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NB! · The East · Art · Monarchies · Observations
Madhav Rao II and Minister Nana Farnavis in a portrait with 18th-century jewellery
Madhav Rao II, head of the Hindu Maratha state, who would take his own life at twenty-one, and his moustachioed minister Nana Phadnavis, who stood against the English. Good jewellery for the eighteenth century, especially the earrings
NB! · Archive · Architecture · Monarchies · Moscow · Heritage
The monument to Alexander III on the Prechistenskaya Embankment took 12 years to build, and 2.5 million roubles were raised for it by subscription
The monument to Alexander III on the Prechistenskaya Embankment took 12 years to build, and 2.5 million roubles were raised for it by subscription. It was pulled down six years after its unveiling, in the summer of 1918
NB! · London · Monarchies · Observations · Humour
The lavatory at Kensington Palace, as I understand it, is for heirs to the crown only
Aristocracy · Archaeology · Monarchies · Science
Genetic analysis in 2013 did not confirm that the skull belonged to Henry IV
However, a genetic examination in 2013 refuted the attribution of the skull to the founder of the Bourbon dynasty. Neither by mitochondrial DNA nor by the Y chromosome was the genetic information extracted from the skull found to be related to the Bourbons living today, whether through the maternal or
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2010 Examination Confirmed That the Skull Belonged to Henry IV
In 2010 an osteological examination proved that the famous skull really did belong to Henry IV. This was established from the traces of a mole on the nose of the mummified head and from a piercing in the right ear
Monarchies · Heritage · Paris · People
The head of Henry IV, separated from his body when the Abbey of Saint-Denis was looted
Since we are on the subject of lost skulls, another set of aristocratic remains was left without its head. Henry IV (1553-1610), whom I mentioned the other day (https://theparnassian.com/schitaetsia-chto-vo-vremia-sozdaniia-kartiny-favoritka-genrikha-iv-byla-beremenna-pervym-ego-synom-kotorogo-nazovut-sezarom-v-
Aristocracy · Art · Monarchies · Museums · Mores · Paris · People
Gabrielle d'Estrées, favourite of Henry IV, her family and her death in 1599
It is believed that at the time the painting was made, the favourite of Henry IV was pregnant with his first son, who would be named César after Julius Caesar. The pregnancy may be hinted at by the woman in the background sewing children's clothes, and by the
NB! · Art · Monarchies · Museums · Mores · Paris
Portrait of Gabrielle d'Estrées, Mistress of Henry IV, with One of Her Sisters (the Duchesse de Villars or Madame de Balagny), Pinching Her Nipple
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Palm Sunday from the prayer book of Mary of Guelders, Queen of Scotland, who tormented King James II all her life, until he was killed by a fragment of a cannon that burst during a salute in honour of the ill-starred Mary
NB! · Archaeology · Monarchies · Rome · Humour
Castration as punishment for crimes against the emperor in Ancient Rome and China
In Ancient Rome and China, insulting the ruler, rebellion and other crimes against the emperor were punished by castration. Here, by way of illustration, are some Roman castration tongs. These ones, admittedly, were for animals. Something to ponder at your leisure
NB! · Monarchies