#Duchess of Braganza

[tiaramania]

Infanta Maria Francisca's Wedding Tiara

The Duke and Duchess of Braganza have announced that the wedding of Infanta Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra, and Duarte de Sousa Araújo Martins will take place on Saturday, October 7th at the Basilica of Our Lady and Saint Anthony within the Palace of Mafra. Thanks to an interview with Observador, we know all about the bride's planned wedding jewelry. The quotes below have been run through Google translate.

Infanta Maria Francisca will wear Queen Amélie’s Diamond Tiara which is the same one worn by her mother, the Duchess of Braganza, at her wedding in 1995. "I feel very honored, very lucky, that they lent it to me, because it is a very valuable tiara. I feel that I am not that worthy of wearing the tiara and I am really happy that they gave me this opportunity." I don't have a post on it yet but here are some from other blogs. It was made in 1886 by Leitão & Irmão and was a wedding gift to Queen Amélie from her father-in-law, King Luís I of Portugal, so you'll sometimes see it called the Dom Luis Diadem.

Along with the tiara, Maria Francisca will wear the same diamond earrings that were worn by her mother on her wedding day. They were a gift from the Duchess of Braganza's mother, Raquel Pinheiro de Castro Curvello.

Maria Francisca will also wear a sapphire and diamond bracelet that belonged to Queen Amélie on loan from a friend. "A very dear friend of mine, who has an antique shop, is going to lend me a Queen Amélie bracelet. He told me 'I have this bracelet from Queen Amélie that I bought at an auction house and I insist that you wear it because it belongs to your family and has sentimental and historical value'."

For the reception after the wedding, Maria Francisca will wear a pair of earrings that belonged to her grandmother and namesake, Princess Maria Francisca of Orléans-Braganza. The diamond from her engagement ring was taken from these earrings and the groom replaced it and another diamond with emeralds. "Both in the ring and in the earrings, I have my grandmother Francisca and Duarte represented."

The former Portuguese royal family are generally well regarded and even attend state banquets in Portugal. We already know that some of the Lux royals will be there and I also expect other former royals to attend.

The wedding will be televised at 3:00pm local time on TVI (Televisão Independente) and I'll post a non-geoblocked link if I can find one.

#Tiara Talk #Infanta Maria Francisca #Portugal #Portuguese Royal Family #tiara #bridal tiara #Duchess of Braganza #royal jewels #royalty #royals #diadem

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (Spanish. 1553 - 1608) Ana de Velasco y Girón, Duchess of Braganza, at 18 in 1603

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[archduchessofnowhere]

Archduchess Maria Teresa of Austria (née Infanta of Portugal), with her stepchildren Archduchess Margarete and Archduke Ferdinand, by Ludwig Angerer, 1873.

Via the Royal Collection Trust and the Wien Museum.

#i thought the second pic was just a close up of the first pic but it's not! their poses are slightly different #maria teresa of braganza archduchess of austria #margarete of austria duchess of württenberg #archduke ferdinand karl of austria #house of habsburg #house of braganza

[blueplumbbob]

Portrait of HRH The Duchess of Ettinger photographed on occasion of her 30th birthday in April 1989.

In this photograph, the Duchess is wearing Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Tiara and the Braganza Wedding Necklace and Earrings. The tiara is reportedly one of the heaviest in the Ivernian Royal Family's collection, but here the Duchess wears it with grace.

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[caroline-klaus]

Luise Heyer as Maria Leopoldina of Austria, the Empress Consort of Brazil, Queen Consort of Portugal and Archduchess of Austria

Dona Maria Leopoldina of Austria (22 January 1797 – 11 December 1826) was born Caroline Josepha Leopoldine Franziska Ferdinanda of Habsburg-Lorraine in Vienna, Austria, Holy Roman Empire. She was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Franz II and Empress Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily. In 1817 the Archduchess married Prince Dom Pedro of Braganza (12 October 1798 – 24 September 1834), heir to Portugal, later the Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil and King Dom Pedro IV of Portugal. The couple had 7 children: Queen Maria II of Portugal, Miguel, Prince of Beira, João Carlos, Prince of Beira, Princess Januária of Brazil, Princess Paula of Brazil, Princess Francisca of Brazil and Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil. On September 2, 1822 while she was the Acting Princess Regent of the Kingdom of Brazil in the absence of her husband Maria Leopoldina signed the Decree of Independence, declaring Brazil separate from Portugal. She died at age 29 in 1826 after a miscarriage. As Acting Regent Maria Leopoldina was the first woman to govern an independent Brazil, the first empress consort of the country, the first empress of the Americas and the first woman to govern an independent American country.

Victoria Guerra as Amélia of Leuchtenberg, the Empress Consort of Brazil and Duchess of Braganza

Dona Amélia of Leuchtenberg (31 July 1812 – 26 January 1873) was born Amélie Auguste Eugénie Napoléonne de Leuchtenberg in Milan, Kingdom of Italy. She was the daughter of Eugène de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg and Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Duchess of Leuchtenberg. She was the second wife of Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil after their marriage in 1829 and they had one child, the Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil. After Dom Pedro I abdicated the Brazilian crown, Amélia accompanied her husband back to Europe. They held the titles of Duke and Duchess of Braganza until Pedro’s dead in 1834. Amélia died in Lisbon at the age of 60 in 1873.

