All About Royal Families

January 20th. 1292 marks the birth of Elizabeth of Bohemia. Elizabeth of Bohemia - Source picture: Wikipedia Her parents were Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Judith of Habsburg. When Elizabeth was five years old, her mother died. Six years later her father remarried. This time he chose a Polish Princess called Elizabeth Richeza of Poland. Wenceslaus II gained then the King of Poland. At the age of 13, Elizabeth of Bohemia became an orphan. Her father died and her brother was assassinated. In 1306 the marriage question of Elizabeth of Bohemia became important. In September 1310 Elizabeth finally married John of Luxembourg, he was the son of Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor. The coronation of John and Elizabeth took place in 1311. At the beginning the marriage was a disaster because Elizabeth needed to give birth to a son. Six years after her wedding she gave birth to the later Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI. The marriage became worser and Elizabeth grew jealous

On January 19th. 1889, Sophie Taeuber Arp was born in Davos (Switzerland). Her parents were Emil Taeuber and Sophie Taeuber-Krüsi. Sophie Taeuber - Source picture: Wikipedia When she was two years old, her father died of tuberculosis. After his death, all the family moved to Trogen, where her mother opened a pension. Sophie Taeuber began her studies at the School of Art in St. Gallen. Later she studied in a workshop in Munich, at the School of Arts and Crafts in Hamburg. She also attended the Laban School of Dance in Zurich. In 1915 at an exhibition of the Tanner Gallery, Sophie met the avant-garde artist Jean Arp. The two married in in 1922 and she changed her last name in Taeuber-Arp. From 1916 till 1920 Sophie Taeuber-Arp started with textile and graphic works, she designed puppet costumes and sets for the theater as well. In 1926 the talented couple moved to Strasbourg in France. There they both took the French nationality. In 1927 they wrote together a book

My Happy Weekend Picture was taken in Berlin, at the tea house in the Charlottenburg Palace garden. These sets were used by some Prussian Queens. a pink tea set As you can see on the picture(s) the Prussian Royal Family took the tea ceremony very serious. They had a lot of own Porcelain tea sets. Everything is very well preserved.  another tea set On September 19th. 1763, King Frederick II of Prussia established the Royal Porcelain factory in Berlin. This factory still exists today. So: Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things :-) (Quote from Chaim Potok). With this quote I wish you all a very good Saturday and of course a  happy Sunday as well!

Anna Margareta von Haugwitz was born on January 16th. 1622  in Calbe as a poor orphan from lower German nobility. Anna Margareta von Haugwitz - Source picture: Wikipedia In 1635 she moved to Sweden as ward of Elisabeth Juliana of Erbach and met a Swedish commander, Carl Gustaf Wrangel, the two fell in love, despite their difference in rank.The couple married in 1640 and this turned out to be a happy family life. After her death on March 20th. 1673, Anna Margareta von Haugwitz,  surprisingly, provide a large sum of money to her birth city, Calbe.