#european monarchy

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Theodore Roosevelt and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany sit on horseback at a review of Imperial German troops.

Photographed in 1910

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Different Types of Queens

Queen Consort: a wife of a ruling, living King

does not have her husband’s political powers

has a similar status as her husband (unless it’s a morganatic marriage)

Queen Regent: the wife or widow of the King left to use his royal prerogative to rule in his incapacity, absence or death

rare and unlikely to happen again in the British monarchy (Katherine Parr)

in ASoIaF, when her son has not come into his official adulthood, even when he technically is the King

Queen Dowager: a widow of a past, dead King

usually keeps the precedence/status of a Queen Consort 

doesn’t have to be the mother to the new ruler

still can’t make executive, legal, judicial decisions, unless she is in line to succeed, then she’d just be Queen regnant, in which case she’s likely not use her Dowager title

in various imperial Chinese dynasties, could enjoy a lot of de facto political power

Queen Mother: a mother of a ruling, living ruler (a Dowager as well)

in the British monarchy, not really a solid or substantial title or really used

in Europe, usually kept the precedence/status of a Queen Consort 

in Europe, still can’t make executive, legal, judicial decisions

in the Ottoman Empire, the Sultana, was politically only lower than the Sultan himself and enjoyed a lot of power due to Islamic “A mother's right is God's right”

in more “symbolically”-driven societies (ex. the Yoruba’s kingdoms) she doesn’t have to be a blood relative and can just be an individual of any age imbued with the ritual essence of past queens in the ceremonial sense--regarded as the ruler’s mother then

Queen Regnant: a woman who rules in her own right 

the exact same status and abilities as a a male ruler

in Europe, her spouse can be a King Consort or a Prince Consort, according to the allowances by custom or power and agreement of persons arranging the terms of rule and marriage

her husband will not outrank her, nor will he have her political powers de jure

[NEW INFO] however, as we see in Queen Joanna of first just Castile and then of Aragon, queen Regnantas could still have their power materially taken from them by men/male relatives/spouses like Joanna’s father Ferdinand of Aragon and husband Philip I of the Spanish Hapsburgs -> even under laws or customs like Jure uxoris, or “right by wife”, which  “describes a title of nobility used by a man because his wife holds the office or title suo jure ("in her own right"). Similarly, the husband of an heiress could become the legal possessor of her lands”; Philip I was her official “co-ruler”

[catherinetheprincessofwales]

His Majesty King Charles is ‘so proud of Catherine for her courage in speaking as she did’. Following their time in hospital together, His Majesty has ‘remained in the closest contact with his beloved daughter-in-law throughout the past weeks. Both Their Majesties will continue to offer their love and support to the whole family through this difficult time.’ The Kings’ message after the announcement The Princess of Wales has cancer.

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The rap singer Valtònyc (wearing dark green in the first photo) has returned from exile. It's the first time he steps in his homeland Mallorca in almost 6 years.

He was sentenced to 3.5 years of prison because when he was 18 years old he wrote a song where he criticized the Spanish monarchy and uploaded it to YouTube. He wasn't famous and his most listened song on YouTube had 8,000 views, but in Spain it's a crime to say "injuries against the crown", and the laws are often applied more harshly against national minorities (Valtònyc is from the Catalan Countries). His song was found and he had to go to trial over it, and was sentenced guilty of the crimes of injuries against the monarchy, praising terrorism, and threats.

Valtònyc refused to accept the so-called "justice" of the Spanish judicial system, so he decided to escape. He managed to sneak to France unnoticed by the police, and went to Belgium, where there was already a community of Catalan people on exile for their political involvement in the Catalan independence process. He has lived on exile in Belgium these last 5 years and a half.

