#maria victoria dal pozzo

[isadomna]

"Be humble and charitable. Disregard human riches which by a stroke of adverse fortune can be lost from one moment to another. Love virtue and love study. They are the greatest aids in life. Learn to do good for good's sake, never for vain glory."

- Carlo Emanuele dal Pozzo to his daughter Maria Vittoria

"She has a face with pronounced and beautifully correct features, the sparkle in her eyes is special and her penetrating gaze, her voice is sweet and affectionate, and her conversation is instructive and entertaining, and her presence inspires, along with the deepest respect, the most affectionate sympathy. Although we have all heard about the great qualities that adorn her, reality exceeds our hopes and we all left captivated of what would be the Queen of Spain."

(Tiene un rostro de rasgos pronunciados y bellamente correctos, el brillo de sus ojos es especial y su mirada penetrante, su voz es dulce y cariñosa, y la conversación instructiva y amena, e inspira su presencia, al par que el más profundo respeto, la más afectuosa simpatía. Aunque todos hemos oído hablar las grandes cualidades que la adornan, la realidad supera nuestras esperanzas y todos salimos prendados de la que había de ser la Reina de España.)

- Víctor Balaguer writes about Maria Vittoria

"In Spain I only wanted one thing: to do my duty, and I will always keep a good and sad memory of her. Good, because there are very esteemed people there whom I will never forget, and sad, because Spain did not find with us the tranquility and prosperity that we wanted to give her."

(En España no deseé más que una cosa: cumplir con mi deber, y de ella conservaré siempre un bueno y un triste recuerdo. Bueno, porque hay allí personas muy estimables a las que nunca olvidaré, y triste, porque España no encontró con nosotros la tranquilidad y la prosperidad que deseábamos darle.)

- María Vittoria dal Pozzo to Spanish friend

Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo committed herself for all her life (alas short, she died at only twenty-nine years old as a result of tuberculosis) in countless works of assistance in favor of the poor and the dispossessed so much to be remembered as "The Queen of Charity".

[demolina]

→ Favourite queen consorts of Spain (in chronological order)

[inky-duchess]

History Bites: What a Wonderful day for some disaster Weddings

In History Bites, I pick the best moments of history and the antics historical figures in order to give you inspiration for your WIP. Think of History Bites like prompts, only juicer and 90% accurate (results may vary).

We shall begin this ceremony with probably one of the most awful weddings of all time. George, Prince of Whales (Wales)/King George IV got himself into a bit of debt. His dad George III promised to pay it off... only if he married Princess Caroline of Brunswick. George Junior agreed but there was a problem. He was married. To a Catholic. Which was a no no. The marriage of George Jr and Catholic Maria Fitzherbert was dissolved and George was free (legally though not emotionally) to marry the Princess. The first meeting days before the wedding did not go well. George took one look at Caroline and asked for a glass of brandy. She didn't like him either, he was hardly a catch being unfaithful, a glutton, a wastrel and hardly princely at all. George was so plastered on their wedding day that two nobles had to hold him up. He sobbed throughout the entire ceremony. The marriage was not happy but more on that later.

Another horrible husband steals the crown. Henry VIII was three wives down when he was persuaded to wed again for state reasons. He cast his net around Christendom but no sensible brides were biting. Henry's councillors eventually set their hearts on Anne of Cleves, the sister of the Duke of Cleves an influential noble in the sprawling Lutheran states. Hans Holbein painted Anne and sent the portrait onto the King who was enraptured and sent for Anne to be his wife at once. Anne arrived in England after a short delay, scheduled to meet the King a few days later. But Henry being the romantic he thought he was decided to ride to the castle she was staying to meet his future bride. Dressed incognito he went over to Anne and kissed her. This was an old trick of Henry's but it didn't work. Anne was offended and Henry left in rage calling her every name under the sun, shouting how she smelled and looked like a horse. Henry looked for a way to get out of the marriage but no remedy was found in time. Sombrely he told his gentlemen preparing him for his wedding, “If it were not to satisfy the world and my realm, I would not do that I must do this day for none earthly thing.”. The wedding did go smoothly unlike the short marriage even though the bride was two hours late to the ceremony.

Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg or Queen Ena fell in love with the heir to the Spanish throne. Despite some misgivings about the the suitablity of the bride and the couple's different religions. But Ena and Alfonso decided to make a go of it. The wedding ceremony itself went OK but on the way back a bomb exploded near the carriage, killing most of the couple's attendants and guards. Queen Ena was splattered in blood head to toe, meaning no photos were released after the wedding as usual.

In order to try make peace between the kingdoms of France and Navarre, two countries divided by religion, each side proposed marrying Henry, King of Navarre and Marguerite, the sister of the French King. The wedding itself went great and was a rich spectacle that drew thousands of Catholics and Protestants to the city to watch. But a few days after the wedding, violence erupted in the city and thousands of Protestants were slaughtered in the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. Henry and Marguerite were never the warmest couple and eventually separated to take other lovers.

Marie Antoinette was only 14 when she left her home to wed the Dauphin of France in 1770. The French were in charge of making the wedding gown and they made the grandest gown a royal bride ever wore in French history made of white and silver satin and drenched in diamonds. Problem? It never fit her. It was too small and there wasn't enough time for alternations. They laced her into the dress so she had to walk down the aisle with a gap in the dress. When she signed the wedding contract, she famously blotted her signature which was seen as an omen of ill tidings.

