#Princess Sophia of Prussia

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚁𝚘𝚢𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 👑✨🍫

(𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝟸 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝟺)

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Queen Sophia of Greece, née Princess Sophia of Prussia.

Princess Beatrice, Duchess of Galliera, née Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh.

Empress Maria Feodorovna, née Princess Dagmar of Denmark.

Queen Marie of Romania, née Princess Marie of Edinburgh.

Queen Victoria, née Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent.

Queen Margherita of Italy, née Princess Margherita of Savoy.

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, née Princess Alix of Hesse.

Princess Louise of Schaumburg-Lippe, née Princess Louise of Denmark.

Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, née Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg.

[ykzzr]

Tsesarevich Nicholas, Prince George of Wales, Princess Sophia of Prussia, Crown Prince Constantine of Greece and Prince George of Greece and Denmark 1890s.

[duchesssoflennox]

"The Monarchs of Queen Victoria’s Legacy"

Wilhelm II was the first of Queen Victoria's grandchildren to ascend to a throne, becoming German Emperor in 1888. His reign initiated the lineage of monarchs descended from Victoria. The last to be crowned was Marie of Romania in 1914, marking the end of an era for Victoria's royal progeny.

Queen Maud of Norway holds the distinction of having the longest tenure as Queen Consort among Queen Victoria's grandchildren, with a reign that spanned 33 years. Her time on the throne was characterized by a harmonious blend of British heritage and Norwegian culture, leaving a legacy of benevolence and cultural patronage. Conversely, Queen Sophia's role as Queen Consort of the Hellenes was the briefest, lasting just about 4 years due to the political upheavals of World War I and Greece's National Schism, which led to her husband's abdication. Despite the short span, her resilience and dedication to her royal duties remained unwavering.

The execution of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna was a deeply tragic event, reflecting the brutal reality of the Russian Revolution. On the night of 16-17 July 1918, she and her family were executed by Bolshevik revolutionaries in Yekaterinburg. Alexandra witnessed the murder of her husband, Tsar Nicholas II, before she herself was killed with a gunshot to the head. The violence of that night brought an abrupt and grim end to the Romanov dynasty, extinguishing the lives of the last imperial family of Russia in a stark and merciless manner. Her death marked the first among Queen Victoria’s crowned grandchildren. In contrast, Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain lived through the upheavals of the 20th century, witnessing the restoration of the Spanish monarchy. She passed away in 1969, the last of Victoria’s crowned grandchildren, her life reflecting the dramatic changes of her time.

George V’s United Kingdom, a realm where tradition blends with modernity, continues to stand firm. The monarchy, a symbol of continuity, has weathered the storms of change, its crown passed down through generations, still reigning with a sense of duty and connection to the people.

Maud of Norway’s legacy endures in the serene beauty of Norway, where the monarchy remains a cherished institution. Her reign, characterized by a quiet strength and a nurturing presence, is remembered fondly, and the royal house she helped establish continues to flourish.

Margaret of Connaught’s Swedish monarchy, into which she married, stands resilient. Though she never became queen, her descendants uphold the traditions and values she embodied, maintaining the monarchy as a pillar of Swedish national identity.

Victoria Eugenie of Spain saw the Spanish monarchy navigate the tumultuous waters of the 20th century, enduring a republic and a dictatorship before being restored. Today, it stands as a testament to resilience, with her bloodline still on the throne, embodying the spirit of reconciliation and progress.

In stark contrast, the fates of other monarchies were marked by tragedy:

Wilhelm II witnessed the fall of his German Empire in the aftermath of World War I. His abdication marked the end of an era, and he spent his remaining years in exile, a once-mighty emperor without a throne, reflecting on the lost glory of his realm.

Sophia of Hellenes experienced the disintegration of the Kingdom of Greece amidst political upheaval. The monarchy, once a symbol of national unity, was abolished, leaving her and her family to face the harsh reality of a world that had moved beyond the age of empires.

Alexandra Feodorovna’s Russian Empire crumbled during the Bolshevik Revolution. The tragic end of the Romanov dynasty saw her and her family executed, their fates sealed by the tides of revolution that swept away centuries of monarchical rule.

Marie of Romania’s kingdom, once a beacon of hope in the aftermath of World War I, eventually succumbed to the forces of history. The monarchy was abolished after World War II, and the royal family faced the stark reality of a republic.

