#caroline of brunswick

[tiny-librarian]

Princess Charlotte of Wales (daughter of George IV and Caroline of Brunswick, not Prince William and Kate Middleton) married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, future King of the Belgians and uncle to Queen Victoria, in London on 2 May 1816. As the heiress presumptive to the throne and the woman who should have been Queen, if not for her untimely death the following year, her wedding was the social event of the decade and she needed a dress fit for a Princess in order to match the occasion. She had one.

In this royal fashion history documentary from History Calling we look at one of the earliest surviving royal wedding dresses in British history which was recently on display in the Queen’s Gallery in Buckingham Palace. Despite the increasing popularity of white wedding dresses at the time of her nuptials, Charlotte wore silver silk and satin overlaid with lace and embellished with shell motifs. We’ll trace her dress’s journey from its creation by the Princess’s dressmaker, Mrs Triud of Bolton Street, to the day Charlotte wore it, to what happened to it after her death and how it came to be in its present home. By comparing photographs of the dress as seen today to historical descriptions and a picture of it from 1816, we’ll see how well the current gown matches early 19th century fashions, examine how much of the original garment is left and ask whether this unique piece of dress history can really be called the wedding dress of Princess Charlotte.

[lulu-cat-princess]

Spouses of British monarchs who were on the throne when a ghost died

[werewolfetone]

We need an American girl doll who was tried before the House of Lords in the early 19th century for adultery despite her husband having slept with half of Europe

[uncouthriot]

[caelestis-cherie]

it seems today..

[tudorism]

george iv at queen caroline

[joachimnapoleon]

Sir Henry Holland, physician of the Princess of Wales (Caroline of Brunswick), visited Naples with the princess in early 1815. He left this description of Murat in his memoirs.

Tall and masculine in person; his features well formed, but expressing little beyond good nature and a rude energy and consciousness of physical power; his black hair flowing in curls over his shoulders; his hat gorgeous with plumes; his whole dress carrying an air of masquerade–this was the general aspect of the man, well picturing the ardent chieftain of cavalry in Napoleon’s great campaigns. Amidst the luxurious life of Naples, indeed, his feelings and conversation often reverted to the time when he was hotly engaged with Cossack bands on the plains of Poland and Russia. I have seen him dressed as a Cossack Chief at a court masquerade; and parading the Strada di Toledo, with a long suite of his old companions in war, in similar costume. He was endowed with a large amount of pure animal vitality, which pleasurably expended itself in the active deeds of war but found no sufficient vent in peace, even when called upon to act the king. I think he was personally popular with his Neapolitan subjects, including the Lazzaroni, who had their peculiar way of describing with the fingers his gait on horseback, and the waving of his plumes. With all his fantasies of dress, there was a jovial kindness of temperament, which made his presence agreeable to the public eye.

–Henry Holland, Recollections of Past Life (New York, 1872), pages 131-134.

[just-history-things]

Consorts of England and Britain

House of Hanover

[yuri-is-online]

The nice part of liking history is that I can be genuinely helpful since a lot of people struggle with finding it interesting.

The downside is that sometimes you will see a take in a book and get so irrationally angry on behalf of a long dead aristocrat and start looking for more material about them specifically because holy shit why are you talking about another woman like this???

[lordcastaway]

something very romantic for valentine's day cause i found this meme and knew i had to do it

so guess who got poisoned by the evil tories*

*not a historical fact

[tiny-librarian]

Royal Birthdays for today, May 17th:

Albert, Duke of Prussia, 1490

Anna Vasa, Polish/Swedish Princess, 1568

Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, 1628

Caroline of Brunswick, Queen of the United Kingdom, 1768

Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 1886

Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife, 1891

Maxima, Queen of the Netherlands, 1971

[world-of-wales]

CONSORTS OF ENGLAND SINCE THE NORMAN INVASION (4/5) ♚

Anne of Denmark (March 1603 - March 1619)

Henrietta Maria of France (June 1625 - January 1649)

Catherine of Braganza (May 1662 - February 1685)

Mary of Modena (February 1685 - December 1688)

Prince George of Denmark (March 1702 - October 1708)

Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (June 1727 - November 1737)

Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (September 1761 - November 1818)

Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (January 1820 - August 1821)

Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (June 1830 - June 1837)

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (February 1840 - December 1861)

[werewolfetone]

Anyway since George Canning's most significant identifying attribute no longer applies to him I propose we now remember him as "the one who fucked the queen"

[redladydeath]

not me getting weirdly excited that we’re going to see george and charlotte’s kids in the new queen charlotte series

[gogmstuff]

It’s now 1767 -

Top:  1767 Marquise de Caumont La Force by François Hubert Drouais (Ball State University - Muncie, Indiana, USA). From their Web site 1466X1806 @72 3.1Mp.

Second row left:  ca. 1767 Lady Elizabeth Montagu, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry by Thomas Gainsborough (Boughton House - GeddNorthamptonshire, UK). From cutlermiles.com/portrait-of-lady-elizabeth-montagu-duchess-of-buccleuch-and-queensberry-thomas-gainsborough/. 1440X1764 @144 2.6Mp.

Second row right:  1767 Lady Mary Fox wearing a Brunswick by Pompeo Batoni (location ?). From Wikimedia; fixed spots & flaws w Pshop 722X1010 @150 672kj.

Third row:  1767 Princess Louisa and Princess Caroline by Francis Cotes (Royal Collection). From Wikimedia 1033X1500 @28pixels/cm 407kj.

Fourth row left:  ca. 1767 Lady Alston wearing a robe à la française by Thomas Gainsborough (auctioned by Sotheby's). From Wikimedia; fixed spots and flaws with Photoshop 1633X2000 @180 1.2Mj.

Fourth row right:  1767 Cecilia de Clercq by Tibout Regters (location ?). From liveinternet.ru/users/4853296/post435796664/ 1225X1920 @72 594kj.

Fifth row:  1767 Augusta Friederike Hannover by Angelica Kauffman (Royal Collection). From Wikimedia 927X1500 @72 370kj.

Sixth row left:  1767 Princess Louisa  of Great Britain (Royal Collection). From Wikimedia; removed linear flaws with Photoshop 1240X1500 @198 623kj.

Sixth row right:  ca. 1767 Izabela Lubomirska by Per Krafft the Elder after Alexander Roslin (Pałac Na Wyspie - Warszawa, Poland). From Wikimedia 1564X1970 @96 790kj.

Seventh row:  1767 Archduchess Maria Josefa by Anton Rafael Mengs (Museo Nacional del Prado - Madrid, Spain). From liveinternet.ru/users/marylai/post292168318 2004X2709 @300 2.1Mj.

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