#Austrian royal family

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Royal Parallels: Queen Alexandra (then Princess of Wales) painted by Richard Lauchert, 1863, Empress Elizabeth of Austria painted by Franz Winterhalter, 1864 and The Princess of Wales (then Duchess of Cambridge) photographed by Paolo Roversi, 2021.

[tiarascrowns]

Marie-Antoinette’s Secret Diamond Bracelets

THE HISTORIC MARIE-ANTOINETTE DIAMONDS A STUNNING PAIR OF DIAMOND BRACELETS

112 Old-cut diamonds, silver and yellow gold, commissioned circa 1776, adapted in the 19th century, fitted blue velvet case

PROVENANCE

Queen Marie-Antoinette of France (1755-1793) Madame Royale, Duchess of Angoulême (1778-1851) Louise of Artois, Duchess of Parma and Piacenza (1819-1864) Robert I, Duke of Parma (1848-1907) Thence by descent

Queen Marie-Antoinette bought the bracelets from Charles Auguste Boehmer for 250,000 livres, which she paid with a combination of cash and jewels. During her final years, the Queen secretly wrapped her jewels in cotton and placed them in a wooden crate to be sent away for safekeeping. It eventually made it's way to the Imperial Treasury in Vienna, where it was kept safe until claimed by Antoinette's daughter Madame Royale.

Christie's and Town & Country Magazine

[tiaramania]

TIARA ALERT: Archduchess Ildikó of Habsburg-Lorraine wore Princess Louise of Bourbon-Two Sicilies' Diamond Tiara for Le Bal des Débutantes at the Shangri La Hotel in Paris on 25 November 2023.

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

VERY rare photo of Empress Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria smiling at the camera, 1870s (?) 🤍✨🥹

Source: Pinterest

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

September is National Suic1de Prevention and Awareness Month. Never forget the brave souls who did all they could to fight. Always reach out for help and never stop fighting.

~ Princess Alfred of Edinburgh, Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, 1874-1899

~ Princess Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, 1858-1899

~ Princess Feodora of Saxe Meiningen, 1879-1945

~ Princess Joachim of Prussia, 1890-1920

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Archduchess Isabella Peridot Tiara ♕ Private Collection

[europesroyalsweddings]

✵ February 6, 1982 ✵

Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg & Archduke Carl Christian of Austria

[thedeadleafs]

I bet this was a face in hole board type of thing

Heir to Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Ferdinand and his spouse Sophie dressed as a Mummy and a Sphinx respectively during their trip to Egypt in 1894.

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

~ Heinrich von Angeli, Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia (1896/1897)

via wikimedia commons

[sinnerenjoyer]

princess diana's 63rd birthday being the day after george russell with driver no. 63 won his 2nd race... that's insane someone tell george omg WELCOME BACK PRINCESS DIANA???

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

Fun fact: Through her, the modern Belgian royals today are a close relative of Empress Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria!

This Elisabeth was Sisi’s niece through her brother Prince Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, and is the current Belgian king Philippe II’s great grandmother.

THE BOAT

H.M. Queen Elisabeth of The Belgians, nee Duchess in Bavaria (1876-1965)

[cidnangarlond]

it's been 5 hours and I keep thinking abt this. are you factkin

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

My favorite photo of Archduchess Elisabeth “Erzsi” of Austria, Granddaughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria, 1880s-90s 🤍✨🌸

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

Hi, Who do you think was FJ’s favourite child or at least he showed the most affection to? Sisi loved Marie Valerie the most ( that’s perhaps cuz she was never allowed to raise her other 2 kids) but which child do u think was Franz’s?

Franz was more affectionate towards his daughters especially Gisela, he treasured the first poem she wrote for him on Christmas. He was nice with Valerie as well but he was too strict with Rudolf. I mean he might have loved his son in his way but put him through torturous training to make him strong. (He might have thought he was doing what’s best for Rudolf but the boy must have felt abandoned and unloved)

I definitely agree with you. Franz Joseph 1000000% to hard on Rudolf. He definitely loved him to an extent but was way to hard on him and put WAY to much pressure on him.

I think that his favorite was Valerie. I wouldn’t know enough about him to answer a definite why she was but this is just my opinion. In this case, Valerie had the highest chance because i think because she was Sisi’s favorite, that could’ve had a bigger influence of Franz himself than ever thought. Franz loved his wife very much so the fact that Sisi got to raise Valerie instead of having Franz’s own mother raising the two elder ones, that could’ve meant that there was a more homely environment for Valerie to grow up in and could’ve triggered some parental instinct in Franz.

But sometimes I think we forget that Sisi and Franz had another child, their eldest daughter Sophie who died at age 2. I think that there was a high chance that this daughter was Franz’s favorite. She was their first child and definitely meant a lot to both of them. She was there first go at being parents who were united together, she probably united them in more ways possible. When she died, Franz’s grief was extremely painful and I think that some hidden part of him never truly recovered or realized how much Sophie had meant to him.

Thank you for asking this question and sorry this took so long to answer!

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Imperial Crown of Austria ♕ Administration of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History)

[europesroyalsweddings]

✵ September 22, 1984 ✵

Princess Astrid of Belgium &  Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este