[unanchored-ship]

they goofys...

this is literally just a display of my artstyles 🤡

[nobility-art]

Portrait of Princess Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina of Prussia

Artist: Johann Georg Ziesenis  (1716–1776) 

Genre: Portrait

Depicted People: Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange

Date: circa 1768-1769

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Mauritshuis

The woman reading here is the very young Wilhelmina of Prussia. She was barely sixteen when she was married to Prince Willem V, the stadholder of Holland.

[comtessezouboff]

Paintings from Buckingham Palace: part II

A retexture by La Comtesse Zouboff — Original Mesh by @thejim07

Spread among 13 occupied and historic royal residences in the United Kingdom, the collection is owned by King Charles III and overseen by the Royal Collection Trust. The British monarch owns some of the collection in right of the Crown and some as a private individual. It is made up of over one million objects, including 7,000 paintings, over 150,000 works on paper, this including 30,000 watercolours and drawings, and about 450,000 photographs, as well as around 700,000 works of art, including tapestries, furniture, ceramics, textiles, carriages, weapons, armour, jewellery, clocks, musical instruments, tableware, plants, manuscripts, books, and sculptures.

Some of the buildings which house the collection, such as Hampton Court Palace, are open to the public and not lived in by the Royal Family, whilst others, such as Windsor Castle, Kensington Palace and the most remarkable of them, Buckingham Palace are both residences and open to the public.

About 3,000 objects are on loan to museums throughout the world, and many others are lent on a temporary basis to exhibitions.

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The second part includes paintings displayed in the Ball Supper Room, the Ballroom, the Ballroom Annexe, the Bow Room, the East Gallery, the Grand Entrance and Marble Hall, the Minister's Landing & Staircase, the Vestibule, the Chinese Dining Room and the Balcony Room.

This set contains 57 paintings and tapestries with the original frame swatches, fully recolourable. They are:

Ball Supper Room (BSR):

Portrait of King George III of the United Kingdom (Benjamin West)

Ballroom (BR):

The Story of Jason: The Battle of the Soldiers born of The Serpent's Teeth (the Gobelins)

The Story of Jason: Medea Departs for Athens after Setting Fire to Corinth (the Gobelins)

Ballroom Annexe (BAX):

The Apotheosis of Prince Octavius (Benjamin West)

Bow Room (BWR):

Portrait of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (William Corden the Younger)

Portrait of Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Alexander Melville)

Portrait or George, Duke of Cambridge (William Corden the Younger)

Portrait of Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Augusta of Saxe-Weimar, Princess of Prussia, later Queen of Prussia and German Empress (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Prince Leopold, Later Duke of Albany (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Ernest, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langeburg (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Ferdinand of Savoy, Duke of Genoa (Eliseo Sala)

Portrait of Marie Alexandrina of Saxe-Altenburg, Queen Consort of Hanover (Carl Ferdinand Sohn)

Portrait of Leopold, Duke of Brabant, Later Leopold II, King of the Belgians (Nicaise de Keyser)

Portrait of Marie Henriette, Archduchess of Austria and Duchess of Brabant, Later Queen of the Belgians (Nicaise de Keyser)

East Gallery (EG):

Portrait of Leopold I, King of the Belgians (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Victoria, Queen of England in Coronation Robes (Sir George Hayter)

Portrait of Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, King of the French (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Consort Queen of England with her Children at Windsor Castle (Benjamin West)

Portrait of Prince Adolphus, later Duke of Cambridge, With Princess Mary and Princess Sophia at Kew (Benjamin West)

The Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey, 28 June, 1838. (Sir George Hayter)

The Christening of Edward, Prince of Wales 25 January, 1842 (Sir George Hayter)

The Marriage of Queen Victoria, 10 February, 1840 (Sir George Hayter)

Portrait of the Royal Family in 1846 (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as King Edward III and Queen Philippa of Hainault at the Ball Costumé of 12 May, 1842 (Sir Edwin Landseer)

Grand Entrance and Marble Hall (GEMH):

Portrait of Edward, Duke of Kent (John Hoppner)

Portrait of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (George Dawe)

Portrait of Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saafeld, Dowager Duchess of Kent (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Victoria, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom in State Robes (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Louise d'Orléans, Consort Queen of the Belgians, with her Son Leopold, Duke of Brabant (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Feodora of Leiningen, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langeburg, with her Daughter, Princess Adelheid (Sir George Hayter)

Portrait of George, Prince of Wales, Later King George IV (Mather Byles Brown)

Portrait of Victoire of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duchess of Nemours (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Augustus, Duke of Sussex (Domenico Pellegrini)

