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The Queen of Etruria and her children. By José Aparicio e Inglada.

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"The Family of Philip, Duke of Parma", 1755, Guiseppe Baldrighi, Galleria Nazionale, Parma.

Felipe de Borbón y Farnesio was the Duke of Parma from 1748 to 1765, and also the subject of one of my favourite portraits of the whole 18th century (from a set of 3, I will post those another time). The second son of King Philip V of Spain and Elisabeth Farnese, he became the Duke of Parma, that had been ruled by his mother's family for generations, via the Teatry of Aux-la-Chapelle in 1748, founding the House of Bourbon-Parma.

In this portrait we can see Philip sitting next to his wife Louise Elisabeth of France, the eldest daughter of Louis XV of France. They didn't have happy marriage, and she died of smallpox in 1759 at 32 years old.

Standing behind them there's their daughter Isabella of Parma, here wearing a lilac robe de cour, she would later marry Marie Antoinette's older brother, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, and would become very close (some people think that suspiciously close) to her sister in law Maria Christina. She died of smallpox after a difficult birth followed closely by two miscarriages at the age of 21.

At the front there are the Ferdinand (later Duke of Parma) and Maria Luisa (future wife of Charles IV and then Queen of Spain, yeah her cousin because of course).

At the front there's Ferdinand and Maria Luisa (aren't they the CUTEST?!). Both of them were born in 1751, and she's keeping his toy sword away from him, playing and pissing him off, like all siblings should. Ferdinand would become the Duke of Parma in 1765 at 14 years old and be later married to his bother in law's sister Maria Amalia of Austria. In 1801 he ceded the Duchy of Parma to France in the Treaty of Aranjuez.

Maria Luisa of Parma would become the Queen of Spain since she married Charles, then Prince of Asturias in 1765. He was mainly interested in hunting and mechanics and she in state affairs, so she became an influential and dominant figure in court. If this telenovela is not already sad enough for you, her father died unexpectedly in 1765 in Alessandria after having accompanied her to sail for Spain to be married to the Infante Charles.

There's also the profile figure of Marie Catherine de Bassecourt y Thieulaine the children's governess. She was a maid of honour of Phiilip's mother Elisabeth Farnese, and she joined Maria Luisa when she went to Spain and remained in the Spanish court since then. In 1765 Philip gave her the title of Marchese of Borghetto, thanking her services and merits.

And finally, some pets and music. Didn't find anything about the dog nor the bird BUT I love them both. Especially the super fancy collar.

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It is one of the largest and most well-known green spaces in the city. The park is located next to the Plaza de España and was donated to the city by Infanta María Luisa Fernanda de Borbón in 1893. The park’s design combines elements of formal gardens and more informal areas, featuring fountains, statues, gazebos, and tree-lined avenues.

Within the Maria Luisa Park, you will also find the Plaza de América, which houses several Mudéjar-style buildings that are part of the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929.

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Maria Luisa de Borbon v Vallabriga,  Duchess of San Fernando. She was the youngest of four children born to Luis of Spain and his morganatic wife,  María Teresa de Vallabriga.

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Antonio Maria Esquivel - Luisa Teresa de Borbón

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Carlota Joaquina de Borbón (1775 – 1830)

She was the second child of King Carlos IV of Spain and Maria Luisa of Parma. Despite the rigidity of her education and court etiquette, the Infanta was described as mischievous and playful. Maria Luisa would go down in history as one of the most unpopular queens in Spain and her bad reputation deeply affected her children, especially Carlota, the firstborn daughter.

Carlota Joaquina married King João VI of Portugal in 1785. Detested by the Portuguese court — where she was called "the Shrew of Queluz"— Carlota Joaquina gradually won the antipathy of the people, who accused her of promiscuity and influencing her husband in favor of the interests of the Spanish crown.

Carlota Joaquina's husband was good-natured, indolent, corpulent and almost as ugly as she was. His religious observances bored her, and they were quite incompatible. Nevertheless, she gave birth to nine children during their marriage and, because they were all handsome, it was rumoured that especially the younger ones had a different father.

Carlota Joaquina organized a plot with the intention to take the reins of power from her husband, arresting him and declaring that he was incapable of rule like his mother. However in 1805 this plot was discovered, but Carlota Joaquina was saved because her husband, wishing to avoid a public scandal, opposed to her arrest, preferring to confine his wife to Queluz Palace and Ramalhão Palace, while he himself moved to Mafra Palace, effectively separating from her. At that time Carlota Joaquina's enemies claimed that she had bought a retreat where she indulged in sexual orgies.

