#Wilhelmine of prussia

[friedrich-2]

7 years war

[gogmstuff]

Early 1730s dresses and portraits (from top to bottom) -

ca. 1732 The Beautiful Greek (La Belle Grecque) by Nicolas Lancret (Wallace Collection - London, UK). From their Web site 1429X1960, The complex sleeves open at the top like they would in Russian court dresses a century later.

ca. 1732 Watson-Wentworth and Finch Families by Charles Philips (Yale Center for British Art, Yale University - New Haven, Connecticut, USA) persons. From Wikimedia 4902X3094. The décolletage-filling fichu would become prominent in the Louis XVI era, but just about every grown up woman wears one along with a fastened bodice, round skirt, and apron. The heads of every female are covered by a cap, veil, or hat.

1733 Marie-Geneviève le Tonnellier de Breteuil by French school (attributed to Alexis Simon Belle) (auctioned by Sala de Ventas).From invaluable.com/auction-lot/18th-century-french-school-alexis-simon-belle-a-646-c-2074af1b03 1940X3362.Round skirts flourish on both shores of the channel.

ca. 1730-1735 Lady by Joseph Highmore (National Gallery of Art - Washington, DC, USA). From their Web site 1148X1495. The cuffed outer sleeves are stuffed by under-sleeves and the dress lining has a very subdued pink contrasting with the gold color of the other layer.

1734 Princess Sophie Dorothea with Friedrich Wilhelm by Antoine Pesne (location ?). From Wikimedia1633X2611. Textiles with large patterns characterize the early 1700s. Her dress has a square neckline.suggesting French influence.

ca. 1734 Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth by Antoine Pesne (location ?). From Wikimedia 829X11221. The silver brocade over-bodice has a deep V neckline filled in with scoop neckline.

1734 Madame Marie du Tour Vuillard (1695- 1759), née Robin by Louis Michel Van Loo (Tajan - 12-12-12 auction Lot 37), From their Web site; fixed spots & flaws w Pshop 2487X3151.

[gilsart]

in Italy we call this “studio matto e disperatissimo”

[18th-century-mental-health]

"The character of Hans Hermann von Katte through the eyes of Wilhelmine von Bayreuth, sister of the King of Prussia"

So I wrote an article about them for class, and since it was Wilhelmine's birthday (july 3rd), I decided to post it here. It's a bit long and entirely in French so i'm gonna translate it all (mistakes incoming, hope there won't be too much) but slowly, so for now, enjoy the introduction/context of our dear blorbo's lives!

The memoirs of someone are a fascinating way to tell History as a story, creating a better approach for the reader, and also can be considered as reading for entertainment. Here we will talk about some extracts from those of Wilhelmine von Bayreuth (1709-1758), princess of Prussia, who, in more than informing us about the conditions of his daily life, gives us information on the life of his brother, Frederick, as well as on the mysterious main character of this article, Hans Hermann von Katte.

The kingdom of Prussia experienced a real growth during the 18th century, under the reign of King Frederick II, known as “the Great”. Reigning from 1740 to 1786, he is known to be a great war leader, but also an important figure of the famous intellectual, philosophical and artistic movement of the Enlightenment. He was a complex character, deeply influenced by the events that occurred during his life. We will focus here on one of these events, perhaps the most marking of his life, and constituting a decisive turning point in his self-development: the so-called “Katte” affair or “the escape of 1730”.

We’re in 1730, Frederick just turned eighteen and has been suffering for more than twelve years of mental and physical abuse from his father, King Frederick William. The latter believing that his son, a bad soldier and good artist - the opposite of the Ideal Prussian - is a disgrace to the country. The young man is exhausted from all of this and considers a radical solution to escape his suffering, whether by fleeing the country - probably for England, via France - or by suicide. He confides on this point to his two closest confidants, his elder sister Wilhelmine and his friend - and (more than) certainly lover - Hans Hermann von Katte, a lieutenant of the Gens d’Armes.

In August, the decision was made: it would be the escape one. After trying to make him renounce, Katte decides to accompany Frederick in his project, and to flee with him, ignoring the consequences. They will be helped by another friend, Peter von Keith, former page of the prince. The plan went as well as one could expect from the one of a desperate teenager, the organisation was bad, and our three friends were caught. Only Keith was able to escape, the other two were thrown into prison, and, after weeks of rigorous interrogation aimed at determining whether this escape had purpose to overthrow the king, the verdict fell: they were guilty of desertion. The martial court condemned Katte to be imprisoned for life, and turned to Frederick-William, not considering itself qualified enough to judge the crown prince. In one of his infamous anger moments, the king decided to “break” once and for all the mind of his rebellious son by having Katte executed and forcing his son to watch. As we can expect, it was a terrible trauma for Frederick, and we can find its impact throughout his life.

But, let's focus back on Katte. Although surrounded by an aura of tragic destiny worthy of a Shakespeare tragedy, only few sources give details about who he really was. The point of view that will interest us here is the one of Wilhelmine, who knew him personally and wrote about him in her memoirs. These, having been written years after the facts, as well as the subjectivity of the person concerned, depict us a colourful portrait of Katte and his actions, allowing us to think about this type of sources and their historiographical value. In this, we will focus on two passages: Katte's presentation, as well as his last conversation with Wilhelmine.

To be continued...

[postcard-from-the-past]

Prince August Wilhelm Heinrich Günther Viktor of Prussia and Princess Alexandra Viktoria Auguste Leopoldine Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

German vintage postcard

[napoleonic-sexyman-tournament]

Friends, enemies, comrades, Jacobins, Monarchist, Bonapartists, gather round. We have an important announcement:

The continent is beset with war. A tenacious general from Corsica has ignited conflict from Madrid to Moscow and made ancient dynasties tremble. Depending on your particular political leanings, this is either the triumph of a great man out of the chaos of The Terror, a betrayal of the values of the French Revolution, or the rule of the greatest upstart tyrant since Caesar.

But, our grand tournament is here to ask the most important question: Now that the flower of European nobility is arrayed on the battlefield in the sexiest uniforms that European history has yet produced (or indeed, may ever produce), who is the most fuckable?

The bracket is here: full bracket and just quadrant I

Want to nominate someone from the Western Hemisphere who was involved in the ever so sexy dismantling of the Spanish empire? (or the Portuguese or French American colonies as well) You can do it here

The People have created this list of nominees:

France:

Jean Lannes

Josephine de Beauharnais

Thérésa Tallien

Jean-Andoche Junot

Joseph Fouché

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

Joachim Murat

Michel Ney

Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (Charles XIV of Sweden)

Louis-Francois Lejeune

Pierre Jacques Étienne Cambrinne

Napoleon I

Marshal Louis-Gabriel Suchet

Jacques de Trobriand

Jean de dieu soult.

François-Étienne-Christophe Kellermann

17.Louis Davout

Pauline Bonaparte, Duchess of Guastalla

Eugène de Beauharnais

Jean-Baptiste Bessières

Antoine-Jean Gros

Jérôme Bonaparte

Andrea Masséna

Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle

Germaine de Staël

Thomas-Alexandre Dumas

René de Traviere (The Purple Mask)

Claude Victor Perrin

Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr

François Joseph Lefebvre

Major Andre Cotard (Hornblower Series)

Edouard Mortier

Hippolyte Charles

Nicolas Charles Oudinot

Emmanuel de Grouchy

Pierre-Charles Villeneuve

Géraud Duroc

Georges Pontmercy (Les Mis)

Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont

Juliette Récamier

Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey

Louis-Alexandre Berthier

Étienne Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald

Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier

Catherine Dominique de Pérignon

Guillaume Marie-Anne Brune

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan

Charles-Pierre Augereau

Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais

England:

Richard Sharpe (The Sharpe Series)

Tom Pullings (Master and Commander)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Jonathan Strange (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell)

Captain Jack Aubrey (Aubrey/Maturin books)

Horatio Hornblower (the Hornblower Books)

William Laurence (The Temeraire Series)

Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

Beau Brummell

Emma, Lady Hamilton

Benjamin Bathurst

Horatio Nelson

Admiral Edward Pellew

Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke

Sidney Smith

Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford

George IV

Capt. Anthony Trumbull (The Pride and the Passion)

Barbara Childe (An Infamous Army)

Doctor Maturin (Aubrey/Maturin books)

William Pitt the Younger

Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (Lord Castlereagh)

George Canning

Scotland:

Thomas Cochrane

Colquhoun Grant

Ireland:

Arthur O'Connor

Thomas Russell

Robert Emmet

Austria:

Klemens von Metternich

Friedrich Bianchi, Duke of Casalanza

Franz I/II

Archduke Karl

Marie Louise

Franz Grillparzer

Wilhelmine von Biron

Poland:

Wincenty Krasiński

Józef Antoni Poniatowski

Józef Zajączek

Maria Walewska

Władysław Franciszek Jabłonowski

Adam Jerzy Czartoryski

Antoni Amilkar Kosiński

Zofia Czartoryska-Zamoyska

Stanislaw Kurcyusz

Russia:

Alexander I Pavlovich

Alexander Andreevich Durov

Prince Andrei (War and Peace)

Pyotr Bagration

Mikhail Miloradovich

Levin August von Bennigsen

Pavel Stroganov

Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna

Karl Wilhelm von Toll

Dmitri Kuruta

Alexander Alexeevich Tuchkov

Barclay de Tolly

Fyodor Grigorevich Gogel

Ekaterina Pavlovna Bagration

Ippolit Kuragin (War and Peace)

Prussia:

Louise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Gebard von Blücher

Carl von Clausewitz

Frederick William III

Gerhard von Scharnhorst

Louis Ferdinand of Prussia

Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Alexander von Humboldt

Dorothea von Biron

The Netherlands:

Ida St Elme

Wiliam, Prince of Orange

The Papal States:

Pius VII

Portugal:

João Severiano Maciel da Costa

Spain:

Juan Martín Díez

José de Palafox

Inês Bilbatua (Goya's Ghosts)

Haiti:

Alexandre Pétion

Sardinia:

Vittorio Emanuele I

Lombardy:

Alessandro Manzoni

Denmark:

Frederik VI

Sweden:

Gustav IV Adolph

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1745 Jean-Étienne Liotard - Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

(Neue Schloss Bayreuth)

[loiladadiani]

Emperor Nicholas I (1796 - 1855) and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (1798 -1860 - nee Princess Friederike Luise Charlotte Wilhelmine of Prussia

Nicholas I, the Iron Tzar, and his sons

This couple was the first “Nicholas and Alexandra” in the Romanov Dynasty. They were Nicholas II's great grant-parents.

It was said that he was the best-looking man in Europe. She was tall and fair and enjoyed jewels, gowns, and balls. They loved each other, and their union was not unhappy, but he did not remain faithful to her (after he died, his last mistress was employed as Alexandra’s lectrice, and they became friends.) Nicholas and Alexandra had seven children, four sons, and three daughters. Those four sons would ensure that the generation of Romanovs following them would not want for male heirs. As a matter of fact, there would be too many Grand Dukes, making it necessary for his grandson, Alexander III, to change the Pauline laws, re-defining who would be considered a Grand Duke or Duchess, among other things (only grandsons/grandaughters of a Tzar would be Grand Duke/Duchesses; great-grandsons and so on would be Princes and Princesses of the blood).

Nicholas I with his four sons: Tsarevich Alexander Nikolayevich (1818 - 1881 - future Alexander II), Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich (1827 - 1882), Grand Duke Nikolay Nikolayevich (1831 - 1891), and Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich (1832- 1909.)

According to the literature, Nicholas raised his two elder sons very strictly but had more of a paternal relationship with the younger two. His priority was to bring them up so that they were true soldiers and so that when Alexander inherited the throne, the other three would help and support him. And they did. Nicholas I adored his daughters and was devastated when his youngest daughter Alexandra (better known as Adini), died. (His daughters would be discussed in another post.)

Below are the sons of Nicholas I and their spouses:

1. Emperor Alexander II and his first wife Empress Maria Alexandrovna (born Princess Wilhemine Marie of Hesse); Issue listed below (Only legitimate issue surviving to adulthood listed; not in birth order)

Grand Duchess Marie

Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich

Alexander III

Grand Duke Vladimir

Grand Duke Alexei

Grand Duke Sergei

Grand Duke Pavel

2. Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich and Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna (Princess Alexandra of Saxe Altenburg); Issue listed below (Only legitimate issue surviving to adulthood listed; not in birth order) - They would be known as the "Konstantinovichi"

Grand Duke Nicholas

Grand Duke Konstantin

Grand Duke Dmitry

Grand Duke Vyacheslav

Grand Duchess Olga

Grand Duchess Vera

3. Grand Duke Nikolay Nikolayevich (the Elder) and Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Russia, born Duchess Alexandra Frederica Wilhelmina of Oldenburg. Issue listed below (Only legitimate issue surviving to adulthood listed; not in birth order); Known as the "Nikolayvichi”

Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolayevich

Grand Duke Peter Nikolayevich

4. Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich and Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna (nee Princess Cecilie of Baden) Issue listed below (Only legitimate issue surviving to adulthood listed; not in birth order) They were known as the "Mikhailovichi" (although they preferred to be called the "Michels;" the family called them the "Wild Caucasians" because they grew up in the Caucus and had strong opinions that they voiced loudly)

Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna

Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich

Grand Duke Mikhail

Grand Duke George

Grand Duke Alexander

Grand Duke Sergei

Grand Duke Alexei

The children and grandchildren of these couples would be directly involved in one way or the other in the Great War, the Russian Revolution, the Civil War in Russia, and the overthrow of the monarchy and the Romanov Dynasty. Some would lose their lives, others would lose children, brothers, and spouses, and all would lose their country, status, and privileges.

[josefavomjaaga]

Hey there! Sorry to just drop this on you like that, but I though you might know something about this.

As far as I can tell Soult was basically banished from France for some time after 1815 and lived in Prussian exile thanks to his wife Louise who was from the Rhineland. I'd be very surprised if the Prussian government was really all that chill about letting one of Napoleon's top marshals, who had still been fighting for him as late as the hundred days campaign and who also didn't really make himself all that popular during the forth coalition, just live in their country. So my question would be do you know something about the Soults lives at that time? What did they think about their situation? Did they face some kind of restrictions or repressions?

Oh, thank you for the question! That's a good one! 💖 I think I've talked about Soult in exile at some points but as far as I'm aware I've never tried to give a summary of this period of his life. As to sources, I'll mostly refer to Nicole Gotteri once again, because what else.

Soult was already condemned to be exiled in an ordonnance royale from 24 July 1815, immediately after Louis XVIII had returned to Paris. While Ney's name topped the list of those condemned to death, Soult's was at the top of those to be driven out of France. However, execution of this decree was postponed, and after Soult had (barely) managed to get back to his mother in distant Saint-Amans, he was allowed to stay there (under strict surveillance, of course) some months longer. He spent the time working on a memorandum for his defense and to worry about the future: while public rumours abounded about how many millions he supposedly owned, the family had real problems to pay the 16,500 francs due as extra taxes for the contributions to the allies.

However, the loi d'amnistie from 12 January 1816 confirmed Soult's exile. He left Saint-Amans on 28 January and reached Maubeuge at the border of France on 6 February. Louise and the children, accompanied by Soult's younger brother Jean-François, followed mid-February. The family reunited at Barmen, where Louise's mother Wilhelmine now lived with the family of one of Louise's sisters, on 19 February 1816.

That was the beginning of an exile of three years. After a brief stay at Barmen, the family rented (on 21 April 1816) a house in Düsseldorf in Alleestraße (today: Heinrich-Heine-Allee) No. 7, close to the Ratingen gate and, more importantly, to the local gymnasium for Napoléon Hector. According to contemporary newspaper articles, it was an appartment of seven rooms (which is comfortable for a family of soon-to-be five, but rather modest for a duke), and the family did not even have a carriage of their own. They lived a rather secluded life, according to all sources. It was here where Louise, at the age of 46, gave birth to a daughter on 27 January 1817, whose death a couple of months later devastated the family. By that time, the two older children had already returned to France, in order to complete their education.

In February 1818, Louise also left for Paris, in order to look after the children, and Soult stayed behind, alone. As the house in Düsseldorf was far too big for him, he moved back in with his mother-in-law Wilhelmine. Louise and the children joined him in July 1818 for a prolonged summer vacation that they spent at a rented little chateau and that saved Soult from his growing depression. But it took another long winter that he had to spend alone, until May 1819, before Louis XVIII allowed Soult to return to France. Among other people, Soult's former aide Saint-Chamans (despite being at odds with Soult, as usual) had interfered on Soult's behalf and pleaded his case.

So, that's the timeline. Now to your actual question, how was Soult treated. For context: Louise Soult's family lived in what had been the Grand-Duchy of Berg-Kleve (and had belonged to one Joachim Murat), a region now governed by the King of Prussia. And it may have been quite fortunate for Soult that most people in these regions did not like their new Prussian overlords much 😁.

As mentioned above, Soult had already been under surveillence by French secret police while he waited for the final decision in his case. Once he had crossed the border, Prussian police took over. The director of police for the region, some guy named Schnabel, dispatched a police inspector to observe Soult and report about his comings and goings literally from day one. According to these reports, Soult arrived in Barmen accompanied by his 14-year-old son in a heavily laden carriage pulled by four horses. He entered the house of his relatives - and was then not be seen again for several days. Some young people rioted loudly in front of Wilhelmine Berg's house, without police interfering. And of course, there were the usual rumours about Soult having brought a wealth of 27 millions with him.

Those malicious rumours seem to have been all that the inspector hanging out on the street in front of Wilhelmine's house was able to report. Inside, Soult had asked the mayor of Barmen to come to visit, informed him officially that he would stay for a bit with his German family, and asked for a teacher in Greek and Latin for Napoléon Hector.

Just because we've been kicked out France does not mean that you can skip homework, young man.

