Historic Royal Weddings up to the 19th century.

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A thread dedicated to all historic royal weddings from the past up to the end of the 19th century

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught was the son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Great Britain.   
Princess Louise Margaret was the daughter of Prince Friedrich Karl and Princess Marie of Prussia.
Arthur and Louise Margaret married on March 13, 1879 at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.   
Louise Margaret wore a heavy white satin dress. Her skirt was decorated with a bunch of myrtle leaves. The bridal veil was made of point d'Alencon lace. Its design represented orange blossoms, roses, and myrtle leaves intertwined.

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Queen Victoria wondered at the time as to whether Arthur was marrying Louise out of pity, as she had had such a terrible home life. Her father was an absolute pig of a man. When Arthur introduced Louise to his mother for the first time he drove a carriage over to Windsor himself, with Louise sitting by his side. The fact that they had journeyed together alone somewhat shocked his mother.

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The Duchess of Connaught on her wedding day   
The Duchess Of Connaught On Her Wedding Day Stock Photo: 56683781 - Alamy

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The bridesmaids were Lady Georgiana Spencer-Churchill, Lady Blanche Conyngham, Lady Louisa Bruce, Lady Mabel Bridgeman, Lady Ela Russell, Lady Adelaide Taylour, Lady Cecilia Hay, and Lady Victoria Edgcumbe.

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After the ceremony, Prince Arthur and Princess Louise Margaret signed the register in the Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle before attending the luncheon.

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A thread dedicated to all historic royal weddings from the past up to the end of the 19th century.

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Richard I was King of England from 1189 to 1199. He married Princess Berengaria of Navarre. Since Richard was busy preparing for the Third Crusade, he sent his mother Queen Eleanor to Navarre to secure Princess Berengaria's hand in marriage. The wedding was held in Limassol on May 12, 1191 at the Chapel of St. George.

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On February 27, 1881 Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany) married Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. She was the daughter of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg and Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Wilhelm's grandfather Wilhelm I reigned as Emperor of Germany.   
The wedding picture of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria. Kaiser Wilhelm II was the las? | Queen victoria family, Royal weddings, Royal

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Queen Victoria of England's bridal bouquet consisted of snowdrops.         
Royal Wedding Flowers: Queen Victoria ? Royal Central

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Queen Victoria of England's bridal bouquet consisted of snowdrops.         
Royal Wedding Flowers: Queen Victoria ? Royal Central

Hardly surprising. She married in February when generally flowers are not in bloom in England, and in the 19th century Britain experienced many very cold winters, with ice and snow. In the 1840s few flowers would have been imported from hot countries as well. Snowdrops are one of the very few woodland flowers out in February. It melded in too with she and Albert?s desire to have a simple wedding (even if it was one suitable in their station in life.) Snowdrops in Victorian England were considered unpretentious and very sweet flowers.

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Amelie de Bedauharnais, also known as Princess Amelie of Leuchtenberg married Emperor Pedro I of Brazil on October 17, 1829.   
Wedding of Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil, and Princess Am?lie de Beauharnais de Leuchtenberg. Engraving by Thierry Fr?res, 1839, Bibl? | History, Family

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An illustration of the 1863 marriage of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra
    The marriage of the Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra of Denmark, Windsor, 1863 (1901). Artist: Unknown Stock Photo - Alamy

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Maria Theresa of Spain was the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain and Elisabeth of France.   
King Louis XIV of France married Infanta Maria Theresa at the Church of Saint Jean the Baptist on June 9, 1666. The wedding took place in Saint-Jean-de-Luz because of its ideal location on the border of France and Spain.     
Wedding of french king Louis XIV with his cousin Marie Therese of... News Photo - Getty Images

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Emperor Napoleon I of France married Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria on April 2, 1810 at the Salon Carre chapel in the Louvre.   
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The Royal Wedding of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg occurred on May 8, 1736 at the Chapel Royal in St. James Palace in London.

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On July 6, 1893 occurred the wedding of Prince George, Duke of York and Princess Mary of Teck at the Chapel Royal of St. James Palace in London, England.     
July 6th was also the birthday of George's sister Princess Victoria of Wales. Did Victoria have a birthday party on her brother's wedding day?

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Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught with his wife driving through Windsor   
on their way to Claremont Park in 1879   
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Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern's marriage with King Peter V of Portugal   
by proxy in Hedwig Church in Berlin on April 29, 1858     
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King Louis XVI of France and Archduchess Marie Antoinette of Austria in wedding costumes in 1770   
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Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge married Prince Francis of Teck at St. Anne's   
Church in Kew, England on June 12, 1866.   

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Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria was the daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria.   
Archduke Franz Salvator was the son of Archduke Karl Salvator, Prince of Tuscany and Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two-Sicilies.   
Marie Valerie and Franz Salvator married in the parish church of Bad Ischl on July 31, 1890.

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The marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Albany   
The Duke of Albany was Prince Leopold, who was the son of Queen Victoria.   
The Marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Albany, 27 April 1882, .... News Photo - Getty Images

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Drawing of the marriage of the future King Joseph I of Portugal and   
Mariana Victoria of Spain in 1727   
Drawing of the marriage of the future King Joseph I of Portugal and Mariana Victoria of Spain in 1727 Stock Photo - Alamy

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Marie de Bourbon-Montpensier (1605-1627), the daughter of Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier married Duke Gaston of Orleans, the brother of King Louis XIII of France in Nantes on August 6, 1626.   

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The wedding dress of Princess Alexandra of Denmark   
Queen Alexandra's wedding dress then and now beautiful dress wedding - YouTube