#emperor charles

[theancientwise]

Friendly reminder...

that this wonderful Lady, queen Emma of Normandy,

in "Vikings" continuity descended from

these two powerful and charismatic people...

and from this unpredictable motherfucker, or rather, siblingsfucker...

... No wonder she is such a badass!

(credits to vikings, vikings valhalla, and thanks to maevelin and samaraweaving for the gifs).

[sassychestnut]

My husbando Emperor Charles!

[illustratus]

Napoleon in Amsterdam by Charles Rochussen

[gulnarsultan]

How would History Men Defend Your Honor?

Characters- Edward Seymour, King Henry V, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, King Henry VIII, Charles Brandon, Ivan The Terrible and Peter The Great

It's a very good request. I hope you like it.

Men who will shed less blood to protect your honor. (But this does not mean that they will not do anything. These men mostly destroy the reputation, soul and psychology of their crimes.)

Charles Brandon, Edward Seymour, Henry v.

To protect your honor, these men will shed blood and torture.

Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, Henry viii, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

It is especially scary to encounter the anger of Ivan and Peter. It was for these two men that I felt like writing. 🤭

[leonisandmurex]

The 𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑫𝑬 & 𝑮𝑹𝑶𝑶𝑴

of (current & future)

𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑺 & 𝑸𝑼𝑬𝑬𝑵𝑺

Carl Gustaf ♡ Silvia, Victoria ♡ Daniel, Abdullah ♡ Rania, Rajwa ♡ Hussein, Charles ♡ Camilla, Catherine ♡ William, Harold ♡ Sonja, Mette-Marit ♡ Haakon, Frederick ♡ Mary, Margrethe ♡ Henrik, Guillaume ♡ Stephanie, Maria Teresa ♡ Henri, Albert ♡ Charlene, Masako ♡ Naruhito, Willem ♡ Maxima, Mathilde ♡ Philippe, Jetsun Pema ♡ Jigme Khesar, Letizia ♡ Felipe

[peggy-elise]

Beautiful Claudette Colbert in The Sign Of The Cross 1932 ⛲️

[little-candy-store-of-horrors]

"Bella gerunt alii, tu felix Austria nube!"

Day 6 of @spaus-week 's challenge

"Let others wage war, you, happy Austria, marry!" Was the political strategy of the Habsburgs, and marry did the House of Austria! Infamously, scandalously, sensationally. A mangled wreath of a family tree. We all know this horror story. And we all know the bitter end.

After Emperor Charles V&I divided his Spanish and Austrian inheritance ((also gained through his parents' and grandparents' marriages)) to his descendants and those of his younger brother Ferdinand I respectively, the Habsburg dynasty split into two branches. The Spanish and Austrian Habsburgs notoriously intermarried for generations, right up till Charles II of Spain whose heirless death in 1700 sparked the War of the Spanish Succession. The inbreeding and this informal Latin motto behind it has been blamed to hell and back for their implosion, for the physical ugliness that ran in this royal bloodline. But it is not to say the Habsburgs never went to war, nor that dynastic marriage was a political strategy unique to them! But they were, if anything, bloody successful at it seeing how they did rule half of Europe for 200 years, and then a lot of it in the Austrian line for another 200. Before anyone figured out inbreeding was bad it was considered a privilege to marry into the Habsburgs, with Louis XV claiming that Louis XVI's betrothal to Marie Antoinette was marrying the "Daughter of the Caesars", and Napoleon Bonaparte infamously ditching Josephine for Marie Louise. Charles II was a poor sod who took the fall and the mugs were wretched from the same ugly gene being passed around countless times*, but they did wear power and privilege well.

💅✨ Symbolism bc I'm a NERD and this my Category 10 autism event ✨💅 :

Charles V & Ferdinand I's joint portrait based on that propaganda woodcut, behind them the colours of the Habsburg flag.

The Spanish branch, comprising Charles V & I's descendants, is represented with a black background, and the Austrian branch, comprising Ferdinand I's descendants, gold, both colours pulled from their flag, a dynasty intertwined but split in two.

Round frames denote that the individual had no heirs.

Only the most influential ruler on both sides, the King of Spain and the Holy Roman Emperor, are represented as framed portraits, explaining Archduke Charles II's unframed depiction.

The unconventional placement of Charles II of Spain and Emperor Rudolf II's nameplates are a nod to their queerness: their intersexuality and bisexuality respectively.

Ferdinand III's portrait is lopsided because of the losses of the 30 Years War.

Cracks in Charles II's portrait: 🙃🙃🙃

[concise-cyan]

idk if i mentioned this yet but magneto and professor x are never beating the homosexual allegations

[fyeahygocardart]

Infernoble Knight Emperor Charles

[cannibalcaprine]

so happy to king chuck take his rightful place on the british throne

[aimeedaisies]

STATE VISIT BY THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF JAPAN

Tuesday 25th - Thursday 27th June 2024

Their Majesties The Emperor and Empress of Japan will pay a State Visit to the United Kingdom as guests of His Majesty The King from Tuesday 25th to Thursday 27th June 2024.

