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Princesses Marie and Isabelle (sitting) of Orleans, 1902.

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Upcoming series: Ena

In September, the filming of Ena began, a biographical series that will focus on the life of Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, queen of Spain through her marriage to Alfonso XIII between May 31, 1906 and April 14, 1931, after being the monarchy deposed later by the proclamation of the Second Republic. Great-grandmother of the current king Philip VI of Spain, of whom she was godmother at his baptism. Throughout six chapters, the series will tell the life of Victoria Eugenie and at the same time offer a portrait of a time that changed the world, the first half of the 20th century, from 1905 to 1945. Born on October 24, 1887 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Ena was the daughter of Henry of Battenberg and Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her godmother was Eugenia de Montijo, empress consort of France as Napoleón III's wife. The name of the series comes from what her friends and family called her since she was little, Ena.

The fiction is based on the novel of the same name by Pilar Eyre. Javier Olivares, who was behind the acclaimed Isabel and El Ministerio del Tiempo, will be the showrunner and plot manager for Ena. In addition to Olivares, the script is written by Isa Sánchez, Daniel Corpas and Pablo Lara Toledo. The series will be directed entirely by women: Anaïs Pareto, director of the series as a whole, in addition to four episodes, and Estel Díaz, who will direct two episodes.

“Ena is the portrait of historical moments that seem distant but are not so far away, because without them we would not understand the times we live in now,” Olivares declares in the press release sent by TVE. The writer and screenwriter remembers that Victoria Eugenie “fought to be happy in a bitter time, in which she witnessed two world wars, a civil war and a great pandemic, the tortuously called Spanish flu.”

For Pilar Eyre, author of the novel, she was "an extraordinary woman: cultured, supportive, liberal-minded, modern and very loyal." And she is excited because "finally all Spaniards can know" the story of a "misunderstood" woman. in their time, which they will always consider foreign." It is a fiction co-produced by RTVE with Ena La Serie AIE, La Cometa TV and Zona App. José Pastor, director of Film and Fiction at RTVE, has pointed out that "it is a "RTVE is proud to be able to portray this interesting historical character, from the point of view of two women directors and with Javier Olivares as showrunner, in one of its best series."

The Spanish actress of Anglo-Danish descent Kimberly Tell will play Ena and Joan Amargós will play Alfonso XIII. For her part, Elvira Mínguez will play Maria Christina von Habsburg-Lothringen, mother of Alfonso XIII. The cast is completed by Lucía Guerrero (Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), Raúl Mérida (Alfonso of Orleans and Bourbon), Juan Gea (Álvaro Figueroa y Torres, Count of Romanones), María Morales (María del Carmen Angoloti y Mesa, Duchess of Victoria), Pedro Mari Sánchez (Rodrigo de Saavedra y Vinent, Marquis of Villalobar), Luisa Gavasa (Eugenia de Montijo) and Joaquín Notario (José de Saavedra y Salamanca, Marquis of Viana)

Mariano Peña will play Miguel Primo de Rivera; Jaume Madaula will play the anarchist Mateo Morral, author of the attack committed at the royal wedding; Tomás del Estal will be Emilio María de Torres y González-Arnáu, and Ángel Ruiz will once again give life to Federico García Lorca, a character he already played in El Ministerio del Tiempo, among others.

The series will be filmed entirely in natural exteriors and interiors, like the Royal Palace of Madrid, the Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia), the Palace of Santoña (Madrid), the Palace of Fernán Núñez (Madrid), the Fort of San Francisco (Guadalajara) and the Magdalena Palace (Santander), built in 1911 by the City Council as a tribute to the monarchs and where Ena spent a good part of her summers in Spain, accompanied by the Royal Family. Filming for the series will continue until the end of December.

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So, the Magdalena Palace is going to be an important location during the series as a summer palace, the main filming location in Gran Hotel, and in that series Ena appeared in the episode 3×13, played by Aída Filx.

Apart from that, are we getting an Olivaresverse (XD)? Most likely not, and it's just references about his previous works as a showrunner, but there are connections between Isabel, Emdt and Ena: Michelle Jenner starring Isabel as Isabella I of Castile, then appearing in a couple of scenes in Emdt episode 1×04 and being an important figure in the lore as the foundress of the ministry (& Eusebio Poncela playing as Cisneros in both series, and also he played Cisneros in the film La Corona Partida and the Carlos Rey Emperador series); Alfonso XIII is a descendant of Isabella I of Castile; Ángel Ruiz appeard as Lorca in Emdt in 4 episodes and now he is on Ena playing as Lorca again, we don't know yet how much screentime he will get or which will his role be (secondary character most likely), but it's great to see more about him!

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Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain, Duchess of Montpensier, with her husband, Antoine, and their children.

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Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838-1894) and wife Princess Marie Isabelle of Orleans, Infanta of Spain (1848-1919). 1889.

They had eight children, among them were Amélie, Queen consort of Portugal, Prince Philippe, Duke of Orleans and Hélène, Duchess of Aosta.

They are the great-great-grandparents of Felipe, King of Spain.

Source: Royal Collection

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Princesses Marie and Isabelle of Orleans, photo colored by me.

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can you name all 59 women

1. Anne Bonny: a lesbian

2. Mary Read: a lesbian

3. Mary Read again: an abusive, cheating wife

4. Mary, Queen of Scots: a lesbian. (But also not a lesbian because Hester Mary MacKenzie was also her concubine.)

5. Isabella 'Bella' Baldwin: a lesbian

6. Queen Elizabeth of Parma, also known as Isabelle d'Este, was the Empress of Modena. She's one of several queens whose non-biological children were legitimized by the church.

7. Mary, Queen of France (before and during her marriage to Henry III).

8. Charlotte of Savoy: a lesbian

9. Elizabeth of York, also Elizabeth Stuart: a lesbian

10. Anna Ivanovna Demushkin: a lesbian (Ivan the Terrible's wife, as well as Mary Queen of Scots')

11. Mary, Duchess of Orleans: a lesbian

12. Mary, Duchess of Orleans again: a lesbian

13. Isabella of France: a lesbian

14. Margaret of Anjou, wife of Francis Plantagenet: a lesbian.

15. Mary 'Mary of Guise', daughter of Margaret of Anjou and Francis Plantagenet: a lesbian

16. Queen of Denmark: a lesbian (Anne's daughter, Sophie of Poland and Denmark)

17. Catherine Howard: a lesbian

18. Katherine Howard: a lesbian

19. Mary, Queen of England: a lesbian (Mary Tudor)

20. Eleanor of Austria, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella: a lesbian (Mary Tudor's daughter, also Queen of England)

21. Mary, Queen of Bohemia: a lesbian

22. Catherine Parr: a lesbian

23. Eleanor of Austria, again: a lesbian (Mary Tudor's daughter, also queen of England)

24. Mary Tudor: a lesbian

25. Queen of Scots: a lesbian

26. Catherine Parr again: a lesbian

27. Christine de Bourgogne: a lesbian, as well as a queen of France.

28. Jane Seymour, wife of Thomas Seymour and mother of Edward Seymour. Also a lesbian.

29. Mary Stuart: a lesbian

30. Isabella of Castile: a lesbian

31. Mary Stuart again, daughter of Mary I of England: a lesbian

32. Jane Seymour again: lesbian (Edward Seymour's mom)

33. Anne Fitzwilliam, Duchess of Norfolk: a lesbian

34. Barbara Tacy, Countess of Pembroke: a lesbian

35. Mary Tudor again: a lesbian. (Mary Stuart's daughter again)

36. Jane Buckley: a lesbian

37. Catherine Parr: Elizabeth Howard, Parr's daughter, was Queen of England after her mother's death and died without an heir.

38. Margaret Cecil: a lesbian

39. Anna of Cleves: Anne Beaton, wife of Frederick V, Elector of Saxony and of James I and Mary, Queen of Scots; and her granddaughter, Lady Jane Grey, daughter of King Henry VIII and Edward Seymour.

40. Henrietta Maria Stuart: lesbian

41. Anne of Cleves: lesbian

42. Mary Queen of France: lesbian

43. Mary Queen of France again: a lesbian

44. Margaret, Countess of Lennox: lesbian

45. Elizabeth Howard: another lesbian

46.

Anne Stafford: a lesbian

47.

