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Seymour, we have no money. George, we have lots of money. Richard has it, and I’m his lawful wife.

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Madame de Pompadour

Neue Pinakothek, Munich

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Blessed Maria Christina of Savoy (Maria Cristina Carlotta Giuseppa Gaeta Efisia), Queen of the Two Sicilies (14 November 1812 - 21 January 1836)

born in Cagliari, Sardinia, to Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (1759-1824) and Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1773-1832)

married Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (1810-1859) on 21 November 1832

had one child: Francis II of the Two Sicilies (1836-1894)

died at the age of 23 in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

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Princess Louise of Orléans (Louise-Marie Thérèse Charlotte Isabelle), Queen of Belgium (3 April 1812 - 11 October 1850)

born in Palermo, Sicily, to Louis Philippe I, King of the French (1773-1850) and Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1782-1866)

married Leopold I of Belgium (1790-1865) on 9 August 1832

had four children: Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium (1833-1834), Leopold II of Belgium (1835-1909), Philippe, Count of Flanders (1837-1905) and Charlotte, Empress of Mexico (1840-1927)

died at the age of 38 in Ostend, Kingdom of Belgium

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Ranavalona III, the last Sovereign of the Kingdom of Madagascar.

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Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, Countess von Hohenstein (baptised on 21 September 1812 - 1 October 1841)

born in Erdõszentgyörgy, Transylvania, Hungary, to Count László Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde and Ágnes Inczédy de Nagy-Várad

married Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804-1885) in 1835. Their marriage was declared morganatic

had three children: Claudine of Teck (1836-1891), Francis, 1st Duke of Teck (1837-1900) and Amelie, Countess von Hügel (1838-1893)

died at the age of 29 in Austria

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Blanche Cavendish (Blanche Georgiana Howard), Countess of Burlington (11 January 1812 - 27 April 1840)

born in the United Kingdom to George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle (1773-1848) and Georgiana Cavendish (1783-1858)

married William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808-1891) on 6 August 1829

had five children: William Cavendish (1831-1834), Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908), Louisa Egerton (1835-1907), Frederick Cavendish (1836-1882) and Edward Cavendish (1838-1891)

died at the age of 28 in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

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Amélie of Leuchtenberg (Amélie Auguste Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais), Empress of Brazil (31 July 1812 - 26 January 1873)

born in Milan to Eugène de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1781-1824) and Augusta of Bavaria (1788-1851)

married Pedro I of Brazil (1798-1834) on 2 August 1829

had one child: Maria Amélia of Brazil (1831-1853)

died at the age of 60 in Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal

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→The Hanoverian pearls

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Portrait of Anne of Cleves that seems to be one of several copies of the 1540 portrait by Barthel Bruyn, I can’t find any other information on this portrait

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Louisa Hamilton (Louisa Jane Russell), Duchess of Abercorn (8 July 1812 - 31 March 1905)

born in London, United Kingdom, to John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (1766-1839) and Georgiana Gordon (1781-1853)

married James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn (1811-1885) on 25 October 1832

had 14 children: Harriet Anson, Countess of Lichfield (1834-1913), Beatrix Lambton, Countess of Durham (1835-1871), Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch (1836-1912), James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn (1838-1913), Katherine Edgcumbe, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe (1840-1874), Georgiana Turnour, Countess Winterton (1841-1913), Claud John Hamilton (1843-1925), George Francis Hamilton (1845-1927), Albertha Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1847-1932), Ronald Douglas Hamilton (1849-1867), Maud Petty-Fitzmaurine, Marchioness of Lansdowne (1850-1932), Cosmo Hamilton (1853), Frederick Spencer Hamilton (1856-1928) and Ernest William Hamilton (1858-1939)

died at the age of 92 in Coates, West Sussex, United Kingdom

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Princess Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Friederike Karoline Juliane), Duchess of Anhalt-Bernburg (9 October 1811 - 10 July 1902)

born in Gottorp, Schleswig, to Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1785-1831) and Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (1789-1867)

married Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (1805-1863) on 30 October 1834

died at the age of 90 in Ballenstedt, Anhalt

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Charlotte Montagu Douglas Scott (Charlotte Anne Thynne), Duchess of Buccleuch (10 April 1811 - 18 March 1895)

born in Longleat, Wiltshire, to Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765-1837) and Isabella Elizabeth Byng (1773-1830)

married Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch (1806-1884) on 13 March 1829

had seven children: William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch (1831-1914), Henry John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (1832-1905), Walter Montagu Douglass Scott (1834-1895), Charles Thomas Montagu Douglas Scott (1839-1911), Victoria Alexandrina, Marchioness of Lothian (1844-1938), Margaret Elizabeth Cameron (1846-1918) and Mary Charlotte Trefusis (1851-1908)

died at the age of 83 in Ditton Park, Buckingamshire, United Kingdom

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I run this blog like henry vii ran england - pretty elusive and with the crippling fear that I have not yet created a stable dynasty

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Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Augusta Marie Luise Katharina), German Empress (30 September 1811 - 7 January 1890)

born in Weimar, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, to Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1783-1853) and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786-1859)

married William I, German Emperor (1797-1888) on 11 June 1829

had two children: Frederick III, German Emperor (1831-1888) and Louise, Grand Duchess of Baden (1838-1923) 

died at the age of 78 in Berlin, German Empire

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Princess Marianne of the Netherlands (Wilhelmina Frederika Louise Charlotte Marianne), Princess Albert of Prussia (9 May 1810 - 29 May 1883)

born in Berlin to William I of the Netherlands (1772-1843) and Wilhelmina of Prussia (1774-1837)

married Prince Albert of Prussia (1809-1872) on 14 September 1830. Their marriage was dissolved on 28 March 1849

had five children: Charlotte, Hereditary Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (1831-1855), a son who was either stillborn or lived only a few hours (1832), Albert of Prussia (1837-1906), Elisabeth of Prussia (1840) and Alexandrine, Duchess William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1842-1906)

had an illegitimate child with her lover Johannes van Rossum - Johannes Willem van Reinhartshausen

died at the age of 73 in Erbach, Eltville, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire