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A French Aristocrat in Church
A French aristocrat in church. Abraham Bosse, 1628
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Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, Palermo
Aristocracy · Monarchies
With Margrethe II's Abdication, the House of Glücksburg Will No Longer Be the Ruling Dynasty of Denmark
With Margrethe II's abdication, the House of Glücksburg will no longer be the ruling dynasty of Denmark. The dynasty had reigned in the country since 1863, since the accession of the queen's great-great-grandfather Christian IX. The Glücksburgs are succeeded by the Monpezat dynasty, or
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"The Russian state has this advantage over others, that it is governed directly by God Himself; otherwise it is impossible to understand how it exists"
Count Münnich
Aristocracy · Observations · Society
Wikipedia's article on the Rothschilds: "Jewish family" replaced with "European family"
The article's edit history contains a lively discussion among editors about why the Rothschilds suddenly became a family with a "European background" instead of a "Jewish" one, how this relates to politics, and why it is nonetheless correct to state their ethnicity. In the
Aristocracy · Monarchies · People · Humour
There are many witty recollections of the brilliant statesman, scholar and courtier of the age of Peter III and Catherine II, Count Nikita Ivanovich Panin, but the most remarkable is when Panin confessed that for four months he had not answered an urgent
There are many witty recollections of the brilliant statesman, scholar and courtier of the age of Peter III and Catherine II, Count Nikita Ivanovich Panin, but the most remarkable is when Panin confessed that for four months he had not answered an urgent dispatch from Field Marshal Rumyantsev, who was
Aristocracy · London · Monarchies · People
Princess Alexandra of Kent, the most Russian member of the British royal family, turns 87
First cousin of Elizabeth II, granddaughter of Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna and great-great-granddaughter of Emperor Alexander II
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Girlfriends Meet over a Glass of Sparkling Wine to Talk About Princes
From left to right: Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, elder sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Princess Olga of Yugoslavia; and the Prussian Princess Kira Kirillovna Romanova, Princess of the Blood Imperial. The photograph was taken at the wedding of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and Countess Helene Toerring-
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Napoleon's mother once flatly refused to live at the Trianon; court life held no interest for her, and she kept fairly much to herself, even declining to attend her son's coronation
Napoleon's mother once flatly refused to live at the Trianon; court life held no interest for her, and she kept fairly much to herself, even declining to attend her son's coronation. Of all her many original traits of character, what most bewildered the courtiers was the
Aristocracy · Monarchies · Mores · Saint Petersburg
"It is remarkable that in a country where white lead and rouge were in universal use among ladies, where a woman will not approach a window to beg alms without rouge, where in the very language the word red is an expression of outstanding beauty and where
Mademoiselle Vorontsova, known in marriage as Princess Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova, was the closest friend of Catherine the Great, director of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences and one of the best-educated women of her time. Among the unofficial recollections of Dashkova there is an episode about her marriage that
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