Jane Stafford: a lesbian

48. Jane Seymour again: a lesbian

49. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots: lesbian

50. Princess Margaret: a lesbian

51. Anne of Cleves again, this time as a mother: Mary Tudor's daughter; Queen of England for less than a month in 1553

52.

Jane Stafford again: lesbian

53. Margaret Howard, Countess of Stafford: lesbian

54. Lady Jane Grey again: a lesbian

55. Princess Anne: a lesbian. (Princess of Portugal and the two Marianas, of Portugal and England.)

56. Elizabeth Howard again: lesbian

57. Margaret of Anjou, Lady of Woodville, wife of Ralph Neville, son of the Duke of Northumberland (Henry Tudor).

58.

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AU Austria: Best destinations for the wives of Felipe II of Spain (It should be clarified that he was not a good husband to say)

Mary Tudor- Queen consort of France (1516-1571)

Henry VIII of England was desperate, France did not want to form alliances with England trying to marry his daughter Elizabeth to the dauphin of France, Francis of Brittany. His second wife, Anne Boleyn tried to convince the French ambassadors to commit her only daughter to the dolphin, but Francis I of France would only accept an engagement to Mary, Henry VIII's legitimate daughter. Mary had been a maid to her younger sister Elizabeth in Hatfield for two years now and had been declared illegitimate, but it is believed that Henry still had a fondness for her eldest daughter and even considered her favorite.

In the end, thanks to his best friend Charles Brandon and his lover, Jane Seymour, the king was convinced to legitimize his eldest daughter in secret from his wife, the Boleyns and Cromwells. Mary Tudor was called to her father at More's Castle, something that made many servants or the other nannies in the House of Elizabeth think. Lady Maria was reunited with her father, who was said to hug her daughter for the joy of seeing her again. Henry VIII made a small ceremony where he legitimized his daughter in the eyes of the priest Thomas Cranmer, who was threatened with execution if he did not do what the King ordered, despite the fact that Cranmer was faithful to Anne Boleyn.

Maria was given back her title of Princess of England, Princess of Wales and above all the alliance with the dauphin Francis III of Brittany was signed, she also being a Dauphin of France and future Queen of France. In the middle of the year 1535 while Henry VIII's birthday was being celebrated, the princess arrived with some of her ladies looking charming and beautiful. It is known that Ann Boleyn was about to faint when she saw her stepdaughter entering and that her husband received her with open arms, being the cherry on the cake that Henry VIII declared before the court to Mary Tudor as a legitimate daughter and therefore the current one. Princess of Wales above Princess Elizabeth.

After that news that scandalized all of England, Mary was returned to her rooms in Ludlow Castle and received a pension from her father, but the princess sent this money to her mother, Catherine of Aragon, who was in trouble. economic after being exiled. Although Mary hated Anne Boleyn, she always had a fondness for her younger sister, Elizabeth, and asked her father not to take away her comforts from the little girl after she stopped being Princess of Wales.

At the end of 1535 the princess left for France saying goodbye to her relatives and asked Alice Middleton, widow of Thomas Moro, to deliver a letter to her mother after her departure. On January 1, 1536, Maria arrived in France, being received by her father-in-law, her fiancée and her in-laws.

Mary and Francis fell in love at first sight and Francis is said to have called Mary "the most beautiful and cultured princess he has ever known." The wedding took place a month later in Marseille, being a great ceremony and the dolphins were acclaimed in France and England. Mary was considered the desired queen after the death of Queen Claude in 1524 and they thought that she would bring color, peace and joy to France.

Francis and Mary settled in the duchy of Brittany where the princess sent some sums of money to her mother, Catherine secretly being Mary of Salinas the one who gave this money to her queen. While this was happening Ann Boleyn had an abortion and the king wanted to execute her under the crimes of adultery, witchcraft and incest, but in the end the second marriage of Henry VIII was declared void. Anne was exiled from the court and retired to a country house with her mother Isabel Howard.

At the end of the year 1536 Enrique married Jane Seymour and this managed to convince the king to be less harsh with Catherine of Aragon so he gave her first wife some fair amounts of money to eat. In 1537 Mary was born she had her first son, Henry who would be King of France as Henry II of France and this birth was taken with great joy for France. That same year, her younger brother was born, Edward the desired Prince of Wales and María, together with her family, traveled to England where she became the godmother of her brother, treating him with great affection.

María had a good relationship with some of her political relatives, but her sister-in-law Catherine de Medici always saw her as a rival of hers since she wanted to sit on the French throne with her husband, Henry of Valois. In addition, Catherine envied Maria since she had a good marriage with Francis, and a very healthy male child, while she had children who presented some deformities or a delicate health and her husband Enrique was in love with his lover Diane de Poitiers at the same time. which gave all his attention.

In 1538 his first daughter was born, Catherine named in honor of her maternal grandmother Catherine of Aragón, this would be Queen consort of Spain as she was the second wife of Philip II. Two years later in 1540 Mary was born who would be Queen of Scotland by marrying the eldest son of James V, James VI of Scotland. The birth of three healthy children increased Mary's popularity, in addition to the fact that she had made it fashionable to wear dark-hued dresses with diamonds as decoration, something unusual in the French court.

In 1541 her second son, Arthur, was born, who would become Duke of Orleans after the death of two of his cousins, Charles and Enrique. In 1543 her last daughter was born, Charlotte who would be Princess of Transylvania and her favorite.

Henry VIII died in the year 1547 being succeeded by the young Edward as Edward VI. Mary attended the coronation of her younger brother and asked permission to take her mother, Catherine of Aragón with her because she was already an older woman and it would be good to spend the last years happy with her. This was accepted by Edward VI due to the great affection he had for his older sister and María left with her mother for France but not without first recommending to her brother that he write letters in case he needs help and that he lean on his loyal advisor, Eustace Chapuys to deliver those letters because he knew that the King's uncles, Thomas and Edward Seymour would do everything possible to control the kingdom.

A few months after the death of Henry VIII of England, King Francis I of France passed away and the Dukes of Brittany were crowned, Francis being the second of his name. Mary made her mother her personal secretary, as well as being her loyal advisor, mother and daughter remaining very close.

In 1549 Thomas Seymour was executed on thirty-three counts of high treason. The Queen of France traveled to England and declared herself regent for the minority of her little brother. Although Mary was not very interested in politics, she knew that Edward Seymour, the brother of the late Thomas, would do his best to become regent and she did not want England to fall into the ambitious hands of the Seymours. Her position as regent did not please the Protestants and some members of the court, but especially Edward Seymour who believed he had more right to be the regent of her nephew. On January 23, 1550, Edward Seymour broke into the king's rooms to try to kidnap him, but the barking of Edward VI's favorite dog alerted the guards who arrested the Duke of Somerset. In the end Edward was imprisoned for treason and attempted murder of the king and half a year later he would be executed.

Mary, frightened by this situation, decided to send her younger brother to France to be under the protection of the king and people the queen trusted. The Queen's regency had many ups and downs due to her Catholic beliefs and her religious reforms to limit the power of Protestants whom she viewed as heretics. The regent spent a year in England and a year in France trying to carry out her position as Queen consort of France, this being somewhat stressful for her.

In 1553 her grandson, Henry the future Henry III of France, was born and the queen loved her grandson very much, so much that she granted properties in the Duchy of Brittany for her enjoyment. Two years after the birth of her grandson, King Edward VI became engaged to the French princess Elizabeth de Valois who was the niece of Mary.

Her role as her regent was repeatedly engulfed by tensions between Catholics and Protestants, the latter being the ones who did not want a woman, much less a fervent Catholic, to rule in the name of her king. These pressures and threats to her life caused different depressions for Mary, which were aggravated when her mother, Catherine of Aragón, died in 1558 due to heart problems at the age of 73.

The burial of her mother in the basilica of Saint-Denis, Mary Tudor left the regency of England when her brother Edward was 21 years old. Mary returned to France in 1560 with her family and continued her role as queen consort of France. In 1565 her husband Francis hers began to have various health problems and died that same year from an alleged stomach cancer being the traumatic death of her for Maria who was still depressed by the death of her mother.

Despite these deaths, the widowed queen remained next to her children, especially next to hers, her first-born Henry of hers, who was crowned Henry II of France. The queen mother focused on leading a quiet and family life with some of her grandchildren, but it is known that she had many complications with her young daughter Charlotte who was Princess consort of Transylvania when she married Esteban Bathory and with him she had a marriage marked by the infidelities, jealousy and the supposed madness of the princess.

In 1570 Esteban Bathory died and his son Esteban “el negro�� locked up his mother in a mental asylum for his supposed insanity. Maria tried her best to get her little girl out of there and return to France with her, but this was denied by her grandson and her court. The confinement of the dowager princess made the French family begin to intrigue against the Bathory claiming that they were heretics who showed loyalty to Satan and that Charlotte, being a fervent Catholic, decided to get rid of her.

The health of the queen mother suffered after the confinement of the princess and she passed away at the end of the year 1571 at the age of 55. Ten years after her death, her grandson Esteban “el negro” died without issue, being succeeded by her younger brother Henry, who freed her mother, Charlotte from her, allowing her to return to her normal life.

AU Austria: Mejores destinos para las esposas de Felipe II de España (Cabe aclarar que el no fue un buen esposo que digamos)

María Tudor- Reina consorte de Francia (1516-1571)

Enrique VIII de Inglaterra estaba desesperado, Francia no quería formar alianzas con Inglaterra tratando de casar a su hija Isabel con el delfín de Francia, Francisco de Bretaña. Su segunda esposa, Ana Bolena trato de convencer a los embajadores franceses de comprometer a su única hija con el delfín, pero Francisco I de Francia solo aceptaría un compromiso con María, la hija legitima de Enrique VIII. María llevaba ya dos años siendo criada de su hermana menor Isabel en Hatfield y había sido declarada ilegitima, pero se cree que Enrique todavía sentía aprecio por su hija mayor e incluso considerada su favorita.

Al final gracias a su mejor amigo Charles Brandon y a su amante, Jane Seymour, el rey fue convencido de legitimar a su hija mayor a escondidas de su esposa, los Bolena y Cromwell. María Tudor fue llamada ante su padre en el Castillo de More algo que hizo pensar a muchos criados o las otras niñeras de la Casa de Isabel. Dama María se reencontró con su padre el cual se decía que abrazo a su hija por la alegría de volver a verla. Enrique VIII hizo una pequeña ceremonia donde legitimaba a su hija a los ojos del sacerdote Thomas Cranmer, quien fue amenazado con ser ejecutado si no hacía lo que el Rey ordenaba, pese a que Cranmer era fiel a Ana Bolena.

María le fue de vuelto su titulo de princesa de Inglaterra, princesa de Gales y sobre todo se firmo la alianza con el delfín Francisco III de Bretaña siendo también delfina de Francia y futura reina de Francia. A mitades del año 1535 mientras se celebraba el cumpleaños de Enrique VIII, la princesa llego con algunas de sus damas luciendo encantadora y bella. Se sabe que Ana Bolena estuvo apunto de desmayarse al ver a su hijastra entrando y que su marido la recibiera con los brazos abiertos siendo la cereza en el pastel que Enrique VIII declarara ante la corte a María Tudor como hija legitima y por lo tanto la actual princesa de Gales por encima de la princesa Isabel.

Después de aquella noticia que escandalizo a toda Inglaterra María le fue devuelta sus habitaciones en el Castillo de Ludlow y recibió una pensión de su padre, pero la princesa destino este dinero a su madre Catalina de Aragón quien estaba en apuros económicos tras haber sido exiliada. María pese a que odiaba a Ana Bolena, siempre tuvo un cariño a su hermana menor Isabel y pidió a su padre que no le quitaran a la pequeña sus comodidades tras dejar de ser princesa de Gales.

A finales del 1535 la princesa partió hacia Francia despidiéndose de sus familiares y pidió a Alice Middleton, viuda de Thomas Moro que le entregara una carta a su madre después de su partida. El primero de enero del año 1536 María llego a Francia siendo recibida por su suegro, su prometido y su familia politica.

María y Francisco se enamoraron a primera vista y se dice que Francisco llamo a María “la princesa mas bella y mas culta que haya conocido”. La boda se celebro un mes después en Marsella siendo una gran ceremonia y los delfines fueron aclamados en Francia y en Inglaterra. María era considerada como la reina deseada tras la muerte de la reina Claudia en 1524 y pensaban que ella traería color, paz y alegría a Francia.

Francisco y María se instalaron en el ducado de Bretaña donde la princesa enviaba algunas sumas de dinero a su madre, Catalina en secreto siendo María de Salinas la que entregaba este dinero a su reina. Mientras esto ocurría Ana Bolena tuvo un aborto y el rey quiso ejecutarla bajo los crímenes de adulterio, brujería e incesto, pero al final el segundo matrimonio de Enrique VIII fue declarado nulo. Ana fue exiliada de la corte y se retiro a una casa de campo junto a su madre Isabel Howard.

A finales del año 1536 Enrique se caso con Jane Seymour y esta logro convencer al rey de que fuera menos duro con Catalina de Aragón por lo que le entrego a su primera esposa algunas cantidades de dinero justas para comer. En 1537 nació María tuvo a su primer hijo, Enrique que sería Rey de Francia como Enrique II de Francia y este nacimiento fue tomado con gran alegría para Francia. Ese mismo año nació su hermano menor, Eduardo el deseado príncipe de Gales y María junto a su familia viajaron a Inglaterra donde ella se convirtió en la madrina de su hermano, tratándolo con mucho cariño.

María tenia una buena relación con algunos de sus familiares políticos, pero su concuñada Catalina de Medici siempre la vio como una rival ya que ella quería sentarse en el trono francés junto a su marido, Enrique de Valois. Además Catalina envidiaba a María ya que ella tenia un buen matrimonio con Francis, y un hijo varón y muy sano, mientras que ella tenia hijos que presentaban algunas deformidades o una delicada salud y su esposo Enrique estaba enamorado de su amante Diane de Poitiers a la cual daba toda su atención.

En 1538 nació su primera hija, Catalina llamada en honor a su abuela materna Catalina de Aragón, esta sería Reina consorte de España al ser la segunda esposa de Felipe II. Dos años después en 1540 nació María que sería Reina de Escocia al casarse con el hijo mayor de Jacobo V, Jacobo VI de Escocia. El nacimiento de tres hijos sanos aumento la popularidad de María, además de que ella había puesto de moda usar vestidos de tonos oscuros con diamantes como decoración, algo poco usual en la corte Francesa.

En 1541 nació su segundo hijo, Arturo que sería Duque de Orleans tras morir dos de sus primos, Carlos y Enrique. En 1543 nació su ultima hija, Carlota que sería Princesa de Transilvania y su favorita.

Enrique VIII falleció en el año 1547 siendo sucedido por el joven Eduardo como Eduardo VI. María asistió a la coronación de su hermano menor y pidió permiso para poder llevarse a su madre, Catalina de Aragón con ella debido a que ya era una mujer mayor y sería bueno pasar sus últimos años feliz. Esto fue aceptado por Eduardo VI por el gran cariño que tenia hacia su hermana mayor y María partió junto a su madre a Francia no sin antes recomendarle a su hermano que le escriba cartas por si necesita ayuda y que se apoye en su leal consejero, Eustace Chapuys para entregar aquellas cartas debido a que sabía que los tíos del Rey, Thomas y Edward Seymour harían todo lo posible por controlar el reino.

Unos meses después del fallecimiento de Enrique VIII de Inglaterra, falleció el rey Francisco I de Francia y los duques de Bretaña fueron coronados siendo Francisco el segundo de su nombre. María hizo a su madre su secretaria personal, además de ser su leal consejera permaneciendo madre e hija muy unidas.

En 1549 Thomas Seymour fue ejecutado por treinta y tres cargos de alta traición. La reina de Francia viajo a Inglaterra y se declaro regente por la minoría de edad de su hermano pequeño. Pesé a que María no estaba muy interesada en la politica, ella sabía que Edward Seymour, el hermano del fallecido Thomas, haría lo posible para llegar a ser regente y ella no deseaba que Inglaterra callera en las manos ambiciosas de los Seymour. Su puesto como regente no agrado a los protestantes y algunos miembros de la corte, pero en especial a Edward Seymour que creía que tenia mas derecho a ser el regente de su sobrino. El 23 de enero del año 1550 Edward Seymour irrumpió en las habitaciones del rey para tratar de secuestrarlo, pero los ladridos del perro favorito de Eduardo VI alertaron a los guardias que detuvieron al duque de Somerset. Al final Edward fue encarcelado por traición e intento de asesinato al rey y medio año después sería ejecutado.