He also had the Prussian notary in Barmen, a Monsieur Leopold Alhaus, draft a document that would allow Soult's brother to manage his French possessions in his absence.

A week after Soult's arrival, by the end of February, Prussian police decided to tighten the reins, just so that this Frenchman would not get too comfortable. Police director Schnabel informed Soult that he needed permission by the Prussian government if he wanted to take up residence in the Rhine region, and gave him four weeks to obtain it. Soult answered on 2 March that he had not decided yet about where he wanted to go and that so far, he was only visiting. On 11 March, Schnabel triumphantly announced that the King of Prussia had just decreed that, while he allowed the French exiles to stay in his domains, he would only tolerate them staying in Pommerania and Magdeburg.

So, pack up, ex-duke!

However, before following her husband, Louise Soult had already talked about the possibility of staying in her home region with Prussian ambassador Golz in Paris. Golz in turn had written to prince Hardenberg in Berlin about it. So did Soult now himself from Barmen, as soon as this overzealous police director started to harrass him. Among other things, he wondered if it might be possible for him to stay in Düsseldorf, because his son could go to school there. (Obviously still a major point for Soult.)

And guess what? On 24 March (almost miraculously fast for Prussian bureaucracy), Hardenberg sent the official permission for Soult and his family to stay in the duchy of Berg as long as he wished. For Soult, the King of Prussia had explicitly made an exception to the rule that applied to the other exiles.

Which put an immediate stop to director Schnabel and his ilk. I mean, you don't want to get on the worng side of the government. Who would have thought that this Frenchman had friends in Berlin?

I do not know why high-ranking Prussians showed themselves so lenient towards Soult in this case. To some degree, this was likely a concession to Louise. But it also may have had something to do with the fact that Soult had governed a Prussian province for so long and had been tasked with the details of several difficult negotiations. While contemporary reports from that period often badmouth him, and while Prussian historiography from the 1860s and 1870s can be really vicious towards Soult, Prussian books from the 1890s and later seem to treat him with much more benevolence, explaining that Soult in all these negotiations had tried to be as generous as Napoleon allowed him to be, and always fair. I suppose his contemporaries, especially the Prussian government at the time, were quite aware of this (even if they never would have admitted it out loud). This may have been their way to thank him.

Of course both Prussian and French police kept a watchful eye of Soult all the while (even when he was allowed back his entry into France was immediately reported to Paris). But armed with the permission of the King, he could at least avoid all real harassment.

As to the locals in Düsseldorf, they seem to have liked Soult well enough. While Soult did not go out much he must have had some contacts in town and occasionally invited people to dinner who, as a French police report stated, did not talk about anything but trade and agriculture. Soult himself, as to him, apparently loved to tend to the garden. But I have seen a mention of him being member of a club in Düsseldorf, and I have come across the report of a book seller who visited him. So he had not completely disappeared from view.

I hope this answers your question somewhat. There are some more details about Soult's life in Düsseldorf (local newspapers occasionally mention his name, Napoléon Hector successfully graduated from Düsseldorf's gymnasium and even had the honour to hold the graduation adress in Latin etc.) But this has already gotten quite long.

Thank you once more for the Ask!

[underthewingsofthblackeagle]

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Some Prussian Glory to gild your weekend :)

This sculptural bust of Prussia’s Crown Princess Luise by the artist Gottfried Schadow. A fashion queen, working mother, and even the Queen of Hearts? Perhaps Queen Luise of Prussia had a little bit of all that in her. Yet, above all else, since 1797, she had been Prussian queen, mother of 10 children, and wife of Frederick William III, to whom she was a faithful companion through all of life’s ups and downs. Photo: SPSG/Wolfgang Pfauder

Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Luise Auguste Wilhelmine Amalie; 10 March 1776 – 19 July 1810) was Queen of Prussia as the wife of King Frederick William III. The couple's happy, though short-lived, marriage produced nine children, including the future monarchs Frederick William IV of Prussia and Wilhelm I, German Emperor. Her legacy became cemented after her extraordinary 1807 meeting with French Emperor Napoleon I at Tilsit – she met with the emperor to plead unsuccessfully for favourable terms after Prussia's disastrous losses in the Napoleonic Wars. She was already well-loved by her subjects, but her meeting with Napoleon led Louise to become revered as "the soul of national virtue". Her early death at the age of thirty-four "preserved her youth in the memory of posterity", and caused Napoleon to reportedly remark that the king "has lost his best minister". The Order of Louise was founded by her grieving husband four years later as a female counterpart to the Iron Cross. 

[friedrich-2]

Wilhelmine: Fritz, I need you to swear-

Fritz: Fuck

Wilhelmine: ... swear as in promise.

[gilsart]

Are there any books you can recommend about Friedrich? German or English would be nice.

By the way, your art is so damn cute and adorable!! I am always happy to see you on my dashboard, even if you're "just" answering questions as you seem really nice.

hi!! first of all thank you ,,, means a lot to me, i always re-read my answers to make sure i don't sound rude or anything 😭 anxiety girlies where you at

about the books, there are lots!! i recommend you also ask @kattestrophe - she knows more than i do, especially about the german books; i am neither german nor english so some of those i own aren't available in languages other than my own.

the ones from my collection that are available in english/german are:

frederick the great by william f. reddaway - this is a biography, available in english, i haven't read it all because i only needed the crown prince bit, and that one had historical inaccuracies, so be mindful. but it has images!!

king in prussia by rafael sabatini - this is fiction and also available in english! it's a book from 1944 i believe, divided in two parts, specifically before katte's death and after katte's death up until ... i think the end of the seven years war? i don't know, i haven't read it all and i will stop at katte's death. fritz is very gay in this one as far as i've read, but in a queer disney villain way, which can be fun if you decide to ignore the homophobia. also one of the protagonists is katte's entirely fictional jacobite cousin, the most annoying man on earth.

zeithain by michael roes - this also is fiction, and only available in german. i have only read five pages of it (my german is very poor) and it follows katte, not friedrich. katte is also very sad. but as far as i was told, both of them are gay, so there's that. so far hans is like "it's raining and i'm alone and last week i went to a funeral. i have prayed to the god i lost during my childhood", certainly something very different from how he behaves in king in prussia ...

katte: die geschichte einer freundschaft by gertrud von brockdorff - this is also german only, i'm not sure about the actual book being available (i was sent a pdf) although it could be available in germany?? it is pretty old tho (1934) so i wouldn't know much about that. this one is also more about katte and friedrich, again fiction, it's eight chapters, still haven't read it because this bad boy is written in fraktur and i have trouble reading that but i have had conversations about it, and boy is it queer. there is a single chapter in which katte has a small identity crisis and has a romance with wilhelmine, but after that he's back to longing for frédéric and his "wide, bright and impenetrable" eyes that bewitch everyone. fellas is it gay to think your male friend's eyes are what you need a woman to have so you can actually love her?

the sorrows of frederick by romulus linney - available in english, this is a play from 1966, still haven't read it (the package is somewhere in europe right now), i think it follows all of fritz's life? it has fredersdorf, at least. but fredersdorf here knows katte, so eh. some anachronistic thingies here and there, what's new.

der alte fritz in 50 bildern - i can't figure out the name of the authors (damn it, fraktur) but worry not: this only has somewhat cool illustrations about fritz's life and a little bit of german text. at least some of them are. others are peculiar: voltaire is shorter than fritz in these. he wishes. i'm adding a photo though, so you can see!

i also own a pretty interesting book, not about fritz but about the seven years war in general, titled "prussian army soldiers and the seven years' war: the psychology of honour" by katrin and sascha moebius (there is an umlaut on the o there; i'm writing this on my pc and don't know where to find it).

i also have "later selected poems" by sheenagh pugh, which contains "five voices", a cycle of five poems showing five different perspectives on katte, if you're interested in that. there isn't a fritz perspective, though.

he also has a short chapter in "bad gays" by huw lemmey and ben miller, but i found it to be somewhat offensive at some point, although that could be a translation issue: there is a pretty offensive slur and some things i found to be inaccurate. overall i wouldn't buy it. i only bought it because the italian edition has very cool illustrations, at a time where i did not know about this translation thing.

the rest of my books are all available in italian only (or about voltaire).

hope this was helpful!

