#princess pauline of württemberg

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Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1810–1856), Duchess Consort of Nassau, by Franz Seraph Stirnbrand.

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Royal Wedding on 29 October 1898 in Stuttgart.

Prince William Frederick of Wied (26) and Princess Pauline of Wied (20), niece of Helena, Duchess of Albany and Queen Emma of the Netherlands.

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Józef Poniatowski’s women.

Part IV. The emperor’s sister and a couple of cousins.

Good evening, dear all, and let me continue about prince Józef’s women.

The first point in today’s list will be the person I omitted writing the first part of the series. Namely - Pauline, a sister of Napoleon.

Images used for collage: Poniatowski’s portrait by Grassi, and Pauline’s by Robert Lefèvre

Excluding the four women from the above-mentioned post (who are documented to be prince Józef’s love interests) it is the princess Borghese who has the highest probability of having affair with Poniatowski. The certainty of being so is not 100%, because, as I have found reading documents from the époque, the alleged romance was mentioned by one person only (by Anetka Potocka), and the rest of the people just quoted her.

Pauline Bonaparte-Borghese, Duchess of Guastalla, by Robert Lefèvre 

And, if the affair did have place, it didn’t last long. Because Pauline has never been to Poland, and Poniatowski stayed in France only about 4 months in 1811.

Portrait of Pauline Bonaparte, by Salomon-Guillaume Counis

Btw, this is my favourite image of Pauline, because the creators of my favourite Napoleonic TV series chose an actress to play Pauline who looked pretty much like she on this portrait.

The next person in my list will be the Duchess Maria of Württemberg, née Czartoryska. Being the daughter of the princess Izabela and - officially - the prince Adam (and unofficially - of the king Stanisław August himself), princess Maria was Pepi’s second cousin. (A little bit about the Czartoryskis I wrote there.)

Images used for collage: a copy of Grassi’s portrait of prince Józef, and Maria’s portrait by Heinrich Friedrich Füger

Maria was 5 years younger than her cousins, and though some historians name her among the possible brides the Poniatowskis family were considering for Pepi, I do not think this is plausible. Because having only sixteen years she was given by her parents as a wife to the duke Louis of Württemberg.

Portrait of Maria Anna Czartoryska, Duchess von Württemberg, made by Louis-François Marteau

The marriage, however, didn’t prove to happy. The Duke, being made the commander of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania's army during the War in Defense of the Constitution in 1792, betrayed the Commonwealth, refusing sending his troops to fight the Russians. And Maria, having that year given birth of their only child, a son, initiated next year divorce.

Maria’s portrait by Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder

As for prince Józef and his possible relations with Maria - there is a list written by Maria’s mother around the year 1788, when Maria and her husband after 4 years in Prussia came to settle in Warsaw. And in this list the princess Izabela warned her daughter, that she should have been careful when prince Józef would start courting her! As a proof of that piece of advice the princess Izabela wrote that “Prince Joseph himself says loudly that he is incapable of true love, that he only likes to play with women.”

Not very much of evidence, is it? But had there be no any interest between Maria and Józef the former’s mother would not have had a reason to warn her daughter.

Anyway, it looks like princess Izabella’s piece of advice made her daughter reject Pepi’s courtship (if the latter did happen). Because no one of diarists ever mentioned any kind of romantic liaison between the two.

Maria’s portrait by un unknown author, ci 1810.

Although in 1813, upon learning of the death of Prince Joseph, in a letter to her brother prince Adam Maria expressed a great regret which she claimed would not leave her until her death.

And what about Maria herself? What happened to her after divorce? Alas, her later life didn’t look like as a happy one. Having divorced the duke she had to give their son away to the his father’s family (who raised the boy in the spirit of polonophobia…). Never remarrying, Maria found her “consolation” in philanthropy and writing (her novel Malvina is considered to be Polish first psychological novel).

The last woman of today’s list will be… Maria’s younger sister, princess Sophia (Zofia) Czartoryska, married name Zamoyska.