SATURDAY 22nd JUNE

The Emperor and Empress of Japan will arrive privately in the United Kingdom on the afternoon of Saturday 22nd June at Stansted Airport.

Their Majesties will be greeted by His Excellency Mr Hajime Hayashi, Ambassador of Japan. The Viscount Brookeborough KG, Lord-in-Waiting, will greet Their Majesties on behalf of The King.

SUNDAY 23rd JUNE AND MONDAY 24th JUNE

Before the State Visit formally commences, the Emperor will conduct a private programme of engagements, including a visit to Japan House and the Thames Barrier.

TUESDAY 25th JUNE

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales will greet the Emperor and Empress of Japan, at their hotel, on behalf of The King on Tuesday morning.

His Royal Highness will travel with the Emperor and Empress to Horse Guards Parade, where Their Majesties will receive a Ceremonial Welcome.

The King and Queen will formally welcome the Emperor and Empress at the Royal Pavilion on Horse Guards Parade. Presentations will be made, the Guard of Honour will give a Royal Salute and the Japanese National Anthem will be played.

The Emperor, accompanied by The King, will then inspect the Guard of Honour, formed of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards with the Band of the Welsh Guards. Afterwards, the Emperor and Empress will join The King and Queen, and The Prince of Wales, in a carriage procession along The Mall to Buckingham Palace, where they will be met by a second Guard of Honour formed of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards.

Following a lunch at Buckingham Palace, given by The King, His Majesty will invite the Emperor and Empress to view a special exhibition in the Picture Gallery of items from the Royal Collection relating to Japan.

In the afternoon, the Emperor and Empress will visit Westminster Abbey, where the Emperor will lay a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior. Their Majesties will take a tour of the Abbey, accompanied by the Dean of Westminster.

In the evening, The King, accompanied by The Queen and Members of the Royal Family, will give a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace for The Emperor and Empress of Japan. Speeches will be made by The King and the Emperor at the beginning of the banquet.

WEDNESDAY 26th JUNE

The Emperor will visit The Francis Crick Institute, the UK's flagship biomedical research centre.

The Institute supports an innovative UK-Japan research partnership which covers a range of public health issues, including cancer, vaccines, and the role of genetics in infectious diseases.

That evening, The Emperor of Japan, joined by Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, will attend a Banquet at the Guildhall given by the Lord Mayor and City of London Corporation. The Lord Mayor and The Emperor will both make speeches at the end of the banquet.

THURSDAY 27th JUNE

The Emperor and Empress of Japan will formally bid farewell to The King and Queen at Buckingham Palace on the morning of the final day of the official State Visit programme.

The Emperor and Empress will travel to Young V&A, part of the V&A family of museums dedicated to the power of creativity around the world, where the museum's Japan: Myths to Manga exhibition is currently on display.

The Emperor will privately visit St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, to lay a wreath on the tomb of Queen Elizabeth Il, in the King George VI Chapel. The Garter Banners of the current members of the Order of the Garter, including the banner belonging to His Majesty's father, Emperor Emeritus Akihito, are displayed in the Quire of St. George's Chapel.

Later that afternoon, His Majesty the Emperor will tour the historic Temperate House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The Millennium Seed Bank, coordinated by Kew is the world's largest collection of over 2.4 billion wild plant seeds spanning 97 countries, preserving Japanese and international biodiversity. Bronze Bonsai sculptures by artist Marc Quinn are currently displayed in the Temperate House, surrounded by a display of Bonsai trees from Kew's collection.

FRIDAY 28th JUNE

On their final day in the UK, The Emperor and Empress of Japan will visit Oxford for a private programme of engagements including a visit to the colleges where Their Majesties studied.

At the conclusion of the visit, The Lord Chamberlain will bid farewell to the Emperor and Empress on behalf of The King, before they depart from RAF Brize Norton.

[theancientwise]

Never mess with Frank Ladies...

and above all, with their beloved husbands.

Headcanon of mine: Empress Frederuna was a calm and collected woman, but whenever someone talked bad about her beloved family, she used to lose her sh*t... Just like her daughter Gisla xD!

(Sorry for the very, very bad quality of the second gif: when i have time, i shall modify it with a better one, i promise!)

Credits to the History Channel tv shows Vikings and Knightfall.

[tiny-librarian]

Royal Birthdays for today, December 31st:

Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, 1493

Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy, 1504

Go-Yozei, Emperor of Japan, 1572

Charles Edward Stuart, The Young Pretender, 1720

Isabella of Parma, wife of Joseph II of Austria, 1741

Kapiʻolani, Queen of the Hawaiian Islands, 1834

Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1885

[illustratus]

Napoleon's Tomb by Horace Vernet

[mrburnsnuclearpussy]

Carson but he’s a penguin

[skitskatdacat63]

— Emperor Charles VI's diary entry on Count Althann's death

[text: "My only heart, my comfort, my most faithful servant, my soulmate, who loved me dearly as I did him for 19 years, [we] had a true friendship, we were one heart and one soul, and we never concealed anything from one another. He will always be in my heart, [my] beloved friend..I. have lost everything."]