All About Royal Families

The eldest daughter of Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen was born on August 28th. 1691. The girl was called Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel - Source picture: Wikipedia At the age of 13! she became engaged to the future Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor,after a lot of negotiations between her grandfather and Charles's sister-in-law, Empress Wilhelmina. Initially she refused to marry a catholic Prince but finally she agreed under pressure of her family. The wedding took place on May 1st. 1707 . In 1711 her husband took possession of the Imperial Crown in Vienna and she became Empress, but during that time Elisabeth Christine was appointed by her husband as General Governor of Catalonia, which she wisely ruled until 1713. Then the Empress joined her husband in Austria.  Elisabeth Christine was described as accomplished in music, d

December 13th. 1906 marked the birth of a young royal girl in Athens (Greece). The name of the young girl was: Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. Princess Marina and her sisters - Source picture: Wikipedia Her parents were Prince Nicolas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (granddaughter of Tsar Alexander II). Near the end of 1906 Princess Marina was baptised and she received a lot of godparents inter alia: - King of Greece (her paternal grandfather); - King of the United Kingdom (her great uncle); - Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh); - Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia (her maternal uncle).... In 1932 Princess Marina met her future husband Prince George, Duke of Kent. On November 29th. 1934 the two married at Westminster Abbey in London. That wedding was followed by a Greek ceremony in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace. Princess Marina of Greece and

My Tree tuesday picture of this week was taken at Nymphenburg Palace Park in Munich (Germany). Nymphenburg Palace Park Munich Germany As you can see on the picture the Nymphenburg Palace Park is large (200 hectares) and offers a lot of hidden gems. Originally the Park was designed as an Italian Garden. Later it was enlarged and rearranged in a French style and finally finished in an English manner in the 19th. century.

On August 26th. 1826 a new member of the House of Wittelsbach was born. She received the name Princess Alexandra Amalie of Bavaria. Princess Alexandra of Bavaria -  Source picture: Wikipedia Family Her parents were King Ludwig I of Bavaria and Princess  Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Princess Alexandra was inter alia the sister of King Maximilian II of Bavaria and King Otto of Greece. Love As daughter of a reigning King the marriage of Princess Alexandra of Bavaria was not  only a love match but a political case. Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte asked her hand but the King refused because he was divorced, officially due to Princess Alexandra's delicate health. The princess never married and she was appointed abbess of the Royal Chapter for  ladies of Saint Anne in Munich and Würtzburg. This convent only accepted noble ladies. In 1852 Princess Alexandra started a literary career and she wrote several  books.  Although she wrote boo

picture: Wikipedia On August 25th. 1830 a performance of the opera,  The Mute Girl of Portici,  took place at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels. The opera evoked sentimental and nationalist feelings. On this link you can listen to a piece of the opera. Théàtre de la Monnaie in Brussels From 1815-1830 Belgium was a part of the United Kingdom of The Netherlands  with William (Willem in Dutch) I as King.  After the opera riots broke out in Brussels. This marked the start of the Belgian Revolution. Only in 1831 Belgium had a new King: Leopold I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha