All About Royal Families

Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg was born on December 23rd. 1865 in Vienna as the son of Philipp, Duke of Württemberg and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria. Albrecht and his wife - Source picture: Wikipedia On January 24th. 1893 Albrecht married Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria. This took place in Vienna. The two would have 7 children. During World War I he commanded the German 4th Army inter alia in the Battle of the Ardennes (1914), the first Battle of the Marne and then  he was transferred to Flanders during the Battle of the Yser until the  Armistice. On October 2nd. 1921, Albrecht became the head of the House of Württemberg after the death of his cousin King William II . see my Today in History of October 2nd, which you can check on next link . Albrecht died on October 31st. 1939 at Altshausen, which is now located in southern Germany.

December 22nd. 1597 marks the birth of Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp (in German: Friedrich III). He was the son of Duke Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp and Augusta of Denmark (daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark). Source picture: Wikipedia On February 21st. 1630 Frederick married Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony. She was the daughter of John George I, Elector of Saxony. They had 16 children together. On November 6th. 1633 Frederick sent an expedition to Moscow in order to  negotiate about a trade agreement with Tsar Michael I of Russia. This wasn't successful. As patron of Arts and Culture Frederick became more successful.  He contributed inter alia to the creation of the Globe of Gottorf.  The painter Jürgen Ovens worked more than 30 years for him and his successor. He died on August 10th. 1659.

My Happy Weekend Picture was taken in June 2014 inside the Loo Palace at Apeldoorn in The Netherlands. own picture - Het Loo Palace Nowadays The Loo Palace is a museum and gives you an idea how several members of the Dutch Royal family have lived. There also were some temporary exhibitions. The Loo Palace is among the Top 100 of the Dutch Heritage Sites of UNESCO. In 2013 around 400 000 people visited the palace, so it was one of the 8th.  most visited museums in The Netherlands. With this I'll end my post and I'd like to wish you a very happy Weekend!

On December 19th.1671, a girl was born with the name: Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. source picture: wikipedia She was the firstborn child of Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg- Bayreuth and his wife, Sophie Louise of Württemberg.  Christiane Eberhardine had five younger siblings, only two of them, survived childhood but she remained close to her relatives throughout her life. On January 20th. 1693, at the age of 21, she married Frederick Augustus, Duke of Saxony. This marriage was political and became highly unhappy. Augustus found her boring and she was shocked and hurt by his infidelity. In 1694 Christiane Eberhardine became electress when Augustus succeeded his brother as elector. According to some stories there was a kind of carnival procession in which Augustus celebrated his evelation. Members of his court drove through Dresden dressed as gods and goddnesses.Even his mistress, Maria Aurora von Königsmarck, participa