All About Royal Families

On 15 November 1498, Eleanor of Austria was born in Leuven (nowadays a part of Belgium then a part of the Habsburg Netherlands) as the eldest daughter of Philip I of Castile (Philip the Handsome) and Joanna of Castile (Joanna the Mad). Family Eleanor was a granddaughter of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, Mary of Burgundy, King Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile. Her siblings were: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, Queen Isabella of Denmark, Queen Mary of Hungary, Queen Catherine of Portugal. Eleanor of Austria was named after her paternal great-grandmother, Eleanor of Portugal, the Holy Roman Empress. She was a prominent member of the noble House of Habsburg. Love & Marriage Eleanor's relatives tried to marry her to the future King of England, Henry VIII, but he married Eleanor's aunt, Catherine of Aragon instead. Her relatives also tried to marry her to the King Louis XII and King Francis I of France

The Royal Music Chapel of the Guides of Belgium - screenshot On 9 November 2018, their majesties the King and the Queen of the Belgians offered a gala concert on the occasion of the centenary of the end of the first World War. The concert was graced by the Royal Music Chapel of the Guides of Belgium and commemorated the key moment in European and global history with a tribute to all victims. The guests of the concert were mainly compatriots who have dedicated themselves during the past memorial year to the theme of war, peace and memory. The program contained pieces of music that were  composed around the theme  of the first World War by prominent Belgian and foreign composers.  This Gala Concert took place at the Royal Palace in Brussels. It was attended by King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians and Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz of Belgium (more pictures see the Allaboutroyalfamilies facebook page or on the Twitter section on this blog). Royal Pa

On 20 September 2009, the amazing beautiful M-Museum at Leuven was opened by then Crown Princess Mathilde of Belgium (now queen) and by then Crown Princess Máxima of the Netherlands (now a queen too). Picture see this link .  M-Museum at Leuven, Belgium On 8 November 2018, Queen Mathilde of the Belgians visited the exhibition: Power & Beauty - The Arenbergs at her M-Museum in Leuven. She was guided by the Duke of Arenberg. Queen Mathilde and King Philippe of the Belgians screenshot taken on the National Day of Belgium in 2018 In 2017, I had the chance to visit this rather quirky M-Museum. The entrance already is very special with a splendid mix of old and modern architectural designs. It was created by the Belgian architect Stéphane Beel. It felt very big and spacious, outside and indside as well. So, I really like this original mix of architecture. M-Museum at Leuven, Belgium Beside that, a part of the museum was the former private residence of

The noble family of Arenberg was already mentioned in the 12th century and it was named after the village of Aremberg in the Ahr Hills, located in what's nowadays the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany. On this blog 'Allaboutroyalfamilies', I mentioned the House of Arenberg a few times, but the most significant blog post was the one of the Arenberg Castle near Louvain, Belgium. See this link . The noble house of Arenberg spread their wings in Europe, as many important families. They also have a very interesting history. Some royal history At the beginning Aremberg was originally a county with counts as its rulers. In 1549 it became a state of the Holy Roman Empire and it was raised to a princely county in 1576 and then in 1645 it became a duchy. Around 1789 the duchy of Arenberg was located in the Eifel region on the west side of the Rhine and contained amongst others, Aremberg, Schleiden and Kerpen. But back in time, from the 15th. century o