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George Fitzclarence, 1st Earl of Munster (1794-1842).
#uk#royal bastards#william iv#united kingdom#irish aristocracy#george fitzclarence#earl of munster#illegitimate son#william iv of the united kingdom#duke of clarence#house of hanover#dorothea jordan#royalty
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DOROTHEA JORDAN // ACTRESS
“She was an Anglo-Irish actress, as well as a courtesan. She was the long-time mistress of Prince William, Duke of Clarence (later King William IV), and the mother of 10 illegitimate children by him, all of whom took the surname FitzClarence. She was the most admired comic actress of her time and was a competent Shakespearean and tragic actress. After separating from Prince William, she took on a yearly stipend and a promise to never return to the stage. She broke that to help pay off her nephew’s debts, and her former lover ended the stipend. She moved to France and died alone from a ruptured blood vessel caused by violent inflammation of the chest.”
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Portrait of actress Dorothea Jordan, mistress of King William IV (1830). Stipple engraving by unknown author. National Library of Wales.
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Portrait of King William the Fourth (1765-1837)
Artist: Sir David Wilkie (Scottish, 1785–1841)
Date: 1838
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Birmingham Museums Trust, Birmingham, England
William IV
William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded his elder brother George IV, becoming the last king and penultimate monarch of Britain's House of Hanover.
William served in the Royal Navy in his youth, spending time in British North America and the Caribbean, and was later nicknamed the "Sailor King". In 1789, he was created Duke of Clarence and St Andrews. Between 1791 and 1811, he cohabited with the actress Dorothea Jordan, with whom he had ten children. In 1818, he married Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen; William was not known to have had mistresses during their marriage. In 1827, he was appointed Britain's first Lord High Admiral since 1709.
As his two elder brothers died without leaving legitimate issue, William inherited the throne when he was 64 years old. His reign saw several reforms: the Poor Law was updated, child labour restricted, slavery abolished in nearly all of the British Empire, and the electoral system refashioned by the Reform Acts of 1832. Although William did not engage in politics as much as his brother or his father, he was the last British monarch to appoint a prime minister contrary to the will of Parliament. He granted his German kingdom a short-lived liberal constitution. William had no surviving legitimate children at the time of his death, so he was succeeded by his niece Victoria in the United Kingdom and his brother Ernest Augustus in Hanover.
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Trying to tell the princes apart. By 1817, two of Charlotte and George III's nine sons had already died in childhood (Octavius and Alfred).
The one seeing an actress must be third-born William. He had ten bastards with the actress Dorothea Jordan over the course of their twenty-year relationship. His only marriage (to a German princess twenty-seven years his junior) came after that.
"There are already children." The one lounging is Adolphus, named after Charlotte's brother. He was the tenth child and the youngest of the surviving sons.
The one seeing a married woman is Augustus, the ninth child.
Yeah, second-born Frederick's marriage really was that bad. Unsurprisingly, they had no kids.
"If I were married to you, I'd flee the country as well." That's Ernest, the eighth child.
The group shot shows six princes, grieving father Prince Regent George is missing. (Getting blind drunk, most likely.)
It's too bad there won't be a second season, I'd like to see more of the princes.
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King Ludwig Ist's Gallery of Beauties.
A retexture by La Comtesse Zouboff — Original Mesh by @thejim07
The Gallery of Beauties (Schönheitengalerie) is a collection of 38 small portraits of the most beautiful women from the nobility and middle classes of Munich, Germany painted between 1827 and 1850 (mostly by Karl Joseph Stieler, appointed court painter in 1820) and gathered by Ludwig I of Bavaria in the south pavilion of Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. Two additional ones were created by Friedrick Drück and one portrait was stolen in the XXth century and remains missing.
The set includes all the 38 portraits, with the original frame swatches, fully recolorable. The portraits are of:
Friederike von Gumppenberg (later Baroness von Gumppenberg).
Amalia von Schintling.
Amalie Maximilianovna von Krüdener (née von Lerchenfeld) Baroness von Krüdener.
Anna Hillmayer.
Anna von Greiner (née Bartelmann)
Antonietta Cornelia Vetterlein.
Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria, Princess of Bavaria.
Auguste Strobl (first version).
Auguste Strobl (second version).
Baroness Mathilde von Jordan.
Carlotta von Boos zu Waldeck (née von Breidbach-Bürresheim) Baroness von Breidbach-Bürresheim.
Caroline Maximiliana Maria von Holnstein (née von Spiering) Countess von Holnstein aus Bayern
Elise List (later Elise Pacher von Theinburg
Eliza Rosanna James (née Gilbert), Known ss Lola Montez.
Helene Kreszenz Sedlmayr.
Irene Pallavicini, Marchioness Pallavicini and Countess von Arco un Steppberg.
Isabella, Countess von Traufkirchen-Engelberg.
Jane Elizabeth Digby, Later Baroness von Venningen.
Josepha Conti (née Reh).
Karolina Lizius.
Katharina Rosa Botsaris in a Traditional Greek Costume.
Lady Theresa Spence (née Renard) as Sapho of Lesbos.
Maria Dietsch (In prayer, first version).
