All About Royal Families

One of the most beautiful places in Belgium, the Damme Canal, is located near Bruges in West Flanders. Besides its amazing nature, this place has an  interesting royal history too! Damme Canal Belgium own picture Royal History This Damme Canal also has a great history. It all started with an order of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1810. This canal should connect Bruges with the Western Scheldt. It was a part of the canal network behind the coast. These networks should give the opportunity to provide the French troops quickly without the confrontation of the English on the North Sea. The Damme Canal was used for shipping till 1940, then - how ironic - French troops destroyed the siphon system. Nowadays the Damme Canal is used for recreation sports like pleasure boats, fishing. It also is an important touristic route between Bruges and Damme.

Eléanor de Roucy de Roye was born on February 24th. 1535 in France. Her parents were Charles de Roye and Madeleine de Maillé. Eléanor - Source picture: Wikipedia Through her father Eléanor inherited the County de Roucy and through her mother she inherited the lordship of Conti. This made her a good wedding candidate. On June 22nd. 1551 Eléanor married Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé. This was a famous Huguenot leader and a general. They would have 8 children, but only two of them had issue. Between 1560 and 1563, during the French Civil Wars, Eléanor and her mother were involved with politics to support her husband. When the Prince of Condé became prisoner from the ultra-catholic Guise family, Eléanor and her mother made alliances with Protestant German Princes and even with Queen Elizabeth I of England! Later Eléanor tried to negotiate with the regent of France, which was then Catherine de' Medici. This resulted in the Peace of Amboise and the release o

February 23rd. 1766 marks the birth of Caroline von Humboldt. This event took place in Minden (Germany). Caroline von Humboldt - Source picture: Wikipedia Her parents had been  Karl Friedrich von Dacheröden and Ernestine Friderike, Countess of Hopfgarten.  On June 29th. 1791 Caroline married Wilhelm von Humboldt in Erfurt. This marriage was rather special for that time because the two lived for long time seperated and then together. The couple gave each other a lot of freedom however they would have 8 children. The two lived in Paris (France), Rome (Italy) and Vienna (Austria), where Caroline always made from her house an important social center. Caroline even traveled to Spain, then with three children, for cataloging the Spanish art, this was much appreciated by Goethe. Rome was her favorite city. There she became a patron of art, she bought a lot of works from German artists like Gottlieb Schick, Friedrich Tieck and many more. When she was back in Berlin

My Happy Weekend picture was taken in 2011 in Ahrweiler. This lovely place is located in the Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. Ahrweiler - Germany - own picture The History of Ahrweiler started in 50 BC, when this place was conquered by the Romans under Julius Caesar. From 1100 till 1246 this place was ruled by the counts of Ahr and their relatives, the counts of Hochstaden. They played an important role in the development of Ahrweiler. During that period, defensive walls, ramparts and towers were built, some of them you can still see today. With this post I'd like to thank all of you for your nice comments, likes and  reshares. I also want to wish you a happy Saturday and a wonderful  Weekend.