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John I Albert was born on 27 December 1459 in Krakow, Poland. Family He was the son of King Casimir IV of Poland and Elisabeth of Austria. His mother was the daughter of King Albert of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia and was the granddaughter of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. Elisabeth of Austria received her education at the court of Emperor Frederick III. John I Albert had lots of siblings inter alia: - Vladislaus II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, - Alexander I, King of Poland, - Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland. Duty In 1490, the Hungarian nobility proclaimed John I Albert as King of Hungary and Bohemia. However he was defeated by his elder brother King Vladislaus II. In 1492 John I Albert succeeded his father as King of Poland. King John I Albert wanted to 'save' Europe from the Ottoman Turks. He and his brother Vladislaus also formed a counterpart against Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. In 1496, King John I Albert collected an army of ...

The St. Catherine's Monastery located at the foot of the Mount Sinai in Egypt is a wonderful Royal Destination due to its history and its natural environment. Source picture: Wikipedia Who is St. Catherine? St. Catherine of Alexandria was a Christian martyr sentenced to death on the breaking wheel. When this failed to kill her, she was beheaded. According to the tradition, angels took her remains to Mount Sinai. Around the year 800, monks from the Sinai Monastery found her remains. The official name of the monastery is: the Sacred Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount Sinai. Now the monastery has become a famous pilgrimage. St. Catherine - Source: Wikipedia More about the history The oldest record of monastic life at Sinai comes from a woman named Egeria. The text was written in Latin between 381 and 384. She visited many places around the Holy Land and Mount Sinai. It was here that, according to the Old Testament, Moses received the Ten Commandments fro...

On 19 December 1778, Marie-Thérèse Charlotte of France was born at the Palace of Versailles in France. Parents Marie-Thérèse of France was the eldest child of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie-Antoinette.  She also was the only one of the children to reach adulthood. All her siblings died before the age of 11. Youth As the daughter of the King of France, Marie-Thérèse was a fille de France and she had the title: Madame Royale. When she was born, Queen Marie-Antoinette greeted her daughter with delight: "Poor little one, you are not desired, but you will be none the less dear to me! A son would have belonged to the state - you will belong to me." On the day of her birth, Marie-Thérèse was baptized. She was named after her maternal grandmother Empress Marie-Thérèse of Austria, and Charlotte came from her mother's favourite sister: Maria Carolina of Austria, Queen consort of Naples and Sicily who was called Charlotte in the family. Marie-T...

The National Anthem of the Russian Empire was first performed on 18 December 1833. In 1833, Tsar Nicholas I ruled Russia.  He was the emperor from 1825 till 1855. In 1833, a competition was held to find a proper song to perform for the Tsar. Finally a song was chosen. It was: God Save the Tsar. The composer became Alexei Lvov (since 1828 the aide-de-camp of Tsar Nicholas I). The lyrics were written by the court poet Vasily Zhukovsky. This anthem lasted till the Russian Revolution in 1917, after the 'Workers Marseillaise' was adopted as new anthem. On next link , you can listen to a Youtube movie with the National Anthem of The Russian Empire. More about Russia and the Russian Empire on top of this blog or on next links: Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Source pictures: Wikipedia

On 14 December 1861, Prince Albert died at the age of 42 of typhoid. Soon Queen Victoria commissioned a suitable memorial in memory of her beloved husband. Albert Memorial in London - own picture taken in 2016 The initiative was taken by the Lord Mayor of London, William Cubitt. On a meeting on 14 January 1862, he appointed a committee to raise funds for a design, which had to be approved by the Queen. A handsome Prince Albert in 1840 Source picture: Wikipedia The popularity of the Prince Consort led to the creation of several Albert Memorials around the United Kingdom. The first was set up in Manchester. Statue of Prince Albert - Albert Memorial London- own picture taken in 2016 The order to create a statue of Prince Albert in Kensington Gardens, London, in front of the Royal Albert Hall was initially given to Baron Carlo Marochetti, a favorite sculptor of Queen Victoria. However he died in 1867. In 1868, John Henry Foley was commissioned to create th...

The Cour des Comptes or in Dutch: "Rekenhof" in Brussels, Belgium, really is an interesting royal and historic destination. Court of Audit in Brussels, Belgium This magnificent building, located in the heart of Brussels, between the Coudenberg and the Sablon, the Cour des Comptes was a former residence of the royal family. Here the Count of Flanders and their family lived. On 8 April 1875, King Albert I of Belgium was born in this palace. Court of Audit in Brussels, Belgium - Place of Birth of King Albert I King Albert I of Belgium  But there is much more interesting royal history ... In 1386, the Chambre des Comptes (Court of Audit) was established by Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. In 1406, Anthony, Duke of Brabant and second son of Philip the Bold, set up a Court of Audit in Brabant. Holy Roman Emperor Charles V ordered that there had to be Court of Audits in inter alia: Lille (France), Brussels (Belgium) and The Hague (the Netherlan...