All About Royal Families

Music is all over the world. People can play it everywhere, from the smallest houses to the biggest royal palaces.  But this blog is about royal families in past and present. So, let's take a closer look to the royals who played amazing music themselves.  Music was in the past an obligated part of the education of princesses and future queens. Although I found some dukes, princes and Kings who played music too. Enjoy this post! piano at the royal palace in Brussels own picture taken in 2015 Nowadays Queen Máxima of The Netherlands and Queen Mathilde of Belgium are trying to promote more music and culture at school. It's their amazing mission. In the past, Belgium has had some musical queens. The most famous without doubt is Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, who played the violin herself. A well-known music competition was called after her. On the picture you see her favourite violin.  In The Netherlands it is known that Catharina Amalia, the curren...

Teresa Cristina was born on March 14th. 1822 in Naples (Italy). Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies later Empress Consort of Brazil Source picture: Wikipedia Royal families Teresa Cristina was the daughter of the Duke of Calabria who became later King Francis I of the Two Sicilies (in Italian: Francesco) and Maria Isabella of Spain. In 1843 she married Pedro II of Brazil. Pedro II of Brazil Source picture: Wikipedia The first years of their marriage were difficult but they get used to each other. They had 4 children together. In 1889, the Imperial family was ordered to leave Brazil.  On December 29th. 1889, Empress Teresa Cristina died in Porto (Portugal). In 1921 she was reburied in Petrópolis (Brazil). Empress Teresa Cristina of Brazil Source picture: Wikipedia