Margaret Brooke

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Lady Margaret Brooke, The Ranee of Sarawak (1849-1936) was queen-consort of the second White Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Anthony Johnson Brooke. She published her memories "My Life in Sarawak" in 1913, that offers a rare glimpse of life in colonial Borneo and the astana in Kuching.

Born Margaret Alice Lili de Windt, she married Rajah Charles at Highworth, Wiltshire on 28th October 1869. She was raised to the title of Ranee of Sarawak with the style of Her Highness on 28th October 1869. She arrived in Sarawak in the early 1870's. They couple had six children:

• Dayang Ghita Brooke (1870-1873)
• James Harry Brooke (1872-1873)
• Charles Clayton Brooke (1872-1873)
• Vyner of Sarawak (1874-1963)
• Bertram, Tuan Muda (1876-1965)
• Harry Keppel Brooke, Tuan Bongsu (1879-1926) ^[1]

The Ranee became legendary during her lifetime as a woman of strength and intelligence, as well as her extraordinary circumstance as Eurasian royalty.

Contents 1 Trivia 2 Works 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Trivia

One of Oscar Wilde's fairy-tales, "The Young King", is dedicated to "Margareth, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak".

[edit] Works

• Ranee Margaret of Sarawak (2001). My Life in Sarawak. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-582663-9. 
• Ranee Margaret of Sarawak (1984). Good Morning and Good Night. London: Pimlico. ISBN 978-0712603485. 

[edit] References

1. ^ The Peerage

[edit] External links

• Works by or about Margaret Brooke in libraries (WorldCat catalog)