All About Royal Families

W hen I read more about the Belgian Royal History, I 'discovered' this interesting  woman,  who showed again, the strong dynastic ties through European Royalty. 15 July 1837 marks the birth of Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Source picture: Wikipedia Her parents were Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (head of the House Hohenzollern -Sigmaringen) and Princess Josephine of Baden. Princess Stephanie had some siblings who played an important role in European History: - Carol (Karl) , future King of Romania; - Marie, mother of King Albert I of Belgium. On May 18th. 1858 she married King Pedro V of Portugal in the church of St. Dominic in Lisbon. This marriage was very happy until Queen Stephanie died on July 17th. 1859 because of diphtheria. In the short time she was Queen, Stephanie founded some hospital and she made herself a good name. Pedro never married again, he died in 1861 of cholera and was succeeded by his brother Luis. Source pi

Members of the House of Habsburg always are a welcome subject for my Today in History. On July 16th. 1611, Cecilia Renata of Austria was born in Graz as a daughter of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria of Bavaria. Cecilia Renata of Austria - official portrait located in Warsaw  Source picture: Wikipedia In 1637 she married King Wladyslaw IV of Poland and on September 12th. the same year, Cecilia Renata was crowned @ the St. John's Cathedral in  Warsaw. She became a very popular queen, especially known for her politeness. Cecilia Renata kept contact with her brothers and became friends with her sister-in-law.  During her marriage she became pregnant for 3 times but all the children died very young. Cecilia Renata also died a day after when she gave birth  to her last child (March 24th. 1644). She was mourned by Wladyslaw and left a good impression by the public. Cecilia Renata of Austria - Source picture: Wikipedia

My treetuesdaypicture of this week is taken in Kinheim during a day-trip in 2011. Kinheim Germany Kinheim is a municipality in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in  Rhineland-Palatine (Germany). At the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815), it was as the rest of the Rhein-Mosel Department, assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia. So, this was the treetuesday picture of this week, have a wonderful tuesday and stay in touch with this blog!

Franz Frederick Anton was born on 15 July 1750 in Coburg. Francis, as 'Erbprinz' - Source picture: Wikipedia On March 6th. 1776 he married Princess Sophie of Saxe-Hildburghausen, she died only seven months after her wedding. They had no children. On June 13th. 1777 Francis married Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf und  Lobenstein.  Augusta was considered as one of the most beautiful women  of her time.  They had ten children, seven of them survived childhood and some of them played a very important role in European History. They were the parents of inter alia: Juliane Henriette Ulrike who married Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia (younger brother of Tsar Alexander I). Upon her wedding she took the orthodox name: Anna Feodorovna. Ernst I Anton Karl Ludwig , who was the father of Prince Albert (husband of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom). Ferdinand George August  became the father of Ferdinand II of Portugal, the Duchess of Nemours and grand

Ferdinando de' Medici was born on July 14th. 1610 in Florence as the eldest son of Cosimo II de' Medici and Maria Magdalena of Austria. Ferdinando II de' Medici-  Source picture: Wikipedia Cosimo II de' Medici died when Ferdinando only was 10 years old. Due to his minority, his paternal grandmother Christina of Lorraine acted as joint regent. At the age of 17, Ferdinando traveled around Europe during his Grand Tour. One year later he became ruler of Tuscany but Christina of Lorraine stayed the power behind the throne till her death in 1636. On September 26th. 1633 Ferdinando married Vittoria della Rovere, who was his first cousin. They had 2 children together: Cosimo and Francesco Maria de' Medici. Grand Duke Ferdinando had an obsession with new technologies like hygrometers, barometers, thermometers and telescopes.  Ferdinando died on May 23rd. 1670 of Apoplexy and dropsy. He was buried in the Basilica of San Lorenzo.