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Moniek Bloks

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Moniek Bloks is the editor of the successful website History of Royal Women. She lives in the Netherlands and has a background in law. Her interest in historical royal women and writing began at an early age, and she has been glad to share the stories of often little-known royal women. When she isn't writing, she is visiting castles and palaces around Europe with her trusty camera.
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Average rating: 3.63 · 104 ratings · 48 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Carolina of Orange-Nassau: Ancestress of the Royal Houses of Europe 3.78 avg rating — 40 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hermine: An Empress in Exile: The Untold Story of the Kaiser's Second Wife 3.61 avg rating — 41 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queen Wilhelmina - A collection of articles 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Duchess of Windsor - A collection of articles liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empress Elisabeth of Austria: A collection of articles 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Children of the House of Cleves: Anna and her Siblings

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Moniek Bloks rated a book really liked it Sibylla: Mother of a King by Roger Lundgren	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha should have been Queen of Sweden, but fate intervened. She was born in 1908 as the eldest daughter of Charles Edward, the last Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstei ...more
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Charlene Lynette Wittstock was born on 25 January 1978 as the daughter of Michael and Lynette Wittstock. On 1 July 2011, she became Her Serene Highness the Princess of Monaco as the wife of Albert II, Prince of Monaco. As the new Princess of Monaco, s ...more
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Charlene Lynette Wittstock was born on 25 January 1978 as the daughter of Michael and Lynette Wittstock. On 1 July 2011, she became Her Serene Highness the Princess of Monaco as the wife of Albert II, Prince of Monaco. As the new Princess of Monaco, s ...more
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Susan Symons is the author of several books involving Queen Victoria and books about German castles, appropriately named "Schloss." The book "Queen Victoria in Cornwall" focuses on Queen Victoria's visit to Cornwall in 1846 with her husband, Prince A ...more
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Moniek Bloks rated a book really liked it The Forgotten Years of Anne Boleyn: The Habsburg & Valois Courts by Sylvia Barbara Soberton	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Anne Boleyn stood out at the English court because she had spent several years in Belgium and France at the most glittering courts in Europe. Anne would learn from the leading women at the time, Margaret of Austria, Claude of France, Louise of Savoy ...more
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