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Incidentally, it is curious that both Nicholases had wives named Alexandra Feodorovna: one of Prussia, the other of Hesse-Darmstadt
Incidentally, it is curious that both Nicholases had wives named Alexandra Feodorovna: one of Prussia, the other of Hesse-Darmstadt. That gives us Nicholas I + Alexandra Feodorovna I and Nicholas II + Alexandra Feodorovna II. Dynastic elegance
NB! · Art · Monarchies · Ethnography · Humour
Alexandra Feodorovna (wife of Nicholas I) in a fabulous kokoshnik
Alexandra Feodorovna (wife of Nicholas I) in a fabulous kokoshnik. So that everyone could see: a Russian tsarina
NB! · Architecture · Faith · Monarchies
Rose window of the west façade of St Vitus Cathedral in Prague Castle, built in the 19th century
The ten-metre rose window on the west façade of St Vitus Cathedral in Prague Castle, where the kings of Bohemia lie buried. This part of the principal cathedral of the Czech lands was built in the 19th century; the oldest part of the building dates from 1344
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The Genealogy of Henry II from the Nuremberg Chronicle: An Example of Naïve Graphic Art
The genealogy of Henry II from the Nuremberg Chronicle is an example of naïve graphic art. The generations are joined by some thick, unpleasant yellow umbilical cord, and I quite understand the fellow who is about to sever it
Architecture · Monarchies · Mores
Relocation of the Windsor baths in 1870 at Queen Victoria's wish
In 1870 the Windsor Baths were moved because of Queen Victoria's displeasure. She had no wish to behold, from the windows of Windsor Castle, half-naked men swimming in the pool
Cinema · London · Monarchies · Mores
Pressing to Death: A Real Historical Method of Execution, in Which a Man Was Crushed Beneath a Heavy Weight
The execution scene from the series "Gunpowder", starring Kit Harington, about the plot against King James I
Aristocracy · Monarchies · Mores · People
In 1561 a young French nobleman, Pierre de Bocosel de Chastelard, found himself in the retinue of the eighteen-year-old Mary Stuart as she returned from France to Scotland
In 1561 a young French nobleman, Pierre de Bocosel de Chastelard, found himself in the retinue of the eighteen-year-old Mary Stuart as she returned from France to Scotland. In the course of the journey Pierre grew close to the queen and won her favour, so much so that
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Louis-Philippe Supports Talleyrand
Louis-Philippe supports Talleyrand. As you can see, the old man is wearing orthopaedic footwear. The injury sustained at the age of 4 was to become emblematic of the life of a courtier who would come to be called the lame devil
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Nicholas I on Alexander I's childlessness and conjectures about the Emperor's illness
The future Emperor Nicholas I wrote of Alexander I, on the occasion of his wife Alexandra Feodorovna's pregnancy with their daughter Maria: "The Sovereign began to say that he saw our family bliss with joy... That he had never known this happiness, blaming himself for a liaison
NB! · Faith · Monarchies · People · Humour
Icon of Saint Charles I the Martyr, executed as a tyrant and traitor
Saint Charles the Martyr, executed as a tyrant, traitor and enemy of his country. Do pass this on to Poklonskaya, in case things don't work out for her with Nicholas II
NB! · Monarchies · Museums · Heritage · Paris
A collection of unique diamonds belonging to the Sun King, lost in the nineteenth century, recreated for the first time as full-size models and on show in Paris at L'Ecole Van Cleef
A collection of unique diamonds belonging to the Sun King, lost in the nineteenth century, has been recreated for the first time as full-size models and is on show in Paris at L'Ecole Van Cleef. The blue stone is called the Hope