Historic Royal Weddings up to the 19th century.

LouisFerdinand · September 20, 2024, 10:51:10 PM

Did Queen Victoria of England force her granddaughter Princess Victoria Melita into an abusive marriage?

Curryong · September 20, 2024, 11:20:45 PM

Queen Victoria did NOT force any of her children or grandchildren into marriages that they did not want. Indeed she supported some of them in matches which were considered unsuitable. Prince Albert Victor and his love affair with Helene d'Orleans was one example. They wished to marry but religion was a big obstacle and it was not to be. She quite liked the idea of her daughter Beatrice and the Prince Imperial, son of Napoleon III and her great friend the Empress Eugenie. He was later killed, however.

Queen Victoria was a sucker for love matches like hers and the sainted Albert. All her children married their own choices. Her diary is replete with comments on unhappy matches.

VM and Ernie met in London and Queen Victoria noted that the two got on well, as did others. If there was pressure it was of the lightest. VM's mother, Pudding Face Marie, Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha and unhappy wife of Affie, was one who chose her daughters' husbands, if you want an example of pressure! And Victoria, for various reasons, and perhaps sensing that Affie was deeply in love with Marie's dowry not with this dumpy girl, had not been exactly keen on their marriage!

And who said that Victoria Melita's marriage to Ernie was abusive anyway? I have bios of VM and no suggestion is made of that in anything I've read. Apparently they had very casual house parties and a lot of fun as newlyweds. And Ernie's second marriage, to a more understanding woman, was very contented and happy.

That first marriage came to grief because of two things. Ernie Hesse was bisexual with a strong homosexual component. (Even so, two children were produced from the brief marriage, a daughter Elizabeth and a stillborn son.) The other component was that VM was in love with another first cousin, a Romanov, Cyril Vladimorovich, for much of her first marriage and she later married him. There was some bitterness when she and Ernie were divorced, but no abuse. I don't know where people on the Internet get some of these stories!

LouisFerdinand · September 21, 2024, 10:56:04 PM

The Wedding of Grand Duchess Kyra Kirillovna of Russia and Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia occurred on May 4, 1938.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/395894623504373742

LouisFerdinand · October 11, 2024, 10:33:46 PM

The marriage of Prince Ferdinand Philippe d'Orleans and Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin occurred on May 30, 1837 at the Palace of Fontainebleau.
http://www.alamy.com/the-marriage-of-prince-ferdinand-philippe-and-duchess-helene-image243214142.html

LouisFerdinand · October 15, 2024, 10:41:36 PM

Queen Alexandra of England's Wedding gifts

LouisFerdinand · November 26, 2024, 09:14:00 PM

1885 Wedding of Princess Beatrice of England in color
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/67835538132636892

LouisFerdinand · January 01, 2025, 09:03:11 PM

Princess Ileana of Romania married Archduke Anton, Prince of Tuscany at Peles Castle in Sinaia on July 26,1931.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/394487248586868198

LouisFerdinand · January 23, 2025, 09:12:48 PM

Princess Clotilde of Savoy married Prince Napoleon Jerome Bonaparte in Turin on January 30, 1859. They signed the marriage contract.
http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/U344496

LouisFerdinand · January 30, 2025, 08:50:19 PM

Was the wedding of Princess Victoria Mary of Teck to Prince George, Duke of York controversial?

LouisFerdinand · February 04, 2025, 08:32:24 PM

The wedding cake of Queen Victoria of England

LouisFerdinand · March 08, 2025, 08:21:21 PM

On May 26, 1842 Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck married Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel in Frederik VIII's Palace at Amailenborg in Denmark.

The Graphic had an article and photos to commemorate the Golden Wedding Anniversary of King Christian IX and Queen Louise of Denmark.
http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/U226592

LouisFerdinand · March 22, 2025, 07:12:56 PM

Princess Sophie of Prussia was the daughter of Emperor Frederick III and Empress Victoria of Germany.
On October 27, 1889 she married Crown Prince Constantine of Greece at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/372391462939311235

LouisFerdinand · April 11, 2025, 07:46:44 PM

The wedding of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia and Anastasia Romanova took place on February 3, 1547. The wedding occurred at the Cathedral of the Annunciation.

LouisFerdinand · April 13, 2025, 07:50:19 PM

The wedding of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia and Anastasia Romanova took place on February 3, 1547. The wedding occurred at the Cathedral of the Annunciation.

LouisFerdinand · April 25, 2025, 09:02:57 PM

The wedding dress of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom