All About Royal Families

On 12 October 1894 a royal princess was born in Sinaia, Romania. The girl received the name: Elisabeth Charlotte Josephine Alexandra Victoria. Family Her parents were Ferdinand I of Romania and Marie of Edinburgh. Marie of Edinburgh was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Check the page Descendants of Queen Victoria, Children & Grandchildren (1) on top of this blog or on this link .  Elisabeth of Romania was raised by her grand-uncle King Carol I of Romania and his wife Queen Elisabeth. Love and Marriage On 27 February 1921, Elisabeth of Romania married Prince George of Greece. The wedding took place in Bucharest with a lavish ceremony. Shortly after this marriage, Elisabeth's brother, Carol, married George's younger sister, Princess Helen of Greece. Duty In Greece, Elisabeth had many difficulties integrating into the royal family and her relation with Queen Sophia, the mother of Prince George, was awkward. Her in-laws re

On 10 October 1903, a Belgian Prince was born in Brussels. He received the names Charles Théodore Henri Antoine Meinrad. He got the title Prince of Belgium and Count of Flanders. Prince Charles of Belgium, Count of Flanders Family Prince Charles as a child Prince Charles of Belgium was the second son of King Albert I of Belgium and Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria. He had thus a older brother, who became King Leopold III of Belgium and a sister Marie-José the last Queen of Italy. Prince Charles as a child World War I During World War I the Belgian Royal Children were sent to the United Kingdom. King Albert I remained in Belgium behind the Yser Front. In 1915 Prince Charles started the school of Wixenford in Wokingham, Berkshire. In 1917 he attended the Royal Naval College in Osborne and later in Dartmouth. In 1926 he received the rank of sub-lieutenant in the British Royal Navy. Later that year he returned to Belgium to attend the Royal Military Schoo

Seymour Fleming was born on 5 October 1758 as a daughter of Sir John Fleming, 1 st. Baronet of Brompton Park and his wife Jane Coleman. When she was 5 years old, her father and two of her sisters died. Her mother remarried in 1770 to Edwin Lascelles, 1st. Baron Harewood, whose wealth derived from plantations in the West Indies. Love and Marriage On 20 September 1775, Seymour Fleming married Sir Richard Worsley, 7th. Baronet of Appuldurcombe House, Isle of Wight. She was styled Lady Worsley until his death. The couple had one legitimate child: Robert Edwin, who died young. But, Lady Worsley bore another child: Jane Seymour Worsley in August 1781, fathered by Maurice George Bisset. Worsley claimed the young born as his own child to avoid the scandal. However scandal continued. Lady Worsley was rumored to have 27 lovers! But the 'case' George Bisset really was interesting.  He was her husband 's close friend and neighbor on the Isle of Wight. In 1782 W

During the summer of 2017, I visited a lot of interesting places, which really had great royal connections. One of them was the Old University Library of Leuven  (in French: Louvain), Belgium.  University Library Louvain, Belgium Some history The University of Louvain was founded in 1425 with the support of John I, Duke of Brabant. Until 1636 there was no library on the University. Then it was very likely that students had access to printed books or manuscripts through their professors or to the houses of their colleges.  In 1636, however, a library was founded in the former cloth hall of Louvain. That year the southern Netherlands were ruled by the Spanish Habsburgs. Louvain, Belgium University Library the building in the former Cloth Hall During the first days of World War I, in 1914, the library was burned down by armies of the German Empire.  Fire during World War I in Louvain, Belgium After World War I, the idea to resto