All About Royal Families

In the garden of the Petit Sablon in Brussels, capital of Belgium, there is a remarkable statue worth to take a closer look to the person behind the statue. Lodewijk van Bodegem own picture taken in 2017 It is the one made of Lodewijk van Bodegem, also called Loys van Boghem or Lowys van Beughem.  First of all Lodewijk van Bodegem isn't very famous anymore though his  history really is remarkable.  Personal story Lodewijk van Bodegem was born around 1470 in St. Martens Bodegem (one of the Brussels regions).   Loys' father had a stone quarry near Stuivenberg. Loys and his brother continued the business after their father's death. After 1496 Loys married Anna van Aelst. They had a lot of children. Loys died in 1540 in Brussels. Royal Duty Loys Van Bogem was master in a guild from Brussels. Together with  Laurens Keldermans and Hendrik van Pede he built the Nassau Palace  in Brussels. This was the city's residence of

Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar was born on 20 February 1867 at Marlborough House in London. The three daughters of Wales and their cousins from Russia Family The Princess was the daughter of King Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark (then the Prince and Princess of Wales). She was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She was a sister of inter alia the later King George V. In 1905, her father granted Louise the title: Princess Royal. Love and Marriage On 27 July 1889, Louise married Alexander Duff at the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace. Two days after the wedding Queen Victoria created him 1st. Duke of Fife and Marques Macduff. They would have 3 children. Only two daughters would reach their adulthood: - Princess Alexandra - Princess Maud Duty In 1911, the Princess Royal and her family sailed to Egypt. They were shipwrecked in Morocco. The Duke of Fife went ill and he died in Assuan, Egypt. Louise, Princess Royal w