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São Jorge Castle - Lisbon - Portugal São Jorge Castle - Lisbon - Portugal On one of my recent trips, I visited the São Jorge Castle in, Lisbon, Portugal. This Moorish Castle on top of the hill is an important tourist site of the Portuguese capital. Entrance tickets of the São Jorge Castle The main entrance is a 19th. century gate surmounted with the coat-of-arms of Queen Maria II of Portugal and 1896. Main Entrance São Jorge Castle - Lisbon - Portugal However the other entrances are also very beautiful entrance and stairs of São Jorge - Lisbon Royal History of the São Jorge Castle in Portugal In 1147 the castle and the city of Lisbon were freed from Moorish rule by Alfonso Henriques. When Lisbon became the capital in 1255 the castle served as the alcáçova, a fortified residence for King Alfonso III. São Jorge Castle Portugal - Flags  It was highly renovated around 1300 by King Denis I. Then it was transformed from a Moorish C...

Alexandrina Victoria was born on 24 May 1819 at Kensington Palace in London. A young Princess Victoria - Source picture: Wikipedia Family Her parents were Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn was the fourth son of King George III. Queen Victoria painted by Winterhalter Source picture: Wikipedia Youth Alexandrina Victoria was raised under close supervision by her German-born mother. Princess Victoria and her dog Dash -  Source picture: Wikipedia Reign At the age of 18, the young princess inherited the throne. She became a national icon who was identified with strict standards of personal morality. Love and Marriage Queen Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1840. The royal couple got 9 children. She received the nickname: "Grandmother of Europe". On this blog there are 3 pages dedicated to the d...

In May 2017, I visited a very Royal Exhibition in Amsterdam, The Netherlands called: 1917: Romanovs & Revolution Poster exhibition - Hermitage Amsterdam This exhibition displays a perfect spirit of the age between 7 October 1917 and 27 May 1918. Its marvelous collection shows many special pieces, lend from the Hermitage of St. Petersburg in Russia.  picture of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife  It also was special that people were allowed to take pictures at the exhibition. St. Petersburg, Russia at the beginning of the 19th. century For more information, check the site of the Hermitage Amsterdam on this link . Ticket of the Hermitage in Amsterdam Check also the page 'Russia: House of Romanov - 1917 till now' on top of  my blog or on this link . 

May 21st. 1864 marks the birth of Princess Stéphanie of Belgium. This happy event took place at the Royal Castle of Laeken near Brussels. Stéphanie - dreaming of a fairy tale? Family Her parents were King Leopold II of Belgium and Queen Marie Henriette of Austria. Her aunt, Charlotte was married to Maximilian of Austria, a brother of Emperor Franz Joseph. She later became Empress of Mexico. The parents of Princess Stéphanie of Belgium had an unhappy marriage. Finally Queen Marie Henriette retired from court life to escape him and she lived the rest of her life in Spa. King Leopold had little interest in Stéphanie and his daughter Louise, the education of his daughters was neglected. Leopold also rejected his family for his mistresses and he had many scandalous liaisons. Stéphanie and Rudolph Love In March 1880, Rudolph, Crown Prince of Austria (son of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth (Sisi)) was invited to the Belgian court. Rudolph arriv...