Because I’m a girl
November 20, 2009
The Life of the Real Snow White
Snow White is one of most favorite fairy tales, I even enjoyed to read and watch the happy ending of this story. but can fairy tales do come true for real? I too have my own story and I want it to end in a happy ever after like fairy tales does.
So what did this most popular of fairy tale stories base its plot on? Was it simply the result of oral tradition that had morphed over generations? Or, were its roots founded in history?
Countess Margarete was the daughter of Philip IV, Count von Waldeck-Wildungen. At the age of 16, she was sent to live at the court in Brussels where she attracted the attention of a young prince who would later become Phillip II of Spain. The two became lovers, much to the dismay of her stepmother, who hated her, and Philip’s father, the King of Spain. They saw a possible marriage between Margarete and young Philip as having the potential of being politically inconvenient.
Thus, Sander and other researchers believe a plot was created to end the relationship in a violent manner. These scholars believe that Spanish agents poisoned the young 21 year-old woman, making it look like an illness. Sander, for one example, cites the evidence of Margarete’s will, written shortly before his death. Her handwriting shows evidence of a trembling which he claims is symptomatic of poisoning
