Postcards of Royalty

Started by LouisFerdinand, December 29, 2015, 11:22:05 PM

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Lithograph of Archducal Couple     
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/261701428320167143     
Lithograph showing Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria (son of Emperor Francis Joseph I), his wife Crown Princess Stephanie, and their daughter, Archduchess Elisabeth.


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This is a very unusual artefact of this unhappily married couple and their baby (who proved equally restless and unhappy as an adult.) I've hardly ever seen any photos of this little family together, though I suppose postcards like this were distributed around the Austro-Hungarian Empire at this time.

In his farewell note written to his estranged wife from Mayerling before he killed himself, Rudolf bids Stephanie to be kind to their daughter, so perhaps she was a bit strict. (I've always been fascinated by what happened at Mayerling.)

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Quote from: LouisFerdinand on December 30, 2015, 11:51:33 PM
Lithograph of Archducal Couple     
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/261701428320167143     
Lithograph showing Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria (son of Emperor Francis Joseph I), his wife Crown Princess Stephanie, and their daughter, Archduchess Elisabeth.
These are fantastic!! Thank you for sharing the link @LouisFerdinand. I especially liked the photo of a very young Princess Astrid of Sweden later Queen Astrid of Belgium.

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Prince Adalbert of Prussia     
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/367606388305919265                 
Adalbert was the son of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany.


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^ A beard for Foxy Ferdinand, poor unhappy woman. It's doubtful that her marriage was even consummated. A German-born princess she did a lot of nursing during World War One and was greatly admired for it. (Bulgaria was with the Central Powers.) This photograph must have been taken months before she died in 1917.

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Princess Sophie and Prince Maximilian   
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/499055202434126972     
They are the children of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria.


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Princess Margaretha of Sweden and Prince Axel of Denmark   
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/399131585702886109


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Princess Clementine of Belgium   
She was the wife of Prince Victor NapolĂ©on Bonaparte.   
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/160651911681233972


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Prince George and Princess Mary of England, The Prince and Princess of Wales   
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/166070304980011874


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Princess Victoria Louise (Viktoria Luise) of Prussia     
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/522558362987318149


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