All About Royal Families

In these series the Allaboutroyalfamilies blog continues to talk about the hobbies of the royals in past and present. One popular hobby of royals is painting. Painting often is described as: "Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or another  medium  to a solid surface.  Painting is an important form in the  visual arts." Prince Charles of Belgium, Count of Flanders was a keen artist So, who are the royals who liked to paint? It almost is impossible to make a complete list and it's sure that some royals are forgotten on the list. If you want some of the royals to be included in this blogpost, please let me know (and why) (only painters). Austria Maria Theresa of Habsburg, Holy Roman Empress was educated to paint. Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (hint by @empressofHAB via Twitter) Belgium Queen Louise-Marie of Belgium was a decent drawer and painter. It also is known that the Princess Maria of Hohenzollern- Si...

The Belgian royal family counts many interesting and extraordinary women which were often forgotten in history. One of them is Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was born on 17 November 1845 as the daughter of Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Josephine of Baden. She was thus the granddaughter of Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Marie Antoinette Murat (a niece of Joachim Murat, King of Naples). She also was the granddaughter of Charles Grand Duke of Baden and Stéphanie de Beauharnais (a niece of Napoleon Bonaparte). Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was thus the sister of inter alia: Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (who was the father of King Ferdinand I of Romania). Princess Stéphanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who married to King Pedro V of Portugal. Carol of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who became King of Romania. Love and Marriage As every roy...

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525/1530 - 9 September 1569) was one of the most prominent artists of the Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, well known for his landscapes and his peasant scenes. Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Census at Bethlehem (1566) own picture taken in 2016 Personal life In 1551, Bruegel became a free master in the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp. Later he traveled to France and Italy. The painter visited Rome and he had probably reached Sicily. In 1554/1555, Bruegel returned to Antwerp, then it was the publishing center of Northern Europe. There he made over 40 prints for Hieronymus Cock, an important print publisher. In 1563, Bruegel was married in Brussels to Mayken Coecke, a daughter of the painters Pieter Coecke van Aelst and Mayken Verhulst. Bruegel and his wife had at least 3 children inter alia: Pieter Bruegel the Younger and Jan Bruegel the Elder. Pieter I Bruegel - The Fall of Icarus (around 1560's) own picture taken in 201...

Léon Spilliaert (Born: July 28th. 1881, Ostend - Died: November 23rd. 1946, Brussels) was known as one of the most important Belgian painters and one of the founders of the literary symbolism, although his work was too eccentric to have one style. Leon Spilliaert Selfportrait - own picture taken in 2017 Royal Link His father Leonard Hubert Spilliaert (1851-1928) had a perfumery in Ostend and made his own perfumes like "Brise d'Ostend", which made him a royal warrant holder of King Leopold II of Belgium. Spilliaert and Ostend - Own picture taken in 2017 Youth In 1900, Léon Spilliaert and his father visited the World exhibition in Paris. Leon also liked to read works from Edgar Allan Poe, Maurice Maeterlinck, Vergilius and Friedrich Nietzsche. Leon Spilliaert at home, where he works Network From 1902 till 1904, Spilliaert served a famous publisher in Brussels: Edmond Deman. Through this work Léon Spilliaert came in contact with the Brusse...