All About Royal Families

On September 27th. 1275 a very noble boy was born: John of Brabant also called the Peaceful. John II, Duke of Brabant - Source picture: Wikipedia He was the son of John I of Brabant and Margaretha of Flanders, a daughter of Guy of Dampierre (famous from the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302). In 1294 John succeeded his father as Duke of Brabant. During his reign, he could stop the French expansion but he tried to conquer South Holland, plans which weren't successful.  On July 8th. 1290 he married Margaret Plantagenet in Westminster Abbey in London. She was the daughter of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castille. They had one son, who became later John III, Duke of Brabant.   On October 27th. 1312 John II died due to kidney stones. He was buried in the St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral in Brussels. own picture of the St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral in Brussels In the modern Kingdom of Belgium, the title 'Duke of Brabant' r

The Royal Destination Picture from the Gileppe Dam was taken on a sunny day in July 2014. own picture from the lion The Gileppe Dam was built in the 19th. century to ensure the water supply for Verviers, which became then the Wool center of Belgium. Wool was imported through Antwerp and washed at Verviers. The construction works of the Gileppe Dam began in 1868 and lasted 10 years. On July 28th. 1878 the Dam was inaugurated by King Leopold II of Belgium. On the picture you can see a huge lion sculpture (made by Antoine-Félix Bouré). The Lion watches to the Kingdom of Prussia (which was then 5 km from the  Gileppe Dam). own picture - what an amazing landscape This was my Happy Sunday picture and the little story. I hope you liked it and I wish you a very good Sunday and a nice start of the new week. own picture

October 25th. 1795 marks the birth of Princess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. Source picture: Wikipedia Princess Sophie Marie Dorothea Auguste Louise was the daughter of  Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg and his wife Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Princess Sophie's education was better than average, her home was culture- oriented and she would love the arts through her life. By the age of 16 she spoke German, French, Italian and Latin. In 1773 she was among the group of German Princesses who could be possible brides for the future Tsar Paul I. At that time she was not yet 14 years old ...  First Sophie was engaged to Prince Louis of Hesse, the brother of Tsar Paul's first wife, but he became a widower in 1776. Frederick II of Prussia proposed  Sophie as the ideal candidate and Prince Louis of Hesse received a monetary compensation for breaking the engagement. Frederick II of Prussia arranged a meeting in Berlin be

On October 24th. 1739 Anna Amalia was born in Wolfenbüttel (located in Lower Saxony in Germany) as the ninth child of Charles I, Duke of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel and Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia. Duchess Anna Amalia - Source picture: Wikipedia Her maternal grandparents were King Frederick William I of Prussia and Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. On March 16th. 1756 Anna Amalia married Ernst August II Konstantin, Duke of Saxe-Weimar Eisenach. The couple had children and their eldest son Charles Augustus became the new duke, but he wasn't eighteen at the moment of his father's death.  So Anna Amalia became regent which she did with notable prudence.  She wanted to improve the position of her son. In 1775, with her son's maturity, she retired. Anna Amalia could transform the court and its surrounding into the most influential cultural center of Germany. As a patron of art and literature she drew many of the most eminent

Hedvig Eleonora was born on October 23rd. 1636 as sixth of sixteen children of Duke Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp and Marie Elisabeth of Saxony. Hedvig Eleonora - Source picture: Wikipedia One day after her eighteenth birthday she married King Charles X of Sweden on October 24th. 1654. This wedding was arranged for political reasons. The marriage was an alliance  between Sweden and Holstein-Gottorp against their mutual enemy Denmark. Charles X chose Hedwig Eleonora because of her beauty after he saw her portrait. The couple had one child, who became later Charles XI of Sweden. On February 13th. 1660 Charles X died and Hedvig Eleonora became regent because her son still was a child. But tragedy continued ... On April 5th. 1697 Hedvig Eleonora's son Charles XI died and she became regent for her grandson Charles XII, this time for one year. Hedvig Eleonora was very interested in culture and sciences. She has been described as firm and dominant but