Portrait of Leopold I, King of the Belgians (William Corden the Younger)

Minister's Landing and Staircase (MLS):

Portrait of George, Prince of Wales in Garther Robes (John Hoppner)

The Loves of the Gods: The Rape of Europa (the Gobelins)

The Loves of the Gods: The Rape of Proserpine (The Gobelins)

Vestibule (VL):

Portrait of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the Prince Consort (Unknown Artist from the German School)

Portrait of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Later Grand Duchess of Hesse (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Later Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Princess Louise of the United Kingdom, Later Duchess of Argyll (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, Later Empress Frederick of Germany (Franz Xaver Winterhalter)

Portrait of Victoria Mary of Teck, Duchess of York (Edward Hughes)

Chinese Dining Room or Pavilion Breakfast Room(CDR):

Set of Four Painted Chinoiserie Wall panels I (Robert Jones)

Set of Four Painted Chinoiserie Wall panels II (Robert Jones)

Set of Four Painted Chinoiserie Wall panels III (Robert Jones)

Set of Four Painted Chinoiserie Wall panels IV (Robert Jones)

Balcony Room or Centre Room (BR):

Chinoiserie Painted Panel I (Robert Jones)

Chinoiserie Painted Panel II (Robert Jones)

Chinoiserie Painted Panel III (Robert Jones)

Chinoiserie Painted Panel IV (Robert Jones)

EXTRAS! (E):

I decided to add the rest of the tapestries from the story of Jason (wich hangs in the Grand Reception Room at Windsor Castle) and (with Jim's permission) added the original mesh for paintings number 2,3,4 & 5 from the Vestibule (seen here and here) wich was never published. These items are:

The Story of Jason: Jason Pledges his Faith to Medea (the Gobelins)

The Story of Jason: Jason Marries Glauce, Daughter of Creon, King of Thebes (the Gobelins)

The Story of Jason: The Capture of the Golden Fleece (the Gobelins)

The Story of Jason: The Poisoning of Glauce and Creon by Medea's Magic Robe (the Gobelins)

Sea Melodies (Herbert James Draper) (made by TheJim07)

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Found under decor > paintings for:

500§ (BWR: 1,2,3,4,5,6, & 8 |VL: 1)

570§ (VL: 2,3,4 & 5 |E: 5)

1850§ (GEMH: 1 & 3)

2090§ (GEMH: 2,6,7, 9 & 11)

3560§ (GEMH: 4,5 & 10 |BSR: 1 |EG: 1,2,3,4 & 5 |MLS: 1 |BAX: 1)

3900§ (CDR: 1,2,3 & 4 |BR: 1,2,3 & 4 |EG: 10 |VL: 6 |GEMH: 8)

4470§ (MLS: 2 |E: 1)

6520§ (BR 1 & 2| MLS: 3 |EG: 6,7,8 & 9 |BR: 1 & 2 |E: 2,3 & 4)

Retextured from:

"Saint Mary Magdalene" (BWR: 1,2,3,4,5,6, & 8 |VL: 1) found here.

"Sea Melodies" (VL: 2,3,4 & 5 |E: 5)

"The virgin of the Rosary" (GEMH: 1 & 3) found here.

"Length Portrait of Mrs.D" (GEMH: 4,5 & 10 |BSR: 1 |EG: 1,2,3,4 & 5 |MLS: 1 |BAX: 1) found here

"Portrait of Maria Theresa of Austria and her Son, le Grand Dauphin" (CDR: 1,2,3 & 4 |BR: 1,2,3 & 4 |EG: 10 |VL: 6 |GEMH: 8) found here

"Sacrifice to Jupiter" (MLS: 2 |E: 1) found here

"Vulcan's Forge" (BR 1 & 2| MLS: 3 |EG: 6,7,8 & 9 |BR: 1 & 2 |E: 2,3 & 4) found here

(you can just search for "Buckingham Palace" using the catalog search mod to find the entire set much easier!)

Disclaimer!

Some paintings in the previews look blurry but in the game they're very high definition, it's just because I had to add multiple preview pictures in one picture to be able to upload them all! Also sizes shown in previews are not accurate to the objects' actual sizes in most cases.

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[catherinetheprincessofwales]

Royal Deaths, 22nd September.

1093 - Olaf III, King of Norway.

1408 - Johannes VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor

1520 - Selim I, the Grim, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

1531 - Louise of Savoy, mother and regent for King Francis I, dies of the plague at 55.