A VIAGEM DE PEDRO | PEDRO, BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA (2021). Dir. Laís Bodanzky

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[between-crowns-and-tiaras]

The royal house of Portugal announced the engagement of Dona Maria Francisca to Mr. Duarte Martins on the last december 15th. The statement reads:

"Their Royal Highnesses, The Dukes of Braganza, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Her Highness The Infanta D. Maria Francisca of Braganza, Duchess of Coimbra, and Mr. Duarte de Souza Araújo Martins. Her Highness and Mr Duarte de Souza Araújo Martins became engaged in Timor earlier this month. The Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza informed Their Royal Highnesses, The Dukes of Braganza, and other close members of her family.

More details about the wedding day will be announced soon.

Sintra, december 15th, 2022."

#portugal #engagement #news #Duarte martins #portuguese royal family #familia real portuguesa #instagram #Instagram #infanta maria francisca

[tiny-librarian]

Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis, Duchess of Braganza.

#Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis #duchess of braganza #house of thurn and taxis #house of braganza #portugese monarchy #long live the queue

[scarletunit6]

Afternoon Tea

Afternoon tea, a very English custom! Read the history behind this most English tradition; china tea cups, scones, jam and clotted cream…

Afternoon tea, that most quintessential of English customs is, perhaps surprisingly, a relatively new tradition. Whilst the custom of drinking tea dates back to the third millennium BC in China and was popularised in England during the 1660s by King Charles II and his wife the Portuguese Infanta Catherine de Braganza, it was not until the mid 19th century that the concept of ‘afternoon tea’ first appeared.

Afternoon tea was introduced in England by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, in the year 1840. The Duchess would become hungry around four o’clock in the afternoon. The evening meal in her household was served fashionably late at eight o’clock, thus leaving a long period of time between lunch and dinner. The Duchess asked that a tray of tea, bread and butter (some time earlier, the Earl of Sandwich had had the idea of putting a filling between two slices of bread) and cake be brought to her room during the late afternoon. This became a habit of hers and she began inviting friends to join her.

This pause for tea became a fashionable social event. During the 1880’s upper-class and society women would change into long gowns, gloves and hats for their afternoon tea which was usually served in the drawing room between four and five o’clock.

Traditional afternoon tea consists of a selection of dainty sandwiches (including of course thinly sliced cucumber sandwiches), scones served with clotted cream and preserves. Cakes and pastries are also served. Tea grown in India or Ceylon is poured from silver tea pots into delicate bone china cups.

Nowadays however, in the average suburban home, afternoon tea is likely to be just a biscuit or small cake and a mug of tea, usually produced using a teabag. Sacrilege!

To experience the best of the afternoon tea tradition, indulge yourself with a trip to one of London’s finest hotels or visit a quaint tearoom in the west country. The Devonshire Cream Tea is famous world wide and consists of scones, strawberry jam and the vital ingredient, Devon clotted cream, as well as cups of hot sweet tea served in china teacups. Many of the other counties in England’s west country also claim the best cream teas: Dorset, Cornwall and Somerset.

Of course, of all the regional variations of how a cream tea should be served the titans in this battle always boil down to just two… The Devonshire Cream Tea versus the Cornish Cream Tea. In terms of this, once the warm scone has been split in two the all-important question is in what order should the clotted cream and strawberry jam be added? Of course the Team at Historic UK must be seen to be completely unbiased in their views on this issue, however as we are based in Devon it is always… Cream First!

Johnson, B. (2015). The history of afternoon tea - a great British tradition. [online] Historic UK. Available at: https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Afternoon-Tea/. ‌

[venicepearl]

Diane, Dowager Duchess of Württemberg (née Princess Diane of Orléans; born 24 March 1940) is a French-German painter, sculptor, writer and philanthropist. She is the widow of Carl, Duke of Württemberg, head of the House of Württemberg. She is the fourth daughter and sixth child of Henri, Count of Paris, Orléanist pretender to the throne of France, and his wife, Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza.

#Diane d'Orléans #Diane von Württemberg #House Orléans #xx century #people #portrait #photo #photography #black and white

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[theroyalwatcher]

The Duchess of Braganza’s Diamond Bandeau Tiara: https://royalwatcherblog.com/2023/01/15/duchess-of-braganzas-diamond-bandeau-tiara/

[tiaramania]

Upcoming Portuguese Wedding

The Duke and Duchess of Braganza have announced the engagement of their daughter, Infanta Maria Francisca, and Duarte de Sousa Araújo Martins. The Duke of Braganza is the current claimant to the Portuguese throne and the family is still invited to many royal events and even attends state banquets in Portugal.

