#VI century

[venicepearl]

Galswintha (540–568) was a queen consort of Neustria. She was the daughter of Athanagild, Visigothic king of Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula, comprising modern Spain and Portugal), and Goiswintha. Galswintha was the sister of Brunhilda, Queen of Austrasia; and the wife of Chilperic I, the Merovingian king of Neustria. Galswintha was likely murdered at the urging of Chilperic's former concubine Fredegund (and then later wife), instigating a 40-year civil war within the Merovingian kingdom.

[eve-to-adam]

Elizabeth of York, fashion character design, c. 1479.

[thebigqueer]

i loooooove when i see videos where silco says 'is there anything so undoing as a daughter' and then its all the parallels. jinx and silco. vander and vi. mel and ambessa. caitlyn and cassandra. like yeah bro.... arcane really is about how undoing daughters are. fuck. is there anything so undoing as a daughter bro....

[bi-dykes]

A chemical pool and a prison cell are THE WORST places to get intimate in. Toxic fumes all around

[7pleiades7]

Love’s Greeting (c. 1861) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), oil on panel, 57 x 61 cm, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

[suits-of-woe]

[n1blakelover]

rip caitlyn kiramman you would’ve loved casual by chappell roan

[toaster-boi]

just realized why the Basho arms are asymmetrical. the left arm has two gigantic fuckoff pistons running from the back of the shoulder to the elbow, which fits with them having the highest melee damage modifier out of all arms since melee only goes on the left arm.

i never noticed because it's usually covered by a shoulder weapon, but that's such a neat detail kinda like the chainsaw having exhaust backfire when used, or the Shade Eye head's antennae folding down when its visor deploys.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

PART 1

Never-before-seen photo of four royal mothers, including Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret with their newborn babies, as a personal token to doctor who delivered them to go on display at Buckingham Palace

By Rebecca English, Royal Editor and Mark Duell

16 May 2024

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It is a remarkable and never seen before snapshot of royal motherhood.

The image, taken by Lord Snowdon, shows Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, Princess Alexandra, and the Duchess of Kent holding their newborn babies in 1964.

It was captured by Princess Margaret's celebrated photographer husband as a personal token of thanks for Sir John Peel, the royal obstetrician who delivered all four babies within two months — Prince Edward, Lady Sarah Chatto, James Ogilvy, and Lady Helen Windsor.

And it will be one of the highlights of a new exhibition Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography, opening tomorrow at The King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace.

The charming picture will be displayed along with a handwritten letter from Princess Margaret to her sister, asking her 'Darling Lilibet' to sign a print 'as a souvenir of an extraordinary two months of delivery.'

The new exhibition — the first to be held at the The King's Gallery since it was renamed following the death of Queen Elizabeth — will also include The Queen Mother's personal copy of her daughter's Coronation portrait and the earliest surviving colour photographic print of a member of the Royal Family.

It charts the evolution of royal portrait photography from the 1920s to the present day through more than 150 items from the Royal Collection and Royal Archives.

The photographs presented in the exhibition are vintage prints – the original works produced by the photographer – most of which are on display for the first time.

Alessandro Nasini, curator of Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography, said: 'The Royal Collection holds some of the most enduring photographs ever taken of the Royal Family, captured by the most celebrated portrait photographers of the past hundred years – from Dorothy Wilding and Cecil Beaton to Annie Leibovitz, David Bailey, and Rankin.

Alongside these beautiful vintage prints, which cannot be on permanent display for conservation reasons, we are excited to share archival correspondence and never-before-seen proofs that will give visitors a behind-the-scenes insight into the process of creating such unforgettable royal portraits.'

'Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography' is at The King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, from tomorrow (May 17) until October 6, 2024.

[catherinesboleyn]

The Tudors 3.05

“Problems in the Reformation”

[venicepearl]

"Rare copper follis from Cherson depicting Maurice, Constantina and their eldest son, Theodosius"

Constantina (Greek: Κωνσταντίνα; c. 560 – c. 605) was the empress consort of Maurice of the Byzantine Empire. She was a daughter of Tiberius II Constantine and Ino Anastasia. Her parentage was recorded in the chronicles of Theophylact Simocatta, Paul the Deacon, and John of Biclaro.

The Georgian Chronicle identifies Constantina as a daughter of Khosrau II. However the Chronicle was compiled in the 13th century and so the contradictory parentage is considered a mistake. Other later accounts make Constantina his mother-in-law through her – most likely fictional – daughter Miriam/Maria.

[eve-to-adam]

Elizabeth of York, fashion character design, c. 1481.

[meneeddeadmenyaoi]

May I request one of Frederik VI?

If you need reference photos, feel free to DM me. :)

Sry to keep you waiting><

[classic-art-favourites]

The Family of Henry VIII by an unknown artist, circa 1545.

[fridge-04]

Suzaku and C.C.’s relationship is so interesting. They clearly don’t get along super well yet have this intimate mutual understanding that revolves around their shared fixation on Lelouch. I mean they basically spend the last few months of Lelouch’s life circling around him like a pair widows-to-be.

[wonder-worker]

"[Isabeau of Bavaria] must have adored animals, for she owned a veritable menagerie, many of whom seem to have travelled with her. In May 1416, she paid sixpence to two men who carried her oiselets (baby birds) from Paris to her house in the Bois de Vincennes; on 23 July that same year, she took her birds with her from Vincennes to Saint-Germain-en-Laye, just for an overnight stay. She owned several turtledoves, for whom wheat and millet costing four sous was purchased every month, and even a barn owl. The children, too, are known to have kept birds: parrots were owned by the princesses Isabelle, Jeanne and Michelle in 1401, and turtledoves by Catherine in 1416. Two more exotic animals owned by the queen must have attracted a great deal of attention. A leopard was given to her by her son John in March 1417 — there are mentions in this account of whole sheep being bought to feed it — and, in common with several women of her status, Isabeau kept a monkey, who was luxuriously dressed by her own tailor in a turquoise robe, lined with grey fur, and carried around on a red leather collar and lead. As did most of her contemporaries, Isabeau kept falcons to hunt, along with dogs, but also had pet dogs — most commonly greyhounds — of whom the most famous was Lancelot, who is preserved for posterity in the 1394 account when his mistress bought him a silver collar. Lancelot was a litter-mate of Charles VI’s companion, Roland, who also makes an appearance in this account, at the party that Isabeau held for Charles at her recently-refurbished hotel of Vaux-la-Reine in May 1395. When Isabeau presented the king and his companions with jewellery at the function, a silver vermeil dog collar, enamelled with Charles’ coat-of-arms, had been bought for Roland, thus ensuring that he was not left out as the only member of the royal entourage not to receive a gift.”

— Rachel C. Gibbons, ‘The Queen as 'social mannequin'. Consumerism and expenditure at the Court of Isabeau of Bavaria, 1393-1422’, Journal of Medieval History 26 (2000)