1828 - Shaka, South African Zulu king, founder of the Zulu nation, murdered.

1840 - Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte.

1948 - Prince Adalbert of Prussia, son of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia. 

[thehessiansisters]

Photograph of Princesses Elisabeth and Victoria with their maternal cousins, Princesses Sophia, Viktoria and Margaret of Prussia and Princess Charlotte, Hereditary Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen, 1882.

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

Hi! Do you know why Vicky didn't have a good relationship with Charlotte? I know she didn't with Wilhelm mainly because of his disability however what was the issue with Charlotte?

Hello! So I think you need to keep these things in mind before you start analyzing the two’s relationship. For one thing, back in the day, good kind relationships between royal parents and their children were quite rare. Most royal women put their children in the care of nannies and often didn’t see them as their own flesh and blood. But don’t get me wrong, some royals had AMAZING relationships with their children, but this was not always the case.

Victoria Princess Royal married Crown Prince Fredrick of Prussia when she was only 17 years old (that was quite young, even for her time!) and she was still very much a young girl. Also she didn’t have the best relationship with her mother because Queen Victoria was more in love with her husband Albert than her children and she wasn’t the best figure to look up to as a mother. She had her first child, Kaiser Wilhelm II when she was only 19 years old and she had Charlotte when she was 20. She was quite inexperienced as a mother and the only motherly figure that she could look up to was her own mother. She didn’t have any other person to influence her motherly abilities. Also just a year after she had Charlotte, her father died unexpectedly which left a big whole in her heart. Vicky idolized her father and was deeply crushed by his death. Queen Victoria also was deeply shattered by this loss and became even colder to her children (she wasn’t cruel, but she was very distant and often ignored their troubles and said that they would never compare to her loss of her “beloved Albert”).

As you mentioned above, Kaiser Wilhelm did have a disability and yes that affected his relationship with his mother. Vicky had a difficult birth with Wilhelm because he was a breech baby (he was born feet first instead of head). The birth required forceps to get the baby out and they had to break Wilhelm’s left shoulder too. He came out not breathing but the doctors gave him a good slap and then he started to cry indicating that he was alive. The doctors didn’t understand that breaking the child’s shoulder and not fixing it immediately would cause a defective left arm for the rest of Wilhelm’s life. Back then, having a “crippled” heir to the throne was out of the question. Vicky and Fritz (Fredrick’s nickname) approved countless dangerous and abusive “medical treatments” that would supposedly help with his disability. The “treatments” often involved electro-therapy or wrapping dead animals to the paralyzed arm. This never fixed Wilhelm’s disability and only left him deeply traumatized. He blamed his mother for this for the rest of his life and never forgives her for not standing up for him. In the next four years, Vicky had two more children, Henry and Sigismund. She was starting to gain some more motherly abilities and she was very happy with her family. In 1866, Vicky’s youngest son Sigismund was sick with meningitis. All of the available doctors were sent to the front because of the Austro-Prussian war. Nobody was able to treat little Siggi and poor Vicky had to just sit and watch him suffer and eventually die at the age of almost 2 years old. This was a devastating blow for Vicky as Siggi was (and I hate to say it) her favorite child. After this devastating blow, Vicky finally understood what it meant to be a truly devoted mother. The tables really changed and after that, she was A LOT more devoted to her youngest children Victoria, Waldemar, Sophia, and Margaret.

But Vicky! You need to remember that you had three other children who have been lacking in a mothers love and devotion! But sadly, she did forget. The way I interpret this is that I think Vicky felt ashamed that she didn’t love her eldest children enough so she just felt like it could never be fixed. I think she really did love them, but she felt like it would never be the same as the younger children’s love. This resulted in three children whose childhood wasn’t the happiest. Henry didn’t seem to mind (and if he did then he probably would’ve covered it up because he seemed to respect and love both of his parents despite the lack of devotion), but for Charlotte and Wilhelm, it was a completely different story. They both had very different personalities from their other siblings. They were very emotional and they needed a motherly figure in their life which they lacked in very much.

Looking into Charlotte specifically, she always felt like, in her childhood, she never got what she needed. It left her very emotionally distressed and lonely. She always felt this way, even when she was an adult. She married, even had a child (Feodora) and still felt like nothing was enough for her. Because she lacked in any motherly experiences, she treated her only daughter, Feodora, terribly. Instead of caring for her daughter and loving her like any other would, she just went out partying instead. She was severely depressed and some people suspected that she had the genetic condition Porphyria (which her Great-Great Grandfather King George III had, which led him to go mad and eventually die.).

In conclusion, Charlotte did not have the best relationship with her mother, and it scarred her for life.

Thank you for asking!!!

[incoherentbabblings]

It really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things but something I always found ??? about the Queen Charlotte Bridgerton series is the refusal to engage with why Charlotte and George's daughters were so late to marry and, yeah, it was partially Charlotte needing her daughters as emotional crutches when George completely lost his mind but also George's sisters and aunts were beaten abused and humiliated by their husbands and yes that really did colour his engagement in discussions for potential matches.

His aunt Mary was frequently beaten in Hesse, his sister Caroline Matilda's story in Denmark was so bad she was dead by 23 and his great aunt Sophia Dorothea in Prussia once watched her daughter nearly be murdered by her father during one of his rages to the point where it was the servants dragging him off her, not to mention her repeatedly trying and failing to protect her son from his father too. These were well known and publicised moments, these were not secrets. People knew.

So like... British princesses did not do well on the continent and George knew that was was extremely cautious about where he would be sending his daughters. This is the guy after-all who was known for being rather out of step for how much he enjoyed being a father.

I know Bridgerton is dumb fluff but it's still really teeth grinding in its erasure of George's caution when it came to safeguarding his daughters before he became incapable of making arrangements. And that in itself led to them being taken advantage by older men in their households because they were the only men the girls knew. They never stood a chance.

That's more interesting and heartbreaking than the girls meekly saying they wanted to stay with their mum to be her personal punching bags. Charlotte did need her daughters, and they resented her for it and turned to less than stellar men offering them a way out. Not the other way around. George loved the girls and had seen his own family be abused and beaten. His over-protectiveness led to them being taken advantage of.

Idk. This is just a ramble, but giving the daughter's this selfless motivation to stick by their mother when they had well and truly been failed by their parents (never intentionally!!) I guess makes for a less complicated tv story.

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

prettiest royal woman iyo?

Queen Alexandra

Empress Maria Feodorovna

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna

Empress Victoria of Germany

Queen Maud of Norway

Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna

Queen Sophia of Greece

Queen Maria Sophie of the Two Siciles

Princess Margaret

Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh, Duchess of Galliera.

[greekroyalfamily]

In the 14th of June was 153 years since the birth of HM Queen Sofia of Hellenes Princess of Prussia

Sophia of Prussia (Sophie Dorothea Ulrike Alice, )(14 June 1870 – 13 January 1932) was Queen of Greece from 1913 to 1917 and from 1920 to 1922 as the wife of King Constantine I.

A member of the House of Hohenzollern and child of Frederick III, German Emperor, Sophia received a liberal and Anglophile education, under the supervision of her mother Victoria, Princess Royal. In 1889, less than a year after the death of her father, she married her third cousin Constantine, heir apparent to the Greek throne. After a difficult period of adaptation in her new country, Sophia gave birth to six children and became involved in the assistance to the poor, following in the footsteps of her mother-in-law, Queen Olga. However, it was during the wars which Greece faced during the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century that Sophia showed the most social activity: she founded field hospitals, oversaw the training of Greek nurses, and treated wounded soldiers.

However, Sophia was hardly rewarded for her actions, even after her grandmother Queen Victoria decorated her with the Royal Red Cross after the Thirty Days' War: the Greeks criticized her links with Germany. Her eldest brother, German Emperor William II, was indeed an ally of the Ottoman Empire and openly opposed the construction of the Megali Idea, which could establish a Greek state that would encompass all ethnic Greek-inhabited areas. During World War I, the blood ties between Sophia and the Emperor also aroused the suspicion of the Triple Entente, which criticized Constantine I for his neutrality in the conflict.

After imposing a blockade of Greece and supporting the rebel government of Eleftherios Venizelos, causing the National Schism, France and its allies deposed Constantine in June 1917. Sophia and her family then went into exile in Switzerland. Sophia's second son, Alexander, replaced his father on the throne. At the same time, Greece entered the war alongside the Triple Entente, which allowed it to grow considerably. After the outbreak of the Greco-Turkish War in 1919 and the untimely death of Alexander the following year, the Venizelists abandoned power, allowing the royal family to return to Athens. However, the defeat of the Greek army against the Turkish troops of Mustafa Kemal forced Constantine to abdicate in 1922, at which point his eldest son became King George II. Sophia and her family were then forced to a new exile, and settled in Italy, where Constantine died one year later, in 1923. With the proclamation of the Republic in Athens the following year, Sophia spent her last years alongside her family, before dying of cancer in Germany in 1932 at the age of 61.

