Thera Coppens - The authority on the history of the House of Orange

Thera Coppens

Thera Coppens (1947) is the author of historical books like Hortense, The Forgotten Queen of Holland and Marie Cornélie.  

SOPHIE IN WEIMAR

Sophie (1824-1897) was the youngest child of King William II and Queen Anna Pavlovna. She travels to Weimar on her 18th to be married off to her full cousin Carl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

In Weimar Sophie and Carl Alexander are devoting themselves to let the Arts blossom at their court. Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, Hans Christiaan Andersen and many other artists are welcomed as their friends. Sophie inherited and garded Goethe's entire literary heritage.

 

HORTENSE - The Forgotten Queen of Holland

The Life of Hortense de Beauharnais was a life full of hazardous adventures. Born on the idyllic island of Martinique, raised in France where the Revolution just started, and later married to the brother of Napoleon. Her husband Louis Napoleon was appointed King of Holland in 1806 and this made Hortense Queen of Holland.

MARIE CORNÉLIE

Marie Cornélie, countess of the House Van Wassenaer Obdam, was the companion of Anna Pavlova when she travelled with her husband, crown prince Willem Frederik of Orange, to the court of Tsar Alexander I in St Petersburg. Marie Cornélie kept a detailed diary of her travels, which is an integral part of this compelling book by Thera Coppens about the lives of the Houses of Romanov, Orange and the Van Wassenaers.