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romanovsonelastdance · 11 months
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The wedding of Marie Bonaparte to Prince George of Greece and Denmark.
On the right you can see Elena Vladimirovna, Princess Nicholas of Greece, in Greek court dress. Marie is turned and looking toward the camera, and her new husband George is behind her, possibly talking to his father, King George I. The woman in court dress who is turned away might be Queen Olga?
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empress-alexandra · 1 year
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Princess Marie Bonaparte - Princess George of Greece and Denmark - the great-grandniece of Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte, author and psychoanalyst, early 1900s. 
She was closely linked with Sigmund Freud and contributed to the popularity of psychoanalysis.
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loiladadiani · 6 months
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Photos: 1. Prince Waldemar of Greece; 2. Marie de Orleans, wife of Prince Waldemar; 3. Marie Bonaparte, wife of Prince George of Greece and Denmark; 4. Prince George of Greece and Denmark; 5. Prince and Princess George of Greece and Denmark and their children Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark and Princess Eugenie of Greece and Denmark; 6. Prince and Princess Waldemar of Greece with their children: Prince Aage Count of Rosenborg, Prince Axel of Denmark, Prince Erik Count of Rosenborg, Prince Vigo Count of Rosenborg, Princess Margrethe of Denmark. 7 and 8: Prince Waldemar of Greece and Prince George of Greece and Denmark; 9: Sitting: Marie Bonaparte, Prince Waldemar, Prince George, and Marie de Orleans surrounded by some of their children; 10. Prince Waldemar and Prince George
Sometimes, the love story is where you least imagine it...
Prince Waldemar of Denmark (1858 -1939) and Prince George of Greece and Denmark (1869 - 1957)
Prince Waldemar of Denmark was the youngest son of King Christian IX and Queen Louise of Hesse-Kessel. Waldemar entered the naval college as a young man in 1879. He was passionate about the navy and had a lifelong naval career; he was Vice Admiral and Admiral of the Danish Fleet. He married Princess Marie of Orleans, a granddaughter of King Louis Phillipe of France; they had four sons and one daughter and remained married until Marie's untimely death. Marie was a very intelligent and unconventional woman, and her life needs to be told at greater length.
Prince George of Greece and Denmark was the second child of George I of Greece and his wife, Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna (the Queen of the Hellenes); Prince Waldemar was George I's youngest brother. Therefore, Waldemar was George of Greece and Denmark's uncle. When George I and his wife decided to enroll their son in the Naval college, they took George to live with Waldemar, an admiral in the Danish fleet. George developed a great attachment for his uncle, which continued until Waldemar's death. (Prince George of Greece and Denmark was the cousin who went on Tsarevich Nicholas' European tour and ran to his rescue when Nicholas was attacked in the streets of Japan.)
George of Greece and Denmark married Marie Bonaparte, a very unconventional, wealthy woman who at one point was a disciple of Sigmund Freud and who became a psychotherapist. They had two children and remained married until George's death. She is another woman who deserves a book to herself.
When George married, Waldemar came along on his honeymoon. George would often return to his uncle’s palace for visits. At the end of these visits, George would weep while Waldemar would grow ill, both dreading the pending separation from each other. To their own credit, both French Maries respected the oddly close relationship between uncle and nephew.
Waldemar and George flawlessly fulfilled their military and dynastic duties to their countries. Their wives learned to cope with the unusual situation. They were always well-loved by their extensive families and included in all activities of their many European royal relatives.
George of Greece died at eighty-eight, surviving Waldemar by 18 years. When Waldemar died he had been devastated and found great comfort in his wife; the couple's last years together were their best. George was buried at the Greek Royal burial grounds at Tatoi. He requested to be buried with his wedding ring, a lock of hair from Valdemar, a photo of Valdemar, and earth from Valdemar’s palace. His widow honored this request.(gcl)
Were Valdemar and George more than just nephew and uncle? Perhaps. Were they involved in a strong and loving relationship? Undoubtedly.
Sources:
Lea. (2021, October 29). An odd royal relationship. Medium. https://worldroyals.medium.com/an-odd-royal-relationship-6a405ca16320#:~:text=George%20felt%20abandoned%20by%20his,in%20love%20with%20his%20uncle.&text=When%20George%20reached%20adulthood%2C%20he,%2C%20Catholic%20princess%2C%20Marie%20Bonaparte.
