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In Cecil Beaton's photographs: Stephen Tennant, perhaps one of the most elegant people of the twentieth century, or at the very least one of the best-known aesthetes of the last one

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In Cecil Beaton's photographs: Stephen Tennant, perhaps one of the most elegant people of the twentieth century, or at the very least one of the best-known aesthetes of the last one

In Cecil Beaton's photographs: Stephen Tennant, perhaps one of the most elegant people of the twentieth century, or at the very least one of the best-known aesthetes of the last one. Yet he became famous not for his lineage (though he came from the privileged class), nor

By Alexandr Radayev
The Yugoslav prince and member of the Serbian royal house Philip Karageorgevich and his wife Princess Danica present their newborn daughter, Princess Maria, to the world

Aristocracy · Monarchies · Society Pages

The Yugoslav prince and member of the Serbian royal house Philip Karageorgevich and his wife Princess Danica present their newborn daughter, Princess Maria, to the world

Also in the photograph: Philip's firstborn, Prince Stefan; Danica's parents, the Impressionist painter Milan Marinkovic and Bepa Marinkovic; and Prince Philip's mother, Princess Maria da Gloria of Orléans-Braganza, in her second marriage Duchess of Segorbe

By Alexandr Radayev
Napoleon's illegitimate sons: Charles Denuelle, called the infernal bastard, Count Léon (1806-1881), and Alexandre, Count Colonna-Walewski (1810-1868)

Aristocracy · Monarchies · Mores · People

Napoleon's illegitimate sons: Charles Denuelle, called the infernal bastard, Count Léon (1806-1881), and Alexandre, Count Colonna-Walewski (1810-1868)

Napoleon's illegitimate sons: Charles Denuelle, called the infernal bastard, Count Léon (1806-1881), and Alexandre, Count Colonna-Walewski (1810-1868). Each left numerous descendants, but none of the offspring of Napoleon's illegitimate sons had the right to bear the surname Bonaparte, although Count Léon pressed the

By Alexandr Radayev
Prince Jean-Christophe Louis Ferdinand Albéric Napoléon with his wife, Princess Olympia, née Countess von Arco-Zinneberg, at the premiere of Ridley Scott's "Napoleon"

Aristocracy · Cinema · Monarchies · Paris · Society Pages

Prince Jean-Christophe Louis Ferdinand Albéric Napoléon with his wife, Princess Olympia, née Countess von Arco-Zinneberg, at the premiere of Ridley Scott's "Napoleon"

Jean-Christophe is a direct male-line descendant of Joseph, the eldest of Napoleon's brothers. Napoleon's only legitimate son, Napoleon II, died young and childless, while the numerous progeny of Napoleon's second son, the illegitimate Count Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, cannot lay claim to the

By Alexandr Radayev
The open dinners of Count Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov were the stuff of legend: his table was prized not only by colleagues and kinsmen but by members of the imperial family and by distinguished foreign guests, such as the painter Vigée Le Brun

Aristocracy · Mores · People · Saint Petersburg

The open dinners of Count Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov were the stuff of legend: his table was prized not only by colleagues and kinsmen but by members of the imperial family and by distinguished foreign guests, such as the painter Vigée Le Brun

The open dinners of Count Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov were the stuff of legend: his table was prized not only by colleagues and kinsmen but by members of the imperial family and by distinguished foreign guests, such as the painter Vigée Le Brun. At times this influential and wealthy gentleman found

By Alexandr Radayev
One of the pearls of Lake Garda: the early sixteenth-century Villa Guarienti-Brenzone, by Michele Sanmicheli, an architect of the twilight of the High Renaissance

Aristocracy · Architecture · Observations

One of the pearls of Lake Garda: the early sixteenth-century Villa Guarienti-Brenzone, by Michele Sanmicheli, an architect of the twilight of the High Renaissance

One of the pearls of Lake Garda is the Villa Guarienti-Brenzone, dating from the early sixteenth century and designed by Michele Sanmicheli, an architect of the twilight of the High Renaissance. The villa's main façade faces the lake and offers one of the finest views along the

By Alexandr Radayev
The First Award for Women in the History of Persia: the Order of the Sun for Ladies, نشان آفتاب, Nishan-i-Aftab, Established by Naser al-Din, Fourth Shah of Iran of the Qajar Dynasty, in 1873

Aristocracy · The East · Monarchies · Heritage

The First Award for Women in the History of Persia: the Order of the Sun for Ladies, نشان آفتاب, Nishan-i-Aftab, Established by Naser al-Din, Fourth Shah of Iran of the Qajar Dynasty, in 1873

The first award for women in the history of Persia, the Order of the Sun for ladies, نشان آفتاب, Nishan-i-Aftab, was established by the fourth Shah of Iran of the Qajar dynasty, Naser al-Din, in 1873. The badge and the star of the order are made in

By Alexandr Radayev
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