All About Royal Families

Princess Friederike Caroline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt was born on August 20th. 1752. Her parents were Prince Georg William of Hesse-Darmstadt and Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg. picture:wikipedia On September 18th. 1768 she married Duke Charles of Mecklenburg- Strelitz. They would have 10 children. Two of her daughters even became Queen Consort. Louise married Frederick William III of Prussia and Frederica married Ernst August I of Hanover. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt is a direct ancestor of inter alia: Queen Margrethe II of Denmark; King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands; King Philippe of Belgium; King Harald of Norway; Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg. She died on May 22nd. 1782 at the age of 29, three days after she gave birth to her 10th. child. She was buried in the Royal Crypt of the church of St.John the Baptist in Mirow (northern Germany).

Birth Princess Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern was born on August 19th. 1890 in Potsdam as a daughter of William, Prince of Hohenzollern and his first wife Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Family ties Her paternal grandparents were: Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and Infanta Antónia of Portugal. Her maternal grandparents were: Prince Louis, Count of Trani and Mathilda Ludovika, Duchess in Bavaria (sister of Sisi) Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern - picture: Wikipedia Love & Marriage On September 4th. 1913, Princess Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern married Manuel II of Portugal. Manuel II of Portugal had succeeded the Portuguese throne after the  assassination of his father and his elder brother. Manuel had been  deposed on October 5th. 1910. Manuel II died on July 2nd. 1932 in England. The couple didn't have any children. On April 23rd. 1939 Augusta Victoria married her second husband. This was Count Robert Douglas. The bride was

August 17th.1887 marks the birth of Charles (in German: Karl) of Austria. His parents were Archduke Otto Franz of Austria and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony. This event took place at the Castle of Persenbeug. Charles was privately educated but he attended the gymnasium for the sake of demonstrations in scientific subjects. Later he entered the army. From 1906 until 1908 Charles was an officer chiefly in Prague. Meanwhile he studied law and political science. Source picture: Wikipedia On October 21st.  1911 Charles married Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma. The two met each other as children, but then they did not see another for almost 10 years.However in 1909 Charles visited her family and it was then that he met her again. Their wedding was attended by the 81 year old emperor Franz Joseph. The couple would have 8 children. They would became the grandparents of inter alia Prince Lorenz of Belgium. On this Youtube link you can see a movie of the wedding of Charles

One of the most beautiful palaces in Brussels (capital of Belgium) is the Egmont Palace. You can see the amazing building from the Egmont Park but it is not open for public because it houses the Belgian Ministry for foreign affairs. Egmont Palace seen from the Egmont Park - own picture Between 1548 and 1560 it was built by Françoise of Luxembourg and her son Lamoral, Count of Egmont. Lamoral, Count of Egmont, source picture: wikipedia History about Lamoral, Count of Egmont Lamoral, Count of Egmont was a great general and statesman in the Spanish Netherlands just before the start of the Eighty Year's War. He was at the head of a powerful and wealthy family in the Low Countries. His father was John IV of Egmont, a knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece. Egmont was a member of King Philip II of Spain's official council of state for Flanders and Artois.  Together with William, Prince of Orange and the Count of Horn he protest