María asustada por esta situación decidió enviar a su hermano menor a Francia para que estuviera bajo la protección del rey y de personas en las que la reina confiaba. La regencia de la Reina tuvo muchos altibajos debido a sus creencias católicas y a sus reformas religiosas para limitar el poder de los protestantes a los cuales veía como herejes. La regente pasaba un año en Inglaterra y un año en Francia tratando de desempeñar su cargo como Reina consorte de Francia, siendo esto algo estresante para ella.

En 1553 nació su nieto, Enrique futuro Enrique III de Francia y la reina amo mucho a su nieto, tanto que concedió unas propiedades en el ducado de Bretaña para su disfrute. Dos años después del nacimiento de su nieto, el rey Eduardo VI se comprometió con la princesa francesa Isabel de Valois que era la sobrina de María.

Su papel como regente se vio varias veces enfrascado por las tensiones entre católicos y protestantes siendo estos últimos los que no deseaban que una mujer y mucho menos una ferviente católica gobernase en nombre de su rey. Estas presiones y amenazas a su vida le causaron distintas depresiones a María que se agraviaron cuando en 1558 falleció su madre, Catalina de Aragón por problemas cardiacos a los 73 años.

El entierro de su madre en la basílica de Saint-Denis, María Tudor dejo la regencia de Inglaterra cuando su hermano Eduardo tenia 21 años. María regreso a Francia en 1560 junto a su familia y continuo su papel como reina consorte de Francia. En 1565 su marido Francisco empezó a tener diversos problemas de salud y falleció ese mismo año por un supuesto cáncer de estomago siendo su muerte traumática para María que estaba todavía deprimida por la muerte de su madre.

Pese a estas muertes la reina viuda se mantuvo al lado de sus hijos sobre todo al lado de su primogénito Enrique que fue coronado como Enrique II de Francia. La reina madre se centro en llevar una vida tranquila y familiar junto algunos de sus nietos, pero se sabe que tuvo muchas complicaciones con su hija pequeña Carlota que era Princesa consorte de Transilvania al casarse con Esteban Bathory y con este tuvo un matrimonio marcado por las infidelidades, los celos y por la supuesta locura de la princesa.

En 1570 falleció Esteban Bathory y su hijo Esteban “el negro” encerró a su madre en un asilo mental por su supuesta locura. María trato lo posible para que su pequeña saliera de ahí y regresara a Francia junto a ella, pero esto le fue negado por su nieto y su corte. El encierro de la princesa viuda hizo que la familia francesa empezase a intrigar en contra de los Bathory afirmando que ellos eran herejes que mostraban lealtad a satanás y que Carlota al ser una ferviente católica decidieron deshacerse de ella. 

La salud de la reina madre se vio resentida tras el encierro de la princesa y falleció a finales del año 1571 a los 55 años de edad. Diez años después de su muerte, su nieto Esteban “el negro” falleció sin descendencia siendo sucedido por su hermano menor Enrique el cual libero a su madre, Carlota de su encierro permitiéndola regresar a su vida normal.

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AU Tudor: Best Destinations for Henry VIII's Wives (That is, if they had never married him)

Catherine of Aragon-Queen of England (1485-1540)

Catherine and her husband, the Prince of Wales, Arthur Tudor were deeply in love and that great love was able to overcome the disease they were going through. The improvement of the princes was a great joy for all and the couple continued with their normal life, being a very united and passionate couple also focusing on the task of bringing children into the world. In 1504 the couple's first son, Henry, the future Henry VIII of England, was born. The birth of the little one was a great joy for England and for the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon, since the succession to the throne was assured. Two years later Princess Victoria was born, who would be Queen Consort of France.

In the year 1509 King Henry VII of England died and Arthur sat on the throne as Arthur I of England, Catherine being his consort. Dances and masses were held for the new kings wishing them a long life and many descendants. In 1515 the third daughter of the kings was born, Mary who became queen consort of Spain.

During the years 1515 and 1520 England was involved in numerous conflicts between Catholics and Protestants. King Arthur did not want to start a war of religion trying to appease both sides but to be a fervent Catholic like his queen. In that period, Catherine had two more children: George Tudor in 1516, who became a cardinal, and Elizabeth in 1517 who was Queen of Scotland; During Elizabeth's pregnancy, Arturo suffered an attack at gunpoint by a Protestant and this news greatly upset the queen, giving birth to her daughter prematurely.

In the year 1523 Arthur and his little brother, Henry the Duke of York, made the passes after ten years of estrangement, in addition to promising the Prince of Wales, Henry, with his older cousin, Eleanor. A year later both cousins ​​were married in the Church of Greenwich in a simpler but happy ceremony.

In 1525, Princess Victoria married King Francis I of France shortly after Claudia de Valois' widow. This marriage managed to make peace between France and England.

In the year 1526 there was a revolt between the religious groups resulting in the death of more than two thousand people. This event was known as "the massacre for Christ" being a great tragedy for the kings who tirelessly searched for the perpetrators of the massacre.

In the year 1527 the first daughter of the princes of Wales was born, Catherine who was Duchess of Orleans. A year later she was born Margaret, but she died of smallpox at the age of seven.

Three years later in 1529 the king declared the law of free religion respecting the religions of every inhabitant of England, Arthur being known as "The Conciliator". Despite the fact that Catherine was a fervent Catholic, she respected the Protestant side and did not include religion in the issues of State.

In 1531 Prince Arthur was born, the first son of Prince Henry and his wife Eleanor, this birth being a great joy for all England. A year later another son was born, Luis who would be Duke of Cornwall, the duchy being separated from the title of Prince of Wales.

At first, Princess Mary was betrothed to her cousin, Carlos I of Spain, but he broke off his commitment to marry Isabel of Portugal, having numerous tensions between England and Spain, but the Spanish king proposed to marry his cousin with his son, the Prince of Asturias, Felipe. This engagement did not please the kings very much due to the twelve years difference between the young people, but in the end they agreed to marry in the year 1532.

In 1535 Arthur and his sister Margaret decided to marry his sons James V of Scotland and Elizabeth of England to each other. That same year the couple got married and Elizabeth was crowned Queen of Scotland in this way both countries signed peace.

In the year 1539 Catherine suffered a relapse while returning from a mass, this caused her to stay in bed for several months in which her condition began to worsen more and more, but she remained strong for her country and her husband who did not detached from his queen from the start. One year after complete agony and grief, Queen Catherine of Aragon passed away at the age of 55. It is said that on her deathbed, she hugged her husband, who was devastated when he saw her beloved wife dead in her arms. Catherine's death was felt in much of Europe and she was remembered as a faithful, charitable queen and a great mother.

Catherine was buried in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Just four days after the queen's funeral, Arthur I fell seriously ill and the next day he passed away at the age of 54. The king's last words were "my beloved Catalina."

AU Tudor: Los mejores destinos para las esposas de Henry VIII (Es decir si ellas nunca se hubieran casado con el)

Catalina de Aragón-Reina de Inglaterra (1485-1540)

Catalina y su esposo, el príncipe de gales, Arturo Tudor estuvieron enamorados profundamente y ese gran amor pudo contra la enfermedad por la que estaban pasando. La mejoría de los príncipes fue una gran alegría para todos y la pareja siguió con su vida normal, siendo una pareja muy unida y pasional centrándose también en la tarea de traer hijos al mundo. En el año 1504 nació el primer hijo de la pareja, Henry el futuro Henry VIII de Inglaterra. El nacimiento del pequeño fue una gran alegría para Inglaterra y para los reinos de Castilla y Aragón, ya que la sucesión del trono estaba asegurada. Dos años después nació la princesa Victoria que sería reina consorte de Francia.

En el año 1509 falleció el rey Enrique VII de Inglaterra y Arturo se sentó en el trono como Arturo I de Inglaterra siendo Catalina su consorte. Se celebraron bailes y misas por los nuevos reyes deseándoles una larga vida y muchos descendientes. En el 1515 nació la tercera hija de los reyes, María que se convirtió en reina consorte de España.

