All About Royal Families

On a hot day in May 2019, I visited the Porto Cathedral, a Roman Catholic church located in the historical center of the city of Porto in Portugal. The Cathedral is one of the city's oldest monuments and one of the most important local Romanesque monuments. It also has a very nice royal history. Source picture: Wikipedia Some royal history The building works of the cathedral started around 1147 but it was finished in the 16th. century and even in the 20th century there were renovations. Around 1333, the Gothic chapel of João Gordo was added. João was a Knight Hospitalier who worked for King Denis I of Portugal. The elegant cloister was built between the 14th. and 15th. centuries, during the reign of King John I of Portugal, who married the English Princess Philippa of Lancaster in the Porto Cathedral in 1387. source picture: Wikipedia Philippa of Lancaster was the daughter of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster.  A visit

From 20 October 2019 till 27 October 2019 it was a beautiful but busy week for the royals and also for the blogs about royalty.  There was a splendid enthronement in Japan and the 18th. B-Day ceremony of Princess Elisabeth of Belgium. I really loved both important royal events but I only managed to read one book over the last few weeks.  More about the royal events on these links: Link 1 Link 2 I chose the book: 'Albert & Elisabeth: Mes Parents', written in French by princess Marie José of Belgium, the last Queen of Italy. Queen Marie José lived from 1906 till 2001 and she was the youngest child of King Albert I of Belgium and Queen Elisabeth. Together with her brothers Prince Charles of Belgium and Leopold (Later King Leopold III) she experienced the war and the turbulent years between the two wars in a small, protected world. It were heavy times on the field of military, politics, social, economical internationally and nationally. In

Princess Elisabeth of Belgium turns 18 years on Friday 25 October 2019. Screenshot Princess Elisabeth 18 Princess Elisabeth was born on 25 October 2001 at the Erasmus Hospital in Anderlecht. Her parents were Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium (now King) and Crown Princess Mathilde (now Queen).  Her full name was: Elisabeth Theresia Maria Helena  Elisabeth was named after Queen Elisabeth of Belgium (the great grandmother of King Philippe of Belgium) Theresia was named after the great grandmother of Queen Mathilde Maria is  a common name in the Belgian royal family Helena is named after the sister of Queen Mathilde. To mark this important royal occasion, a ceremony and a B-Day party took place. This was broadcasted by the 4 BIG television stations of Belgium: VTM, Eén, RTL and RTBF. There also is released a beautiful post stamp with the picture of Princess Elisabeth taken by her dad King Philippe of Belgium. own picture of the stamps issued for t

If you like a palace, built in the amazing Rococo style, then you certainly have to visit the Palace of the Marquis of Dos Aguas in Valencia, Spain. This Palace is now owned by the Spanish State and it houses the Conzález Martí National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts. It also has a nice noble and royal history. Royal History In the15th. century there was a noble knight called Don Francisco Perellós. He was a descendant of the counts of Tolosa and he married to Joanna Perellós, the only daughter of the wealthy Mosen Gines de Rabassa. Their descendants took the surname of Rabassa de Perellós. This family bought the barony of Dosaigües in 1496. In 1699 this was elevated to a marquisate by King Charles II of Spain. It was known that the name Dosaigües was transformed in Dos Aguas. The Marquis of Dos Aguas and his decendants lived in Valencia for many centuries and they were known as wealthy merchants and businessmen. Through marriage with other important Val