Richeza (c. 996-1063) – la reina consorte de Polonia – sabia o instigadora? by Anna Działak

“…Richeza (b. ca. 996 – d. 1063) was the wife of Mieszko II Lambert – the second King of Poland and the granddaughter of Otto II – the Holy Roman Emperor. That educated woman, active both in the political arena and the arena of faith, did not enjoy, however, a merited acclaim in the chronicling of Middle Ages. …”
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‘Des nouvelles de mon infortunée sœur’: Marie-Antoinette dans les lettres de l’archiduchesse Marie-Christine à l’empereur François by Catriona Seth

“…Her letters, written with ever greater frequency at particularly critical moments, betray, alongside rare moments of optimism, a profound feeling of impotence, which was echoed by a kind of resignation from the Holy Roman emperor. Francis II – the successor to Leopold II, who died suddenly on 1 March 1792 – never met his relative who languished at the Temple and at the Conciergerie before mounting the scaffold. …”
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