Durante los años 1515 y 1520 Inglaterra se vio envuelta en numerosos conflictos entre católicos y protestantes. El rey Arturo no quería iniciar una guerra de religión tratando de apaciguar a ambos bandos pece a ser un ferviente católico como su reina. En ese periodo Catalina tuvo dos hijos mas: George Tudor en el año 1516, quien se convirtió en cardenal, e Isabel en el año 1517 quien fue reina de Escocia; Durante el embarazo de Isabel, Arturo sufrió un ataque a punta de pistola por parte de un protestante y esta noticia altero mucho a la reina dando a luz a su hija de manera prematura.

En el año 1523 Arturo y su hermano pequeño, Enrique el duque de York hicieron las pases después de diez años de distanciamiento, además de prometer al príncipe de Gales, Enrique con su prima mayor, Leonor. Un año después ambos primos se casaron en la Iglesia de Greenwich en una ceremonia mas sencilla, pero feliz.

En el 1525 la princesa Victoria se caso con el rey Francisco I de Francia poco después que este enviudara de Claudia de Valois. Este matrimonio logro hacer la paz entre Francia e Inglaterra.

En el año 1526 hubo una revuelta entre los bandos religiosos resultando en la muerte de mas de dos mil personas. Este acontecimiento fue conocido como “la masacre por Cristo” siendo una gran tragedia para los reyes quienes buscaron incansablemente a los perpetradores de la masacre.

En el año 1527 nació la primera hija de los príncipes de Gales, Catalina que fue duquesa de Orleans. Un año después nació Margaret, pero falleció de viruela a los siete años.

Tres años después en el 1529 el rey declaro la ley de libre religión respetando las religiones de cada habitante de Inglaterra, siendo Arturo conocido como “El conciliador”. Pesé a que Catalina era una ferviente católica ella respeto al bando protestante y no incluía la religión en los temas de Estado.

En el 1531 nació el príncipe Arturo, el primer varón del príncipe Enrique y su esposa Leonor, siendo este nacimiento una gran alegría para toda Inglaterra. Un año después nació otro hijo varón, Luis que sería duque de Cornualles siendo el ducado separado del titulo de príncipe de Gales.

En un principio la princesa María fue prometida con su primo, Carlos I de España, pero este rompió su compromiso para casarse con Isabel de Portugal teniendo numerosas tenciones entre Inglaterra y España, pero el rey español propuso casar a su prima con su hijo, el príncipe de Asturias, Felipe. Este compromiso no gusto mucho a los reyes debido a los doce años de diferencia entre los jóvenes, pero al final accedieron al casamiento en el año 1532.

El 1535 Arturo y su hermana Margarita decidieron casar a sus hijos Jacobo V de Escocia e Isabel de Inglaterra entre si. Ese mismo año la pareja se caso e Isabel fue coronada como reina de Escocia de esta manera ambos países firmaron la paz.

En el año 1539 Catalina sufre una recaída mientras regresa de una misa, esto provoca que se quede en cama por varios meses en los cuales su estado empieza a empeorar cada vez mas, pero se mantiene fuerte por su país y su marido quien no se a despegado de su reina desde el comienzo. Un año después de completa agonía y pena, la reina Catalina de Aragón falleció a la edad de 55 años. Se dice que en su lecho de muerte abrazo a su marido el cual quedo destrozado al ver a su amada esposa muerta en sus brazos. La muerte de Catalina fue sentida en gran parte de Europa siendo recordada como una reina fiel, caritativa y una gran madre.

Catalina fue enterrada en La Capilla de San Jorge, en el Castillo de Windsor. Tan solo cuatro días después del funeral de la reina, Arturo I callo enfermo de gravedad y al día siguiente falleció a la edad de 54 años de edad. Las ultimas palabras del rey fueron “mi amada Catalina”.

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Dark Academia Suggestions For Women

Books that are also movies: 

Anne of Green Gables 1-4 by LM Montgomery (BBC’s Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Green Gables: the Sequel)

Orphan Anne Shirley is adopted by bachelor Matthew Cuthbert and his spinster sister Marilla Cuthbert in edwardian Canada and must learn to reconcile her romantic and imaginative nature in this coming of age story

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Little Women (1994) or Little Women (2019))

A coming of age story following 4 sisters and their mother while their father is off at war. The main protagonist, Jo, is an especially romantic figure

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (Practical Magic)

Two sister witches must cover up the murder of one of their abusive ex boyfriend while an agent is investigating his disappearance

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Hugo)

Orphan Hugo befriends Isabelle who helps him unravel the mystery of his father’s automaton

Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield (Ballet Shoes)

Three orphan girls are taken in by an eccentric explorer and his niece, but once he’s gone they must take up performing arts careers to fend for themselves

Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day by Winifred Watson (Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day)

Miss Pettigrew, a governess, is accidentally sent to the wrong address by her agency and befriends a night club singer 

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice (2005) or BBC’s Pride and Prejudice Mini Series)

Elizabeth Bennet and her sisters attempt to find love in Regency England, but Elizabeth and her love interest Mr Darcy make things more difficult than they need to be

Emma by Jane Austen (Emma (1995) or Emma (2020))

Emma Woodhouse fancies herself a matchmaker in Regency England, but quickly finds she knows little about love. 

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Sense and Sensibility (1995)

A coming of age story for the Dashwood sisters, who have lost their home but find love in Regency England 

Other novels by Jane Austen

All of her novels have been adapted to screen. While all of her novels are good, I highlight these three because of their emphasis on female friendship and romanticism

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Jane Eyre has a troubling childhood but grows up to become a governess and fall in love with her benefactor in Regency England

The Help by Kathryn Stockett (The Help)

A white female journalist records the stories of two black women who work in white households during 1960′s America

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (BBC’s Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell mini series)

A historical fantasy following the last two magicians on earth in Napoleon-era England

Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown (Legally Blonde)

Attempting to impress her ex boyfriend, Elle Woods applies to and gets accepted to Harvard Law School where she tries to prove herself as more than just an airhead blonde. 

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (A Little Princess)

Orphaned Sara finds herself adjusting from a life of wealth to a life of poverty and abuse working at a boarding school and comforts herself by imagining she is a princess. 

Matilda by Roald Dahl (Matilda)

Young Matilda is a prodigy in an abusive household, sent to a school with an abusive headmistress. But when she discovers that she has magical abilities, she uses it to seek justice for herself and her friends. 

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events)

In an indeterminate time period, three orphans get moved from guardian to guardian as they are pursued by the villainous Count Olaf who wants their family fortune. Along the way they find themselves wrapped up in a secret society that has split into factions and gone to war with each other. 

Movies: 

The Mona Lisa Smile

When Katherine Watson takes a job as an art professor in a conservative town in the 1950′s she tries to teach her female students to become more assertive

Whisper of the Heart 

Shizuku is a Japanese student at the end of her summer break who befriends an antique shop owner and his grandson after following a cat through the city. Inspired by the events she attempts to write a novel

Shakespeare in Love 

A fictional account of a noblewoman who poses as a man in order to perform in a Shakespeare play, only to fall in love with the playwright and inspire future plays

Miss Potter 

A hyperbolic account of Beatrix’s Potters life 

Becoming Jane 

A hyperbolic account of Jane Austen’s life

Ever After 

A retelling of Cinderella set in renaissance era France and without magical elements, replacing the fairy godmother with Leonardo Da Vinci instead. 

The Bookshop 

Widowed Florence Green follows her dreams and opens a bookshop in the 1950s but unexpectedly finds herself at odds with the queen bee of the town who wanted the property for her own project. 

Kiki’s Delivery Service

Coming of age story that follows 13 year old Kiki who, according to witch tradition, goes off to live on her own for a year to practice her magic. She sets up a delivery service but learns things will be harder than she anticipated.

Books: 

*Some of which have movies that I either haven’t seen or didn’t personally like

The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier 

A fictional account of the servant girl who inspired the real life painting by Vermeer

The Awakening by Kate Chopin 

A truly bleak tale set in New Orleans at the end of the 19th century following Edna as she begins to have an awakening about feminism which affects her daily life. This is regarding as one of the first novels to primarily focus on the concept of feminism. 

Agatha Christie Mysteries 

Agatha Christie was so good at what she did that her books are still used today in toxicology classes and she largely helped define the mystery genre

Nancy Drew Mysteries by Carolyn Keene

Though written for children, the Nancy Drew books follow the amateur detective and her female friends as they solve mysteries in mid-20th-century America and the character has become a cultural icon. 