[theroyalfanzine]

Queen Victoria’s Descendants (updated 2023)

If you see any mistakes or can offer info on something like “Child 1” or an unknown birth or death year, please let me know. The only non-living descendants I kept on this list were her children

Key

Bold names=Queen Victoria’s children

* Descendants are already listed elsewhere on this list or the ones who would follow said person Examples:  Mark Nicholas van Eyck should be followed by  Princess Dorothea of Hesse but she and her descendants are also descended elsewhere. Another examples are Queen Elizabeth II & The Duke of Edinburgh’s descendants and the descendants of Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha and   Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten  

** I’ve seen reports that she died in 2002, but no obituary. Any ideas?

Bold and Italics together on one name denotes this person is presently one of the 10 eldest lived persons of Queen Victoria (

Bold, Italics and underline on one name (Lady Pamela Hicks) denotes the current eldest living descendant of Queen Victoria

The Princess Victoria, Princess Royal, German Empress (1840-1901)

Friederike Thyra Marion Wilhelmine Dorothea von der Osten(1959)

Felicitas Catharini Malina Johanna von Reiche von Heinz (1986)

Victoria Cecilie Alexandra Josephine von Reiche (1989)

Donata Friederike Diana Sophie von Reiche (1992)

Hubertus Christoph Joachim Friedrich von der Osten (1964)

Cecilie Felicitas Katherina Sophie von der Osten (1967)

Julius Marxen (1998)

Victor Marxen ( 2002)

Diana Renata Friederike von Nostitz-Wallwitz (1974)

Child 1

Child 2 (2011)

Philip Kirill Prinz von Preußen (1968)

Paul Wilhelm  von Preußen (1995)

Maria Luise  von Preußen (1997)

Elisabeth Christine von Preußen (1998)

Anna Sophie  von Preußen (2001)

Johanna Amalie von Preußen (2002)

Timotheus Friedrich  von Preußen (2005)

Friedrich Wilhelm Prinz von Preußen (1979)

Friedrich Wilhelm  von Preußen (2012)

Charlotte von Preußen (born 201?)

Princess Viktoria-Luise von Preußen, Hereditary Princess of Leiningen (1982)

Princess Alexandra Ehrengard Viktoria Luise of Leiningen (2020)

Princess Feodora of Leiningen (2021)

Joachim Albrecht von Preußen (1984)

Georgina  von Preußen (2018)

Caspian  von Preußen (2018)

Michaela Prinzessin von Preußen (1967)

Child 1

Child 2

Nataly Prinzessin von Preußen (1970)

Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia (1942)

Kira-Marina Liepsner (1977)

Luise von Bismarck (unknown)

Sophie von Bismarck (unknown)

Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia (1976)

Prince Carl Friedrich Franz Alexander of Prussia (2013)

Prince Louis Ferdinand Christian Albrecht of Prussia (2013)

Princess Emma Marie Charlotte Sophie of Prussia (2015)

Prince Heinrich Albert Johann George of Prussia (2016)

Princess Cornelie-Cecile of Prussia (1978)

Prince Christian-Sigismund of Prussia ( 1946)

Isabelle-Alexandra Prinzessin von Preußen (1969)

Prince Christian Ludwig of Prussia (1986)

Princess Irina of Prussia (1988)

Patrick Edvard Christian Lithander(1973)

Pius Lithander ( 2005)

Hugo Lithander (2006)

Karl Lithander (2008)

Merle Lithander (2010)

Wilhelm Sebastian Lithander (1974)

Steen Lithander (2010)

Ebba Lithander (2012)

Princess Anastasia Victoria Cecilia Hermine of Prussia (1944)

Princess Augustina of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1999)

Hereditary Prince Nicodemus of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (2001)

Prince Laurentius of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (2006)

Princess Kiliane Olympia of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (2008)

Prince Hubertus of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1968)

Prince Dominik Wilhelm  of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (2001)

Prince Frederick Nicholas of Prussia (1946)

Beatrice von Preussen (1981)

Florence von Preussen (1983)

Sylvie Beatrice Selina Tollemache (2016)

Augusta von Preussen (1986)

Frederick (Fritz) Stormont von Preussen (1990)

Prince Andreas of Prussia ( 1947)

Tatiana von Preussen (1980)

Arthur Frederick Richard Womack von Preussen (2015)

Frederick Alexander von Preussen (1984)

Princess Victoria Marina of Prussia (1952)

George Jean Achache (1980)

Francis Maximilian Frederick Achache (1982)

Prince Rupert of Prussia (1955)

Brigid von Preussen (1983)

Astrid von Preussen (1985)

Princess Antonia of Prussia, The Duchess of Wellington (1955)

Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington (1978)

Lady Mae Madeleine Wellesley (2010)

Arthur Darcy Wellesley, Viscount Wellesley (2010)

The Hon Alfred Wellesley (2014)

Lady Honor Wellesley (1979)

Walter Montagu (2005)

Nancy Jemima Montagu (2007)

Lady Mary Wellesley (1986)

Lady Charlotte Santo Domingo (1989)

Child 1 (2017)

Child 2 (2019)

Lord Frederick Wellesley (1992)

Kira Alexandrine Harris (1954)

Philip Louis Johnson (1985)

William John Engel (1983)

Dohna Maria Patterson (1954)

Princess Marie Louise Marina Franziska of Prussia (1945)

Countess Sophie Anastasia of Schönburg-Glauchau (1979)

Rudi Federico Nicolas Alacreu y Schönburg-Glauchau (2017)

Carlota Alacreu y Schönburg-Glauchau (2019)

Count Friedrich Wilhelm of Schönburg-Glauchau (1985)

Prince Adalbert Alexander Friedrich Joachim Christian (1948)

Prince Alexander of Prussia (1984)

Prince Christian of Prussia (1986)

Prince Philipp of Prussia (1986)

Princess Stephanie Viktoria-Luise of Prussia (1966)

Aaron Emanuel Bao (1994)

Shoshana Twahia Sophie Bao (1996)

Amir Joel Tumaini Bao (1998)

Seraphine Bao (2002)

Princess Viktoria-Benigna von Courland (1939)

Nikolaus Maximilian Ludwig Karl Ernst-Johann Maria, Baron von Twickel

Constantin Philipp Ludwig Friedrich von Twickel

Benedikta Elisabeth Ann Lucia von Twickel

Georg von Twickel  (unknown)

Kirryl von Twickel  (unknown)

Tassilo Heinrich Alexander, Baron von Twickel (unknown)

Antonius von Twickel (unknown)

Matilda Valentina Helga Benigna von Twickel (unknown)

Ernst-Johann, Prince Biron von Courland (1940)

Prince Michael Karl August Wilhelm Biron von Courland (1944)

Princess Veronika Biron von Courland (1970)

Prince Alexander Biron von Courland (1972)

Princess Stephanie Biron von Courland (1975)

Princess Donata-Viktoria of Prussia (1952)

Prince Wilhelm-Karl of Prussia  (1955)

Prince Oscar of Prussia (1959)

Prince Oskar of Prussia (1993)

Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (1995)

Prince Albert  of Prussia (1998)

Prince Franz Wilhelm Victor Christoph Stephan of Prussia (1943)

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (1981)

Prince    Alexander Georgievich Romanov of Russia (2022)

Prince Franz Friedrich Christian of Prussia (1944).

Alexandra Maria Prinzessin von Preussen (1960)

Désirée Anastasia Prinzessin von Preussen (1961)

Princess Marie of Hanover, Countess von Hochberg (1952)

Count Conrad von Hochburg (1985)

Count Georg von Hochburg (1987)

Prince Ernst August of Hanover (1954)

Hereditary Prince Ernest-August of Hanover(1983)

Princess Elisabeth Tatiana Maximiliana Iacobella Faiza of Hanover (2018)

Prince Welf August Johannes Ferdinand Karl Wilhelm Anthony Julio Mario of Hanover (2019)

Princess  Eleanora Dina Daniela Alexandra of Hanover (2021)

Prince Christian Heinrich of Hanover (1985)

Prince Nicolas of Hanover (2020)

Princess Sofia of Hanover (2020)

Princess Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Marym Virginia of Hanover (1999)

Prince Otto Heinrich of Hanover (1988)  

Princess Olga Sophie  of Hanover (1958)

Princess Alexandra Irene of Hanover, Princess of Leiningen (1959)

Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Leiningen (1982)***

Princess Olga of Leiningen (1984)

Prince Hermann of Leiningen (1987)

Prince Leopold Konstantin Rainer Andreas of Leiningen (2019)

Prince Heinrich of Hanover (1961)

Prince Albert Thilo Ludwig Arndt of Hanover (1999)

Princess Eugenia of Hanover (2001)

Prince Julius of Hanover (2006)

Princess Saskia of Hanover (1970)

Son 1

Son 2

Son 3

Prince Georg of Hanover (1949)

Princess Vera of Hanover (1976)

Daughter 1

Daughter 2

Princess Nora of Hanover (1979)

Son 1

Son 2

Princess Friederike of Hanover (1954)

Julia Emma Cyr (1982)

Jean-Paul Welf Cyr (1985)

Queen Sofia of Spain (1938)

Infanta Elena of Spain, The Duchess of Lugo (1963)

Don Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y de Borbón (1998)

Doña Victoria Federica  de Marichalar y de Borbón (2000)

The Infanta Cristina of Spain (1965)

Don Juan Valentín  de Urdangarin  y de Borbón (1999)

Don Pablo Nicolás Sebastián  de Urdangarin  y de Borbón (2000)

Don Miguel de Urdangarin  y de Borbón (2002),

Doña Irene de Urdangarin  y de Borbón (2005)

King Felipe VI of Spain (1968)

Leonor, The Princess of Asturias (2005)

The Infanta Sofia of Spain (2007)

