All About Royal Families

King Gustaf V of Sweden and the Nazi's In these series the Allaboutroyalfamilies blog makes talks about the role of the royals during World War II. This time it is about King Gustaf V of Sweden. What's his background? Oscar Gustaf Adolf was born on 16 June 1858 in Drottningholm Palace in Ekerö in Stockholm county. He was the son of Prince Oscar of Sweden and Princess Sofia of Nassau. By his birth he received the title: Duke of Värmland. On 20 September 1881 Gustaf of Sweden married Princess Victoria of Baden in Karlsruhe. Her parents were Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden and Princess Louise of Prussia. She was thus a granddaughter of Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany. She also was a granddaughter of Princess Sophie of Sweden. This princess Sophie was a member of the Swedish house of Holstein-Gottorp. Through the marriage between Gustaf and Victoria two royal Swedish houses were united: the one of Bernadotte and the one of Holstein-Gottorp. On 8 December 1907

Prince Carl of Denmark was born on 3 August 1872 at the Charlottenlund Palace near Copenhagen. He was the second son of Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark and his wife Louise of Sweden.  Family Prince Carl of Denmark's paternal grandparents were King Christian IX  of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. His maternal grandparents were King Charles XV of Sweden and Louise of The Netherlands.  Prince Carl was a member of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg- Glücksburg, branch of the House of Oldenburg.  The family had permanent links with Norway beginning from the late Middle Ages. Several of his paternal ancestors had been kings of independent Norway (Haakon V of Norway, Christian I of Norway, Frederick I, etc... ). Education Prince Carl was educated at the Royal Danish Naval Academy from 1889 to 1893, graduating as a second lieutenant in the Royal Danish Navy. In 1894 he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant a

In these series the Allaboutroyalfamilies blog continues to talk about the hobbies of the royals in past and present. One popular hobby of royals is painting. Painting often is described as: "Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or another  medium  to a solid surface.  Painting is an important form in the  visual arts." Prince Charles of Belgium, Count of Flanders was a keen artist So, who are the royals who liked to paint? It almost is impossible to make a complete list and it's sure that some royals are forgotten on the list. If you want some of the royals to be included in this blogpost, please let me know (and why) (only painters). Austria Maria Theresa of Habsburg, Holy Roman Empress was educated to paint. Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (hint by @empressofHAB via Twitter) Belgium Queen Louise-Marie of Belgium was a decent drawer and painter. It also is known that the Princess Maria of Hohenzollern- Sigmari

During many visits in the most splendid palaces, it always strikes me that noble people and royalty always spent much of attention to their library. It really is a pleasure to walk in such beautiful places full of history. It must be clear that a lot of Kings and Queens love to read. In Belgium we know that King Philippe of the Belgians is an avid reader and in March 2020 (just as on many more occasions,) Queen Mathilde of the Belgians encouraged young people to start reading. King Philippe of the Belgians inherited his passion for reading books by his ancestors. Queen Louise-Marie of Belgium, born as Princess Louise d'Orléans liked to read too. Her favourites were works from Lord Byron, Shakespeare, Balzac and Victor Hugo. One other Belgian royal who liked to read was Elisabeth in Bavaria (1876-1965). She married to King Albert I of Belgium (then Crown Prince) in 1900. She was Queen Consort of Belgium from 1909 till 1934. In 2015, her favourite books wer