Gathering Blue and Son from “The Giver Quartet” by Lois Lowry

Books 2 and 4 in the Giver Quartet. While books 1 and 3 are also good, books 2 and 4 are featured here because they have female protagonists. The books are part of a series, but only loosely connected and can be read as standalone books if desired. Gathering Blue follows Kira in a dystopian future as she makes a place for herself in her village through her ability to dye cloth, a skill which helps prevent her from being cast out for being disabled. Son, meanwhile, follows Claire who is looking for her son after he was taken from her. 

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Follows Kit who moves from the Caribbean to Puritan Connecticut where she befriends an elderly spinster woman who is accused of witchcraft 

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 

A staple of dark academia, it tells the story of Victor Frankenstein who creates artificial life and is immediately horrified by his creation, who swiftly grows angry and vengeful towards his creator. 

The Secret History by Donna Tartt 

Another staple of dark academia, follows six students who study the classics. The narrator is an adult version of one of the students reflecting on the events that led to a murder. 

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquival 

Taking place in Mexico, Tita is being kept from her lover by her traditionalist mother. Tita expresses herself through her cooking which takes on magical properties. 

The Inkheart Series by Cornelia Funke (Inkheart, Inkspell, and Inkdeath)

Follows Maggie and her book-worm father after she discovers her father has the ability to bring to life any book that he reads aloud. They are quickly swept off into the narrative of a fantasy novel. 

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman 

Though part of a trilogy, the first novel is the most appropriate for dark academia, following a female protagonist (Lyra) in a historical fantasy setting as she unravels a mystery. 

Music: 

Florence Welch 

Lana Del Rey

Lorde 

Hozier 

Enya 

Alice Merton 

Regina Spektor 

Lenka 

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L’Histoire! Depuis mon enfance je pourrais dire que je n’ai cessé de trébucher sur elle! Nos aïeux, nos demeures, nos souvenirs, se confondent avec l’Histoire de France.**

- Isabelle, Comtesse de Paris

Isabelle Marie Amelie Louise Victoire Thérése Jeanne of Orléans and Bragança otherwise known as Isabelle, Comtesse of Paris, was a grand dame contemporary France. She was a renowned and stylish beauty, her photograph appeared in magazines throughout the world and she published biographies of ancestors who had been queens of France.

For many French royalists today her name today is still spoken with reverance. In many ways her death in 2003 at the ripe age of 92 years old was an an immeasurable loss to the French royalist cause. Her popularity was due to her character and that appeal was more favourably seen than the aloof haughtiness of its republican leaders from de Gaulle to Chirac.

When I have dinner with my French partner’s family and their circle of close knit friends her name often comes up as a way to lament the current crop of hapless Orléans descendents and how Republican France has lost its way.

I confess I didn’t know too much about her as she died around the time I was just a wee child. But living here in Paris as an adult (and foreign outsider) I have come across her ghost in late night laments over cigars and cognac as to what a wonderful and robust character she was from those who were her friends or knew her well.

In many ways such French royalists (a minority to be sure but still more than one might suppose) often believe that she would have made a worthy monarch than her hapless husband, Henri.

Indeed Isabelle was married for 68 years to the pretender to the French throne, Henri d'Orléans, the Comte de Paris ( who died in June 1999), whom she believed should have been Henri VI, King of France. She too was an Orléans, the great-great grandaughter of Louis-Philippe I, France's last king, who lost his throne in the revolution of 1848.

She was thus sometimes called the Princess of France, but, although tolerant of this indulgence, her loyalty was firmly to the royalist cause and to her husband's work.

Isabelle was born in 1911 at the Chateau d'Eu, in Normandy, where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had been received in 1843 by Louis-Philippe and the first entente cordiale had been established. She was the eldest daughter of Pierre d'Orléans-Bragance, whose mother was the daughter of the Emperor of Brazil, and Elizabeth Dobrzenski, of an aristocratic Czech family.

She thus had a rich background, linked to the royal families of France, Portugal and Brazil, and to the old Bohemian aristocracy. All her life she cherished these connections, encouraging her own daughter to decorate her chateau of Le Lude, in the Sarthe, with a portrait of her ancestor, the Emperor Pedro II of Brazil.

Isabelle spent much of her childhood at the chateau d'Eu, and was educated by the sisters of Notre-Dame de Sion in Paris. In 1931, at the age of 19, she married her cousin Henri, who, since 1926, had been heir to the French throne.

The wedding had not been easy to arrange. By a law of 1886, those who claimed descent from a French monarch were not allowed to live in France, so the comte, who had been brought up in Morocco, Belgium and elsewhere, could not be married in France. He attempted to arrange the ceremony in Brussels but, apprehensive about royalist demonstrations there, the French persuaded the Belgians to refuse permission. In the end, the wedding took place in Palermo, Siciliy.

It was, none the less, a famous occasion. Many royal families were represented, and French royalists attended in their thousands, led by Charles Maurras and Léon Daudet of Action Francaise; it was widely reported that their cry was "Vive le Roi". The bride wore a dress by Worth, decorated with fleurs de lys.

Isabelle's famed good humour was tested by the complications of exile - for many years she and the comte stayed in Belgium, Brazil, Morocco and Spain, after sharing with relatives. The situation changed dramatically in 1950 when the government in Paris, beset by war in Indochina, repealed the 1866 law, and the comte and comtesse returned to live at Coer-Volant, a manor house in Louveciennes.

But still life had many difficulties. Isabelle's relations with her husband were often problematic, and they began to live apart. Henri was not an easy Pretender - he squandered a fortune, and not too discreetly kept a mistress. He was, after all, an Orleans as Isabelle stoically observed.

Henri was busy publishing news bulletins and negotiating with a wide range of politicians; at one point, he hoped to succeed General de Gaulle as president of France. Then he quarrelled with his eldest son and heir, and spent his money recklessly. But Isabelle never complained: "I'm sorry for my husband," she used to say. "I was never an obedient wife. I was too easily impatient." They separated in 1975; formally in 1986; but never divorced. Madame retained her dignity. When he died in 1999, Henri willed Isabelle any remaining worldly goods.

The saddest moment of her life was the death of her son François in 1960, while serving with the French army in Algeria. She said that his death was in the Orléanist tradition of serving France. Another of her sons, Thibert, died in a hunting accident in central Africa.

Isabelle was usually dressed in large hats, and wore a quadruple necklace of pearls. On special occasions, she also wore a famous sapphire and diamond tiara that had once belonged to the famous Marie-Antoinette. In addition to three volumes of memoirs, she published biographies of Marie-Amélie, the wife of Louis-Philippe I, and Marie-Antoinette.

She died in 2003 at the grand old age of 92. She was survived by nine of her 11 children, and more than 100 descendants. It has been said to me that none of her descendants have ever come close to her populist charisma, fun loving and good humour, quiet intelligence, chic style, genuine humility, and robust sense of noblesse oblige. Some have quietly withered away into bourgeois conformism, others into social obscurity, and a few morphing into spoiled Euro trash brats (the latter is well known to me from my Swiss boarding school days).

Her funeral was a cause of considerable widespread sadness. She had her faults of course but even here she was not lacking in self-awreness. She used to say, “"Cultivez vos défauts, c'est ce que vous avez de mieux." (Cultivate your faults, that’s the ebst you have). And yet even her most anti-royalist detractors noted their admiration for her down to earth good nature and easy charm. She was the nation’s favourite grandmother who stuffed your pockets with bonbons (candy) and told you how much you were loved as someone said in reflection. And that mischievous fun loving laugh, they still hear it today in some homes. As the grandmother of a friend who also was a good friend of Isabelle, Comtesse de Paris, put it, ““C’etait une grande dame....beaucoup de classe et de dignité. Elle aurait fait une bonne reine.”

**History! Since my childhood one could say that one never stopped stumbling on it! Our ancestors, our homes, our memories, merge with the History of France,

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Royal Tiara Challenge: Royal Sapphire Tiara (6/30)

Hortense de Beauharnais’ Sapphire Parure Tiara

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Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon

He married Sophie Charlotte Augustine, Duchess in Bavaria the sister of Empress Elisabeth(Sissi)of Austria.

The Duke and Duchess of Alençon had two children:

    Louise d'Orléans (1869-1952) who married Prince Alphonse of Bavaria (1862-1933), infant of Spain.     Emmanuel d'Orléans (1872-1931) "Duke of Vendôme" who, after an affair with Miss Louise de Maillé and the birth of a natural child, married Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870-1948), sister of King Albert I of Belgium.

