All About Royal Families

Princess Madeleine was born on June 10th. 1982 as the youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. Source picture: kungahuset.se  Her godparents were: Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Walther Sommerlath (father of Queen Silvia) Princess Benedikte of Denmark (younger sister of Queen Margrethe of Denmark) Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson (youngest sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf) She is a member of the House of Bernadotte .  Source: Wikipedia The House of Bernadotte was founded by the French Field Marshal: Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte. Christopher (Chris) O'Neill Christopher O'Neill is born on June 27th. 1974 in London (United Kingdom). His parents are Paul Cesario O'Neill (a former British investment banker) and Eva Maria Walter. His mother was a native of Austria. He has a dual citizenship: US & UK

Queen Fabiola of Belgium was born on June 11th. 1928 in Madrid in Spain. Her parents were Gonzalo de Mora Fernández Riera del Olmo and Blanca de Aragón y Carrillo de Albornoz Barroeta-Aldamar y Elio.   Queen Fabiola - picture from a book She was the sister of Jaime de Mora y Aragón, a Spanish actor and jet set playboy.   King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola - picture from a postcard which I recieved from Oscar Meiyer -  Creator of the Dutch blog: 'De Staat van Oranje'. King Baudouin married Queen Fabiola in 1960. They were a very happy couple but they could not have children. Queen Fabiola doesn't appear much in public anymore, but for the Queen Elisabeth Music Contest she gladly makes an exception.

Princess Ludovika of Bavaria was born on August 30th. 1808 in Munich. as a daughter of King Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria and his wife Karoline of Baden.   Princess Ludovika - Source picture : Wikipedia Love & Marriage On September 9th. 1828, Princess Ludovika married  Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria in Tegerensee.    Duke Maximilian Joseph - Source picture: Wikipedia They had 10 children, including Empress Elisabeth (Sissi) of Austria .  Own picture of Book They were the grandparents of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium .   Queen Elisabeth of Belgium - Source: Wikipedia

Princess Sophie of Bavaria was born in 1805 in Munich. She was the identical twin sister of Princess Maria Anna, later Queen of Saxony.   Princess Sophie - Source picture: Wikipedia She married Franz Karl, Archduke of Austria .   Franz Karl - Source picture: Wikipedia During the Revolution of 1848, she persuaded her husband to give up his rights  of the throne in favour of her son, Franz Joseph.  At that time she was called 'the only man at court'. In the Sissi movies she is best remembered due to her bad relationship  to Empress Elisabeth (Sissi). Normally I hate rumors but this one I don't want to hold back. Archduchess Sophie had a close relationship with Napoleon II.  Yes! The son of Napoleon I, at that time emperor of France.  Napoleon II lived at the Viennese Court with the title: Duke of Reichstadt.   Hofburg Vienna own picture   Schönbrunn Vienna own picture She never recovered from the death of her you