Former monarchies historic discussion: France, Germany, Russia etc..

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LouisFerdinand

#125
July 10, 2017, 12:51:08 AM
How young was Princess Alexandra when she was to have swallowed the glass piano?

Curryong

#126
July 10, 2017, 09:07:49 AM
Alexandra was 23 when she first suffered the delusion, and said she had swallowed it as a child.

LouisFerdinand

#127
September 26, 2017, 01:02:10 AM
The reign of King Louis (1638-1715) lasted for 72 years. He reigned from 1643 to 1715.   
Facts You Didn't Know About King Louis XIV of France - YouTube

LouisFerdinand

#128
October 13, 2017, 12:14:54 AM
At Versailles Louis XIV formalized strict etiquette that the court had to follow if they wished to remain there. The levee ceremony was one of the events.

LouisFerdinand

#129
November 07, 2017, 12:25:03 AM
Napoleon II was born on March 20, 1811. On the same day he was ondoyed (a French ceremony which is considered a preliminary, brief baptism) by Joseph Fesch with the name of Napoleon Francois Charles Joseph.

LouisFerdinand

#130
December 08, 2017, 10:58:54 PM
Empress Elisabeth took up fencing in her fifties.    :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel:

LouisFerdinand

#131
December 11, 2017, 09:24:29 PM
King Louis XIV took dancing lessons for twenty years daily.   
Ballet Evolved - At the court of Louis XIV - YouTube

LouisFerdinand

#132
January 21, 2018, 08:22:39 PM
When Empress Elisabeth gave birth to a girl in March 1855, her daughter was named Sophie by Archduchess Sophie for Archduchess Sophie. Did not Elisabeth have a say in the naming of her daughter?

LouisFerdinand

#133
February 02, 2018, 08:57:34 PM
Empress Elisabeth bristled at anyone actually looking at her. She hid her face behind a fan or parasol.

LouisFerdinand

#134
February 12, 2018, 08:12:08 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ2UGJX-L3M
Marie Feodorovna (1847-1928) had already received lessons in Russian in Copenhagen, Denmark before leaving for Russia. Whenever she wrote a letter to Alexander (III), she would begin the first paragraph or two in Russian.

LouisFerdinand

#135
March 07, 2018, 07:37:50 PM
When Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna begged her son to send Alexandra away so she could no longer interfere with political affairs, Nicholas abruptly dismissed his mother. Marie subsequently fled to Kiev.

LouisFerdinand

#136
May 21, 2018, 11:53:03 PM
Did Empress Elisabeth have anyone to help her learn about imperial protocol at the Austrian court? Did she confide to her mother about this?

LouisFerdinand

#137
July 03, 2018, 12:46:20 AM
During her first trip to Hungary with her husband, Empress Elisabeth fell in love with this nation that exhibited so much independence. She learned the Hungarian language.   
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LouisFerdinand

#138
July 21, 2018, 12:30:58 AM
The marriage of King Louis XIV of France and Maria Theresa of Spain was contracted in 1660. The diplomats sought to include a renunciation clause that would deprive Maria Theresa and her children of any rights to the Spanish succession.

LouisFerdinand

#139
July 30, 2018, 01:17:51 AM
King Louis XIV meeting his uncle King Philip IV of Spain concerning his intended marriage to Infanta Maria Theresa.   
King Louis XIV of France meeting Philip IV of Spain concerning his... News Photo | Getty Images

LouisFerdinand

#142
September 25, 2018, 11:20:54 PM
Empress Elisabeth wrote poetry. Did she ever try to get it published?

LouisFerdinand

#143
October 07, 2018, 11:38:24 PM
Louis Philippe (1773-1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848.   
The Chamber of Deputies assigned Louis Philippe, The Duke of Orleans to the French throne on August 7, 1830.   
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-francois-joseph-heim-the-chamber-of-deputies-assigns-the-duke-of-orlans-165743454.html

LouisFerdinand

#145
October 17, 2018, 11:38:27 PM
Empress Elisabeth was permitted to mingle with only a few families and she had almost no friends.   
Franz Joseph rebuffed her efforts to offer advice.

LouisFerdinand

#146
October 18, 2018, 11:21:21 PM
In 1910 Empress Marie with Grand Duchess Xenia and Princess Nikita on the Islands of Petrograd.   
Empress Marie Feodorovna , wife of the Tsar of Russia, with Prince... News Photo | Getty Images

LouisFerdinand

#147
October 30, 2018, 11:22:25 PM
The added color is a nice feature. It is pleasant to see the various photographs of the Imperial sisters and their brother Alexis.

LouisFerdinand

#148
November 05, 2018, 11:15:00 PM
King Louis XIV stated: "Laws are the sovereigns of sovereign."

LouisFerdinand

#149
November 16, 2018, 10:31:18 PM
King Louis XIV dedicated Puget's statue of Milo of Crotona in the Gardens at Versailles.   
King Louis XIV 1638-1715 Dedicating Pugets Milo of Crotona in the Stock Photo: 96083265 - Alamy

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