All About Royal Families

On 1 March 1105 a prince was born in Caldas de Reis in Galicia, now a part  of Spain.  The Way To Power 1111, Diego Gelmírez, Bishop of Compostela and the count of Traba, crowned and anointed Alfonso King of Galicia in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. He was a child, but his mother had (1109) succeeded to the united throne of León-Castile-Galicia and desired to assure her son's prospects and groom him for his eventual succession.  By 1125 he had inherited the formerly Muslim Kingdom of Toledo. On 10 March 1126, after the death of his mother, he was crowned in León and immediately began the recovery of the Kingdom of Castile, which was then under the domination of Alfonso the Battler.  By the Peace of Támara of 1127, the Battler recognised Alfonso VII of Castile. The territory in the far east of his dominion, however, had gained much independence during the rule of his mother and experienced many rebellions. After his recognition in Castile, Alf...

Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh passed away at Windsor Castle on 9 April 2021. Who was Prince Philip? Source picture: Book Cover   Family Prince Philip was born on 10 June 1921 at Mon Repos on Corfu in Greece.  More about Mon Repos on this link . His parents were Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and  Princess Alice of Battenberg.  His paternal grandparents were King George I of Greece and Olga Constantinovna of Russia. His maternal grandparents were Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine.  Prince Philip was a member of the House of Glücksburg and later a member of the House of Mountbatten. Education Prince Philip first went to The Elms, an American school in Paris run by Donald MacJannet.  In 1928, Philip went to the United Kingdom to attend Cheam School, where he lived with his maternal grandmother, Victoria Mountbatten, Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven at Kensington Palace and his uncle George Mountbatten, 2nd. ...

On 10 January 2020, Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman al Said died. He was 79 years old. Family Qaboos bin Said al Said was born on 18 November 1940 in Salalah in Dhofar, Oman as an only son of Sultan Said bin Taimur and Sheikha Mazoon al-Mashani. His paternal grandparents were Taimur bin Faisal and Sheikha Fatima bint' Ali Al Sa'id. He was a member of the House of al Said. Education Qaboos bin Said al Said received his primary and secondary education at Salalah and he was sent to a private educational establishment at Bury St. Edmunds in England at the age of 16. When he was 20 years old, he entered the Royal Military Academy of Sandhurst. After graduating from Sandhurst in September 1962, he joined the British Army. After his military service, Qaboos studied local government subjects in England and he completed his education with a world tour. When he returned to his country in 1966, he was placed under virtual house arrest in the Sultan's Pal...

In 2019 several remembrances for events and battles took place. So, I decided to make on this blog a series about the royals and their choices in WWII. For one royal, Prince George, Duke of Kent was WWII even more dramatic.... Born George Edward Alexander Edmund was born on 20 December 1902 at York Cottage on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England. His father was the Prince of Wales (later King George V), the only surviving son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. His mother was the Princess of Wales (later Queen Mary), the only and eldest child of the Duke and Duchess of Teck. At the time of his birth Prince George was fifth in the line of the succession to the throne, behind his father and three older brothers Edward, Albert and Henry. On 26 January 1903, George was baptised in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle by Francis Paget, the Bishop of Oxford. Education Prince George had his early education from a tutor and then he followed his eld...

Afonso was born as the son of Henry of Burgundy and Teresa, the illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso VI of León and Castile. He belonged thus to the royal Portuguese House of Burgundy. His place of birth and even his date of birth were disputed. Duty: a raise to power Henry, Count of Portugal and Teresa reigned jointly until his death on 22 May 1112. Afterwards Teresa ruled Portugal alone. She even would proclaim herself queen but she was captured and forced to reaffirm her vassalage to her half-sister Urraca of León. In an effort to pursue a larger share in the Leonese inheritance, his mother Teresa joined forces with Fernando Pérez de Trava, the most powerful count in Galicia. The Portuguese nobility disliked the alliance between Galicia and Portugal and rallied around Afonso. In 1122 Afonso turned fourteen, this was the adult age in the 12th century. In symmetry with his cousin, he made himself a knight on his own account in the Cathedral of Zamora in 1125...

17 November 1905 marks the birth of Princess Astrid of Sweden. She received the full name: Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra. Her birth took place at the Arvfurstens Palats in Stockholm in Sweden. Nowadays this is the seat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Family Princess Astrid was the third child and the youngest daughter of Prince Carl, Duke of Västergöteland and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. Her paternal grandparents were: King Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau. Her maternal grandparents were: King Frederick VIII of Denmark and Louise of Sweden. She had 2 older sisters: Margaretha who would marry to Prince Axel of Denmark and Märtha who would marry to King Olav V of Norway. She had 1 younger brother: Prince Carl Bernadotte. Princess Astrid was thus a member of the royal house of Bernadotte. Childhood Astrid was raised in the strict education and with not much luxury. She studied sewing, piano, ballet and childcare. She enjoyed outdoor sports as: s...

Following the royal families certainly is as a big circle of life. They have very happy moments such as births and weddings but there are sad things too. One of the most saddest moments in recent history was the Royal Massacre of Nepal, which took place on 1 June 2001. Then Crown Prince Dipendra opened fire at a house on the grounds of the Narayanhity Royal Palace, the residence of the Nepalese Royal Family. At that moment a party was being held. Crown Prince Dipendra shot and killed his father, King Birendra, his mother, Queen Aishwarya and seven other members of the royal family before shooting himself in the head. King Birendra of Nepal His motive for the murders is unknown but as always there are various theories. One of them was the fact that Dipendra wanted to marry Devyani Rana, whom he had met in the United Kingdom. However he had to give up his claim to the throne in order to marry her (because she came from a lower-class of Indian royal fam...