Top 10 historical blogs 2023

Time flies… last week of december already… Let’s have a look at the best read blogs of last year! Thanks for visiting Bax of Things and let me know if you would like to know more about a historical figure. She or he may be on next year top 10!

No wonder with the different series about Sisi on Netflix, that four blogs in the top 10 are about her or her family.

1. Gisela, Sisi’s neglected daughter

I’m happy to see Sisi’s daughter having the first spot in this top 10! Her name was Gisela Louise Marie of Austria and she was born on the 12th of July 1856. Want to know more?

2. Sisi’s sisters

Thanks to the Sisi films, most know about Néné, Sisi’s oldest sister. But did you know that she had four sisters in total? Helene, Marie, Mathilde and Sophie. And all Ludovika daughters led a very tragic life. Curious?

2. The Revenge of Mary Boleyn

Don’t you just love it when history ends up revenging historical persons? That is exactly the case with Mary Boleyn. Not the descendants of Henry VIII are currently on the English throne, but Mary’s! What a twist!

4. Two sisters: Alexandra and Dagmar

After visiting the exhibition “1917: Romanovs and Revolution” in the Hermitage (Amsterdam), I rediscovered a powerful personality: Dagmar … better known as Maria Feodorovna. She was the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark, the wife of Tsar Alexander III of Russia, the mother of Nicholas II and sister of Alexandra, Queen of England. This blog is about these two special sisters.

5. The Tudors

Henry VIII is probably the most famous king of England. However, he is best known for his married life. “Divorced, beheaded and died. Divorced, beheaded, survived” is a familiar rhyme from that time. Henry VIII was married six times and had two of his wives beheaded.

6. Marie Valerie: Sisi’s favorite sister

She was called the “Hungarian child” and was her mother’s favorite. Yet she has remained fairly unknown. With this blog I introduce her to you: Marie Valerie …

7. Anne Boleyn, mother of the Virgin Queen

Anne Boleyn is such an interesting character that I’m thrilled to see her in this top 10. Do you wnat to know more about her? Read Anne Boleyn, mother of the Virgin Queen.