All About Royal Families

My Happy Sunday picture was taken in a beautiful landscape near Blankenberge in Belgium. own picture - a rough one :-) Several weeks ago, some friends and I made the 4km (2,5 mile) walk between Blankenberge and Wenduine near the North Sea in Belgium. own picture - marvelous nature Due to belated holiday there won't be no normal blogposts next week.  But maybe I can surprise you with some pictures. I wish you all a very Happy Sunday and a nice week!  own picture - the way to?

On October 4th. 1585, a notable member of the House of Habsburg was born. She received the name: Anna of Tyrol. Anna of Tyrol - Source picture: Wikipedia original painting in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna Her parents were Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria and Anne Juliana Gonzaga. On December 4th. 1611, Anna married her first cousin Matthias,  Holy Roman Emperor in Vienna.  Matthias was then already over fifty. Besides the difference of age, her husband's  father, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, was the brother of Anna's father. In 1617 Anna of Tyrol and her husband founded the Capuchin Church in  Vienna. There they wanted to be buried. Since then most of the  Holy Roman Emperors and Empresses were buried in the Capuchin Church. Anna of Tyrol died on December 14th. 1618. Source picture: Wikipedia

The Siege (in Dutch: beleg van) of Leiden took place from 1573 till 1574 and the city was liberated on October 3rd. 1574. Source picture: Wikipedia During the 'Eighty Year's War' Dutch rebels took their arms against the Spanish King Philip II, who appointed the Duke of Alba to beat this rebels. The Duke of Alba, who was governor general of the Spanish Netherlands, had the bad reputation to be violent. To preserve their religious freedom, Leiden sworn allegiance to  Prince William of Orange in 1572. Of course, the Duke of Alba wanted to force this rebellious city to  surrender. He started the Siege of Leiden in 1573. After several battles and due to the weather, the Spanish troops had to flee.  As a special thanks for the resistance of the city, the University of Leiden was founded in 1575 by Prince William of Orange. The October 3rd. remembrance festival is celebrated every year in Leiden. I made a previous blog post abou

On February 25th. 1848 a boy was born in Stuttgart (then capital of the Kingdom Württemberg). The boy received the name William (in German: Wilhelm). Source picture: Wikipedia His parents were Prince Frederick of Württemberg and Princess Catherine of Württemberg. On February 15th. 1877 William married Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont (elder sister of Emma en Helena). They had 3 children, 1 survived childhood. Princess Marie died in 1882 (aged 24) from complications resulting from the birth of her third child. On April 8th. 1886 William married Princess Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe. With his second wife he had no children.  source picture: Wikipedia When William's childless maternal uncle, King Charles I of Württemberg died, he succeeded the throne of Württemberg.  There he founded the Württembergische Yacht Club in 1911 and he gave the  order to build the Wilhelmspalais in Stuttgart. In 1918, after World War I, William w

October 1st. 1685 marks the birth of a boy named Charles, who became later an important man as Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Serbia and Archduke of Austria. Charles VI and his family - Source picture: Wikipedia Charles was the second son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, and his wife, Princess Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg. His tutor became Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein. In 1700 Charles II of Spain died without an heir, so Charles VI declared  himself as ruler of Spain (they were both members of the House of Habsburg). However the Treaties of Utrecht and Rastatt declared Philip (grandson of  King Louis XIV of France) as King of Spain. Due to this treaties the Netherlands (also Belgium) were ruled since then by the Austrians until the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Charles VI married Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1708. They had 4 children, two of them survived childhood. Charles