Princess Alexia of Greece & Denmark (1965)

Arrietta Morales y de Grecia (2002)

Ana María Morales y de Grecia (2003)

Carlos Morales y de Grecia (2005)

Amelia Morales y de Grecia (2007)

Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, Prince of Denmark (1967)

Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece & Denmark (1996)

Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece & Denmark(1998)

Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece & Denmark (2000)

Prince Odysseus-Kimon of Greece & Denmark (2004)

Prince Aristidis-Stavros of Greece & Denmark(2008)

Prince Nikolaos of Greece & Denmark (1969)

Princess Theodora of Greece & Denmark (1983)

Prince Philippos of Grecce & Denmark (1986)

Princess Irene of Greece & Denmark (1942)

Princess Caroline-Luise Mireille Irene Sophie of Hanover (1965)

Princess Mireille Viktoria Luise of Hanover (1971)

Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg (1956)

Thyra von Solodkoff (1989)

Alix von Solodkoff (1992)

Niklot von Solodkoff (1994)

Duchess Edwina of Mecklenburg (1960)

Ludwig von Posern (1996)

Paul von Posern (1997)

Ferdinand von Posern (1999)

Crown Princess Margareta, Custodian of the Royal Crown of Romania (1949)

Princess Elena of Romania (1950)

Nicholas de Roumanie Medforth-Mills (1985)

Iris Anna Cîrjan (2016)

Maria Alexandra de Roumanie Medforth-Mills (2020)

Mihai de Roumanie Medforth-Mills (2022)

Elisabeta-Karina de Romanie Medforth-Mills (1989)

Princess Sofia of Romania (1957)

Elisabeta-Maria Biarneix (1999)

Princess Irina of Romania (1953)

Michael Torsten Kreuger de Roumanie (1984)

Kohen Kreuger de Roumanie (2012)

Angelia Margareta Kreuger de Roumanie (1986)

Courtney Bianca Kreuger de Roumanie Knight (2007)

Diana Knight  Kreuger de Roumanie (2011)

Princess Maria of Romania (1964)

Princess Bianca of Savoy-Aosta (1966)

Viola Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga (1991)

Vera Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga, Countess Martinoni Caleppio (1993)

Mafalda Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga (1997)

Maddalena Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga (2000)

Leonardo Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga (2001)

Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Aosta (1967)

Prince Umberto of Savoy-Aosta, Prince of Piedmont(2009)

Prince Amedeo Michele of Savoy-Aosta, The Duke of the Abruzzi (2011)

Princess Isabella Vita Marina of Savoy-Aosta (2012)

Princess Mafalda of Savoy-Aosta (1969)

Nob. Anna Lombardo di San Chirico (2002)

Nob. Carlo Lombardo di San Chirico (2003)

Nob. Elena Lombardo di San Chirico (2004)

Ginevra Maria Gabriella van Ellinkhuizen (2006)

Sophie Eila Brandram- Voelcker (1981)

Maximillian Walter Voelcker (2018)

Alexander Paul Voelcker (2019)

Nicholas George Brandram (1982)

Alexia Katherine Brandram-Hicks (1985)

Theodora Katherine Anne Hicks (2019)

Frederick "Freddie" William Paul Hicks (2021)

Princess Mafalda of Hesse (1965)

Tatiana Galdo (1992)

Polissena Galdo (1993)

Count Cosmo Brachetti Peretti (2000)

Count Briano Brachetti Peretti (2002)

Donatus, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse (1966)

Princess Paulina of Hesse (2007)

Hereditary Prince Moritz of Hesse (2007)

Prince August of Hesse (2012)

Princess Elena Elisabeth Madeleine of Hesse (1967)

Madeleine Immacolata Tatiana Theresa Caiazzo (1999)

Prince Philip Robin of Hesse (1970)

Princess  Elena Margherita Lotti Christiane Elisabeth of Hesse (2006)

Prince Tito of Hesse (2008)

Princess Mafalda of Hesse (2014)

Princess Maria Tatiana ("Tania") of Yugoslavia (1957)

Sonja  Thune-Larsen (1992)

Olga Thune-Larsen (1995)

Helen Sophia van Eyck (1963)

Sascha Alexandra Sophia Harman (1986)

Pascale Olivia Harman (1989)

Mark Nicholas van Eyck (1966)

Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse (1934-2002?)**

Princess Marina Margarita of Windisch-Grätz (1960)

Réka Dorothea Sita Jakabffy (1988)

Sophia Magdolna Jakabffy (1989)

Princess Clarissa Elisabeth Fiore of Windisch-Grätz (1966)

Michel Jean Henri de Waele (1986)

Raphaël de Waele (2013)

Lucy de Waele (2015)

Mathieu Paul Philippe de Waele (1988)

Lizzie de Waele (2020)

Rubi Jade de Waele (1994)

Prince Karl Adolf Andreas of Hesse (1937)

Prince Christoph  of Hesse (1969)

Princess Irina of Hesse (1971)

Valentin Polycarp von Schönburg-Glauchau  (2005)

Prince Rainer Christoph Friedrich of Hesse (1939)

Princess Clarissa Alice of Hesse (1944)

Johanna von Hesse (1980)

The Prince Albert Edward, AKA Edward VII (1841-1910)

David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961)

Charles Patrick Inigo Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (1999)

Lady Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne Armstrong-Jones (2002)

The Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto (1964)

Samuel David Benedict Chatto (1996)

Arthur Robert Nathaniel Chatto (1999)

David Henry George Lascelles , The 8th Earl of Harewood (1950)

Lady Emily Tsering Shard (1975)

Issac Shand (2009)

Ida Shand (2009)

Otis Shand (2011)

The Hon. Benjamin George Lascelles (1978)

Mateo Lacelles (2013)

Alexander Edgar Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles (1980)

Leo Cyrus Anthony Lascelles (2008)

The Honv Ivy Lascelles (2018)

The Hon. Kit Lascelles (2023)

The Hon. Edward David Lascelles (1982)

Sebastian Lascelles (2020)

The Honourable James Lascelles (1953)

Sophie Amber Lascelles- Pearce (1973)

Lilianda Pearce (2010)

Tanit Lascelles (1981)

Tewa Ziyane Robert George Lascelles (1985)

Fran Lascelles (2014)

Jeremy Lacelles (1955)

Thomas Robert Lascelles (1982)

Cleo Lascelles (2017)

Celeste Lascelles (2020)

Ellen Mary Lascelles (1984)

Jack Marley Hermans (2016)

Penny Moon Hermans (2018)

Amy Rose Lascelles (1986)

Marlow Fox Bolton (2020)  

Tallulah Grace Lascelles (2005)

The Hon. Mark Hubert Lascelles (1964)

Charlotte Patricia Lascelles (1996)

Imogen Mary Lascelles (1998)

Miranda Rose Lascelles (2000)

Henry Ulick Lascelles (1953)

Maximilian John Gerald Lascelles (1991)

Martin David Lascelles (1962)

Georgina Elizabeth Douet-Lascelles (1988)

Alexander Joshua Lascelles (2002)

Prince Richard Alexander Walter George, The Duke of Gloucester (1944)

Alexander Patrick Gregers Richard Windsor, The Earl of Ulster (1974)  

Xan Richard Anders Windsor, Lord Culloden (2007)

Lady Cosima Rose Alexandra Windsor (2010)

Lady Davina Elizabeth Alice Benedikte Windsor (1977)

Senna Kowhai Lewis (2010)

Tane Mahuta Lewis (2012)

Lady Rose Gilman (1980)

Lyla Beatrix Christabel Gilman (2010)

Rufus Gilman (2012)

Prince Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick, The Duke of Kent (1935)

George Windsor, The Earl of St. Andrews (1962)

Edward, Lord Downpatrick (1988)

Lady Marina-Charlotte Windsor (1992)

Lady Amelia Windsor (1995)

Lady Helen Marina Lucy Taylor (1964)

Columbus George Donald Taylor (1994)

Cassius Edward Taylor (1996)

Eloise Olivia Katherine Taylor (2003)

Estella Olga Elizabeth Taylor (2004)

Lord Nicholas Charles Edward Jonathan Windsor (1970)

Albert Louis Philip Edward Windsor (2007)

Leopold Ernest Augustus Guelph Windsor (2009)

Louis Arthur Nicholas Felix Windsor (2014)

Princess Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel of Kent, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy (1936)

James Robert Bruce Ogilvy (1964)

Flora Alexandra Ogilvy-  Vesterberg    (1994)

Alexander Charles Ogilvy (1996)

Marina Victoria Alexandra Ogilvy (1966)

Zenouska May Mowatt (1990)

Christian Alexander Mowatt (1993)

Prince Michael George Charles Franklin of Kent (1942)

Lord Frederick  Michael George David Louis Windsor (1979)

Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina Windsor (2013)

Isabella Alexandra May Windsor (2016)

Lady Gabriella  Marina Alexandra Ophelia Kingston (1981)

The Lady Alexandra Clare Carnegie (1959)

Amelia Mary Etherington (2001)

David Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife (1961)

Charles Duff Carnegie, Earl of Southesk (1989)

The Lady Chloe Carnegie (2022)

Lord George William Carnegie (1991)

Lord Hugh Alexander Carnegie (1993)

Haakon Lorentzen (1954)

Olav Alexander Lorentzen (1985)

NN Lorentzen (2023)

Christian Frederik Lorentzen (1988)

NN Lorentzen (2022/23)

Sophia  Lorentzen (1994)

Ingeborg Lorentzen (1957)

Victoria Ragna Lorentzen Ribeiro (1988)

Frederik Sven Lorentzen Falcão (2016)

Alice Lorentzen Falcão (2022)

Ragnhild Alexandra Lorentzen (1968)

Alexandra Joyce Lorentzen Long (2007)

Elizabeth Patricia Lorentzen Long (2011)

Princess Astrid Maud Ingeborg, Mrs. Ferner (1932)**

Cathrine Ferner-Johansen (1962)

Sebastien Ferner Johansen (1990)

Nicoline Johansen (2019)

Ferdinand Johansen (2021)

Madeleine Ferner Johansen (1993)

Benedikte  Ferner- Stange (1963)

Alexander Ferner (1965)

Edward Ferner (1996)

Stella Ferner (1998)

Elizabeth Ferner- Beckmann (1969)

Benjamin Ferner Beckmann (1999)

Carl-Christian Ferner (1972)

Fay Ferner (2018)

Fam Ferner (2021)

King Harald V of Norway (1937)

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (1971)

Maud Angelica Behn (2003)

Leah Isadora Behn (2005)

Emma  Tallulah Behn (2008)

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway (1973)

Princess Ingird Alexandra of Norway (2004)

Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway (2005)

The Princess Alice Maud Mary, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (1843-1878)

Princess Cécile Marita Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1967)

Philipp Gottfried Alexander, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1970)

Max Leopold Ernst Kraft Peter, Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (2005)

Prince Gustav Philipp Friedrich Alexander of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (2007)

Princess Marita Saskia Friedelinde Charlotte of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (2010)

Princess Xenia Margarita Anne of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1972)

Ferdinand Gabriele Kraft Soltmann (2005)

Louisa Marei Charlotte Soltmann (2008)

Prince Georg Andreas Heinrich of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1938)

Princess  Katharina Clementine Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1972)

Princess Laetitia Antoinette Julia Tatjana Felicitas of Waldeck and Pyrmont (2003)

Princess Alexia Natalie Luise Tatjana Maresa of Waldeck and Pyrmont (2006)

Princess Tatianja Luise of Hohenlohe-Langburg (1975)

Carl Stephan (2012)

Wolf Stephan  (2013)

Prince Ludwig of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1976)

Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (1958)

Princess Marija of Yugoslavia (1993)

Prince George of Yugoslavia (1984)

Prince Michael of Yugoslavia (1985)

Princess Natalija of Yugoslavia (2018)

Princess Isidora of Yugoslavia (2022)

Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia (1959)

Victoria Marie Esmé Margarita de Silva (1991)

Princess Marie Louise of Baden (1969)

Sophia Baker (2001)

Prince Bernhard, Margrave of Baden (1970)

Prince Leopold Bernhard of Baden (2002)

Prince Friedrich Bernhard of Baden (2004)

Prince Karl-Wilhelm Bernhard of Baden (2006)

Prince Leopold Max Christian Ludwig Clemens Hubert of Baden (1971)

Prince Michael Max Andreas of Baden (1976)

Prince Ludwig Wilhelm Georg Ernst Christoph of Baden (1937)

Princess Sophie Thyra Josephine Georgine Henriette of Baden (1975)

Prince Berthold Ernst-August Emich Rainer of Baden (1976)

Princess Hilda of Baden (2021)

Princess Aglaë Margarete Tatiana Mary of Baden (1981)

Princess Sophie, Princess of Greece & Denmark, Princess of Hesse, Princess of Hanover  (1914-2001)*

King Charles III of the United Kingdom (1947)

The Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, The Prince of Wales, The Duke of Cambridge (1981)

Prince George Alexander Louis of Wales (2013)

Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Wales (2015)

Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Wales (2018)

The Prince Henry Albert David, The Duke of Sussex (1984)

Prince Archie Harrison of Sussex (2019)

Princess Lilibet Diana of Sussex (2021)

The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal (1950)

Peter Mark Andrew Philips (1977)

Savannah Anne Kathleen Philips (2010)

Isla Elizabeth Philips (2012)

Zara Anne Elizabeth Philips-Tindall (1981)

Mia Grace Tindall (2014)

Lena Elizabeth Tindall (2018)

Lucas Philip Tindall (2021)

The Prince Andrew, The Duke of York (1960)

Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary, Countessa Mapelli-Mozzi (1988)’

Nob. Donna Sienna Maplli-Mozzi (2021)

Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena, Mrs. Jack Brooksbank (1990)

August Philip Hawke Brooksbank (2021)

Ernst George Ronnie Brooksbank (2023)

The Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh (1964)

The Lady Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor (2004)

James Alexander Philip Theo Mountbatten-Windsor, The Earl of Wessex (2007)

George Ivar Louis Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven (1961)

Lady Tatiana Helen Georgia Mountbatten (1990)

Henry (Harry) David Louis Mountbatten, Earl of Medina (1991)

Lord Ivar Alexander Michael Mountbatten  (1963)

Ella Louise Georgina Mountbatten (1996Alexandra Alix Nada Victoria Mountbatten (1998)

Louise Luli Xenia Rose Mountbatten (2002)

Norton Louis Philip Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1947)

Nicholas Louis Charles Norton Knatchbull, Lord Brabourne (1981)

Lady Alexandra Victoria Edwina Diana Knatchbull-Hooper (1982)

Inigo Norton Sebastian Mountbatten Hooper (2017)

Alden Peter Theodore Mountbatten Hooper  (2020)

The Hon. Michael-John Ulick Knatchbull (1950)

Kelly Louise Doreen Knatchbull (1988)

Savannah Knatchbull (2001)

Lady Joanna Edwina Doreen Knatchbull (1955)

Eleuthera Roselyne Patricia Pernot du Breuil (1986)

Alexander Azriel John David Zuckerman (2002)

Lady Amanda Patricia Victoria Ellingworth (1957)

Luke Ellingworth (1991)Joseph Ellingworth (1992)

Louis Ellingworth (1995)

The Hon. Philip Wyndham Ashley Knatchbull (1961)

Daisy Isadora Louise Knatchbull (1992)

Frederick Michael Hubert Knatchbull (2003)

John Robin Rocky Knatchbull ( 2004)

The Hon. Timothy Nicholas Sean Knatchbull (1964)

Amber Diana Patricia Knatchbull (2000)

Milo Columbus John Knatchbull (2001)

Ludovic David Nicholas Knatchbull (2003)

Isla Selina Edwina Knatchbull (2005)

Wilhelmina "Willa" Victoria Agatha Knatchbull (2008)

Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks (1929)**

Edwina Victoria Louise Hicks (1961)

Maddison May Brudenell (1994)

Daphne Modupe-Ojo (2016)

Phebe Modupe-Ojo (2018)

Jordon Anne Brudenell (1995)

Rowan Michael David Brudenell (2001)

Ashley Louis David Hicks (1963)

Angelica Margherita Edwina Hicks (1992)

Ambrosia Maria Elizabeth Hicks (1997)

Caspian Donald Hicks (2018)

Horatio Valentine Hicks (2019)

India Amanda Caroline Hicks (1967)

Felix Austen Flint Wood (1997)

Amory John Flint Wood (1999)

Conrad Lorenzo Flint Wood (2003)

Domino Carmen Flint Wood (2007)

The Prince Alfred, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Duke of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha (1844-1900)

Paul-Philippe Hohenzollern (1948)

Carol Ferdinand  Hohenzollern (2010)

Ion George Nicholas Alexander Lambrino Hohenzollern (1961)

Princess Melita Elisabeth Bathildis Helene Margarita of Leiningen (1951)

Prince  Karl Emich Nikolaus Friedrich Hermann of Leiningen (1952)

Princess Cécilia of Leiningen (1988)

Princess Theresa Anna Elisabeth of Leiningen (1992)

Prince Emich of Leiningen (2010)

Andreas, Prince of Leiningen (1955)*

Princess Stephanie Margarita of Leiningen (1958)

Prince Karl Boris Frank Markwart of Leiningen (1960)

Prince Nicholas of Leiningen (1991)

Prince Karl of Leiningen (2001)

Princess Julianna of Leiningen (2003)

Prince Hermann Friedrich Roland Fernando of Leiningen (1963)

Princess Tatiana  of Leiningen (1989)

Master August RenyoldsLeiningen (2021)

Princess Nadia of Leiningen (1991)

Master Thomas Baker Leiningen (2021)

Princess Alexandra of Leiningen (1997)

Princess Lavinia Marie of Yugoslavia (1961)

Nadya Marie Sidiropoulos  (1987)

Andrej Aristotle Sidiropoulos (1990)

