Born 1823, Paris.Died 10 March 1903, Falmouth. Even though Sophie is one of the most prolific painters in the 19th century – if you use Pinterest for browsing art, you’ve almost certainly found one of her works by now – there is not much easily available information about her. Even her exact birth date isContinue reading “Sophie Gengembre Anderson”
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Queen Stephanie’s Letter X – 8 May 1858, London
On the 11th I leave, Pedro is very impatient, he has already wired me twice to tell me.
Queen Stephanie’s letter XI – No date; written after her arrival in Portugal
Léopold can tell you everything, because we talked about everything together, our comments, our impressions etc. etc. and we were all of the same opinion. Let me envy Leopold; when you read these signs you will have already hugged him in your dear arms.
Queen Stephanie’s Letters – Letter IX
Why don’t I have news at all? I’m heartbroken and worried. The Count of Lavradio telegraphed today to Ostend, and to Düsseldorf, to learn something, but I have not yet received an answer.
Queen Stephanie’s Letters – Letter VIII (From the Queen to her Mother)
Stephanie has finally left Prussia, arriving in Buckingham Palace on the 6th May, after having set sail towards Dover.
Queen Stephanie’s letter number VI
“Sire,
It was a privation for me not to write to you for so long…”
Ducal House of Hesse – Myth and Facts
History cannot be interpreted retroactively, that is, no one could have known, at the beginning of the 19th century, that many descendants of the Hesse Ducal Household would have met tragical demises.
My quest for Elisabeth, empress of Austria – or how I found Sissi before I had amazing Strudel.
In 2017, I went to Vienna.
Why Vienna? I, just as many other people who grew up in the 90s, had a blissful and easy access to cartoons. We had it all, from the older Tom & Jerry sketches to classical Disney, Don Bluth and even 20th Century Fox. There were larger companies and smaller companies, of course, which made more or less successful cartoons, usually either shown on TV channels for kids or in direct-to-VHS releases. One of those cartoons was Sissi.
Antónia, Princess of Portugal, Princess of Hohenzollern.
The Portuguese Royal family is often set aside in the larger spectre of the 19th century. Amidst successful reigns such as that of Queen Victoria, the turbulent and often impoverished Portuguese realm may seem relatively unremarkable from afar. But it is not quite so. Portuguese monarchs and their children were well-related through the many royalContinue reading “Antónia, Princess of Portugal, Princess of Hohenzollern.”
Queen Victoria and her children
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always had an interest in family history and genealogy. So a couple of years ago, I started doing my personal research. So far, I’ve tracked my family’s line up to the late 1700s (in some cases, all the way back to 1640). These ancestors of mine were living,Continue reading “Queen Victoria and her children”
The Historian Chronicles 