Maria Dietsch (second version).
Marianna Florenzi (née Bacinetti) Marchioness Florenzi.
Marie Friederike Franziska Hedwig of Prussia, Crown Princess of Bavaria.
Maximiliane Borzaga.
Nanette von Kaulla.
Princess Alexandra Amalie of Bavaria.
Caroline von Oettingen-Wallerstein (later Countess von Waldbott-Bassenheim.
Regina Daxenberger.
Rosalie Julie von Bonar (née von Wüllerstorf-Urbair) Baroness von Bonar.
Sophie Friederike Dorothea Wilhemine, Archduchess of Austria (née Princess of Bavaria).
The Actress Charlotte von Hagn-Schwab as Thekla in Schiller's "Wallenstein".
The Actress Friederica Katharina "Willhemine" Sulzer.
The Dancer Antonia Wallinger as Hebe.
The Honourable Emily Mikbanke-Huskisson (née Mansfield)
The Honourable Jane Plumer-Callander (née Erskine)
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Obscure fandoms mashing up in my head again: Jordan L Hawk's Hexworld universe would fit so beautifully with the morseverse. I mean one is a series of turn-of-the-20th-century m/m fantasy romance novels set in New York and the other is... not, but you have:-
some unrealistically good/anti-bigotry police detectives[1], but they are dealing with horrible amounts of corruption higher up.
general tackling of issues of discrimination but also ferocious loyalties
and a main character who keeps being very underestimated by the powers that be but whose colleagues really learn to adore them (even when they're an awkward git)
So I'm now envisaging Morse being a Familiar (cat, hedgehog, squirrel, something like that) and Thursday being his Witch (and things proceed more happily from there than in the show because Dammit). Morse becomes very much part of the Thursday family thanks to this, one way or another. And them both dealing with the discrimination Morse faces, but goodness would it work well. Jakes is an unbonded dog Familiar (and the boys at Blenheim Vale all were Familiars...); Hope his Witch but like Thursday she turns out to be an awesome one. Max could be a forensic hexman as well as a pathologist; at some point he ends up bonding with Dorothea (some form of bird Familiar?) with their relationship being platonic but utterly beautiful. :) Bright a Witch who starts out carrying the usual prejudices but unpacks them massively and then ends up bonding with a tiger Familiar (naturally). I'm not sure which way round Trewlove and Fancy are, but they had been wondering about bonding but hadn't actually done it by the end of series 5. *sobs a bit*
[1] Yes I *do* most emphatically include all of the main character detectives in Endeavour in that.
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Jordan Henderson - Adam Lallana - Dorothea
#footballers x taylor swift are my favorite edits to make :)#jordan henderson#adam lallana#hendollana#liverpool fc#lfc
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Charlotte's boys are in love.
It's just that the women they're in love with are Catholics and actresses. (And commoners and women who are already married.) Whoops.
Also... 50 illegitimate babies?!
Like 20 percent of that is William 4 ALONE. He had like, 10 kids with Dorothea Jordan.
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Fun random ask time! If you could make a movie out of any Taylor album which would it be? What kind of movie would it be (musical, drama, sci fi?) And who would be your dream cast? Big question I know, feel free to just answer parts!! 🍿🎥🎬
definitely evermore! probably a film kind of like "love actually" that follows multiple stories - dorothea & tis the damn season guy's thing, champagne problems, este's murder, and ivy, that are all connected somehow
my dream casting for the movie would be (yes i know that este and danielle are haim sisters but i'm thinking of their characters not the actual people):
dorothea - jennifer lawrence (she has the vibes of someone who could be from a small town but also be big in hollywood)
tis the damn season guy - jordan fisher (he's just got good vibes)
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champagne problems narrator - maitreyi ramakrishnan (she could do a complex plotline i know she could)
champagne problems guy (the one who gets dumped) - timothee chalamet (because it would be so funny)
and in no particular order, their group of friends: millie bobby brown, tom holland, awkwafina, jenna ortega
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este - sophie turner (i can't really justify this one she just is)
este's friend - kristen stewart (@deathbyathousandcuts this was for you)
danielle (este's sister) - emma watson (you'd think i did this because sophie turner is british but no they both fake american accents in the film. she just seems like she would lie to the cops for a good revenge plot)
este's husband - liam hemsworth (i mean)
este's husband's mistress - blake lively (she's got that hot-but-evil but also not energy that could be good for a compelling side plot)
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ivy narrator - aubrey plaza (i know she'd slay the cottagecore vibe)
ivy narrator's lover - keke palmer (you can't tell me she wouldn't kill this role)
ivy narrator's husband - tom felton (you can't tell me it wouldn't be funny)
it's worth noting that i didn't do too much research into any of these people, i just went down actor lists until i found someone i wanted, so some age gaps might be a little screwy
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George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster (1794–1842) by Richard Austin Artlett, after Thomas Phillips. He was the eldest illegitimate son of William IV of the United Kingdom and his long-time mistress Dorothea Jordan.