Luca Orlando Christopher Prichard-Levy (2000)

Prince Karl Vladimir Cyril Andrej of Yugoslavia (1964)

Prince Dimitri Ivan Mihailo of Yugoslavia (1965)

Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Joseph Maria Manuel Georg Meinrad Fidelis Benedikt Michael Hubert of Hohenzollern (1952)

Prince Alexander Friedrich Antonius Johannes of Hohenzollern (1987)

Princess Philippa Marie Carolina Isabelle of Hohenzollern (1988)

Princess Flaminia Pia Eilika Stephanie of Hohenzollern, Baroness von Stipsicz de Ternova (1992)

Princess Antonia Elisabeth Georgina Tatiana of Hohenzollern (1995)

Prince Albrecht Johannes Hermann Meinrad Hubertus Michael Stephan of Hohenzollern (1954)

Princess Josephine Marie Isabelle Sophia Margarete of Hohenzollern (2002)

Princess Eugenia Bernadette Maria Theresia Esperanza of Hohenzollern (2005)

Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern (1959)

Prince Aloys Maria Friedrich Karl of Hohenzollern (1999)

Prince Fidelis Maria Anton Alexis Hans of Hohenzollern (2001)

Princess Victoria Margaritta Sielinde Johanna Isabella Maria of Hohenzollern (2004)

Princess Mechtilde Alexandra of Leiningen (1936)

Ulf-Karl Bauscher (1963)

Franka Silke Stephanie Bauscher (1996)

Erik Johann Berthold Bauscher (1998)

Lorenz Bauscher (2002)

Berthold Alexander Eric Bauscher (1965)

Johann Karl Joachim Fritz Markwart Bauscher (1971)

Donna Gerarda de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi-Delfino (1939)

Carla d'Orléans-Borbón Saint- de Haro y Fernández de Córdoba (1967)

Nicolás de Haro y Saint (2001)

Sofia de Haro y Saint  2004)Mateo de Haro y Saint (2007)

Marc d'Orléans-Borbón Saint (1969)

Christopher Saint-Campogna (1990)

Don Alfonso de Orleans-Borbón y Ferrara-Pignatelli, Duke of Galliera (1968)

Don Alonso Juan de Orleans-Borbón y Goeders (1994)

Don Alvaro de Orléans-Borbón y Ferrara-Pignatelli (1969)

Don Aiden de Orléans-Borbón y Acosta (2009)

Doña Amelia de Orléans-Borbón y Acosta (2017)

Donna Beatriz de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi-Delfino (1943)

Gerardo Alfonso dei Conti Farini (1967)

Luisa FariniAlessandra FariniElena Gioia dei Conti Farini (1969)

Claudia de Haro y Farini (2000)

Tomás de Haro y Farini (2003)

Elena Gioia dei Conti Farini (1969)

Claudia de Haro y Farini ( 2000)

Tomás de Haro y Farini (2003)

Don Alvaro-Jaime de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi-Delfino (1947)

Pilar de Orléans-Borbón y San Martino d'Agliè (1975)

Felix Henderson-Stewart (2007)

Louis Henderson-Stewart (2008)

Daria Henderson-Stewart (2009)

Xenia Henderson-Stewart (2011)

James Henderson-Stewart (2012)

Pedro Henderson-Stewart (2014)

Andrés de Orléans-Borbón y San Martino d'Agliè (1976)

Ines de Orleáns-Borbón y van Exter (2010)

Eugenia de Orleáns-Borbón y van Exter (2011)

Alois de Orléans-Borbón y San Martino d'Agliè (1979)

Alonso de Orléans y Solís (2010)Donna Eulalia de Orléans-Borbón y Rendina (2006)

The Princess Helena Augusta Victoria, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1846-1923)

Princess Margaretha Désirée Victoria, Mrs. Ambler (1934)**

Baroness Sibylla Louise von Dincklage (1965)

Freiin Madeleine Charlotte Margarethe von Dincklage (1999)

Sebastian Eric Henning Freiherr von Dincklage (2000)

Charles Edward Ambler (1966)

Sienna Rose Ambler (2000)

India Tani Ambler (2003)

James Patrick Ambler (1969)

Lily Elektra Ambler(2003)

Oscar Rufus Ambler (2004)

Princess Birgitta Ingeborg Alice of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern (1937)

Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern (1962)

Prince Nicolas Johann Georg Maria of Hohenzollern (1999)

Princess Désirée of Hohenzollern (1963)

Hereditary Count Carl-Theodor Georg Philipp Maria of Ortenburg (1992)

Count Frederik Hubertus Ferdinand Maria of Ortenburg (1995)

Countess Carolina Maria Franziska Christina Stephanie of Ortenburg(1997)

Prince Hubertus of Hohenzollern (1966)

Princess Désirée Elisabeth Sibylla,  Baroness Silfverschiöld (1938)

Baron Carl Otto Edmund Silfverschiöld (1965)

Anna Margareta Sybilla Désirée Silfverschiold (2006)

Baroness Kristina-Louise Silfverschiold (1966)

Estelle Louise Désirée Gerard, Friherinna de Greer af Finspäng(2000)

Ian Carl Gerard, Friherre de Greer af Finspäng (2002)

Fred Louis Gerard, Friherre de Greer af Finspäng (2004)

Baroness Hélène Ingeborg Sibylla Silfverschiold, Baroness Silfverschiold (1968)

Princess Christina Louise Helena, Mrs. Magnuson (1943)

Carl Gustaf Victor Magnusson (1975)

Désirée Elfrida Christina Magnuson (2014)

Tord Oscar Fredrik Magnusson (1977)

Albert Magnusson (unknown year)

Henri Magnusson (unknown year)

Victor Edmund Lennart Magnusson (1980)

Edmund Magnuson (2012)

Sigvard Magnuson (2015)

King Carl XVI Gustaf  Folke Hubertus of Sweden (1946)

Crown Princess Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée of Sweden, The Duchess of  Västergötland (1977)

Princess Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary of Sweden,The Duchess of Östergötland (2012)

Prince Oscar Carl Olof of Sweden, The Duke of Skåne (2016)

Prince Carl Philip Edmund Bertil of Sweden, The Duke of Värmland (1979)

Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil, The Duke of Södermanland (2016)

Prince Gabriel Carl Walther, The Duke of Dalarna (2017)

Prince Julian Herbert Folke, The Duke of Halland (2021)

Princess Madeline of Sweden, The Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (1982)

Princess Leonore Lilian Maria, The Duchess of Gotland (2014)

Prince Nicolas Paul Gustaf ,The Duke of Angermanland (2015)

Princess Adrienne Josephine Alice, The Duchess of Blekinge (2018)

Michael  Alexander Sigvard Bernadotte  (1944)

Kajsa Michaele Sophia Bernadotte, Countess af Wisborg (1980)

Sophia (year unknown)

Queen Margrethe II Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid of Denmark (1940)

Crown Prince Frederik André Henrik Christian of Denmark (1968)

Prince Christian Valdemar Henri John of Denmark (2005)

Princess Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe of Denmark (2007)

Prince Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander of Denmark (2011)

Princess Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda of Denmark (2011)

Prince Joachim Holger Waldemar Christian of Denmark (1969)

Count Nikolai William Alexander Fredrick af Monzepat (1999)

Count Felix Henrik Valdemar Christian af Monzepat (2002)

Count Henrik Carl Jochim Alin af Monzepat (2009)

Countess Athena Marguerite Françoise Marie af Monzepat   (2012)

Princess Benedikte Astird Ingeborg Ingrid of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)

Gustav, 7th Prince of Sayn-Wittengenstein-Berleburg (1969)

Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittengenstein-Berleburg, Countess Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille (1970)

Count Fredrich von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1999)

Countess Ingrid Alexandra von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (2003)

Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittengenstein-Berleburg (1975)

Master Konstantin Gustav Heinrich Richard Johannsmann (2010)

Miss Louisa Margareta Benedikte Hanna Johannsmann (2015)

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)

Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark (1965)

Miss Arrietta Morales y de Grecia (2002)

Miss Ana María Morales y de Grecia (2003)

Mr. Carlos Morales y de Grecia (2005)

Amelia Morales y de Grecia (2007)

Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece & Denmark (1968)

Princess Maria Olympia of Greece & Denmark (1996)

Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece & Denmark(1998)

Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece & Denmark(2000)

Prince Odysseus-Kimon of Greece & Denmark(2004)

Prince Aristidis-Stavros of Greece & Denmark (2008)

Prince Nikolas of Greece & Denmark (1969)

Prince Theodora of Greece & Denmark (1983)

Prince Philippos of Greece & Denmark (1986)

Katharine Ingrid Mary Isabel Fraser, Mistress of Saltoun (1957)

Louise Alexandra Patricia Nicolson (1984)

Rory Thomas Malise Morshead (2015)

Frederick Charles Merlin Morshead (2018)

Juliet Victoria Katharine Nicolson (1988)

Albert Alexander Gordon Rood (2018)

Alexander William Malise Fraser (1990)