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ginogirolimoni · 3 months
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Il 12 marzo 1938 la Wehrmacht, con il sostegno delle SS e di unità di polizia, in folti ranghi di circa 65.000 uomini armati, oltrepassò il confine con l’Austria invadendola senza sparare un colpo.
Il cancelliere ausztriacoSchuschnigg era stato costretto a dimettersi dalle minacce telefoniche di Göring e ad abbandonare l’idea di sottoporre al referendum popolare la questione dell’indipendenza dell’Austria dalla Germania; nel suo ultimo discorso, prima di cedere il potere chiese alle truppe austriache di evitare ogni resistenza, per non spargere sangue tedesco.
Il 15 marzo le squadracce della SA (Sturmableilung o truppe d’assalto, le quali pur avendo le camicie brune erano il corrispettivo della “camicie nere” fasciste), si presentarono a casa di Sigmund Freud al n° 19 di Berggasse allo scopo di razziare razziare i reperti d’antiquariato e le opere d’arte di cui Freud era collezionista.
Martha, la moglie di Freud li affrontò con determinazione e riuscì a cacciarli, con la promessa però che sarebbero tornati, dando loro tutto il contenuto della cassaforte che avevano in casa, per un valore di 6000 scellini.
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La situazione per gli ebrei in tutta l’Austria divenne subito drammatica, si precipitarono a Vienna i due allievi più influenti di Freud, la principessa Marie Bonaparte da Parigi e Ernst Jones da Londra, per convincere i Freud a partire immediatamente.
Nonostante Freud non amasse molto Vienna, così almeno scriveva soprattutto in gioventù, non voleva lasciarla perché quelle erano (come disse Berlusconi) le “sue radici”.
Dal momento che l’argomento del rischio della propria vita ad un Freud ottantaduenne e gravemente malato non faceva alcun effetto, gli fecero notare che era a rischio anche la vita dei suoi cari, ma anche questo argomento pur ammorbidendolo un po’ non fu decisivo, pensava potessero partire i giovani, i suoi figli e i suoi nipoti, mentre lui, la moglie Martha settantaseienne e la cognata Minna settantaduenne sarebbero stati solo di peso in esilio e il viaggio sarebbe stato un disagio per loro.
Freud si sentiva come un capitano che non voleva abbandonare la sua nave che stava affondando, la nave non era Vienna, né l’Austria, era la Psicoanalisi che li era nata e li dimorava la sua memoria storica.
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Jones comprese tutto ciò, che il suo maestro voleva stare sul ponte di comando fino all’ultimo, e che doveva trovare un argomento che scalfisse questo orgoglio e la sensazione di fuggire precipitosamente di fronte alla barbarie, e gli raccontò un aneddoto.
Il secondo ufficiale del Titanic, Charles Lightoller, dopo il contatto della sua nave con l’iceberg nelle fredde acque dell’oceano Atlantico, in seguito ad un’esplosione nelle caldaie fu scaraventato in mare.
Alla commissione inglese che cercò di accertare come si era svolta la catastrofe, che gli chiedeva come mai aveva abbandonato la nave, Lightoller rispose che non era stato lui ad abbandonare la nave, ma la nave ad abbandonare lui.
Con questo sorriso amaro in bocca, Sigmund Freud si convinse definitivamente a lasciare l’Austria per l’Inghilterra.
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rcvandenboogaard · 11 months
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Freud en de psychoanalyse, nog steeds onder vuur
U zag het meteen natuurlijk: dit bronzen sculptuur uit 1916 verbeeldt ‘een vrouw die in de spiegel kijkt’. De Roemeense kunstenaar Constantin Brâncusi maakte het in opdracht van Marie Bonaparte, achternicht van keizer Napoleon Bonaparte en vriendin en volgeling van Sigmund Freud. Brâncusi ergerde zich nogal aan haar en hield niet van portretten, maar Marie Bonaparte was een dame tegen wie je…
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diioonysus · 3 months
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"A death mask is a likeness of a person's face after their death, usually made by taking a cast or impression from the corpse. Death masks may be mementos of the dead or be used for creation of portraits.
The main purpose of the death mask from the Middle Ages until the 19th century was to serve as a model for sculptors in creating statues and busts of the deceased person. Not until the 1800s did such masks become valued for themselves.
In other cultures a death mask may be a funeral mask, an image placed on the face of the deceased before burial rites, and normally buried with them. The best known of these are the masks used in ancient Egypt as part of the mummification process, such as the mask of Tutankhamun, and those from Mycenaean Greece such as the Mask of Agamemnon."
