All About Royal Families

On 6 June 2019 it will be 75 years ago that the Normandy landings, also known as D-Day took place. This marked the beginning of the end of World War II. World War II was a dramatic period in the life of many people also in that of many royal families. In May 1940, Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands had to make the major decision in her whole kinship. To stay or to leave The Netherlands during the war. Queen Wilhelmina was born on 31 August 1890 at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague, The Netherlands. Her parents were King William III of The Netherlands and Princess Emma of Waldeck-Piedmont. In 1895 Wilhelmina visited Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. The Queen wrote in her diary: The young Queen still her hair hanging loose. She is slender and graceful, and makes an impression as a very intelligent and very cute girl. She speaks good English and knows how to behave with charming manners.  Emma and the later Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands Taken in Het Loo Pa

On 27 October 1401, Catherine of Valois was born at the Hôtel St. Pol in Paris, France. Family Catherine was the youngest daughter of King Charles VI of France and Isabeau of Bavaria. Her siblings were inter alia: - Isabella, Queen of England; - Michelle of Burgundy (first wife of Philip the Good); - King Charles VII of France. She was thus a member of the noble house of Valois. Love and Marriage In May 1420, a peace treatment was made between France and England during the Hundred Year's War. The document was called the Treaty of Troyes, in which King Charles VII of France recognized King Henry V of England as his heir. On 2 June 1420 Catherine of Valois married Henry V of England at the Cathedral of Troyes. Later Catherine went with her husband to England where she was crowned as Queen at Westminster Abbey on 23 February 1421. Her husband King Henry V returned to France to continue the war. By this time Catherine was already pregnant and on 6 D