Queen of Castile and León. Married to Ferdinand. Together they financed Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage. Their daughter Catherine was Henry VIII's first wife. Their grandson (not Catherine's child, sadly), Charles V Holy Roman Emperor, unified Spain.
Other Subjects
King Wilhelm II of Germany
William II, the last German Emperor and King of Prussia. Born Berlin, the eldest grandchild of Queen Victoria, and so nephew to King Edward VII. Ruled 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 Novembe...
King's Wardrobe
A storehouse for royal clothing, arms and other personal items. Edward III moved it from the Tower of London to a house just north of what is now Queen Victoria Street. It was destroyed in the Gr...
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence
On his 28th birthday the eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (Edward and Alexandra) and so second in line to the throne, fell ill at his home at Sandringham. He died on 14 January 1892 a...
Victoria, Duchess of Kent
Born Coberg. Mother of Queen Victoria. Her first marriage to Prince of Leiningen produced two children. Widowed, she married again in 1818 to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent at Coburg, (and again at Ke...
Queen Alexandra
Wife of Edward VII, mother of George V. Born at the Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark. As an adult gradually became profoundly deaf. It is said the Queen Victoria learnt the British Sign La...
Previously viewed
Foundling pavement plaque
WC1, Gray's Inn Road
We had spotted this unusual plaque in 2015 but put it on the long finger. Then Timothy Evers noticed it in 2021 and prompted us to publis...
Eric and Stella Newton
WC1, Cumberland Gardens, 3
Somewhere we read about this house where the "surname is recorded in a rebus in the tiling of the front step". On our first visit, 2008, ...
E. W. C. Hayes
Employed at the Holloway bus/tram garage - Pemberton Gardens. Served and was killed in WW1.
Frieze of Parnassus - Arne
SW7, Kensington Road
The monument, officially titled the Prince Consort National Memorial, celebrates Victorian achievement and Prince Albert's passions and i...
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