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The Habsburgs / Re: Empress Elisabeth Christine

« on: March 20, 2006, 10:54:30 AM »

Joseph I and Amalia Wilhelmine had two surviving daughters. One of them, Amalia Wilhelmine, married Charles VII, proclamed Holy Roman Emperor. During the War Succession, Charles VII Wittelsbach was HRE, as his wife, and M Theresa was not Holy Roman Empress until she married F. de Lorraine, for being a woman. M.T.was quenn of Bohemia and hungary and Archduchess of Austria. this lasted few time, but the bavarian claimers were elected and proclamed.

Yes, but Joseph and Amalia Wilhelmine's daughter is known as Maria Amalia, not Amalia Wilhelmine like her mother. In all the books I've read she's called Empress Maria Amalia.

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The Habsburgs / Re: Empress Elisabeth Christine

« on: March 19, 2006, 09:30:13 AM »

As far as I know, there is only one Empress called Amalia Wilhelmine, born Princess of Brunswick-Luneburg (Hannover) and wife of Emperor Joseph I.

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The Habsburgs / Re: Archduke Friedrich (1856-1936) and his family

« on: March 05, 2006, 10:23:41 PM »

Archduke Friedrich of Austria, Duke of Tuscany

He was not Duke of Tuscany. He was Duke of Teschen.

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The Windsors / Re: Duke Alfred of Edinburgh (1844-1900) and his family

« on: February 06, 2006, 06:40:46 PM »

no i did not mean saint to that extent[Ella]...i meant the saint of the four sisters since Eric said she was the one to love deeply,to be faithful to her husband and to their romanced marriage

She was faithful to her husband and theirs was a marriage for love indeed.

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The Windsors / Re: Duke Alfred of Edinburgh (1844-1900) and his family

« on: February 05, 2006, 08:01:51 PM »

Where was Bee living in the last years of her life? England?

No, she spent the last years of her life with her husband in Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain, where they owned a beautiful estate called El Botanico. During their last years they received many visits from other relatives, especially the Hohenlohe-Langenburgs. They were also close to the family of Infante Carlos (King Juan Carlos' grandfather), who lived in Seville. Carlos' daughter Mercedes was very close to Ali.

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Iberian Royal Families / Re: Fernando VII of Spain and his family

« on: December 26, 2005, 06:45:17 PM »

What happened to Maria Francisca and Maria Teresa after they were exiled from Spain? I guess their lives were very unhappy from then on.

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Iberian Royal Families / Re: Fernando VII of Spain and his family

« on: December 23, 2005, 05:48:22 PM »

And in the end the Mafiosi  sisters won  

Yes, they did. But on the other hand, weren't Maria Francisca and Maria Teresa rather unpleasant ladies?

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The Habsburgs / Re: Empress Elisabeth Christine

« on: December 15, 2005, 11:04:23 AM »

Yes, and it's curious that Wilhelmine Amalia also descended from the Stuarts, as her mother Benedikte Henriette of the Palatinate was a great-granddaughter of King James I of England. So she was doubly related to England's Hannoverian monarchs.

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The Habsburgs / Re: Empress Maria Theresa and her large family

« on: December 13, 2005, 01:54:31 PM »

Are there any more portraits of Archduchess Marie Elisabeth?

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The Windsors / Re: Duke Alfred of Edinburgh (1844-1900) and his family

« on: December 13, 2005, 10:15:16 AM »

My own choice (strictly personal choice here)

1. Missy
2. Baby Bee
3. Ducky
4. Sandra

Those are my personal choices too.

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The Windsors / Re: Duke Alfred of Edinburgh (1844-1900) and his family

« on: November 28, 2005, 11:50:17 AM »

Missy, Ducky and Bee were pissed because of Sandra's greedy attitude towards their mother's pocessions. Sandra had the lion's share, while Bee got the worst. It was a tiff that took a long time to heal.

It's funny that Bee got the worst part because I thought she was her mother's favourite child.

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Iberian Royal Families / Re: Carlist pretenders to the Spanish throne and their wives

« on: November 23, 2005, 09:29:57 PM »

4. Beatriz de Habsburgo-Lorena (1824-1906), daughter of Francis IV of Modena and Maria Beatrice of Savoy, she married Juan III in 1847.

Does anyone have any more information on her?

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Iberian Royal Families / Re: King Manoel (Manuel) I & Queen Augusta Victoria of Portugal

« on: November 23, 2005, 03:15:06 PM »

The current Duchess of Marlborough is not the former Queen's daughter. Indeed she is not an only child she has at least one sister who is married to a  Bavarian  Royal Duke.

The current Duchess of Marlborough's sister is Countess Elizabeth Douglas, who is married to Duke Max in Bavaria. They are the daughters of Count Carl Ludwig Douglas and of his wife, Ottara Haas-Heye.

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The Habsburgs / Re: Empress Elisabeth, Part I

« on: November 23, 2005, 03:04:13 PM »

I remember reading that Marie Valerie thought that Carmen Sylva's way of dressing was weird.

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The Habsburgs / Re: Archduke Otto (1865-1906) and Archduchess Maria Josefa, parents of Emperor Karl I

« on: November 11, 2005, 06:21:25 PM »

What did she do after the abdication of her  son? Did she remain in Austria, go to Portugal or some other country?

I read that following the abdication of her son, she left Austria. However I don't know where she went.