All About Royal Families

Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria was born on 7 December 2003 in the HMC Bronovo at The Hague in The Netherlands. 101 salute shots were fired at four places in the Kingdom of The Netherlands: Den Helder, The Hague, Willemstad (Curacao) and Oranjestad (Aruba).  Family Her parents are King Willem Alexander of The Netherlands and Queen Máxima. Her paternal grandparents are Former Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands and Prince Claus.  Her maternal grandparents are Jorge Zorreguieta and  María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart. Princess Catharina-Amalia is a member of the House of Orange-Nassau. Baptism She was baptised in the Great Church of The Hague. Her godparents are: - Prince Constantijn (The Netherlands); - Crown Princess Victoria (Sweden); - Herman Tjeenk Willink (then the Council of State of the Netherlands); - Samantha Deane ( a friend of her mother); - Martín Zorreguieta (her maternal uncle); - Marc ter Haar (a friend of her father). At her baptism, her maternal grandparents atten

In 2021, there was a lovely exhibition of Napoleon Bonaparte in Liège, Belgium. On the exhibition, one corner of the royal descendants of the Bonaparte family immediately took my attention. That's why I wanted to make a  "royal" family post. part of the exhibition in Liège in 2021 What does King Philippe of Belgium, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg,  King Carl XIV Gustav of Sweden, King Harald of Norway and Queen Margrethe II of Demark in common? They are all descendants of  Empress Joséphine.  Belgium King Philippe of Belgium's parents are King Albert II of Belgium and Queen Paola. Through his father, King Philippe is a descendant of the Bonaparte family. The mother of King Albert II of Belgium was Princess Astrid of Sweden. Her father, Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, was a grandson of Joséphine of Leuchtenberg, herself a daughter of Eugène de Beauharnais, a son of Empress Joséphine. Denmark Queen Margrethe II of Denmark was born as the daughter of King Frederick I

On 23 November 1890, King Willem (William) III of The Netherlands died  in Apeldoorn. Birth William was born on 19 February 1817 in the Palace of the Nation in Brussels, which was then a part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.  Family His parents were the future King William II of the Netherlands and Anna  Pavlovna of Russia. He had three brothers (one died young) and one sister.  King William II (the father) and his family.  Early life At the age of 10, in 1827, he was made an honorary colonel in the Royal Netherlands Army. In the 1830's he served as lieutenant in the Grenadiers Regiment.  Reign At the beginning, King William III ruled over the Netherlands and Luxembourg as well.  In 1856, the "Luxembourg Coup" took place. William instituted a new constitution for Luxembourg which he ruled personally separate from the crown.  In 1867, France offered to buy Luxembourg, which led to the Luxembourg Crisis. However the Second Treaty of London re-established Luxembourg

  From 5 till 8 November 2021, I was in "hellhole" Brussels to visit the Bright  Brussels festival and some museums. Quite by accident I ended up in the chapel of the Palace of Nassau.  Immediately I was fascinated by its history. Was it a part of a real royal palace? Who lived there? The painting of the Palace of Nassau Broodhuis in Brussels - own picture 2021 the chapel at the Palace of Nassau own picture 2021 History The Palace of Nassau, also called Hof van Nassau in Dutch and Hôtel de Nassau in French, was the former city palace of the Counts of Nassau located on the Coudenberg in Brussels.  The construction was started in the 14th. century. Willem van Duivenvoorde settled in Brussels. However Willem Van Duivenvoorde had twelve natural children but no legal ones, so his possessions came into the hands of the family Van Polanen. When Johanna van Polanen - the last descendant of this family - married Engelbrecht I of Nassau-Siegen in 1403, the palace came into the possess