In 1807, the Portuguese royal family left Portugal for Brazil because of the Napoleonic invasion. Carlota Joaquina also planned to usurp the Spanish crown that was in the hands of Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte. After the marriage in 1817 of her son Pedro with the Archduchess Leopoldina of Austria and the later return of the royal family to Portugal in 1821, Carlota Joaquina was confined in the Royal Palace of Queluz. Her husband died in March 1826. Claiming ill-health, Carlota Joaquina refused to visit his deathbed and started the rumour that her husband had been poisoned by the Freemasons. Carlota Joaquina died in Queluz four years after, alone and abandoned by her children. It is speculated whether she died because of natural causes or whether she, in fact, killed herself.

Débora Olivieri portrays Queen Carlota Joaquina in "Novo Mundo 2017"

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Mercedes of Orléans

Maria de las Mercedes of Orléans was Queen of Spain as the first wife of King Alfonso XII. She was born in Madrid, the daughter of Antoine of Orléans, Duke of Montpensier, and of Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain.

She was born at the Palacio Real in Madrid, the sixth of her parents' nine children, none of whom died in infancy but only four of whom would live to the age of 20. Her mother's elder sister, Queen Isabella II, and brother-in-law, King Francis, served as Mercedes' godparents at her christening Although Mercedes was patrilineally a French princess, she was also a Spanish infanta and spent the first eight years of her life in Spain. Her childhood was spent at the palace of San Telmo in Andalusia, her father's rumoured aspirations to obtain his sister-in-law's crown periodically rendering him unwelcome at the royal court in Madrid.

When Queen Isabella II was deposed in 1868, Mercedes' family left Spain for exile. It was reportedly during that banishment, in 1872, that she met her first cousin, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, also living in exile. Upon restoration, King Alphonso married Maria de la Mercedes at the church of Atocha, in Madrid on 23 January 1878, following a huge ball in December 1877. Allegedly the king's choice dashed the hopes of his still-exiled mother, Queen Isabella, for Alfonso's marriage to Blanca de Borbón, daughter of his Carlist rival, Carlos, Duke of Madrid

However, shortly after their honeymoon, it became evident that the bride suffered from typhoid fever. The marriage would last only six months, during which she had a miscarriage. Queen Mercedes succumbed to the illness in Madrid two days after her 18th birthday, on 26 June 1878, having been unconscious for several days.

When the king's minister Cánovas del Castillo suggested that he take a new wife, Alfonso acquiesced, choosing Mercedes' sister, Maria Cristina. But she, too, contracted tuberculosis, and died during the engagement period

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Hello, I think that if they had not had a horrible end the daughters / son of Nicholas II. The daughters if she had become queens: Olga Similar to Maria Teresa I of Austria or Catherine II of Russia. Tatiana Similar to María Amelia de Borbón-Dos Sicilias Carlota de México. María Similar to Luisa from Mecklenburg-Strelitz or Astrid from Sweden. Anastasia Similar to Isabel of Bavaria. The son if he had become king: Alexei Similar to Alexander II of Russia. What you think ? Thank you.

I am sorry but I do not follow. 

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Tal día como hoy pero de 1768, llegaba al mundo el que sería el último emperador del Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico Francisco II y I de Austria. Hijo del Emperador Leopoldo II y de la Infanta Maria Luisa de Borbón. Nieto de Carlos III de España y de la Emperatriz María Teresa de Austria. Sobrino de la Emperatriz Maria Antonieta de Austria. Padre de Maria Luisa de Francia, Leopoldina de Brasil, el incapaz Emperador Fernando y el débil Archiduque Francisco Carlos. Por lo tanto suegro de Napoleón Bonaparte, Pedro I de Brasil o la Archiduquesa Sofía y a su vez el abuelo paterno del Emperador Francisco José. ☝️El que se pierda con los parentescos que me lo diga 🤭🤭 #sacroimperio #imperio #historia #monarquia #biografias #personajeshistoricos #aristocracia #austria #viena #vienna #vienna_city #viennaaustria #nobleza #imperioaustriaco #emperadorfranciscojose #emperadorfrancisco #mariaantonieta #historia #realeza #leopoldinaaustria #archiduquesa #archiduquesasofia #emperadorfernando #leopoldoii #sacroimperioromanogermanico https://www.instagram.com/p/B8dy78in6yT/?igshid=1hojoya6pydhp

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La primera boda de Carlos II “El hechizado”

La primera boda de Carlos II “El hechizado”

          Los matrimonios de la monarquía respondían a una serie de complejos intereses diplomáticos. Su finalidad radicaba en asegurar alianzas entre naciones, siempre inmersas en constantes guerras. En la actualidad España y Francia disfrutan de un cordial entendimiento, pero a lo largo de los siglos sus intereses territoriales han estado en continua disputa. No hay que olvidar la aplastante…

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Francisco de Paula de Borbón por Bernardo López Piquer.

