All About Royal Families

There will be no normal Today in History due to the National Day in Belgium. Belgian Flag On July 21st. 1831, King Leopold I of Belgium swore allegiance to the laws of the Constitution. King Leopold I in the National Bank of Belgium in Brussels A lot of festivities will take place in the capital of Belgium: Brussels. There is inter alia a Te Deum in the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, in presence of King Philipe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium. Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula In the afternoon there is a military and civil parade also in presence of members of the Belgian Royal Family. screenshot of King Philippe of Belgium - before the parade King Albert & Queen Poala of Belgium are having a holiday at the moment. They won't be present at the festivities of the National Day ...

Sanssouci is the beautiful former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. It is located in Potsdam (near Berlin). The Schloss was built and designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff between 1745 and 1747 in Rococo style. Sanssouci - Potsdam - Germany My husband and I visited this wonderful palac and it was all very good organized. We could take pictures inside the Schloss without flash. These are some results: Sanssouci Germany Sanssouci Germany As you can see on the pictures, all the rooms where ornated well. I like the style of these kind of palaces very much, what do you think?

July 20th. 1835 marks the birth of a remarkable woman. She was called Princes Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Sigmaringen with her mother Source picture: Wikipedia Princess Adelheid's parents were Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Feodora of Leiningen (half sister of Queen Victoria). Her future husband became an important topic in Europe. First Emperor Napoleon III wanted to make a closer alliance between France and Britain and Princess Adelaide seemed the perfect candidate. He asked for her hand, although he never met Princess Adelaide. The proposal horrified Queen Victoria. Later the parents of Princess Adelaide didn't agree with Napoleon III (he married Eugénie de Montijo). On September 11th. 1856, Princess Adelaide married Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig - Holstein. They had 7 children. One of them, Princess Augusta married Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany and became the last Germ

Augusta Caroline Charlotte Elizabeth Mary Sophia Louise was born on 19 July 1822 in Hanover. Princess Augusta of Cambridge - Source picture: Wikipedia Her parents were Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (7th. son of King  George III of the United Kingdom) and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel. Family ties She had one brother, Prince George (later Duke of Cambridge) and one sister who was Princess Marie Adelaide (later Duchess of Teck).  Princess Augusta of Cambridge was a niece of Queen Victoria and the aunt of Mary of Teck, who  married the later George V. Marriage Princess Augusta of Cambridge was one of the possible brides of the later King William (Willem) III of The Netherlands, but he didn't like her appearance. Finally she married her first cousin Frederick William of Mecklenburg- Strelitz @ Buckingham Palace in London on June 28th. 1843. They had two sons, one survived childhood. About her Princess Augusta of Cambri

On July 2nd. 1574 a girl was born in Dessau (Germany). She received the name Sophie Dorothea Maria of Anhalt. Dorothea Maria of Anhalt - Source picture: Wikipedia Her parents were Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt and Eleonore of Württemberg. On January 7th. 1593 Dorothea Maria of Anhalt married John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar in Altenburg. In their 12 years of marriage they had 12 children together. Dorothea Maria of Anhalt died on July 18th. 1617 of injuries sustained while riding a horse. Her funeral took place on August 24th. 1617. However, according to local legends, some people didn't believe that she died. the Stories believed that the spirit of Dorothea Maria of Anhalt lived on.  When a disaster or death came in the castle, sometimes her spirit was seen. She came then from the crypt under the castle church and was walking through the rooms. The legend was called in German the Weisse Frau auf dem Friedenstein  (White woman of Friedenst