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venicepearl · 2 years

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Princess Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah of Connaught (15 January 1882 – 1 May 1920) was Crown Princess of Sweden as the first wife of the future King Gustaf VI Adolf. She was the elder daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and his wife Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. Known in Sweden as Margareta, her marriage produced five children, and she is the grandmother of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queens Margrethe II of Denmark and Anne-Marie of Greece. She died 30 years before her husband's accession to the throne of Sweden.

#Margaret of Connaught #House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha #XIX century #XX century #people #portrait #photo #photography #Black and White

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dreamconsumer · 1 month

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King Leopold I of the Belgians. By George Hayter.

#george hayter #kingdom of belgium #house of saxe coburg and gotha #king leopold I of belgium

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contenteditor · 2 months

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The Princess de Réthy. Photographed by Robert Marchand, 1950s.

#belgian royal family #house of saxe coburg and gotha #princess lilian #lilian baels #royal jewels

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loiladadiani · 9 months

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Alexander III and his niece Victoria of Wales

I like these two historical figures although I admit that for what we know about their personalitie, neither one would be precisely soft and cuddly.

#Alexander III #russian history #imperial russia #romanov family #Princess Victoria of Wales #house of saxe coburg and gotha #house of windsor

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pokadandelion · 9 months

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Their Majesties, King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Queen Amelie of Portugal

#king edward vii #queen amelie of portugal #british royal family #portuguese royal family #british history #portuguese history #house of saxe coburg and gotha #house of braganza

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thepastisalreadywritten · 9 months

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Queen Marie of Romania, King George V of the United Kingdom, King Ferdinand I of Romania, and Queen Mary of the United Kingdom, 1924

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Ferdinand (Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad; 24 August 1865 – 20 July 1927), nicknamed Întregitorul ("the Unifier"), was King of Romania from 1914 until his death in 1927.

Marie (born Princess Marie Alexandra Victoria of Edinburgh; 29 October 1875 – 18 July 1938) was the last Queen of Romania as the wife of King Ferdinand I.

George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.

Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936, as the wife of King-Emperor George V.

#Queen Marie of Romania #King Ferdinand I of Romania #King George V of the United Kingdom #Queen Mary of the United Kingdom #British Royal Family #Romanian Royal Family #House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen #House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha #House of Windsor

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sophiebernadotte · 5 months

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Princess Sibylla of Sweden by David Tägtström (oil on canvas, 1951)

The Dalarna artist David Tägtström wanted to capture the personalities of his models, rather than their social status. One trick he used was to let his models sit for so long that they stopped posing, and started to relax and just be themselves. "And then it is just a matter of painting," he said.

Princess Sibylla, the mother of our current king, gives an elegant and relaxed impression as she sits in a green silk dress with a fur stole over one shoulder. As a princess, she quickly became much loved by the people of Sweden, together with her daughters, the popular Haga Princesses.

The portrait can be seen in the East Guard's Hall of the Bernadotte Apartments at the Royal Palace of Stockholm.

Photo: royalpalaces.se

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royalpain16 · 2 years

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British Royal Family Tree

#queen elizabeth ii #queen victoria #British royal family tree #British family tree #House of Windsor #House of saxe-coburg and gotha

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womenwhochangedhistory · 1 year

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HISTORICAL LOVERS - I

Victoria & Albert

Few lovers have entered the popular imagination as permanently as Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Married for twenty-one years, until the prince's untimely death, the pair became the epitome of marital bliss, and no one ever questioned the harmonious relationship between the queen and her husband.

Over the years, several small demonstrations of love proved the passionate nature of their marriage. Among it, the engagement ring that Albert himself designed for the bride, in the shape of a serpent, to represent the truth of his commitment, decorated with rubies, diamonds and a single emerald (Victoria's birthstone); the portrait Victoria had secretly commissioned as a twenty-fourth birthday present for Albert, which depicted her casually dressed, reclining against a red velvet pillow, her hair loose; the crystal heart pendant that the queen wore day and night, containing a lock of the prince's hair.

The two-decade union produced nine children, five girls and four boys: Victoria (1840-1901); Albert Edward (1841-1910); Alice (1843-1878); Alfred (1844-1900); Helena (1846-1923); Louise (1848-1939); Arthur (1850-1942); Leopold (1853-1884); Beatrice (1857-1944). Most of the children would eventually marry into other royal european families, which resulted in Victoria being called the "Grandmother of Europe." Until the beginning of the 20th century, most of these ruling houses could boast of sharing the queen's blood through the paternal side, maternal side, or even through both.

As parents, the prince and queen could differ in many ways, although in the end they both loved their children. Albert tended to be more involved with the princes and princesses during their childhood, especially in their education, and it is common consensus among historians that their eldest, Vicky, was his favorite, since she shared his enthusiasm for culture, languages and natural studies. The prince taught his children many of his favorite topics, and encouraged them to value the arts and sciences. His “enlightened influence” inspired many of them to engage in intellectual hobbies such as politics, philosophy and history.

The queen, in turn, connected more easily with her children at an older age. Victoria hated being pregnant, from the usual symptoms to the painful labor, and she thought newborns were ugly. But she was willing to follow her husband's opinion about the health of the children, and she watched the progress of each one of them in their studies. She drew them quite frequently, sketeches and paintings that still exist today in the private colection of the British royal family. Her daughter Louise would become her loyal secretary after Albert´s tragic death, and the youngest, Beatrice, her devoted companion even after married.

But perhaps the most iconic reflection of the connection between the British queen and the German prince is Victoria's reaction to his loss. No one in the royal family grieved his death as much as she did. The queen, still in her early forties, never remarried; she retired even more and more frequently to her countryside properties, especially Osborne House, the estate her husband prefered to visit during the summer; and she abandoned any colorful clothes in her wardrobe, confining herself to the black reserved for mourning, until she passed.

“My life as a happy one is ended. The world is gone for me. If I must live on (and I will do nothing to make me worse than I am), it is henceforth for our poor fatherless children – for my unhappy country, which has lost all in losing him – and in only doing what I know and feel he would wish.” – Passage from Queen Victoria's diary, after the death of Prince Albert, 1861.

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roehenstart · 1 year

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King Leopold III of Belgium (1901-1983). By Léon Corthals.

#léon corthals #kingdom of belgium #house of saxe coburg and gotha #king leopold iii

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archduchessofnowhere · 1 year

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Members of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Family, circa 1875.

From left to right: Duchess Amalie in Bavaria (née Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, Prince Ludwig August, Prince Ferdinand (future Tsar of Bulgaria), Archduchess Clotilde of Austria (née Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, Prince Philip and Princess Louise (née Princess of Belgium)

Via Wikipedia Commons

#mapperl holding amalie's hand <3 #house of saxe coburg and gotha #house of wittelsbach #house of habsburg

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venicepearl · 2 years

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Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (18 January 1908 – 28 November 1972) was a member of the Swedish royal family and the mother of the current King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf.

Born into the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Sibylla was the daughter of Charles Edward, the last duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She became a Swedish princess when she married Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten in 1932. She thus had the prospect of one day becoming queen consort of Sweden, but the prince was killed in an airplane crash in 1947 and did not live to ascend the Swedish throne. Sibylla thus never became Crown Princess or Queen herself since her husband died before his father and his grandfather King Gustav V. Nor did she live to see her son become king of Sweden in 1973.

#Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha #House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha #XX century #people #portrait #photo #photography #Black and White

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dreamconsumer · 5 months

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