Sophia's body was transferred to the castle of Friedrichshof, where she rested a few days before being sent to the Russian Church in Florence, where she was buried alongside her husband and mother-in-law. They stayed there for four years until the restoration of George II on the Greek throne in 1935.

After his restoration on the Greek throne, George II organized the repatriation of the remains of members of his family who died in exile. An important religious ceremony that brought together, for six days in November 1936, all members of the royal family still alive. Sophia's body was buried at the royal burial ground at Tatoi Palace, where she still rests today

Στης 14 Ιουνίου συμπληρώθηκαν 153 χρόνια από τη γέννηση της Α.Μ. Βασίλισσας Σοφίας των Ελλήνων Πριγκίπισσα της Πρωσίας

Η Σοφία της Πρωσίας (Sophie Dorothea Ulrike Alice, ) (14 Ιουνίου 1870 – 13 Ιανουαρίου 1932) ήταν βασίλισσα της Ελλάδας από το 1913 έως το 1917 και από το 1920 έως το 1922 ως σύζυγος του βασιλιά Κωνσταντίνου Α΄.

Μέλος του Οίκου των Χοεντσόλερν και παιδί του Φρειδερίκου Γ', Γερμανού Αυτοκράτορα, η Σοφία έλαβε φιλελεύθερη και αγγλόφιλη εκπαίδευση, υπό την επίβλεψη της μητέρας της Βικτώριας,

Βασιλικης Πριγκίπισσας(Τίτλος που κατέχει η μεγαλύτερη κόρη του εκάστοτε Βρετανού Μονάρχη εκτός αν αυτή είναι η Διάδοχος πχ Βασίλισσα Ελισσαβετ Β´) .

Το 1889, λιγότερο από ένα χρόνο μετά τον θάνατο του πατέρα της, παντρεύτηκε τον τρίτο ξάδερφό της Κωνσταντίνο, προφανή διάδοχο του ελληνικού θρόνου. Μετά από μια δύσκολη περίοδο προσαρμογής στη νέα της χώρα, η Σοφία γέννησε έξι παιδιά και ασχολήθηκε με τη βοήθεια προς τους φτωχούς, ακολουθώντας τα βήματα της πεθεράς της, βασίλισσας Όλγας. Ωστόσο, κατά τη διάρκεια των πολέμων που αντιμετώπισε η Ελλάδα στα τέλη του 19ου και στις αρχές του 20ού αιώνα, η Σοφία έδειξε την πιο κοινωνική δραστηριότητα: ίδρυσε νοσοκομεία υπαίθρου, επέβλεπε την εκπαίδευση των Ελλήνων νοσοκόμων και περιέθαλψε τραυματίες στρατιώτες.

Ωστόσο, η Σοφία δύσκολα ανταμείφθηκε για τις ενέργειές της, ακόμη και όταν η γιαγιά της Βασίλισσα Βικτώρια τη στόλισε με τον Βασιλικό Ερυθρό Σταυρό μετά τον Τριακονταήμερο Πόλεμο: οι Έλληνες επέκριναν τους δεσμούς της με τη Γερμανία. Ο μεγαλύτερος αδελφός της, ο Γερμανός Αυτοκράτορας Γουλιέλμος Β', ήταν πράγματι σύμμαχος της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας και αντιτάχθηκε ανοιχτά στην οικοδόμηση της Μεγάλης Ιδέας, η οποία θα μπορούσε να ιδρύσει ένα ελληνικό κράτος που θα περιλάμβανε όλες τις εθνικές ελληνοκατοικημένες περιοχές. Κατά τον Α' Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο, οι δεσμοί αίματος μεταξύ της Σοφίας και του Αυτοκράτορα προκάλεσαν επίσης την υποψία της Τριπλής Αντάντ, η οποία επέκρινε τον Κωνσταντίνο Α' για την ουδετερότητά του στη σύγκρουση.