Francisco de Paula of  Bourbon (1794-1865) was Duke of Cádiz and youngest son of King Charles IV of Spain and Queen Maria Luisa of Parma.

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La primera boda de Carlos II “El hechizado”

La primera boda de Carlos II “El hechizado”

          Los matrimonios de la monarquía respondían a una serie de complejos intereses diplomáticos. Su finalidad radicaba en asegurar alianzas entre naciones, siempre inmersas en constantes guerras. En la actualidad España y Francia disfrutan de un cordial entendimiento, pero a lo largo de los siglos sus intereses territoriales han estado en continua disputa. No hay que olvidar la aplastante…

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Royal babies Class of 2016

Unknown Date:

Princess Florence von Preussen  & Mr. James Tollemache welcomed their first daughter, Sylvie Tollemache. Princess Florence von Preussen is the great x4 granddaughter of Queen Victoria through her eldest daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal.

January:

7th:

Princess Nejla bint Asem of Jordan  & Nasser Talhouni welcomed their first child, Kareemah Talhouni. Princess Nejia is a 3rd cousin of King Abdullah II through  King Abdullah I.

16th:

Isabella Alexandra May Windsor is the daughter of Lord and Lady Fredrick Windsor. She joins big sister Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina Windsor. She is presently distantly in succession for the British Throne. 

February:

1st:

Prince Talal bin Rashid of Jordan, second child and son of T.R.H. Prince Rashid bin Hassan of Jordan and his wife, née Zeina Shaban.

5th:

The Gyalsey, Crown Prince of Bhutan is the son of the King and Queen of Bhutan. He is first in line for the Bhutanese throne. On 17 April, his name was announced: Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck

9th:

Teresa Julie Elisabeth is the first daughter of  Count Friedrich zu Ortenburg & Countess Friedrich zu Ortenburg.

17th:

Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein and Princess Zeina Faisal of Jordan welcomed a son, Prince Abdullah bin al-Faisal. Prince Abdullah is their first child together, and fifth child of Prince Faisal. He joins older paternal half-siblings:

Princess Ayah (1990)

Prince Omar (1993)

Princess Sara (1997) 

Princess Aisha (1997).

24th:

Archduchess Magdalena Maria Alexandra Zita Charlotte of Austria is the second child of Archduke Imre and Archduchess Kathleen. She joins big sister Archduchess Maria Stella. She is named for  Archduchess Magdalena of Austria who was the daughter of  Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and  Anne of Bohemia and Hungary.

March:

2nd: 

Prince Oscar Carl Olof of Sweden, The Duke of Skåne is the second child of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden. He is currently 3rd in succession after his big sister, Princess Estelle. He is named for his grandfather (Carl) and father (Prince Daniel’s actual name is Olof). His Dukedom was last held by his greatx2 grandfather, King Gustaf VI Adolf.

Prince Abdul Malik al-Bolkiah of Brunei & Dayangku Raabi’atul ‘Adawiyyah Pengiran Haji Bolkiah welcomed their first child,  Princess Muhee'ah Raayatul Bolqiah of Brunei

April:

8th:

Princess Badiya bint Al-Hamzah of Jordan is the fourth daughter of Prince Hamzah Bin Al Hussein of Jordan and Princess Basma bint Al-Hussein of Jordan. She joins big sisters:

Princess Haya bint Hamzah  of Jordan (2007, half sister, from her father’s 1st marriage)

Princess Zein bint Hamzah of Jordan (2012)

Princess Noor bint Hamzah of Jordan (2014)

19th:

Prince Carl Philip of Sweden & Princess Sofia of Sweden welcomed their first child, a son {Source} The child’s name, title and style is HRH Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil of Sweden, The Duke of Södermanland {Source}. He is currently 5th in Swedish succession and distantly for the British succession.

22nd:

Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma & Princess Annemarie, Duchess of Parma welcomed their third child and first son together: Prince Carlos Enrique Leonard of Bourbon-Parma, Hereditary Prince of Parma. He joins big sisters Luisa and Cecilia, and much older paternal half brother who is also named Carlos {Source}.

May:

9th:

Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Parma & Princess Viktoria of Bourbon-Parma welcomed their second daughter, Princess Gloria Irene of Bourbon-Parma {Source}. Gloria joins big sister, Princess Zita Clara of Bourbon-Parma   and shares a birthday with her first cousin,  Princess Luisa Irene of Bourbon-Parma. 