The Hon. Alice Elizabeth Margaret Ramsay (1961)

Alexander David Ramsey (1991)Victoria Alice Ramsey (1994)

George Arthur Oliver Henry Ramsey (1995)

Oliver Henry Ramsey (1995)

Hon. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Ramsay of Mar (1963)

The Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, The Duchess of Argyll (184-1939)

The Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert, The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942)

The Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert, Duke of Albany (1853-1844)

Anne Mary Sibylla Abel Smith (1932)**

Ian Richard Peregrine Liddell-Grainger of Ayton (1959)

Peter Richard Liddell-Grainger (1987)

Sophie Victoria Liddell-Grainger (1988)

May Alexandra Liddell-Grainger (1992)

Charles Montagu Liddell-Grainger (1960)

Simon Rupert Liddell-Grainger (1962)

Alice Mary Liddell-Grainger (1965)

Danilo Pietro Panaggio (1996)

Jessica Alice Panaggio (1998)

Malcom Henry Liddell-Grainger (1967)

Cameron Henry Liddell-Grainger (1997)

Katherine Emma Abel-Smith (1961)

Amelia May Beaumont Murray (1983)

Matilda Alice Murray (2012)

Archibald Peregrine Murray(2012)

George Wentworth Beaumont (1985)

Richard Christian Beaumont (1989)

Michael Patrick Beaumont (1991)

Elizabeth Alice Abel Smith (1936)**

Princess Caroline Mathilde Adelheid Sibylla Marianne Erika von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1933)

Margarethe-Brigitte Nielsen (1954)

Grandchild 1

Grandchild 2

Renate Christine Nielsen (1957)

Prince Hubertus von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1961)

Prince Sebastian Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1994)

Princess Victoria Feodora Monika of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1963)

Prince Falk of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1990)

Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (2000)

Prince Carl-Eduard Wilhelm Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1966)

Princess Emilia Lucia Josefina of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1999)

Princess Johanna Carlotta Sophia of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (2004)

Prince Friedrich Ferdinand-Christian Georg Ernst Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1968)

Prince Nicolaus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1987)

Princess Alice-Sybilla Calma Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1974)

Matthias Reiser (1999)

Carolin Monika Maria Reiser (2000)

Prince Peter Albert Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1939)

Prince Peter von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1964)

Prince Malte von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1990)

Prince Malte Georg von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1966)

Count Bertram Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (1932)**

Count Dominik zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (1965)

Count Michael zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (1967)

Countess Anne-Charlotte Catharina Victoria zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (1962)

Henrik Michael Frederik zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (1982)

Patrick Martin Conradin Rappu (1987)

Richard Valdemar Rappu (1989)

Fredrik Carl Anton Rappu (1990)

Count Carl-Eduard Friedrich Hubertus zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (1964)

Countess Sarah zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (1999)

Count Markus zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (2004)

Countess Viktoria Adelheid of Castell-Rüdenhausen (1935)**

Alice Louise Esther Margot Huntington-Whiteley (1961)

Henry Alexander Sewell (1988)

Benjamin Leopold Sewell (1990)

Beatrice Helena Victoria Irene Huntington-Whiteley (1962)

Frederick Francis Thomas Augustus Grant (1999)

Ludovic William Hubertus Miles Grant (2002)

Count Hesso Fridrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (1940)

Calma Barbara Schnirring (1938)

Sascha Nikolaus Herbertus Berger (1960)

Tristan Lee Berger (1984)

Nicole Calma Berger (1984)

Richard Darrell Berger (1962)

Richard Jonathan Ross Wheeler Berger (1985)

Rachel Kathryn Faye Berger (2000)

Riley Emily Erin Berger (2001)

Victor Dean Berger (1963)

Mary Katherine Berger Jacobs (1985)

Samuel Clinton Berger (1965)

Wesley Berger (1967)

Maximilian Elias Berger (2001)

David Charles Berger (1968)

Dagmar Schnirring (1940)

Maria-Valeska Walz (1965)

Amilia Sofia Evangellatos (2002)

Andreas Michael Friedrich Hans Armin Siegfried Hubertus , Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony (1943)

Princess Stephanie Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1972)

Hubertus Michael, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony (1975)

Princess Katharina Victoria Elizabeth Cheryl of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (2014)

Prince Philipp Hubertus Andreas Christian of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (2015)

Princess Madeleine Aurelia Viktoria Carin of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (2017)

Prince Alexander Philip of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1977)

Maria Christine Sibylla Schäfer (1972)

Gian Martin Martens (2001)

Aimée Martens (2003)

Louis Martens (2006)

Gianetta Antonia Schäfer (1975)

Princess Beatrice Charlotte von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1951)

Princess  Marie Alexandra von Sachsen-Meiningen (1978)

Prince Constantin von Sachsen-Meiningen (1980)

Prince Simon von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1985)

Prince Daniel von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1988)

The Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore , Princess  of Battenberg (1857-1944)

Robin Alexander Bryan  (1957)

Faith Bryan (1979)

Edward Curtis Houle (1979)

Elijah Alexander Bryan (1995)

Don Luis Alfonso Gonzalo Víctor Manuel de Borbón y Martínez-Bordiú (1974)

Princess Eugénie de Bourbon (2007)

Prince Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Burgundy (2010)

Prince Alfonso de Bourbon, Duke of Berry (2010)

Prince Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Touraine (2019)

Stephanie Michelle de Borbón (1968)

Nicholas Stefano Alessandro de Borbon McMasters (1994)

Christian Alfonso de Borbon McMasters (1995)

Jaime Sebastian McMasters de Borbon (1996)

Richard Carl McMasters III (1998)

Alexander Leandro Joaquin Gonzalo McMasters de Borbon (2004)

[postcard-from-the-past]

Prince August Wilhelm Heinrich Günther Viktor of Prussia and Princess Alexandra Viktoria Auguste Leopoldine Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

German vintage postcard

[napoleonic-sexyman-tournament]

We have finally reached the end of the first round, reducing our 128 person list to 64.

Here is the complete list of who is competing in round 2:

France:

Jean Lannes

Thérésa Tallien

Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle

Germaine de Staël

François Joseph Lefebvre

Géraud Duroc

Étienne Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald

Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais

Thomas-Alexandre Dumas

Juliette Récamier

Louis-Francois Lejeune

Louis-Alexandre Berthier

Michel Ney

Joseph Fouché

Nicolas Charles Oudinot

Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont

Jean-Andoche Junot

Josephine de Beauharnais

Andrea Masséna

Joachim Murat

Pauline Bonaparte, Duchess of Guastalla

England:

Richard Sharpe

Tom Pullings

Benjamin Bathurst

Horatio Nelson

Barbara Childe

Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (Lord Castlereagh)

Captain Jack Aubrey

Horatio Hornblower

Admiral Edward Pellew

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Emma, Lady Hamilton

Scotland:

Thomas Cochrane

Ireland:

Doctor Stephen Maturin

Austria:

Friedrich Bianchi, Duke of Casalanza

Klemens von Metternich

Marie Louise

Wilhelmine von Biron

Archduke Karl

Poland:

Wincenty Krasiński

Józef Zajączek

Zofia Czartoryska-Zamoyska

Józef Antoni Poniatowski

Maria Walewska

Russia:

Prince Andrei Bolkonsky

Levin August von Bennigsen

Pavel Stroganov

Barclay de Tolly

Ekaterina Pavlovna Bagration

Alexander Andreevich Durov

Karl Wilhelm von Toll

Mikhail Miloradovich

Alexander I Pavlovich

Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna

Pyotr Bagration

Prussia:

Louise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Frederick William III

Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Alexander von Humboldt

Dorothea von Biron

The Netherlands:

Ida St Elme

Spain:

Juan Martín Díez

José de Palafox

Lombardy:

Alessandro Manzoni

[1507ovation]

Sophie Wilhelmine Charlotte Marie Countess von Voß, née von Pannwitz (* 11 March 1729 in Schönfließ (Oberhavel); † 31 December 1814 in Berlin) lived at the Prussian court for sixty-nine years and was an interlocutor, advisor and lady-in-waiting to queens and kings for decades. She saw four Prussian rulers come and go and new eras begin. Her diary entries have gone through numerous editions since the first book was published in 1876. When she was born, Prussia was ruled by Frederick William I, the Soldier King. Prussia was not yet a great European power. She lived through the entire reign of Frederick the Great (1740-1786) and that of his nephew and heir to the throne Frederick William II (1786-1797). She experienced the occupation of Berlin by the French, the wars of liberation against Napoleon and the reorganisation of Europe. The last political entries in her diary refer to the Congress of Vienna: "Nothing pleasing from Vienna; it seems that this unhappy Congress has no end." (23 December 1814), but also: "A letter from Wittgenstein. The same sad news!" (27 December 1814, four days before her death). King Frederick William III had sent her the entire treaty for her perusal and comment. The Countess von Voß was of the opinion that the French had got off far too well. Sophie Marie von Voß as lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother Sophie Dorothea, oil painting by Antoine Pesne between 1746-1751