Αφού επέβαλε αποκλεισμό της Ελλάδας και στήριξε την ανταρτική κυβέρνηση του Ελευθέριου Βενιζέλου, προκαλώντας το Εθνικό Σχίσμα, η Γαλλία και οι σύμμαχοί της καθαίρεσαν τον Κωνσταντίνο τον Ιούνιο του 1917. Η Σοφία και η οικογένειά της στη συνέχεια εξορίστηκαν στην Ελβετία. Ο δεύτερος γιος της Σοφίας, ο Αλέξανδρος, αντικατέστησε τον πατέρα του στο θρόνο. Ταυτόχρονα, η Ελλάδα μπήκε στον πόλεμο δίπλα στην Τριπλή Αντάντ, γεγονός που της επέτρεψε να αναπτυχθεί αρκετά. Μετά το ξέσπασμα του ελληνοτουρκικού πολέμου το 1919 και τον πρόωρο θάνατο του Αλέξανδρου τον επόμενο χρόνο, οι βενιζελικοί εγκατέλειψαν την εξουσία, επιτρέποντας στη βασιλική οικογένεια να επιστρέψει στην Αθήνα. Ωστόσο, η ήττα του ελληνικού στρατού έναντι των τουρκικών στρατευμάτων του Μουσταφά Κεμάλ ανάγκασε τον Κωνσταντίνο να παραιτηθεί το 1922, οπότε ο μεγαλύτερος γιος του έγινε βασιλιάς Γεώργιος Β'. Στη συνέχεια, η Σοφία και η οικογένειά της αναγκάστηκαν σε νέα εξορία και εγκαταστάθηκαν στην Ιταλία, όπου ο Κωνσταντίνος πέθανε ένα χρόνο αργότερα, το 1923. Με την ανακήρυξη της Δημοκρατίας στην Αθήνα τον επόμενο χρόνο, η Σοφία πέρασε τα τελευταία της χρόνια δίπλα στην οικογένειά της, πριν πεθάνει του καρκίνου στη Γερμανία το 1932 σε ηλικία 61 ετών.

Η σορός της Σοφίας μεταφέρθηκε στο κάστρο Friedrichshof, όπου αναπαύθηκε λίγες μέρες πριν σταλεί στη Ρωσική Εκκλησία στη Φλωρεντία, όπου τάφηκε δίπλα στον σύζυγο και την πεθερά της. Έμειναν εκεί για τέσσερα χρόνια μέχρι την αποκατάσταση του Γεωργίου Β΄ στον ελληνικό θρόνο το 1935.

Μετά την αποκατάστασή του στον ελληνικό θρόνο, ο Γεώργιος Β' οργάνωσε τον επαναπατρισμό των λειψάνων των μελών της οικογένειάς του που πέθαναν στην εξορία. Μια σημαντική θρησκευτική τελετή που συγκέντρωσε, για έξι ημέρες τον Νοέμβριο του 1936, όλα τα μέλη της βασιλικής οικογένειας εν ζωή. Η σορός της Σοφίας ετάφη στο βασιλικό ταφικό μνημείο στο Τατόι, όπου αναπαύεται μέχρι σήμερα.

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January 13

[1334] Henry II of Castile, King of Castile and León (1369-79), born in Seville, Spain.

[1505] Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (1535-71), born in Cölln, Germany.

[1610] Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria by marriage to Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, born in Graz, Duchy of Styria.

[1865] Princess Marie of Orléans, French Princess by birth and Danish Princess by marriage to Prince Valdemar, born in Ham, London, England.

[1938] Tord Grip, Swedish football player and manager, born in Ytterhogdal, Sweden.

[1939] Jacek Gmoch, Polish football player, trainer and manager, born in Pruszków, Poland.

[1947] Carles Rexach, Spanish-Catalan football winger and manager, born in Pedralbes, Barcelona, Spain.

[1960] Takis Lemonis, Greek footballer and manager, born in Colonus, Athens, Greece.

[1962] Trace Adkins, American country singer and actor, born in Sarepta, Louisiana, United States.

[1966] Patrick Dempsey, American actor, born in Lewiston, Maine, United States.

[1968] Mike Whitlow, English football defender and coach (U-18 at League Two club Mansfield Town), born in Northwich, England.

[1970] Frank Kooiman, Dutch football goalkeeper, born in Vlaardingen, Netherlands.

[1977] Orlando Bloom, English actor, born in Canterbury, England.

[1980] Akira Kaji, Japanese football defender, born in Minamiawaji, Hyogo, Japan.

[1980] Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish football defender, born in Stockholm, Sweden.

[1989] Bryan Arguez, American soccer defensive midfielder, born in in Miami, Florida, United States.

[1990] Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor, born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

[703 AD] Empress Jitō, the 41st monarch of Japan, dies.

[858 AD] Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (839-858), dies.

