All About Royal Families

If you like a palace, built in the amazing Rococo style, then you certainly have to visit the Palace of the Marquis of Dos Aguas in Valencia, Spain. This Palace is now owned by the Spanish State and it houses the Conzález Martí National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts. It also has a nice noble and royal history. Royal History In the15th. century there was a noble knight called Don Francisco Perellós. He was a descendant of the counts of Tolosa and he married to Joanna Perellós, the only daughter of the wealthy Mosen Gines de Rabassa. Their descendants took the surname of Rabassa de Perellós. This family bought the barony of Dosaigües in 1496. In 1699 this was elevated to a marquisate by King Charles II of Spain. It was known that the name Dosaigües was transformed in Dos Aguas. The Marquis of Dos Aguas and his decendants lived in Valencia for many centuries and they were known as wealthy merchants and businessmen. Through marriage with other important Val

Emperor Akihito of Japan abdicated on 30 April 2019. He was the first Japanese Emperor to do so since 1817. This marked the end of the Reiwa era. The new Emperor of Japan is Emperor Naruhito. His enthronement ceremony is scheduled on 22 October 2019. During the enthronement ceremony various ancient imperial regalia are given to the new Emperor. For the people in Japan the enthronement ceremony is an extra holiday and it will be attended by many guests (about 5.000) with high profile delegates from at least 155 countries. What a great diplomatic and royal event! There are already many confirmed royal guests such as: - King Willem Alexander and Queen Máxima from The Netherlands; - King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium; - Grand Duke Henri from Luxembourg; - King Felipe and Queen Letizia from Spain; - King Carl XVI Gustaaf from Sweden and Crown Princess Victoria; - Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Denmark; - Crown Prince of Norway; - Albert II, Princ

Paola Ruffo di Calabria was born on 11 September 1937 in Villa Claudia at Forte dei Marmi in Italy. screenshot Queen Paola of Beglum (2013) Her father was Fulco, Prince Ruffo di Calabria, a title created in 1928 in the Kingdom of Italy. He also was the 6th. Duke of Guardia Lombardia. He served as a pilote during World War I. Later (in 1934) he became a senator due to King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. He served in the senate until 1944 (the start of the downfall of Mussolini). Her mother was Luisa Gazelli, herself a daughter of Augusto Filippo Gazelli, Count of Rossana and of San Sebastiano. But let's continue with Queen Paola's father: Fulco, Prince Ruffo di Calabria. He was the son of Fulco Beniamino Tristano Rufo di Calabria, the 5th. Duke of Guardia Lombardia and Laura Mosselman du Chenoy. The Family of Ruffo di Calabria already exists since the 12th. century. Its ancestor is Sigerio Ruffo and he had close ties with the Vatican. They had a coat

The last weeks were busy ones, so I only could read two fantastic royal books. The first one was Victoria the Queen, written by Julia Baird , which is of course a splendid biography about Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. I liked reading this interesting book about Queen Victoria, which was written  very well  and it gives an idea about her life from birth till death.  It also describes the era of Queen Victoria , her ministers, writers, inventors and many other important people.  This is a biography as it should be.  The other royal biography was a book written in Dutch about an other interesting queen: Queen Elisabeth of Belgium written by Ralf De Jonge. Elisabeth became the third queen of Belgium from 1909 till 1934. In the book, which also was written very well the author tells about Elisabeth's youth in Bavaria, about her bond with her aunt Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Sisi) , her marriage to Crown Prince Albert of Belgium, her  duties as a