 普州太后 ), [2] was a legendary queen mentioned in Samguk yusa, a 13th-century Korean chronicle. According to Samguk Yusa, she became ...
Sophia Dorothea of Celle. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (26 March [ O.S. 16 March] 1687 [1] [2] – 28 June 1757) was Queen in Prussia and Electress of Brandenburg during the reign of her husband, King Frederick William I, from 1713 to 1740. She was the mother of Frederick the Great (King Frederick II of Prussia). At the time of Sophia's birth ...