17th:

Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este & Archduchess Elisabetta of Austria-Este welcomed their first daughter, Archduchess Anna Astrid of Austria-Este{Source}. She is currently 7th in succession for the Belgian throne, is the first great granddaughter of King Albert II & Queen Paola, and first grandchild of Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz. She was named Anna for her paternal greatx2 grandmother (her paternal grandfather’s grandmother), Princess Anne d’Orleans and her paternal grandmother (Princess Astrid)’s grandmother, Princess Astrid of Sweden. Due to recent title laws passed by her great uncle King Philippe, she is not entitled to the title Princess of Belgium, however, she is an Archduchess of Austria-Este through her paternal grandfather.

June:

2nd:  Prince Jean d’Orléans, Duke of Vendôme & Princess   Maria Magdalena Philomena d’Orléans, Duchess of Vendôme welcomed their 4th child,   Prince Joseph Gabriel David Marie d’Orléans. Prince Joseph joins older siblings:

 Prince Gaston d’Orléans(2009)

 Princess Antoinette  d’Orléans (2012)

Princess Louise-Marguerite  d’Orléans (2014)

5th: Don Fernando Humberto Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón and Nadia Halamandari  welcomed their first child, a son, Don  Nicolás Gómez-Acebo y Halamandari. 

23rd:  Prince Moulay Rachid bin Hassan of Morocco and his wife,  Oum Kalthum Boufarès, welcomed their first child, Prince  Moulay Ahmed.

July:

Unknown Date: Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria, Countess of Limburg-Stirum & Count Rodolphe of Limburg-Stirum welcomed their third son, Count Gabriel. He joins older brothers Count Léopold  de Limburg-Stirum  and Count Constantin de Limburg-Stirum.

17th:  Don Luis Beltrán Ataúlfo Alfonso Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón and his second wife,  Andrea Pascual Vicens welcomed a son. {Source}. This son is the 9th grandson of Infanta Pilar of Spain. His son’s name was later revealed to be:  Juan Gómez-Acebo y Pascua

August:

11th: Prince  Abdülaziz, the son of Prince Abdülhamid Kayihan Osmanoglu (Turkey) and his wife Walaa

30th: Princess Amélia of Orléans-Braganza and Alexander James Spearman welcomed their first child, Alexander Joaquim Pedro Spearman. Alexander Joaquim Pedro is presumably for his father (Alexander),  Joaquim (the Portugese version of Joachim) and Pedro (for her deceased elder brother, Prince Pedro, who died in a plane accident in 2009)

September:

5th:  Count Alexander and Countess Isabel zu Stolberg-Stolberg welcomed a son, Count Lorenz zu Stolberg-Stolberg

November:

17th: Georg, Prince of Prussia & Sophie, Princess of Prussia welcomed baby #4.... Heinrich Albert Johann Georg, Prince of Prussia. He joins almost 4 year old twins  Prince Carl Friedrich Franz Alexander, Hereditary Prince of Prussia & Prince Louis Ferdinand Christian Albrecht of Prussia and 18 month old Emma Marie, Princess of Prussia. Little Heinrich is named:

Heinrich: likely a name they liked

Albert: Likely a name they liked

Johann: his maternal greatx2 grandfather  Count Johann Wolfgang von Saurma-Jeltsch 

Georg: For his father

     The little prince is currently 3rd in succession for the defunct kingdom of             Prussia after his twin brothers.

28th: Prince Felix and Princess Claire of Luxembourg welcomed their second child, a son. His title is His Royal Highness Prince de Nassau.  He joins big sister Princess Amalia Gabriela Maria Teresa de Nassau and is currently 4th in succession. 

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Francisco de Asís María Fernando de Borbón, sometimes anglicised Francis of Assisi

Francisco de Asís María Fernando de Borbón was the husband of Queen Isabella II of Spain and king consort from 1846 to 1868. He is commonly styled Duke of Cádiz, the title he held before his marriage. Francis was the son of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain and Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily.

Francis was born at Aranjuez, Spain, the second son (first to survive infancy) of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain, and of his wife (and niece), Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily. He was named after Saint Francis of Assisi. Francis' paternal grandparents were Charles IV of Spain and Maria Luisa of Parma. Their daughter, María Isabella of Spain, and Francis I of the Two Sicilies were his maternal grandparents.

Francis married Isabella, his double first cousin, on 10 October 1846. There is evidence that Isabella would rather have married his younger brother, Infante Enrique, Duke of Seville, and complained bitterly about her husband's effeminate habits after their first night together.

