#Habsburg

[illustratus]

Schloss Paulenstein by Joseph Holzer

[empirearchives]

Gown and train of Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte

(Bust of Napoleon and painting of Marie Louise in the background)

Museo Glauco Lombardi

[classic-art-favourites]

Isabella of Portugal by Titian, 1548.

[mapsontheweb]

All lands the Habsburgs ever controlled in Europe.

[marianadecarlos]

Mariana of Austria and Margarita Theresa Fanart

Be warned as some events I wrote had some artistic license. 

On the morning of September 17, 1665, the bells tolled throughout the city. Jose Everardo Nithard immediately went to the Queen's chambers. Upon hearing the bells, Queen Mariana awoke and asked what was happening. The courtiers present kissed her hand. Nithard approached her and informed her that the king had passed away. The Queen began to shed a tear but kept her composure. She began to change her wardrobe from extravagant to a simple, rigid mourning dress, with the only adornment on her finger being her wedding ring. Surgeons and attendants were cleaning and embalming the king’s body while a mass was recited at the head of the royal bed. Margarita Theresa, dressed in mourning attire, approached Mariana, hugged her, and wept excessively. Mariana began to cry as she comforted her daughter.

Source: Queen, Mother, and Stateswoman Mariana of Austria and the Government of Spain by: Silvia Z. Mitchell

[annoyedkemist]

Protože lidská práva byla too woke

[diemelusine]

Archduke Ernest of Austria (c. 1580) by Alonso Sánchez Coello. Museo del Prado.

[scavengedluxury]

Habsburg family radio listening, 1928. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

[thethousandsorrows]

habsburg but lovers or something

idk i didnt read the lore ❤

[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.

[best-habsburg-monarch]

Napoleon II, Duke of Reichstadt

His mother's son (at least for the purposes of this bracket)

Philip II, King of Spain, King of Portugal, reigned 1556-1598

Instant discourse, just say the word 'armada'

[illustratus]

The Charge – A French Cuirassier holds aloft a captured Austrian Colour by Édouard Detaille

[tiny-librarian]

Portrait of a young Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, by Ottavio Zanuoli.

[classic-art-favourites]

Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen by Johann Zoffany, 1776.

[lancastrianwasian]

Ben and Evie being the power couple of Auradon is a favorite AU of mine. It’s very much like Charles V and Isabella of Portugal, but without any cousin stuff. I know Audrey would have been more upset.

D3 if Ben x Evie were a thing and during the proposal:

Queen Leah: “You were supposed to be his queen, and you let someone who’s basically a carbon copy of you take your place?”

Audrey: “She’s a witch too, Grammi. She knows magic and is everything that I’m not.”

Chad: “Like being a fashion designer, the mom friend of the group, plus the fact that she’s involved in anything Isle or VK-related, just like Ben is. It’s a good match.”

Audrey: “Bitch, you were supposed to be on my side.”

[marianadecarlos]

The Birth of Philip Prospero Fanart

Philip Prospero was born on November 28, 1657, in the Royal Alcazar of Madrid. He was the first son of Philip IV of Spain and Mariana of Austria. His birth brought joy to the kingdom, but his delivery caused his mother to have childbed fever, which most did not notice because of their joy. Queen Mariana was bedridden for days after the birth and she survived.

On the day of the birth, not a bench nor a table was left unbroken in the palace, nor a single pastry-cook’s nor tavern that was not sacked. Tomorrow [December 6] they say that his Majesty will go on horseback to the Atocha to give thanks to the Mother of God… They say the prince is a pretty little chap, and that the King wishes him to be baptized at once, before the extreme cold comes on… There are to be masquerades, bull-fights and cane-tourneys as soon as the Queen stands up to see them, as well as plays with machinery invented by an engineer, a servant of the Nuncio, to be represented at the theatre of Retiro, and the saloon of the palace… The municipality, following the lead of the Councils, have gone to congratulate the King… and no gentleman, great or small, has failed to do the like.

His baptism was described to have some mishaps, starting with the Ceremonial Napkin carried by Condestable de Castilla, an unpopular military officer, He made a scene at Prospero's baptism in the following matter:

It seems that the crush of the people was so great that a staircase gave way; this disarranged the procession as it left the chapel, and in particular prevented the Duque de Bejar from taking his place and bearing away the "mazapan". The "mazapan" was not a sweet meat, but a lump of breadcrumb on which the officiating ecclesiastic wiped his fingers after anointing the child with holy oil. The bread was enclosed in a highly decorated reptacle made of marzipan and carried on a richly worked piece of needlework. It seems to be a object which evoked singular curiosity through little relevance. As the Duque de Bejar was unable to be its barrier, Philip was asked what should be done, he was told master of ceremonies to ask the Condestable De Castilla to substitute, This gentleman replied that he was sorry but he had an injured arm. Philip IV, furious, repeated his order, whereupon he replied, "The Condestable De Castilla are too exalted to fill the gaps and voids left by others. The Duque de Alburquerque carried the ewer, the Duque of Terranova, the salt sellar. Last came the Duque of Pastrana carrying on this occasion the famous mazapan. It was made in the shape of a castle with gold and silver ornamentation. The chrism is a mixture of oil and balm used to anoint the infant. Owing to its Sacrosanct Character, It was those days covered much coveted by ill-intentioned persons; hence the drops of chrism deposited on the bread crumb with the Mazapan might be stolen. The infant was naked at this baptism, At the baptism, the infant was unclothed, prompting the Infanta Maria Theresa to ask why she had to present her brother in this manner. It was explained that this tradition was a way to demonstrate his gender.

Source:

Carlos, A king who would not die by John Langdon Davis