[888 AD] Charles III, the Fat (Charles Le Gros) Emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 881-888, dies at about 49.

[1330] Frederick I (III), the Fair, Duke of Austria and Styria (from 1308) as well as the anti-King of Germany (1314-1325) and then the co-King until his death.

[1363] Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol, dies.

[1735] Princess Polyxena of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg, second wife of Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Piedmont, Queen of Sardinia (1730-35), dies at 28.

[1797] Duchess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Queen of Prussia and Electress of Brandenburg as the wife of Frederik II the Great, dies at 81.

[1879] Henry the Navigator, Prince of the Netherlands, 3rd son of King William II of the Netherlands, dies at 58.

[1932] Sophia of Prussia, Queen Consort of the Hellenes (1913-17) and (1920-22) as the wife of Constantine I of Greece, dies at 61.

[2004] Harold Shipman (Doctor Death), British GP and prolific serial killer, commits suicide by hanging himself in his cell at HM Prison Wakefield at 57.

[2014] Bobby Collins, Scottish football midfielder and manager, dies at 82.

[2017] Antony Armstrong-Jones, Lord Snowdon, British photographer and ex-husband of Princess Margaret, dies at 86.

[18thfoot]

January 1732 - Sir Charles Hotham was appointed Colonel of the Regiment in the month of January 1732 until 1735. Hotham was a courtier and politician and had no connection to the Royal Irish. His appointment as Colonel was a reward for his efforts to arrange marriages for the Prince of Wales to Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia, and for Princess Sophia to Crown Prince Frederick. The negotiations failed but Hotham, in the fine old tradition of failing upwards, got a reward anyway. #18thfoot #royalirishregiment #redcoat #britisharmy #britishempire https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm8x8I6t5tj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Countess Luise von Voss

Artist: Friedrich Bury  (1763–1823)

Genre: Portrait

Date: 1810

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Countess Sophie Marie von Voß (1729-1814) was a German lady in waiting and memoirist. She was the influential confidant and Oberhofmeisterin (mistress of the Robes) for many decades at the Prussian royal court. Her memoirs have also been published.

From 1743 until 1751, she served as maid of honor to Queen Sophia Dorothea. Prince Augustus William of Prussia fell in love with her, and to discontinue what could have developed into a socially unacceptable affair, and end the difficult situation created when the prince reacted with jealous fits, she was married to her cousin, Count Johann Ernst von Voss (1726-1793), in 1751.

From 1763 until 1793, her spouse had the office of chamberlain of the household of Queen Elisabeth Christine at Schönhausen Palace, which meant that she often attended court. In 1787, the crown prince committed bigamy with the daughter of her brother-in-law, Julie von Voss.

After the death of her spouse in 1793, she temporarily retired to her estates in Mecklenburg. From 1793 until 1810, she served as mistress of the robes to the new crown princess, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She accompanied the Prussian royal family to East Prussia during the invasion of Napoleon in 1806 to 1807. After Queen Louise's death, king Frederick William III relied upon Voß's company. With Voß's help, Prince Wilhelm zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein was introduced to the king's circle.

In 1811, after the death of Queen Louise, she returned to her residence in Berlin. She died in Berlin in 1814.

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An anecdote is related of him, which shows the jealousy with which his filial reverence guarded his mother's name from every approach to disrespect from others.

When, during his journey to receive the homage of his Westphalian subjects, the fancy to tread for once on French ground and see a French garrison, or, as some persons imagine, the idea of an incognito visit to Paris, led him to pass the French frontier and visit Strasbourg, under the name of the Count du Four, the wife of the governor Marechal de Broglie, ignorant of the rank of her guest, asked him if he had ever been at Hanover; he replied in the negative, but asked her if she had.

“Oh, yes,” she said, “my father was the French Minister there, and I knew the Princess Sophia Dorothea, now Queen Dowager of Prussia ; she possessed so much amiability and goodness, and so many virtues, that she would have been perfect, had it not been for a little of that pride from which the great houses of Germany can never quite free themselves.” The King replied, " I beg to inform you, madam, that I have never heard the Queen Dowager of Prussia spoken of, save with the most profound respect.” “Oh, monsieur, she deserves it, there is but this little tinge of the morgue Germanique” - “I have just observed to you, madam, that it is only in terms of the most profound respect, and without any reserve, that Her Majesty has been spoken of before me,” interrupted Frederick, when fortunately the return of the Governor broke off the conversation.

Memoirs of the Queens of Prussia