Images used for collage: prince Jozef’s portrait by Antoni Brodowski and princess Sophia’s - unknown author’s copy after Josef Grassi

She was 10 years younger than Maria (and 15 - than Pepi), and though in the last years of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth existence she was among other considered as a possible bride for prince Józef this project remained “on paper”. And eventually, in 1798, Sophia married Stanisław, count Zamoyski.

Portrait of Stanisław and Sophia Zamoyski with their children, Sebastian Ludwik Wilhelm Norblin

And here lies the biggest problem, „undermining” a theory that there might have been a romance between countess Zamoyska and prince Poniatowski - because in comparison with her older sister Sophia’s marriages seemed to be a happy one. She and her husband had 8 children, and in society she was known as a woman of very high virtues.

Sophia’s portrait by Josef Grassi

Nevertheless, there is a historian (Waldemar Łysiak) which stated there might have been possibility and that is why I feel I have to mention this.

Everything happened in spring of 1813, when prince Józef with the Polish Army he managed to gather after the disaster of the previous year stayed in Kraków. A lot of people tried that time to dissuade him to lead this army to the emperor of the Frenchmen, advising switching sizes, joining the anti-napoleonic coalition instead. And the beautiful Sophia was among those people. She even arranged - in her country house “Pod Lipkami” (“Under linden trees”) - a farewell party for the Polish army and its commander on the eve of their leaving. (And, in Łysiak’s opinion, the consummation of the romance might have happened just there.) The party that in fact turned out to be the last , as Juliusz Fałkowski called it, “nice and happy moments of prince Jozef’s life" on Polish soil…

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By the end of 1843, Adolphe (Adolf), Duke of Nassau was visiting St. Petersburg and met Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna, the second daughter of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich, for the first time. Adolphe’s stepmother Princess Pauline of Württemberg, was Elizabeth’s maternal aunt. Adolphe and Elizabeth fell in love and they eventually got married on 31 January 1844 in St. Petersburg. Elizabeth was 17 years old and Adolphe was 26.

After the wedding, the couple stayed in Russia for some time until they moved to Germany and took up residence in Castle Biebrich in Wiesbaden. Elizabeth, now Duchess of Nassau, was popular among the people. She and Adolphe were happily married and the news that she was already pregnant with their first child brought great happiness to the couple. After only a year, Elizabeth died giving birth to a daughter, who also did not survive. The grief-stricken Adolphe ordered the construction of a Russian Orthodox church - the St. Elizabeth Church in Neroberg Park, Wiesbaden. Elizabeth's sarcophagus can still be seen today inside the church.

Elizabeth and Adolphe were 1st cousins once removed. Their common ancestor was Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

**Note: Adolphe later became the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and was the first from the House of Nassau-Weilburg, he succeeded King William III of the Netherlands, ending the personal union between the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The current Grand Duke of Luxembourg is his direct descendant from his second marriage. Adolphe is also the first cousin of Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna, the wife of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (Elizabeth’s first cousin).

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William Frederick, Prince of Wied with his family: wife Princess Pauline of Württemberg and children Hermann, Hereditary Prince of Wied (18 August 1899 – 5 November 1941);  Prince Dietrich of Wied (30 October 1901 – 8 June 1976)

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ALICE OF ALBANY

Princess of the United Kingdom

(born 1883 - died 1981)

pictured above is a portrait of the Countess of Athlone, painted by Fülöp de László in 1928

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ALICE MARY VICTORIA AUGUSTA PAULINE was born in 1883 at Windsor Castle, during the reign of her grandmother Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom.

She was the only daughter of Leopold, Duke of Albany, and Princess Helene of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Thus, she was born a member of the British branch of the HOUSE OF SAXE-COBURG AND GOTHA.

Being a granddaughter of the Monarch in the male line, she was a PRINCESS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM from birth. But, following British tradition, as an untitled child, she was styled by the title of her father and was known as PRINCESS ALICE OF ALBANY.

Almost a month after her first birthday in 1884, her father died of a hemorrhage due to hemophilia that he had inherited from her grandmother, Queen Victoria.

And, three months after the death of her father, her brother Prince Charles Edward was born, immediately succeeding as Duke of Albany.

In 1899, her brother became heir apparent of her uncle Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, acceeding as Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in mid 1900.