I'm hoping that Infanta Maria Francisca wears Queen Amélie's Diamond Tiara like her mother did on her wedding day. I don't have a post on it yet but here are some from other blogs. It was made in 1886 by Leitão & Irmão and was a wedding gift to Queen Amélie from her father-in-law, King Luís I of Portugal, so you'll sometimes see it called the Dom Luis Diadem.

The royal wedding calendar is really filling up for 2023. I'm not even going to be able to feature them all in my tiaras to look forward to post.

#Tiara Talk #Infanta Maria Francisca #Portugal #Portuguese Royal Family #tiara predictions #tiara #Duchess of Braganza #Leitao and Irmao #diamond #bridal tiara

[httpwwwbollywoodchaiwalacom]

10 Tea Facts That I Bet You Didn't Know!

So sit back, relax and see what new things you learn about tea.

All tea comes from the Camellia Sinensis plant - that includes black tea, green teas, oolong, puerh and white teas. They all come from the same plant but there are variations in the plant. For example, Oolong comes from the broad leaf version and each leaf has a serrated edge whereas the leaves for greens or whites are smooth.

Up until around the 1950's most tea was drunk as loose-leaf tea and not in the form of teabags. These were introduced to the market by PG Tips as a hassle saving device and quickly became popular. Before that though around 95% of tea was loose tea.

There are two legends about how the first cup of tea came about. One originating in China is about an Emperor who, while sat under a tea bush, was boiling some water and didn't notice the leaves fall in. When the water was ready he drank the brew and so tea was born. Another legend hailing from India speaks of a prince who after discovered Buddhism travels to China and chewed on tea leaves to keep himself awake. In one version of the story he is so upset when he falls asleep that when he wakes he cuts off his eyelashes and throws them in the ground where the first Camellia Sinensis plant then grows.

Tea is said to be the second most consumed beverage in the world. Second of course only to water. Now to me that says a lot! No mention of coffee in that statistic!

Prices for Chinese tea can range from a few pounds per kilo to thousands of pounds per kilo. And it can change year on year. If a certain loose leaf is trendy or popular, prices can sky-rocket from year to another.

Catherine Braganza was a Portuguese Princess and she is attributed with bringing tea into England. Apparently upon departing her ship from Portugal she asked for a cuppa and was presented with English Ale instead. Needless to say, she fainted and the same mistake wasn't made again. She became so popular that women would copy what she liked and this included drinking tea.

Afternoon tea originated in England when Anna, the 7th Duchess of Bedford began taking a drink and a snack in her chambers between breakfast and the evening meal. The craze soon took off with women of the time using it as a chance to catch up with each other much like today!

Puerh is a special Chinese tea that is post fermented. It is only grown and processed in Yunnan, China and is the only tea that improves and gains value as it gets older!

Matcha is a special type of Japanese Green tea that include the stem as well as the leaves and is ground up into a fine powder. It is said to have 137x the amount of antioxidants as other green teas.

In the 1600's the tax on tea in Britain was too high for the poorer classes and so they took to smuggling it into the country. Demand was so high that sometimes tea lovers were fooled into buying leaves that had been mixed with sheep dung!

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[archduchessofnowhere]

Duchess Ludovika in Bavaria to Miguel, Duke of Braganza, on his engagement to Ludovika's granddaughter Princess Elisabeth of Thurn und Taxis:

15 May, 1877 Your Royal Highness has given me a real pleasure by your kind lines, and especially that you love my dear granddaughter Elisabeth so dearly, and I can be convinced that a happy future will open up for you both. - I hope that Elisabeth will make you as happy as our lovely Marie José [Miguel's sister] made my son [Duke Karl Theodor] - I wish and hope that we will have the pleasure of seeing you here in the course of the summer, and that I will be a witness to your happy togetherness with my dear Elisabeth, then I will no longer need to use the stiff tittles, and may call myself dear Prince Your warmly loving grandmother.

(Translation done by DeepL. Please keep in mind that in a machine translation a lot of nuance may/will be lost)

#from sexau's pdf! #crazy that half of the children of ludovika's situationship ended up marrying into her family #ludovika of bavaria duchess in bavaria #miguel duke of braganza #elisabeth of thurn und taxis duchess of braganza

[europesroyalsweddings]

✵ May 13, 1995 ✵

Isabel Inês Castro Curvello de Herédia & Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza

#princess isabelle #isabel inês castro curvello de herédia #isabel castro #isabel curvello #duarte pio #duarte pio duke of braganza #house of braganza #duke of braganza #Duchess of Braganza #royal wedding dress #royal wedding veil #tiara #royal wedding tiara #Diamond Tiara #Diamond Jewelry #portugal #Portuguese Royal Family #Portuguese Royal Wedding #Royal Wedding

[royalmotherhood]

Adelaide, Duchess of Braganza, nee Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, with her daughters Maria Jose, Adelgunde and Maria Theresa. 

#duchess of braganza #infanta of portual #infanta maria jose of portugla #infanta maria josepha of portugal #Duchess in Bavaria #Archduchess of Austria #Hapsburg #Wittelsbach