The Roman Emperor Caracalla was not a nice guy. He decided that the Romans should probably bury the hatchet with the Parthians, one of Rome's enemies. Caracalla proposed a marriage alliance between himself and the Parthian King’s daughter. At first the King dithered but was soon won over by the assurances and gifts the Emperor sent. He agreed to the match and Caracalla came to the Parthian capital for the wedding. There was a great celebration to welcome the Emperor to the city ahead of the wedding. At the Emperor's signal, the Roman soldiers who came with him got out their seats and began killing every Parthian they could get their hands on. The King got away but war broke out.

After WWII Princess Elizabeth or as she is known today, Queen Elizabeth II set her heart on marrying handsome Naval Officer Prince Philip. The November Wedding is remembered as a success but the morning was not a success. Queen Mary, the Princess's grandmother lent her the Fringe Tiara to wear. A lovely gesture but the thing was thirty years old. The tiara broke the morning of her wedding. The Queen Mother calmed her down and sent the tiara to the jeweller with a police escort to have it fixed. The tiara was fixed and the wedding went ahead.

All was not going well for the English royals. King George II and his wife the boss ass Queen Caroline of Ansbach really hated their son. They thought that marrying him to Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha would bring them all closer together. The bride arrived in England carrying her doll, she was sixteen. In order to scotch any ideas that Frederick would marry his mistress, Augusta was trussed into her wedding gown and marched down the aisle. She was young and unable to speak English, so Queen Caroline stood next to her and translated. Augusta, overwhelmed at the stress, vomited all over her wedding gown. As her new mother in law tried to help, Augusta puked on her as well.

Philip of Macedonia, Alexander the Great's dad, had conquered Greece but Greece was not his best friend. Philip wanted to make himself more popular with the people so he hosted his daughter Cleopatra's wedding in Greece. It was a great big ceremony with everybody enjoying the festivities. Philip was well on his way to making some new buddies. The pinnacle of the day was meant to be Philip’s arrival at the wedding games. Everything was going well until somebody straight up stabbed Philip. Not perhaps the best thing to happen at a wedding afters.

Ever think you're having a shitty day? Let us talk about the wedding of Prince Amadeo of Savoy and Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo. The first thing that happened was one of Maria’s servants hung herself in the room where the wedding gown was chilling. Maria had a new one made, thinking that would be that. No. An officer riding with the couple passed out from sunstroke and fell off his horse. Not so bad? After the wedding, one of the Prince's friends shot himself accidentally and died. The train the couple were meant to go honeymooning on hit a snag, literally it ran over the guy in charge of the station. The wedding party decided to head back to the palace to chill. On the way, one of the lords fell off his horse just as the newlywed's carriage was rolling by so splat...

[royaltyandpomp]

THE QUEEN

H.M. Queen Maria Victoria of Spain, née Donna Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo of The Princes della Cisterna, formerly Duchess of Aosta  (1847-1876)

[yolareina]

Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo - María Victoria del Pozo (Queen Consort of Amadeo I of Spain)

[isadomna]

Queen Maria Vittoria of Spain's Pearl Necklace Tiara

The headpiece belonged to the House of Savoy, and is thought to have been created by the court jeweller Musy for Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo on the occasion of her marriage in 1867 to Prince Amadeo, Duke of Aosta, the second son of King Vittorio Emanuele II of Italy.

In 1870 her husband became the King of Spain, making her Queen consort of Spain. Maria Vittoria was known to talk with everyone and was often praised for her intelligence. She developed an interest in her adopted country and spoke Spanish fluently. Maria Vittoria founded a school for the children of washerwomen and an orphanage. She also spent plenty of her private fortune on charitable donations.

The country remained unstable under their rule. They were the victims of an attempted assassination attack. In 1873 Amadeo I abdicated the Spanish throne. They were now no longer King and Queen. They returned to Italy as the Duke and Duchess of Aosta. The political upheaval, combined with the effects of three pregnancies and births, proved too much for Maria Vittoria's health. Suffering from tuberculosis, she died in 1876, in the coastal city of Sanremo. She was only 29.

Precisely what happened to the diamond and pearl tiara after Maria Vittoria's death remains unclear. The piece was almost certainly inherited by one of her three sons. Because the wife of the eldest son, the Duke of Aosta, never wore the tiara, that historians assume that it must have gone to one of her other sons, either the Count of Turin or the Duke of the Abruzzi, both of whom died without descendants. It is known that King Umberto II of Italy bought the jewel from one of his cousins to prevent this historic piece from leaving the family collection.

The jewel is composed of graduated scroll motifs set with cushion-shaped, circular- and single-cut diamonds, framing eleven slightly baroque drop-shaped natural pearls. The central pearl is supported by a rose diamond mount. The detachable base of the tiara is composed of cluster and bar motifs set with cushion-shaped diamonds. When the base is removed, the top of the tiara can be worn separately as a necklace. (x)

[demolina]

hi, who are your face-claims for the post of queen consorts of spain?

Hi! I used the following fcs for the post:

• Sarah Gadon as Anna of Austria

• Michelle Jenner as Margaret of Austria

• Elisa Lasowski as Marie Louise d'Orléans

• Zuzana Stivínová as Elisabeth Farnese

• Marie-Luise Stockinger as Barbara of Braganza

• Trini Alvarado as Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo

• Winona Ryder as Mercedes of Orléans

• Rebecca Hall as Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg

[yolareina]

Maria Victoria del Pozo - Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo (Queen Consort of Amadeo I of Spain)