When her grandmother died in early 1901, another of her uncles succeeded as King Edward VII.

Two weeks before her 25th birthday, in 1904, she married a cousin, PRINCE ALEXANDER OF TECK, the youngest son of the late Franz, Duke of Teck, and the late Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. With him, she had three children.

Check a list of her children at the end of this post!

After her wedding, she was styled by the title of her husband as PRINCESS ALEXANDER OF TECK.

Her uncle King Edward VII died in 1910 and was succeeded on the throne by King George V, who was married to her sister-in-law Princess Mary of Teck.

Due to German hatred in the United Kingdom because of World War I, in 1917, King George V renounced all German titles held by the British descendants of Queen Victoria.

The King, who was her first cousin, also changed their HOUSE name from SAXE-COBURG AND GOTHA to WINDSOR. But, as at that time, she was already married into the Teck family, this particular decision did not affect her.

However, as the family of her husband was also of German origins, her brother-in-law Adolphus, Duke of Teck, the Head of the Teck family, decided to follow the King and relinquish all titles held by the entire family in the Kingdom of Württemberg. Also, changing the family surname to Cambridge to honour Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the late grandfather of her husband.

So, for a couple of months in 1917, her husband became an untitled man asssuming the name of Sir Alexander Cambridge. During that time, as her husband did not have titles, she should have been known as MRS ALEXANDER CAMBRIDGE. But as a Princess of the Blood Royal, she never lost her Princess style.

When, by the end of 1917, her husband was officially created as Earl of Athlone and Viscount Trematon by King George V, she became known as COUNTESS OF ATLHONE and VISCOUNTESS TREMATON. At that time, she was 34 years old.

As a consequence of the War, in 1919, her brother and other Royals who had fought against the United Kingdom were deprived of their British citizenship and titles.

Around 1923/24, King George V appointed her husband as Governor-General of South Africa, and from her fourties, she acted as VICEREGAL CONSORT OF SOUTH AFRICA. She lived with her husband in South Africa between 1924-30.

Almost six years after her return to England, in early 1936, her cousin, King George V, died. So the throne was inherited by King Edward VII, who abdicated months later, passing to King George VI.

At the beginning of World War II, around 1940, her husband was appointed as Governor General of Canada by King George VI. And she acted as VICEREGAL CONSORT OF CANADA. At that time, she was 57.

After many countries were invaded by the Nazi, Royals from Austria, Norway, Netherlands, Yugoslavia, and Luxembourg took refuge in Canada. In addition to her grandchildren, who moved there to avoid the risks of War.

Following German loss in the War, around 1945/46, her brother was imprisoned and went to trial for involvement with in the Nazi regime.

Meanwhile, in 1946, she returned to England after her husband was released of the Governor post in Canada.

Concerning the Nazi trials, she witnessed in favor of her brother, who was considered not entirely guilty and did not suffer the same fate as other Nazi.

One month before her 74th birthday, her husband died. As her only son had died in 1928, without children, there was no heir to the family titles. So, there was no need for her to be styled as Dowager Countess.

Aged 97, the Countess of Athlone died in 1981, at her home, Kensington Palace in London.

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On her death, she was the last grandchildren of Queen Victoria to die. And continue to be, to this day, the longest living British Princess of the Blood Royal.

Also, at the time of her death, she was the longest living member of the British Royal Family to die. Having only been surpassed in 2002 by Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Consort/Mother of the United Kingdom, who died at the age of 101.

Throughout her long life, the United Kingdom had six Monarchs, and she attended the coronation of the last five:

Queen Victoria - her grandmother;

King Edward VII - her uncle;

King George V - her first cousin and her husband's brother-in-law;

King Edward VIII - a nephew of her husband;

King George VI - another nephew of her husband; and

Queen Elizabeth II - a great-niece of her husband.

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ALICE and her husband ALEXANDER had three children.

Lady May Cambridge - wife of Sir Henry Abel Smith;

Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon - unmarried; and

Prince Maurice of Teck - died at age five months.

pictured above is a portrait of the Princess Alexander of Teck with her two eldest children (Princess May and Prince Rupert), photographed circa 1908-10

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SERIES - Descendants of the Monarchs of Ireland (DotMoI)

In a span of four generations, Princess Alice of Albany was related to the Monarchs of Ireland through the maternal family of her husband.

His great-grandfather was George III, King of the United of Kingdom - the King of Ireland between 1760-1800/01.

His grandfather was Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge.

His mother was Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge.

Her husband was Alexander Cambridge, Earl of Athlone.

But she was herself a more distant descendant of the Monarchs of Ireland through the maternal family of her father.

Her 2x-great-grandfather was George III, King of the United of Kingdom - the King of Ireland between 1760-1800/01.

Her great-grandfather was Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn.

Her grandmother was Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom.

Her father was Leopold, Duke of Albany.

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Norway’s Tiaras: Gold Bandeau Tiara (5/16)

One of several tiaras owned by King Harald’s older sister Princess Astrid, this funky little number is one of the most unusual pieces in any royal collection. The tiara originally belonged to Princess Pauline of Württemberg, and was given to Astrid by her maternal grandmother Princess Ingeborg, Duchess of Västergötland. This tiara is a complete gold circlet studded with green, red, and white semi-precious stones in varying sizes. It also comes with a matching brooch and earrings made of gold with green stones. Astrid has worn this regularly since she inherited it in the mid-1950s, including in her 25th birthday portraits in 1957.

Astrid has stated that the most significant pieces in her collection will return to the main royal line upon her death; time will tell if this tiara is among those pieces. I think that it will go to her children, but if given the chance, Princess Märtha Louise would have a lot of fun with this.

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Queen Mary . . Queen Mary, (born. 26 May 1867 at Kensington Palace – died. 24 March 1953, London) was queen consort & Empress consort of India as the wife of King George V. . Some facts; . ▪️ She had 8, yes eight forenames: Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes . ▪️ Although technically a princess of Teck, in the Kingdom of Württemberg, she was born & raised in the UK. Her parents were Francis, Duke of Teck, who was of German extraction, & Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, who was a granddaughter of King George III. She was informally known as “May”, after her birth month. . ▪️ At the age of 24, she was betrothed to her second cousin once removed Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, the eldest son of the Prince of Wales, but six weeks after the announcement of the engagement, he died unexpectedly during an influenza pandemic. . ▪️ The following year, she became engaged to Albert Victor’s only surviving brother, George, who subsequently became king. Before her husband’s accession, she was successively Duchess of York, Duchess of Cornwall, & Princess of Wales. . ▪️ As queen consort from 1910, she supported her husband through the First World War, his ill health, & major political changes arising from the aftermath of the war. . ▪️ After George’s death in 1936, she became queen mother when her eldest son, Edward VIII, ascended the throne; but to her dismay, he abdicated later the same year in order to marry twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. . ▪️ She supported her second son, George VI, until his death in 1952. She died the following year, during the reign of her granddaughter Elizabeth II, who had not yet been crowned. . . . (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-adBgTjPhM/?igshid=xstyhe15xwyu

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Royal Relations: how Elizabeth II is linked to King Willem-Alexander

Her Majesty The Queen is related to many of Europe’s sovereigns, not in the least because of Queen Victoria’s matchmaking but also because of another woman, Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau.

Princess Carolina was born on 28 February 1743 as the daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange and Anne, Princess Royal, the daughter of King George II and Caroline of Ansbach, after whom she would be named on the King’s request.

Anne had suffered several miscarriages and stillbirths, and so the relief at the birth of a healthy child was great, even if she was just a girl. In 1748, her only surviving sibling was born, the future William V, Prince of Orange.

On 5 March 1760, Carolina married Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, and Carolina would go on to be pregnant 16 times. She suffered at least one miscarriage, and only 7 of her children would survive to adulthood. Carolina died suddenly after an illness of just two days on 6 May 1787.

Her most lasting legacy is perhaps that all the eight Kings and Queens of the current reigning dynasties are descended from her, making her truly a grandmother of Europe. Her Majesty The Queen is a descendant of Carolina’s through her daughter Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg,

married Duke Louis of Württemberg. Their son Alexander married Claudine Rhédey von Kis Rhéde. Their son was Francis of Teck, later Duke of Teck, who married Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge.

Mary Adelaide was, of course, the mother of Mary of Teck, who married King George V, the current Queen’s grandfather.

King Willem-Alexander is a descendant of Carolina’s through her eldest surviving son, Frederick William. He married Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg and their son William, Duke of Nassau married as his second wife Princess Pauline of Württemberg. From this second marriage, he had a further three surviving children. His daughter Helena of Nassau

married George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and together they had seven children. Their fourth daughter Princess Emma became the second wife of King William III of the Netherlands in 1879.

They had one daughter together, the future Queen Wilhelmina.

Wilhelmina married Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and they went on to have one surviving daughter together, the future Queen Juliana.

Juliana’s eldest daughter was the future Queen Beatrix, King Willem-Alexander’s mother.

In addition, King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty The Queen are King Willem-Alexander and Queen Elizabeth II are fifth cousins, twice removed as they are also both descendants of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. Frederick’s eldest daughter Sophie Dorothea

married Emperor Paul I of Russia and was the mother of Anna Pavlovna who became the wife of King William II of the Netherlands,

whom the Dutch Royal Family still descends. Frederick’s second son was the aforementioned Louis who married Carolina’s daughter and is thus Queen Elizabeth’s ancestor.

As a descendant of King George II, King Willem-Alexander is also distantly in line for the British throne. He was removed from the line of succession upon his marriage to a Roman Catholic in 2002, but he was reinstated when the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 came into force.

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Baby Princess Pauline of Württemberg in 1877.

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LXXIII

May 2019

In back to back weekends, Prince Joseph Wenzel Liechtenstein married Countess Laura Henckel von Donnersmack and Princess Maria Anunciata of Liechtenstein married Archduke Johannes of Austria, Prince of Habsbourg-Lorraine. Joseph Wenzel and Maria Anunciata were first cousins and the double wedding brought much joy to the tiny principality of Liechtenstein.

Joseph Wenzel married in the capital of Liechtenstein drawing in royals from all over the world to the tiny country. Maria Annunciata had married in Switzerland but many royals stayed in surrounding areas finding no reason to leave and only return the following weekend. With the deaths of Marie Gabrielle of Bavaria and Jean of Luxembourg guests were advised to wear darker colors, even some decided to wear mourning clothes.

Isabella, of course, stayed in London while Harry represented the British royal family at the weddings. Harry’s increasing role in the British Royal Family was unlike ever before. Foreign weddings and funerals were putting Harry above his brother and sometimes above his father. The wedding of the future ruler of Liechtenstein should have gone to Charles as Prince of Wales but Harry’s invitation had shifted things.

Both weddings, Harry smiled, hugged, and made small talk with the rulers of Liechtenstein, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the dozens of princes and princesses of Europe. Everyone had asked about the children and Isabella and whether or not their family would get any bigger. Harry brushed off the comments and enjoyed his time with Isabella’s family.  

In the meantime, Isabella had been meeting with jewelers and her bank regarding Princess Charlotte Murat’s jewelry and the rest of her extensive collection.

“I suggest bringing out the tiaras to inspect first.”

Isabella nodded as she bounced Mary Astrid on her knee while Princess Christine held Charles and Countess Antonia carried Albert in their arms.

Queen Fabiola’s Spanish Wedding Tiara and The Belgian Diamond were the two tiaras she was well aware of. Queen Fabiola’s tiara was the one she had worn at the Spanish State Visit to the United Kingdom and the subtle nod to the origins of her great aunt and godmother Queen Fabiola of the Belgians was greatly appreciated. The Belgian Diamond had been gifted to Isabella on her wedding day by the Belgian nobility as Isabella was a Princess of Habsbourg-Lorraine by birth.

“Those two are what we refer to as your wedding tiaras. The next couple of tiaras we call the Liechtenstein collection as they were gifted to by your godfather The Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein.”

One by one men and women came in carrying boxes which were opened to reveal the magnificent tiaras.  

“What are those?”

“Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia’s Diamond Fringe Tiara, Princess Elena of Greece and Denmark Diamond Tiara also known as the Grand Duchess Elena of Russia’s Diamond Tiara.”

“They are beautiful,” commented Isabella.

“And quite expensive. His Serene Highness has asked that these not be loaned out to anyone, as you are the only ones who can wear these tiaras.”

“What about after I am gone?”

“I would suggest giving them to the wife of your eldest son, The Earl of Ross. Of course, provided that he marries dynastically. Since the tiaras are now a part of the trust the same rules apply.”

Isabella got up from her seat and walked closer to the tiaras, “The world hasn't seen these tiaras in years. Now I have them in my possession and they may never see the light of day.”

“They are magnificent tiaras ma’am. Befitting for an archduchess of your stature.”

“Thank you.”

“Is this all of the tiaras?”

“The last collection is what we have named the Murat collection as they were given to you by Princess Charlotte of Murat.”

A series of 7 different tiaras were brought out that left the people in the room speechless. Magnificent tiaras were placed in front of Isabella.

“Should I ever wear these, my little head might be swallowed up,” joked Isabella.

“Belle these are magnificent,” commented Christine. Mumbled comments from the other woman followed suit.

“These were Charlotte’s?” asked Isabella.

“They were ma’am. She choose never to wear them fearing she was not worthy of them.”

“Why do they look so familiar?”

“Two of these tiaras belonged to Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia ma’am. They are well over a century old but of course the most magnificent belonged to Empress Eugenie of France.”

Once again, the group of women fawned over the large tiaras that came out. The four magnificent tiaras that Charlotte of Murat owned were over 200 years old. Very few tiaras remained intact during that time period.

“How did she come into possession of Empress Eugenie's tiaras? After the fall of Napoleon III, I would assume the new republic would have taken possession of them,” explained Isabella.

“While the details are vague after the fall of the empire the tiaras were possessed by the new republic and later sold to a Spanish duke. The tiaras then came under ten different owners over the course of 200 years. Princess Charlotte paid a very large sum to get these tiaras. Since most of the owners were private citizens, the ownership didn’t have to be made public.”

“They are... quite large,” commented Isabella.

“Yes, ma’am.”

“I don’t think I could ever wear these.”

“Should they still stay in your possession, there is no need to wear them, ma’am. Many women don’t wear tiaras but simply keep them.”

“It’s a shame beautiful things like this are going to be locked up forever.”

“Well, you could always showcase them like The Queen does every once in a while.”

Isabella thought for a couple of minutes which worried the other people in the room. Finally, Isabella spoke, “How long would it take to bring all these jewels to Brazil.”

“Brazil? Ma’am, why would we take them to Brazil.”

“Well, you mentioned how Her Majesty loans out tiaras to be displayed at museums. Last September the Brazilian museum suffered a devastating loss when their national museum burned down. I could loan my tiaras and jewels to be displayed and all tickets sales will go to them to help with rebuilding. It would simply be my gift to the nation who harbored my ancestors when Napoleon came. I am, after all, a descendant of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil,” smiled Isabella.

The room didn’t know how to respond, had Princess Charlotte of Murat been here, she would have praised Isabella’s work ethic and ideas. Of course, Charlotte was dead and Isabella had no one who would praise her quite like the older woman use to.

“Isabella, perhaps we should think this through.”

“What is there to think through? I help people and my jewels get the appropriate praise they deserve,” countered Isabella.

“Isabella, maybe we should get more opinions before we think of something this big, this soon.”

“We don’t have to think about anything. These are my things and I can do what I want, after all, they are in a trust I have sole ownership of,” fought Isabella.

“Well she isn’t wrong,” added Duchess Pauline of Württemberg.

“We can start arranging security and transportation. We would of course need confirmation from the museum of this.”

“That can be arranged,” argued Christine.

“I don’t want anyone to hear about this until the day of. I don’t want any assumptions. I hate having my names in papers for such childish reasons,” added Isabella.

“Of course ma’am.”

“Perfect timing since I’m going to Austria in honor of my ancestors birthday. Maybe Austria will follow Croatia and the monarchist movement will grow,” smiled Isabella.

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Contents of my blog (mainly devoted to prince Józef Poniatowski)

Some posts are re-blogs of my friends’ ones, for them the authors are given in brackets.

(The images added just to draw attention)

Portraits:

On paintings as a child

Painted during his lifetime

The most known posthumous (and its copies)

Other posthumous portraits

19th century “Photoshops”

Sculptures

Not looking like himself:

Engravings etc

With blue eyes

Family album:

Parents and sister

Grandparents, uncles and cousins

Some maternal relatives

Photoshops:

Napoleonic Christmas

Ofelia (by duc_du_orleans from Insta)

Riding naked on the streets of Warsaw

Women trying to seduce him

Relationships:

With women:

Karolina von Thun, Zelia Sitańska, Henriette de Vauban and Zofia Czosnoswka (first love, two mothers of his two sons and a French mistress older than him)

Julia Potocka, Rozalia Lubomirska, Barbara Kossowska (three ladies who tried to seduce him)

Princess Augusta of Saxony (a would-be bride that didn’t happen)

Pauline Bonaparte, Maria of Württemberg, Zofia Zamoyska (women with whom he might have had a kind of “romance”)

Queen Louise of Prussia, Anetka Potocka and the rest (of the names ever mentioned)

Why Poniatowski never married

Poniatowski’s children and descendants

With men:

Napoleon

Murat

Davout (a post of @histoireettralala)

Ligne, Schwarzenberg, Sanguszko, Linowski, Szumlański, Fiszer, Morand, Bignon (pals and comrades)

The Czartoryski family, Talleyrand

Dąbrowski, Zajączek, Sokolnicki, Jérôme Bonaparte (“frenemies”)

Prince Józef’s strong and weak points, quotes etc (a little bit about his personality)

His attitude towards becoming a king

A little bit on the topic of prince Józef’s height

Poniatowski’s favorite horse

Life events:

Place of birth, Vienna

Šabac, 1788

Zieleńce, 1792

Raszyn, 1809

Galician campaign, 1809

Narrow escape from the British Navy when visiting Gdańsk, 1810

Smolensk, 1812

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Prince Józef’s last year:

Crossing the Berezina river, November 1812

Soldiers’ visit to the Copper-roofed palace, December 1812

Leaving Warsaw for good, February 1813

In Kraków, March-April-beginning of May 1813

Last evening in Kraków, May 1813

Entering Saxony, June 1813

Last summer and September, 1813

The battle of Leipzig, 16th-19th of October, 1813

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Prince Poniatowski’s death in art

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How Prince Józef’s body was found, 24th of October, 1813

Literature:

Fiction:

A manga by Riyoko Ikeda (a post by @tairin)

Poetry:

Poetry on the topic of his death

A short story on the topic about events behind his death (mine)

Depiction in movies and on stage:

“The uhlan of prince Joseph”, “The Ashes”, “Prince Józef Poniatowski” and “V.I.P”

Napoleon-Walewska related movies

“The Polish Thermopylae“ (a play)

Documentary videos on YouTube

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Books, magazines and other stuff related to Napoleonic era:

Magazines and some books

Books 1

Books 2

Books 3

Napoleonic era fiction

[european-royalties]

