Raised as the daughter of Lorenzo Chiappini, a constable in Tuscany, Maria Stella married an English lord and later became Baroness Ungern-Sternberg. When her dying father confessed she was not his child, she became convinced she was a French princess, exchanged at birth for Chiappini’s son, who grew up to be Louis Philippe, King of the French. Here she tells her story, with the court rulings.
A strange royal mystery told in the claimant’s own words, for lovers of historical puzzles. Download the free EPUB.