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empirearchives · 11 months
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I am now imagining Napoleon monkey hunting in America and eating coconuts to reflect on his past greatness
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illustratus · 5 months
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Portrait of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte by Marie-Guillemine Benoist
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captainknell · 8 months
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I know I've seen this actual photograph of Marie Louise before but I just saw it again and it's blowing my mind. She was Napoleon's wife. And there's a photograph. 🤯
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sectumsempraxz · 4 months
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I've seen all the criticisms of Napoleon's film about not being 100% faithful to historical events (and I agree with all of it), but what really bothered me about the film wasn't even this issue of historical errors, but because it's a very bad film
the script is terrible, the characters are extremely boring, Napoleon himself doesn't say anything, he just says "yes, madam, no madam" and shouts at the British army. This movie almost made me think Joaquin Phoenix was a bad actor (ALMOST!!)
Anyway, I know that Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette is also full of historical errors, but at least it's an interesting film to watch
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josefavomjaaga · 4 days
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Do you guys ever wonder why some people in the napoleonic fandom are popular, or even romanticized to the point of being barely recognizable, while others are not? Why some are branded villains, while the same or worse actions from others are somehow ignored or excused?
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The women of the Greek Royal family.
Th ecaption, in Greek and French, reads roughly "the mothers of the wounded soldiers" and features Queen Olga (center) with her daughters-in-law (clockwise from top left:), Sophie of Prussia (wife of Constantine), Elena Vladimirovna (wife of Nicholas), Marie Bonaparte (wife of George), and Alice of Battenberg (wife of Andrew). Elena Vladimirovna and Marie Bonaparte are in Greek court dress, although Elena also wears her Russian Order of St. Catherine.
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gatabella · 2 years
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"She read voraciously -- especially biographies -- Josephine Bonaparte, Lady Emma Hamilton, Marie Antoinette, and Eleonora Duse -- bold women who invented themselves, seized control of their image; women whose personalities defined the age they lived in and glittered out from the past. "She was fascinated," said Amy (Greene), "by women who had made it." Sometimes Amy found her sitting on the stairs, gazing at a portrait of Lady Hamilton, a coal miner's daughter who launched herself into the highest echelon of 18th-century society. Then she discovered Josephine and scooped up every book she could find about her, chattering at dinner about the empress and her friends. She regaled them with stories about Juliette Recamier, a brainy beauty who comissioned a nude statue of herself. When Juliette's breasts began to age she smashed the girlish marble ones -- controlling her image just like Marilyn."
- Elizabeth Winder, Marilyn in Manhattan. Her Year of Joy 
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rosepompadour · 8 months
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MODERN DOOMED QUEENS; round two
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tiny-librarian · 3 months
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Miniature of Napoleon, Marie Louise of Austria, and their son Napoleon II.
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eunikia · 6 months
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Love Letters of Napoleon To Marie Walewska
Warsaw, January, 1807.
Letter 1:
I saw no one but you, I admired no one but you, I want no one but you.
Answer me at once, and assuage the impatient passion of N.
Letter 2:
Didn't you like me, Madame? I had reason to hope you might .... Or perhaps I was wrong.
Whilst my ardour is increasing, yours is slackening its pace.
You are mining my repose!
Ah! grant a few moments' pleasure and happiness to a poor heart that is only waiting to adore you.
Is it so difficult to let me have an answer? You owe me two.
N.
Letter 3:
There are times - I am passing through one now - when hope is as heavy as despair.
What can satisfy the needs of a smitten heart, which longs to throw itself at your feet, but is held back by the weight of serious considerations, paralysing its keenest desires?
Oh, if only you would!...
No one but you can remove the obstacles that keep us apart.
My friend Duroc will make it quite easy for you. Ah! come! come! You shall have all you ask.
Your country will be dearer to me, once you have had pity on my poor heart.
N.
Letter 4:
Marie, my sweet Marie, my first thought is of you, my first desire is to see you again.
You will come again, won't you? You promised you would.
If you don't, the eagle will fly to you! I shall see you at dinner - our friend tells me so.
I want you to accept this bouquet: I want it to be a secret link, setting up a private understanding between us in the midst of the surrounding crowd.
We shall be able to share our thoughts, though all the world is looking on.
When my hand presses my heart, you will know that I am thinking of no one but you; and when you press your bouquet, I shall have your answer back!
Love me, my pretty one, and hold your bouquet tight!
N.
source: https://www.napoleonguide.com/lovelett.htm
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