#OnThisDay 1st 📸 - Year 1873, Birth of Pauline Therese of Württemberg. a daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg. She married her first cousin King William I of Württemberg and was his consort. Pauline Therese was born in Riga, one of the five children of Duke Louis of Württemberg and his wife, Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg. Her siblings included Maria Dorothea, Archduchess of Austria; Amelia, Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen; Elisabeth Alexandrine, Princess of Baden, and Duke Alexander of Württemberg himself the founder of the Teck branch of the family. 2nd 📸 - Year 1864, Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. was Princess Reuss Younger Line as the wife of Heinrich XXVII. She was the eldest daughter of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Leopoldine of Baden. Elise was born in Langenburg as the second child and first daughter of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Leopoldine of Baden, daughter of Prince Wilhelm of Baden. She was a grand-niece of Queen Victoria, as Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, who was also the mother of Queen Victoria, had been previously married to Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen with whom she had two children, one of whom was Elise's paternal grandmother. 3rd 📸 - Year 1896, Birth of Aspasia Manos. was a Greek aristocrat who became the wife of Alexander I, King of Greece. Due to the controversy over her marriage, she was styled Madame Manos instead of Queen Aspasia, until recognized as Princess Alexander of Greece and Denmark after Alexander's death and the restoration of King Constantine I, on 10 September 1922. Daughter of Colonel Petros Manos, aide-de-camp of King Constantine I of Greece, and Maria Argyropoulos (Petros Manos and Maria Argyropoulos were both descendants of most prominent Greek Phanariote families of Constantinople and descendants of ruling Princes of Transylvania, Wallachia & Moldavia), Aspasia grew up close to the royal family. #RoyalHistory #HistoryofRoyals #RoyalBirth #QueenPaulineTherese #PrincessElise #AspasiaManos #PrincessAlexander #Monarchy #EuropeanRoyalties https://www.instagram.com/p/CTZ80q5PWgC/?utm_medium=tumblr

[heavyarethecrowns]

People that have marred in to Royal Families since 1800

Luxembourg

Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia 26 May 1826 – 28 January 1845

Elizabeth was the second child and daughter of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg who took the name Elena Pavlovna upon her conversion to the Orthodox faith. Through her father, Elizabeth was a granddaughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia, and a niece of both Russian emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I.

Elizabeth, nicknamed "Lili", was born in the Kremlin in Moscow and she was named after her aunt who had died earlier that month, the Empress Elizabeth, wife of Emperor Alexander I and a close friend of her mother.

She grew up with her other siblings in the Mikhailovsky Palace in Saint Petersburg. Elizabeth was said to be the prettiest among her sisters, and like her mother, Elena Pavlovna, she was graceful in manners and well-educated. 

By the end of 1843, Adolf, Duke of Nassau was visiting St. Petersburg and met Elizabeth for the first time. Adolf's stepmother was Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Elizabeth's maternal aunt, and so he was related to the Russians in some way.

Adolf and Elizabeth fell in love and they eventually got married on 31 January 1844 in St. Petersburg. Elizabeth was 17 years old and Adolf was 26. After the wedding, the couple stayed in Russia for some time until they moved to Germany and took up residence in Castle Biebrich in Wiesbaden. Elizabeth, now Duchess of Nassau, was popular among the people.

She and Adolf were happily married and the news that she was already pregnant with their first child brought great happiness to the couple. After only a year, Elizabeth died giving birth to a daughter, who also did not survive. 

The grief-stricken Adolf ordered the construction of a Russian Orthodox church - the St. Elizabeth's Church in Neroberg Park, Wiesbaden - to house her remains The location of the church on the hill was chosen by Adolf himself so that he could always have a view of the church from his residence. Elizabeth's sarcophagus can still be seen today inside the church

[history-of-fashion]

1827 Franz Seraph Stirnbrand - Pauline Friederike Marie Princess von Württemberg

(Staatsgalerie Stuttgart)

[theinvinciblearmy]

Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India as the wife of King-Emperor George V.

Although technically a princess of Teck, in the Kingdom of Württemberg, she was born and raised in England. Her parents were Francis, Duke of Teck, who was of German extraction, and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, who was a granddaughter of King George III. She was informally known as "May", after her birth month. At the age of 24, she was betrothed to Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, the eldest son of the Prince of Wales, but six weeks after the announcement of the engagement, he died unexpectedly of pneumonia. The following year, she became engaged to Albert Victor's next surviving brother, George, who subsequently became king. Before her husband's accession, she was successively Duchess of York, Duchess of Cornwall, and Princess of Wales.

As queen consort from 1910, she supported her husband through World War I, his ill health and major political changes arising from the aftermath of the war, and the rise of socialism and nationalism. After George's death in 1936, she became queen mother when her eldest son, Edward, ascended the throne, but to her dismay, he abdicated later the same year in order to marry twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. She supported her second son, Albert, who succeeded to the throne as George VI, until his death in 1952. She died the following year, during the reign of her granddaughter Queen Elizabeth II, who had not yet been crowned.