#françois II

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Last of their name

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Happy 214th birthday to our dear françois aka napoleon II duke of Reichstadt!

I finally learned of my mistakes and drew the birthday art before the actual birthday lmao

Anyhow I'm glad I got too draw françois again I was itching to draw him and his birthday was coming up so it was like the stars aligned for me to draw him for his birthday

Also when searching for references for his clothes I came across this fandom wiki Link that took me to a alternative history wiki where napoleon II actually did get to rule France and I went into little rabbit of hole of these different alternative history wiki of francois with what ifs some are even talked about in more detail like this one

Idk I thought it would be fun to mention this little excursion i went through while searching photos of him I yet have to read more about him( I don't think he has a mémoire right?)

Anyways that will be it for my small ramble I hope you guys enjoy the art and again happy birthday francois!!

[leonisandmurex]

MOTHER'S DAY ❀

In the way dawn mothers day - Lemn Sissay

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The Battle of Rocroi, 19 May 1643 by François Joseph Heim

The Duke of Enghien ordering his troops to stop fighting the Spanish, who have come to him to surrender.

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like father, like son...

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⚠️Vote for whomever YOU DO NOT KNOW⚠️‼️

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The Serpent Queen (2022 - 2024) | s01e05 | "The First Regency"

Requested by @thetudorslovers

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Eté 1940 - Alexandrie (Egypte)

2/7

Cher Lucien,

Je suis Albertine, la mère de Noé. J'ai correspondu pendant très longtemps avec votre Maman, et je vous assure que j'ai été dévastée d'apprendre son décès. C'était une amie très chère.

Je vous écrit comme on lance un appel à l'aide. Cela fait des semaines qu'aucune lettre ne m'arrive de France. Je suis extrêmement soucieuse. Je sais que la situation en France est très compliquée, mais ne plus avoir de nouvelles de mes enfants me déchire le coeur.

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Marie Antoinette (2006, Sofia Coppola)

03/10/2025

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Shakespeare Weekend

We are halfway through Nicholas Rowe’s (1674-1718) The Work of Mr. William Shakespear; in Six Volumes! Published in London in 1709 by Jacob Tonson (1655–1736), this second edition holds an important place within Shakespearean publication history. The Work of Mr. William Shakespear; in Six Volumes is recognized as the first octavo edition, the first illustrated edition, the first critically edited edition, and the first to present a biography of the poet.  

This week, we explore the third volume of The Work of Mr. William Shakespear; in Six Volumes. The third volume encompasses historic plays including a Shakespearean Henriad depicting the rise of English kings. The volume is comprised of King John, King Richard II, Henry IV Part I, Henry IV Part II, King Henry V, King Henry VI Part I, and King Henry VI Part II. While the plays have recurring characters and settings, there is no evidence that they were written with the intention of being considered as a group. A full-page engraving, designed by the French Baroque artist and book illustrator François Boitard (1670-1715) and engraved by English engraver Elisha Kirkall (c.1682–1742), precedes each play. 

In addition to Rowe’s editorial decisions to divide the plays into scenes and include notes on the entrances and exits of the players, he also normalised the spelling of names and included a dramatis personae preceding each play. The only chronicled critique of Rowe’s momentous editorial endeavor is his choice in basing his text on the corrupt Fourth Folio. 

View more volumes of The Works of Mr. William Shakespear; in Six Volumes here.

View more Shakespeare Weekend posts.

-Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern 

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voltaire x frederick the great

thanks for coming to my ted talk

[unabashedqueenfury]

Reign/The Borgias

François Arnaud• Toby Finn Regbo | Cesare Borgia • Francis de Valois-Angoulême

[tina-aumont]

Tina Aumont's Family Tree

Sources:

Jean-Pierre Aumont family tree (you can go up to 1787)

Árbol Genealógico de Isidoro Gracia García (you can go up to 1465!)

Regla María Teresa Vidal at Geni, at Familysearch and at Ancestry.

Dos Actrices Internacionales descendientes de un Luño (Plenas Zaragoza 14.12.2016)

"De María África a María Montez, un mito en Technicolor" documentary directed by Jesús Reyes Mota, 2014.

La Exposición de María Montez viaja a Gran Canaria (El Apurón, 21.11.2013)

Personalidades Garafianas (12.2012)

Los orígenes turolenses y canarios de la actriz de Hollywood María Montez by María Victoria Hernández Pérez. Cabildo de la Palma, 2012.

"María: Montez Su Vida", edición especial del Centenario, book written by Margarita Vicens de Morales, Dirección General de Cine de la República Dominicana, 2012.

"Enrique Meneses, un flash" article in Spanish from Orsay magazine wriiten by José Luís Perdomo, 2011.

Los Orígenes palmeros de la actriz María Montez (October/November 2009)

Las raíces Turolenses de una diva (Heraldo, 26.10.2008)

"María Montez La Reina del Tecnicolor", book written by António Pérez Arnay and Terenci Moix, Filmoteca Canaria 1995.

*Very special thanks to Dominic Fuentes, @74paris and @shannendoherty-fans for their help.

Any contribution is welcomed and credited, this family tree is growing as more info comes to light.

Thank you very much!

Eleni xxx

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François Clouet   (FR, 1510 - 1572)

Dame au bain (A Lady in Her Bath), ca. 1571 [detail]. Oil on oak wood 92.3 × 81.2 cm (36.3 × 31.9 in) Collection National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

The allegorical analysis of many details (ironic presence of the unicorn; bowl of fruit, symbol of sensual gluttony with the bunch of grapes, red carnation symbol of her multiple engagements) suggests that the bare-breasted woman is Mary Stuart whose sentimental deviations were the laughingstock of all Europe.)

The painting could also be an allegory of the three theological virtues: the child would be hope, the nurse would be nourishing faith and the naked woman would be charity.

The National Gallery writes:

The masklike symmetry of the bather's face makes exact identification difficult; scholars have suggested that her aristocratic features indicate that she is one of several royal mistresses of Henry II, most notable among them Diane de Poitiers. It is possible that the nude, a Venus type, represents ideal beauty rather than a specific individual. The contrast of the smoothly rendered nude figure to the intricate surface details of the fruit, draperies, and jewelry, presents a union of Flemish and Italian motifs that characterized French courtly art of the sixteenth century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Lady_in_Her_Bath