Twelve children were born during the marriage, of whom five reached adulthood: Isabella, Princess of Asturias, Alfonso XII of Spain, Maria de Pilar, Infanta María de la Paz, Infanta Eulalia. There has been considerable speculation that some or all of Isabella's children were not fathered by Francis; this has been bolstered by rumours that Francis was either homosexual or physically unable to complete the sex act.

Starting in 1864, Francis acted as president of the Spanish Privy Council (Consejo del Reino). In 1868 he went into exile with his wife in France and adopted the incognito title of Count of Moratalla. In 1870 Francis and Isabella were amicably separated and, with time, became good friends, which they had certainly not been while she was Queen regnant. The 1874 restoration placed his son Alfonso XII on the throne. In 1881 Francis took up residence at the château of Épinay-sur-Seine (currently the city hall). He died there in 1902. His wife Isabella and two of his daughters, Isabella and Eulalia, were present at his deathbed

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Mercedes of Orléans

Maria de las Mercedes of Orléans was Queen of Spain as the first wife of King Alfonso XII. She was born in Madrid, the daughter of Antoine of Orléans, Duke of Montpensier, and of Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain.

She was born at the Palacio Real in Madrid, the sixth of her parents' nine children, none of whom died in infancy but only four of whom would live to the age of 20. Her mother's elder sister, Queen Isabella II, and brother-in-law, King Francis, served as Mercedes' godparents at her christening Although Mercedes was patrilineally a French princess, she was also a Spanish infanta and spent the first eight years of her life in Spain. Her childhood was spent at the palace of San Telmo in Andalusia, her father's rumoured aspirations to obtain his sister-in-law's crown periodically rendering him unwelcome at the royal court in Madrid.

When Queen Isabella II was deposed in 1868, Mercedes' family left Spain for exile. It was reportedly during that banishment, in 1872, that she met her first cousin, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, also living in exile. Upon restoration, King Alphonso married Maria de la Mercedes at the church of Atocha, in Madrid on 23 January 1878, following a huge ball in December 1877. Allegedly the king's choice dashed the hopes of his still-exiled mother, Queen Isabella, for Alfonso's marriage to Blanca de Borbón, daughter of his Carlist rival, Carlos, Duke of Madrid

However, shortly after their honeymoon, it became evident that the bride suffered from typhoid fever. The marriage would last only six months, during which she had a miscarriage. Queen Mercedes succumbed to the illness in Madrid two days after her 18th birthday, on 26 June 1878, having been unconscious for several days.

When the king's minister Cánovas del Castillo suggested that he take a new wife, Alfonso acquiesced, choosing Mercedes' sister, Maria Cristina. But she, too, contracted tuberculosis, and died during the engagement period

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Mercedes of Orléans

Maria de las Mercedes of Orléans was Queen of Spain as the first wife of King Alfonso XII. She was born in Madrid, the daughter of Antoine of Orléans, Duke of Montpensier, and of Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain.

She was born at the Palacio Real in Madrid, the sixth of her parents' nine children, none of whom died in infancy but only four of whom would live to the age of 20. Her mother's elder sister, Queen Isabella II, and brother-in-law, King Francis, served as Mercedes' godparents at her christening Although Mercedes was patrilineally a French princess, she was also a Spanish infanta and spent the first eight years of her life in Spain. Her childhood was spent at the palace of San Telmo in Andalusia, her father's rumoured aspirations to obtain his sister-in-law's crown periodically rendering him unwelcome at the royal court in Madrid.

When Queen Isabella II was deposed in 1868, Mercedes' family left Spain for exile. It was reportedly during that banishment, in 1872, that she met her first cousin, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, also living in exile. Upon restoration, King Alphonso married Maria de la Mercedes at the church of Atocha, in Madrid on 23 January 1878, following a huge ball in December 1877. Allegedly the king's choice dashed the hopes of his still-exiled mother, Queen Isabella, for Alfonso's marriage to Blanca de Borbón, daughter of his Carlist rival, Carlos, Duke of Madrid

However, shortly after their honeymoon, it became evident that the bride suffered from typhoid fever. The marriage would last only six months, during which she had a miscarriage. Queen Mercedes succumbed to the illness in Madrid two days after her 18th birthday, on 26 June 1878, having been unconscious for several days.

When the king's minister Cánovas del Castillo suggested that he take a new wife, Alfonso acquiesced, choosing Mercedes' sister, Maria Cristina. But she, too, contracted tuberculosis, and died during the engagement period