Had he come back to any Spanish territory, Valtònyc (same as the other exiles) would have immediately been jailed. In fact, Spain issued an international order of extradition, demanding Belgium arrest him and send him to Spain to be imprisoned. But the Belgian courts found that these kind of cases should be allowed under freedom of speech and, instead of sending Valtònyc to Spain, Belgium got rid of their own law that punished "injuries against the crown" as a crime. With no Belgian law to punish him, he was allowed to stay in Belgium. This is a similar process that had happened with other Catalan exiles, who Spain has demanded be extradited multiple times but Belgian law has protected for human rights and freedom of speech reasons.

By the way, the song that got him sentenced to prison had been a commission from the Spanish politician Pablo Iglesias (leader of Podemos, the left Spanish party) for his TV show La Tuerka. Valtònyc has explained that Iglesias never called him, never showed any solidarity nor interest in his case. Iglesias was vice-president of Spain during Valtònyc's exile.

The crimes expired six months ago, meaning he can no longer be imprisoned for it. However, the Spanish courts did not notify him of it (as they should have done), so his lawyer and him just found out.

After saying goodbye to other Catalan people on exile in Belgium, who are not allowed to come back yet (in the photos, shared by Valtònyc on his Twitter, he is saying goodbye to the politicians Lluís Puig and Carles Puigdemont), he has come back home.

He was welcomed by 200 people in his hometown. He has thanked all the people who helped him and showed solidarity. He also reminded that Pablo Hasél (a rap singer from Catalonia) is still in prison for the lyrics of his songs and the contents of his Tweets, sentenced guilty of injuries against the crown and praising terrorism. You can read more about Pablo Hasél's arrest in this post, and an explanation of the tweets and lyrics that got him sentenced in this post.

As we celebrate Valtònyc's return, we cannot forget that Spain has repeatedly ranked number 1 in the whole world for country that sent the most musicians to jail for the content of their music, in 2018 and 2020. By the way all the 14 rap singers condemned to prison for their lyrics were Catalan (Pablo Hasél and the 12 members of the band La Insurgencia from Catalonia, and Valtònyc from the Balearic islands), not one of any other culture group or from any other area. Curious, 100% of the sentenced, when the population of the Catalan Countries is less than 29% of the population of Spain. Wonder why!

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Henri de la Rochejaquelein by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin

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Luis Paret Y Alcázar (Spanish, 1746-1799) The Oath of Allegiance to Don Fernando as Prince of Asturias, 1791 Museo Nacional del Prado

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꧁✫ “Love is made for ME and YOU” ✫꧂

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~ 🤍 Royal Parallels 💚 ~

Lady Sarah Chatto and Princess Charlotte of Wales

[graceofromanovs]

How the last Russian Dynasty were related to European Monarchies (current and former):

The House of Habsburg (Royal Dynasty of Austria) and the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov (Imperial Dynasty of Russia) were distantly related, their common ancestor being Charles Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Baden & Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

[thequilandpaperwriter]

Feeling a little sentimental today and perhaps a touch melancholy so to solve that I am dedicating this post to my two favorite sisters, they have been with each other since birth, and have continued to grow side by side, with much love and guidance from their parents they are navigating almost early adulthood. It has been a great pleasure to watch them grow and grow along side them. They provide a great deal of encouragement for me, and remind me every day to strive for greatness in all aspects of life.

Childhood

Teen Years

[arthistoryanimalia]

Here is a one-of-a-kind piece from Fabergé for #NationalAardvarkWeek:

FABERGÉ Aardvark, c. 1910 carved banded agate with rose diamond eyes; 4.3 x 6.8 x 2.8 cm Provenance: Bought by King George V on 25 November 1914 from Fabergé's London branch, £18 Royal Collection Trust

[bangoose]

So like- what's their ship name gonna be

Kingcest? Crowncest?

[catherinetheprincessofwales]

UK Newspapers Saturday 23 Mar 2024, reporting on The Princess of Wales revealing she has been diagnosed with cancer.

[borealopelta]

every day i wake up like i need to get out of this fucking country. and then i realise that my plans to get out of this fucking country involve germany which is looking less and less Better Than lately

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Church interior with sauntering Court Society by Ludwig Kohl