The Duke d'Alençon's childhood is particularly austere. His father, Louis of Orleans, Duke of Nemours shows little tenderness to his children and roughs them, thinking thus to harden them. Despite everything, the Duke of Alençon remains very close to his father and he enjoys a great influence on him all his life. His mother, the Duchess Victoire, died in childbirth in 1857, when he was only 13 years old. Her grandmother, Queen Marie-Amélie cares with great tenderness for the education of her "little sonnet" and her brothers and sisters.

  In 1861, after two years of public school in Edinburgh, "Alençon" studied the profession of arms at the military school of Segovia and, being forbidden to stay in France like all members of his family, he commits himself as a an officer in the Spanish army (of which his uncle, the Duke of Montpensier, is a part). 

In 1866 Ferdinand and his cousin Louis of Orleans, Prince of Conde, embarked at Southampton on the Mongolia, a ship of the British shipowner P & O bound for Egypt. They land at Alexandria where Ferdinand let his cousin continue his journey, to visit the country. In the meantime, his grandmother died in England in 1866 at the age of 84. 

Faithful to her sovereign, Isabel II of Spain, the prince participates in an expeditionary force tasked with suppressing an insurrection in the Philippines. His bravery earned him the rank of captain but he resigned when the queen was deposed in 1868.

When the Franco-Prussian war broke out in 1870, the Duke of Alençon informed the government of Napoleon III that he was eager to participate in the fighting, even as a second-class soldier. But the French army rejects the prince's request (like those of all his Orleans relatives), as ordered by the government of Napoleon III.

In 1868, the prince married Duchess Sophie-Charlotte de Wittelsbach, sister of the Empress of Austria and the former Queen of the Two Sicilies. The young couple Alençon lives happily, in Sicily then in Rome, at the King of the Two Sicilies, to cure the health of the Duchess, greatly weakened by a first childbirth. Falsely suspected of preparing with the two ex-sovereigns for the re-establishment of the Bourbons on the throne of the Two Sicilies, the "Duke and Duchess of Alençon", so as not to cause embarrassment to their parents, leave Italy and Italy. settled in Meran and Mentelberg, in the Austrian Tyrol (currently in Italy). The duchess gives birth to her second and last child, Emmanuel, while the duke is in Paris with his father preparing for the arrival of his family in his homeland.

  Returning to France after the fall of the Second Empire, Ferdinand d'Orléans can finally become an officer in the army of this country he venerates without knowing him really since he left at the age of 4 years. The couple moved to Vincennes with his two children. Appreciated by his soldiers but abused by some of his superiors because of his royal birth, Ferdinand of Orleans is however again removed from military life by the 1886 law of exile, which excludes the Orleans and Bonaparte from France. and condemns the pretenders to the French throne to a new exile. Ferdinand however chooses not to accompany his cousin, the Count of Paris, in exile and remains live in the French capital by patriotism.

Like his wife, who became a Dominican Tertiary in 1876, the Duke of Alençon became a member of the Franciscan Third Order and devoted much of his time to good works. After the tragic death in 1886 of her first betrothed, Ludwig II of Bavaria, the Duchess of Alençon compulsively takes refuge in an adulterous love story. Ferdinand then had her cared for in a clinic near her family in Austria, under the benevolent care of her brother-in-law, Duke Charles Theodore in Bavaria, a soldier who became a doctor and then a well-known ophthalmologist. In 1891, his daughter Louise married a German cousin, Prince Alphonse of Bavaria. Five years later, the Duc de Vendôme married Princess Henriette of Belgium. If the "Bavaria" must wait many years before having their first child, very quickly the "Vendome" make Ferdinand grandfather. In 1897, the Duchess of Alençon perished in the fire of the Bazaar of Charity. The duke, broken and now in his fifties, tries to take the habit. This desire is not granted however, despite an appeal to Pope Pius X. Deceiving his boredom, the prince begins to travel across Europe, using his family relationships to defend the political positions of France while leading a life more and more evangelical. The "Duke of Alençon" died in 1910. His body and that of his wife are now gathered in the Royal Chapel of Orleans, Dreux.

[drosera-nepenthes]

The marriage of Louis Philippe Albert d'Orleans, Count de Paris, eldest grandson of King Louis Philippe, with the Princess Maria Isabelle d'Orleans, eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier, and niece of the reigning Queen of Spain, was solemnized in the Roman Catholic Chapel at Kingston. The auspicious event was the occasion of a general gala-day in the neighbourhoods of Kingston, Claremont, and Esher. At half-past ten the guests invited to be present at the ceremony arrived at the chapel: among whom were many tried friends of the Orleans family, the principal members of the Corps Diplomatique, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, Earl and Countess Russell, the Earl St. Germans, and others.

The ceremony was performed by the Right Rev. Dr. Grant, Catholic Bishop of Southwark, assisted by the Abbés Tourcel and Vasseur, French Chaplains; the Abbé Tuelle, Chaplain to Queen Amélie; M. Pierre Mailly, Canon of Arras; Dr. Berchilli, Spanish Chaplaiin, and Canon Holdstock.

Groups of beautifully-dressed children strewed a pathway of flowers to the chapel.

The members of of the House of Orleans who were present comprised the Prince and Princess de Joinville, the Duke de Nemours, the Duke d'Aumale (the Duchess d'Aumale was prevented from attending by indispostion), Prince Ferdinand of Coburg and Princess Amélie of Coburg, Prince Philippe of Wirtemberg, the Duke Augustus of Saxe-Coburg, Princess Mercedes, the Duke de Guise, Princess Marguerite, the Duke d'Alençon, Princess Blanche, the Count d'Eu, Princess Christine, the Prince de Conde, and Prince Auguste of Coburg.

Shortly before eleven, Queen Marie Amélie, conducted by the Count de Paris, entered the chapel and proceeded to the altar, followed by the bride, conducted by her father, the Duchess de Montpensier, and the Duke and Duchess de Chartres. There were no bridesmaids. The Bishop, who wore his pontifical vestments, read a short discours. The service the proceeded according to the ritual of the Roman Catholic Church. At the conclusion of the ceremony the bride and bridegroom retired to the sacristy to sign the register, which was witnessed by the Duke de Montpensier, the Duke de Chartres, and the Spanish Minister. Their Royal Highnesses returned to the chapel, when the Bishop celebrated low mass.

The Royal bridal party then left the chapel, amid enthusiastic cheering, the firing of cannon, and ringing of bells, and proceeded to Claremont. Upon leaving the chapel, the bride was met by a group of young ladies representing the French deputation, one of whom presented to the Countess a bouquet, composed of choice white flowers, which was received most graciously by Her Royal Highness, who, on accepting it, gracefully saluted the young lady.

After the company had reassembled at Claremont, the Count de Paris led his bride to the entrance of the house, where their Royal Highnesses were greeted with enthusiastic demonstrations, in acknowledgment of which the Count said: – “Ladies and Gentlemen, – I thank you, in my wife's name and my own, for your sympathy. Nothing can be more gratifying to me than to see this happy day celebrated by those amongst whom I have spent many years of my youth. The feelings towards us that have grown up in during those years to be at last so kindly expressed to-day are the more valuable because I may conceive that they are quite spontaneous. They have been to my family a great comfort during the trials of exile. Therefore you are welcome on the day of a great domestic joy, and I trust that your good wishes will prove for us both a happy omen.” This address was greeted with renewed applause, amidst which their Royal Highnesses retired.

Chronicle, 1865

[skeleton-richard]

Richard II, Kylo Ren, Tarkin, Bolingbroke, the Dauphin, aaaand... Cassius! (sorry that's a lot you don't have to do them all if you don't want to ^^;)

Why I like them - He’s just fabulous, okay? He’s a fascinating character and by the end you feel sorry for him. He’s a dick but we all love him.

Why I don’t - He’s a serious jerk, especially when John of Gaunt is dying, like seriously man.

Favorite episode (scene if movie) - The deposition scene is great, plus the Flint Castle scene and not just for the Richard/Aumerle potential. It’s a great look into the mind of a man forgetting who he is because the thing that he identified himself as is being taken away. It’s the beginning of his identity crisis.

Favorite season/movie - RSC Richard II, although I do like the Hollow Crown and An Age of Kings.