#uk#house of hanover#royal bastards#George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence#earl of munster#richard austin artlett#thomas phillips#engraving#engravings#kingdom of ireland#Peerage of Ireland#irish aristocracy
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Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll (née FitzClarence; 17 January 1801 – 16 January 1856) was an illegitimate daughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom and Dorothea Jordan. She married William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll, and became Countess of Erroll on 4 December 1820 at age 19. Due to Hay's parentage, William Hay became Lord Steward of the Household. Elizabeth and William Hay married at St George's, Hanover Square. Hay is pictured in a FitzClarence family portrait in House of Dun, and kept a stone thrown at her father William IV and the gloves he wore on opening his first Parliament as mementos.
In 1856, while ill herself, she was summoned from Scotland to visit her dying brother Adolphus. Her illness worsened and she died on the journey in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Lila’s Backstory Theory #2
Further to my talks with @luciehercndale and her excellent post here, we really know almost nothing about Lila’s history, and particularly about her mother. She grew up in poverty with her alcoholic father but she doesn’t talk or act like a Georgian street kid. She seems educated, particularly regarding the arts. Her mother could have come from money/status. But another possibility is that she came from the demi-monde. Â
Around the time, there were actresses/courtesans like Dorothea Jordan and Emma Hamilton who were both Shakespearean stage actresses and the mistresses of wealthy and powerful men. An actress would be literate and familiar with poetry and be comfortable fraternizing with people from every level of society, right up to royalty. At the same time, women of that class could easily end up back in poverty when they aged or if their patron died.  Â
Lila’s got that theatrical nature, and she moves easily between social classes. She ends up on the street, but adopts a flamboyant thief persona to steal. She can mimic the speech of wealthy men enough to fool a police officer, like she does at the beginning of DSOM. In Red London, she is mistaken for Ostra by the young noblewomen she meets. When she needs to get into the palace, she has no hesitation about disguising herself as a an invited guest - she never has any doubt about her ability to pull off the deception. She just has to find the right outfit. In AGOS, she easily fools the pirates into thinking she is royalty. It can’t just be the language. Â
There is also her confidence with men. She thinks about how Alucard assumes her to be noble: A member of the court, taught to flash English words like jewels, intent on impressing a royal, claiming a title, a crown. She pictured the prince, Rhy, with his easy charm and his flirtatious air. She could probably have kept his attention, if she’d wanted to. If she was just a street kid from poverty, the confidence that she could land Rhy seems unlikely. But it is less impossible if her mother was a former courtesan - and women of that class often raised their daughters to continue in their profession(s). Â
There is also Lila’s dislike of dresses and femininity. When she is tricking the pirates, she thinks “...even if she were trapped in an abominable dress. A full-skirted, flimsy green contraption with too much gossamer and a waist so tight she could hardly breathe and why in god’s name must women do this to themselves?” She has such a strong reaction to something that was very common at the time - it seems more than just about the impracticality. If she knows (at some level) her mother came from that world and it didn’t end well it would explain the strength of her feelings. Â
Obviously all speculation, but fun to think about!
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Three people from the 1700s that I find pretty
Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704 - 1788)
Dorothea Jordan (1761 - 1816)
Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (1771 - 1851)
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Actress Dorothea Jordan (1791) by John Hoppner. National Portrait Gallery.
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A few more returns and more than two dozen (!) new bits of casting have been announced for the second/final season of Wolf Hall.
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This Monday morning, it was announced that Thomas Brodie-Sangster also will return, reprising his role as Rafe Sadler. Other returns include Joss Porter as Richard Cromwell, James Larkin as Master Treasurer Fitzwilliam, Richard Dillane as the Duke of Suffolk, Will Keen as Archbishop Cranmer and Hannah Steele as Mary Shelton.
The slew of new castings, meanwhile, are led by Harriet Walter (Killing Eve, Succession) and Timothy Spall (Mr Turner), who will respectively play Lady Margaret Pole and the Duke of Norfolk.
You also have Corentin Fila (Mortel) as Christophe, Tom Mothersdale (Culprits) as Richard Riche, Karim Kadjar as Eustache Chapuys, Lucy Russell (A Spy Among Friends) as Lady Anne Shelton, Will Tudor (Industry) as Edward Seymour, Viola Prettejohn (The Nevers) as Mary Fitzroy, Thomas Arnold (A Spy Among Friends) as Hans Holbein, Jordan Kouamé (Malpractice) as Martin The Gaoler and Agnes O’Casey (Dangerous Liaisons) as Lady Margaret Douglas.
Other new castings include Cecilia Appiah (Hijack) as Nan Seymour, Ellie de Lange (Arcadia) as Jenneke, Hubert Burton (ITV’s Jekyll and Hyde) as Thomas Howard the Lesser, Pip Carter (Industry) as Sir Geoffrey Pole, Josef Altin (Game of Thrones) as Thomas Avery, Sarah Priddy as Lady Margery Seymour and Hannah Khalique-Brown (The Undeclared War) as Dorothea.
And last but presumably not least, there’s Amir El-Masry (Industry) as Thomas Wyatt, German Segal (The Undeclared War) as Olisleger, Summer Richards as Catherine Howard and Dana Herfurth (Love Addicts) as Anne of Cleves.
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light is currently filming in England and Wales.
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