All About Royal Families

Christmas day was in ancient times a popular day for lavish coronation ceremonies. On 25 December 800 Charlemagne was crowned Roman Emperor in the Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome by Pope Leo III. Charlemagne Statue in Paris France (taken in 2017) In 1025, Mieszko II Lambert, King of Poland had his ceremony at the Gniezno Cathedral in Poland. Mieszko II King of Poland Source picture: Wikipedia After the Battle of Hastings, the coronation of William the Conqueror took place on 25 December 1066 at Westminster Abbey in London. In 1076, Boleslaw II of Poland was crowned at the Gniezno Cathedral in Poland. In 1100 Baldwin I became King of Jerusalem. The ceremony took place at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. In 1130 the coronation of Roger II, King of Sicily took place in Palermo. On this day, it was not always party and fun with those coronations. One Emperor lost his throne on 25 December 820. It was Leo V of the B...

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...

Due to a lovely holiday and a flu afterwards, my books on Sunday were on low profile the last few weeks, just as the blog. However, I managed to read one very nice royal history book written by Mildred Anne Butler. The book was called: "Anne of Brittany: Twice Queen of France." Based on a story, Mildred Anne Butler wrote about the life of Duchess Anne of Brittany, who married twice to the King of France. Twice Queen of France - bookcover - screenshot Who was Anne of Brittany? Anne of Brittany was born on 25 or 26 January 1477 and she died on 9 January 1514. Anne was raised in Nantes (France) as the child of Francis II, Duke of Brittany. Duke Francis was the last male of the House of Montfort . When her father died, she became duchess reignant of Brittany, Countess of Nantes, Montfort, Richmond and viscountess of Limoges. At the age of 12, she married Maximilian I of Austria by proxy. King Charles VIII of France saw this as a violent act. He start...