Favorite line - “What must the king do? Must he submit?” “Thy fierce hand…”

Favorite outfit - His gold dress.

OTP - I have three- Richard/Anne, Richard/Bolingbroke, and Richard/Aumerle. He’s just so shippable.

Brotp - Him and Isabelle. She’s like his daughter to him and even in the midst of everything going down, when he plays with her or reads to her at least something is right in the world.

Head Canon - He lets Mathe sleep on the bed.

Unpopular opinion - Hmmm… I’m not sure if I have one.

A wish - That he’d turned out a better king?

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen - History took care of that for me.

5 words to best describe them - Glittery snobby asshole is fabulous.

My nickname for them - Little King Trashmouth.

Kylo Ren

Why I like them - I don’t. 

Why I don’t -  I direct you to this post

Favorite episode (scene if movie) - The one where he’s being beaten up by Rey.

Favorite season/movie - bleh.

Favorite line - I can’t even remember anything he says.

Favorite outfit - Uh the one he always wears?

OTP - Don’t really have one.

Brotp - Hux?

Head Canon - He’s in a battle for Hux’s affection with Millicent. He is losing.

Unpopular opinion - I don’t like him really.

A wish - That he’d have been built up more over the course of several episodes rather than being revealed all at once.

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen - Certain ships becoming canon would really skeeve me off...

5 words to best describe them - Wannabe villain misses the point

My nickname for them - Kyle Ron

Tarkin- While I like him and all, I don’t have enough to fill this out.

Bolingbroke

Why I like them - He’s a strong-willed, loves his dad, has a lawful-neutral alignment, is sad, needs redemption.

Why I don’t - This is weird but I think he’s in part responsible for messing up Hotspur mentally. Plus, he’s so morally gray it’s hard to decide how you feel from scene to scene.

Favorite episode (scene if movie) - The deposition is great! Plus the scene where he gives his last advice to Hal.

Favorite season/movie - Richard II

Favorite line - “To win thy after-love I pardon thee.”

Favorite outfit - His armor in the Hollow Crown.

OTP - First with Mary, then with Richard.

Brotp - Northumberland.

Head Canon - He really loves all his kids.

Unpopular opinion - He was right in deposing Richard.

A wish - That more productions were Richardbroke-shippy.

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen - Well life wasn’t kind to him anyway…

5 words to best describe them - He thought he did right.

My nickname for them - Mr. Bolingbroke.

The Dauphin

Why I like them - Complete and utter ponce. Very amusing, especially when it comes to horses ;)

Why I don’t - I want to punch him in the face for being such a ponce. It goes both ways.

Favorite episode (scene if movie) - The horse scene.

Favorite season/movie - Henry V

Favorite line - Everything he says about his horse.

Favorite outfit - The one from the Hollow Crown

OTP - Dauphin/horse

Brotp - He probably gets on with Orleans well.

Head Canon - He is actually trying to get daddy’s love.

Unpopular opinion - Not sure I have one.

A wish - He meets Henry face-to-face and Henry gives him back the tennis balls.

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen - His horse breaking up with him :(

5 words to best describe them - Pretty princess tennis ball horse man.

My nickname for them - Prince of Tennis.

Cassius

Why I like them -  Hoo boy what is it with Cassius. He’s fascinating and I understand his fears and need for validation so much, plus his jealousy. And he’s just a fun character. And me.

Why I don’t - He totally messes up Brutus.

Favorite episode (scene if movie) - It’s too easy to say the tent scene. I think maybe the scene in the play before he dies.

Favorite season/movie - HBO Rome, although I do like him in TNT.

Favorite line - “How many ages hence...” nice leaning on the fourth wall there Cass.

Favorite outfit - ANIME PRINCESS COSTUME FROM ROME AT DAWN

OTP - With Brutus and Porcia.

Brotp - With Titinius, whoever the fuck he is.

Head Canon - He’s claustrophobic. 

Unpopular opinion - He’s not a villain.

A wish - More people could see how really deep he is.

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen - Have you read the play.

5 words to best describe them - A lean and hungry mess.

My nickname for them - Cass

Sorry this took so long!

[cristinborgia]

The Queen and Duchess French (3/?)

In 1544 a rumor was created that the Dauphine of France had an unfortunate encounter with the Duchess of Orleans on the birthday of the Dauphin Francis III of Brittany. Mary is said to have slapped Catherine on hearing her say "Long live the dolphin and her heirs, even if that means that my blood will never bear the crown of France" & this angered the mother of the children as she took it as a threat of death.

A year later Catherine gave birth to her first daughter, Elisabeth who would be Queen consort of England, but her birth did not cause anything in the Duchess who was expecting a second son and she refused to carry her. Princess Mary on the other hand took little Elisabeth in her arms and declared that she was a very beautiful baby with big dark eyes. The following year, Princess Sophie was born, the last daughter of the French dolphins and who would be Princess consort of Transylvania, in addition to being known for her supposed mental problems.

On January 28, 1547, the King of England, Henry VIII, passed away and Mary traveled to her native country to be present at the funeral of her father, in addition to attending the coronation of her brother, Edward VI. While this was happening, Catherine de Medici continued to manage her domains in Valentinois and became involved in palatial schemes, creating rumors about her husband's mistresses including Diane de Poitiers & Filippa Duci who was the mother of Diane of France. The Duchess also made some negotiations with the Principality of Monaco when she wanted to engage her daughter, Elisabeth with Honoré I, but this ended the engagement because she refused to repudiate his wife, Isabela Grimaldi. To avoid the anger of King Francis I who had a good relationship with Catherine, Honoré gave the Duchess a series of vineyards in Monaco that were not in good condition, but Catherine still accepted them.

These negotiations and the ownership of these lands earned Catherine the nickname of the "Black Duchess", but she also gave her the reputation of being a landowner. Medici put the vineyards to work, achieving a great extraction of wine and herbs, raising the economy of the Duchy of Orleans and gaining the appreciation of his vassals, reaching a series of followers and favorites who were generally of Italian origin.

En 1544 se creo el rumor de que la delfina de Francia tuvo un encuentro desafortunado con la duquesa de Orleans durante el cumpleaños del delfín Francisco III de Bretaña. Según se dice María acacheteo a Catalina al escucharla decir “Larga vida al delfín y a sus herederos, aun que eso signifique que mi sangre jamás llevara la corona de Francia” & esto enfureció a la madre de los pequeños ya que se lo tomo como una amenaza de muerte.

Un año después Catalina dio a luz a su primera hija, Isabel que seria Reina consorte de Inglaterra, pero su nacimiento no provoco nada en la duquesa que esperaba un segundo varón y se negó a cargarla. La princesa María por otro lado tomo en brazos a la pequeña Isabel y declaro que era una bebé muy hermosa de ojos grandes y oscuros. Al año siguiente nació la princesa Sofía la ultima hija de los delfines franceses y que sería Princesa consorte de Transilvania, además de ser conocida por sus supuestos problemas mentales.

El 28 de enero de 1547 falleció el rey de Inglaterra, Enrique VIII y María viajo a su país natal para estar presente en el funeral de su padre, además de asistir a la coronación de su hermano, Eduardo VI. Mientras esto ocurría, Catalina de Medici siguió administrando sus dominios en Valentinois y se involucro en las tramas palaciegas, creando rumores sobre las amantes de su marido entre ellas Diana de Poitiers & Filippa Duci que era la madre de Diana de Francia.

La duquesa también hizo algunas negociaciones con el Principado de Mónaco al querer comprometer a su hija, Isabel con Honorato I, pero este termino con el compromiso debido a que se negó a repudiar a su esposa, Isabela Grimaldi. Para evitar el enfado del rey Francisco I que tenia una buena relación con Catalina, Honorato le entrego a la duquesa una serie de viñedos en Mónaco que no tenían un buen estado, pero aun así Catalina los acepto.

Estas negociaciones y la propiedad de estos terrenos le valieron a Catalina el apodo de la “Duquesa negra”, pero también le dio la fama de ser una terrateniente. Medici puso a trabajar los viñedos logrando una gran extracción de vino y hierbas, subiendo la economía del Ducado de Orleans y ganándose el aprecio de sus vasallos, llegando a tener una serie de seguidores y favoritos que por lo general eran de origen italiano.

[gabriellademonaco]

♔ Royal Wedding Tiaras ♔

Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans: Unidentified Fringe Tiara