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The Greek Royal Family / Re: Prince Andrew of Greece and his family, Part II

« on: February 21, 2010, 06:03:37 AM »

As far as I know Prince Philip's sisters and their families did not take part in his wedding, neither at Westminster Abbey nor at Buckingham Palace, as their husbands were linked with Nazi-Germany.

THey were informed about the wedding by Fredericia of Greece and Marina of Kent.

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The Windsors / Re: Henry & Alice, Duke & Duchess of Gloucester

« on: December 16, 2009, 03:53:19 PM »

I found the following picture of William's christening in 1942:



Regards,

Gabriella

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The Hohenzollern / Re: Prince Henry (Heinrich) of Prussia, his family and descendants, Part 2

« on: November 29, 2009, 01:44:45 PM »

Well Sigismund seemed to be quite a stubborn fellow. After moving to Costa Rica, he refused his mother's request to move back to Germany and Irene cut him and his family out of her will. Later his daughter Donata returned to live with Irene and became sole heiress of her grandmother's fortune.

The name of Sigismund's daughter is Barbara Irene Adelheid Viktoria Elisabeth Bathildis.

She married in 1954 Christian Ludwig of Mecklenburg. Their eldest daughter is named Donata. She lives with her family now at Hemmelmark.

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The Windsors / Re: Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Edinburgh and Coburg

« on: October 18, 2009, 11:27:52 AM »

Hello, Violetta,

thankd for the nice pictures of the Veste Coburg and Ehrenburg Palace. They are very interesting. Did you also get a chance to see the museums inside?

Have you been to Rosenau Castle (in Rödenthal not far from Coburg) where the family of Alfred and Marie spent their summers? There is also a museum inside. There they have a lot of pictures of the Edinburghs and in public guidances they also give information about them.

An interesting castle in that region is also Schloss Callenberg (engl. Callenberg Castle ) which was the summer residence of Charles-Edward of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha until 1945. It has been restored in 1998 and lodges the collection of art, pieces of porcelaind and furniture. There also a lot of information about the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family. I am not quite sure but I think it's still owned by the family.

Regards, Gabriella.

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Alexandra Feodorovna / Re: Is it true Alexandra liked Charles Darwin?

« on: October 03, 2009, 07:28:50 AM »

It sounds familiar to me that Alix had read or was interested in Darwin's work. I do think I found this in Elisabeth Heresch's biography about her , but I am not quite sure. I do not remember whether she liked it or not.

On my opinion I think she was curious about it as it was discussed in her days much more than today.

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The Greek Royal Family / Re: Princess Eugenie of Greece

« on: October 03, 2009, 07:18:29 AM »

What a great picture of Princess Eugenie. She bears a strong resemblence with her aunts Helen and Irene.

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Mediatized Noble Families / Re: Czech republic & Restitution

« on: August 27, 2009, 03:52:28 AM »

Edugraf,

sorry, when I hurt your feelings or you've got the impression that I want to blame you or other people claiming back your property. That was not my intention. As I wrote my father's family, too, belongs to the people relevant. As your family they had lived there for about 600 or 700 years, lost everything they had when they were forced to leave their homeland and only got that small compensation for all they had left behind.

Therefor I can understand your point of view and I totally agree with you: these laws are unfair and as Norbert wrote in his post "immoral" and should be abolished.

Regards, Gabriella

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Mediatized Noble Families / Re: Czech republic & Restitution

« on: August 26, 2009, 03:33:39 PM »

My father's family belongs to the so-called Sudetendeutsche. They had lived in a village near Sternberk, Morovia, not far from Olomouc.  My father and I, we had been there twice as tourists, and we were welcomed and had the chance to meet people living there today.

Many of them fear that when the properties of these noble families were returned they could be forced, too, to give back the houses they live in.
After the dissipation of the "Sudetendeutsche" their property was given to Czech people that were displaced, too., mostly of parts of former Czeckoslovakia that became part of Soviet Union after WWII.They and their descands had lived there for more than 60 years and had cared for their property.

I can understand their feelings and fears. After the fall of the Berlin wall and the German reunifications there had been many people who
claimed back former family properties.  Some got them back despite the fact that their ancestors had been remunerated in the fifties by the socalled "Lastenausgleich" (it's a fund that had been disposed by the Goverment of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1952. It was disposed so that especially people who had been displaced got a partly remuneration for their lost property).

Regards, Gabriella
As for the Benesch decrets

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The Final Chapter / Re: What do you think would have been the RIGHT end?

« on: August 26, 2009, 01:31:23 PM »

I think a good end for them would have been when they all were allowed to leave Russia and settle as private persons wherever they wanted and were welcomed. I could think of the south of France as it would have remind them on Livadia or Denmark were they had relatives.

I do think if Kerensky and the provisiorial government were not dispossed by the bolshewiks in the October Revolution this could have been a component part of a peace treaty with imperial Germany for I do not think Kerensky and his fellow-men were interested in murdering the Imperial Family.

Please correct me if I am wrong for I am not quite sure but I do think I read in Greg King's biography of Alix that they had the chance to leave Russia after the March Revolution of 1917. As far as I remember the children suffered of the measles at that time. Nicholas and Alix had the chance to leave Russia first. It was planned that the children should follow together with Sophie Buxhoeveden when they were recovered. Nicholas and Alix diid not want to go because they were afraid of leaving the children behind. Later when the children had recovered it was too late and they had to leave for Tobolsk because Kerensky could not guarante for their security in Tsarskoe Selo any longer.

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Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna / Re: Grand Duchess Elizaveta - discussion and pictures PART II

« on: August 23, 2009, 04:49:45 PM »

Elisabeth with her uncle and sister

Thanks for posting the picture of Ella, VMH and their uncle.

The uncle looks familiar to me but I do not come across his name. Could somebody help me and identify him?

Thanks in advance,

Gabriella

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The Hesse-Darmstadts (Hesse and by Rhine) / Re: The Hesse siblings, children of GD Ludwig IV

« on: August 05, 2009, 01:49:20 PM »

Victoria and Ella visiting their grandmother

The boys shown in the picture, were those Albert-Victor and George, the sons of the Prince of Wales?

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Having Fun! / Re: Do you dislike a Balkan royal?

« on: July 14, 2009, 04:22:15 PM »

Do you dislike a Balkan royal?

King Carol II of Romania:  I dislike him for he was such a selfish and cruel person. The way he treated his family, especially his mother, wife and son as well as his younger sisters made him despicalbe but also the way he treated the people of his country.  In my opinion he was more a modern dictator than a king.

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The Danish Royal Family / Re: Prince Joachim & Princess Marie of Denmark

« on: June 29, 2009, 03:08:14 PM »

Thanks, Lucien, for posting the nice pictures of the little prince as well as the pictures with his parents and his brothers.

I wonder what's his name. I cannot remember having read his christian name(s). Does anybody know whether there was any announcement?

Regards,

Gabriella.

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Having Fun! / Re: Famous Habsburgs in movies/plays/cartoons

« on: June 02, 2009, 06:54:45 PM »

In 1939 Bette Davis played Charlotte in the movie "Juarez".

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The Hesse-Darmstadts (Hesse and by Rhine) / Re: Prince Karl and Princess Elizabeth family (parents of GD Ludwig IV)

« on: April 30, 2009, 04:19:36 PM »

I am looking for some time for a painting I have once seen (don`t know where) of Elisabeth and her sister Marie (the later queen of Bavaria). Could someone? post this painting please? Thanks a lot.

Do you mean the following picture:


It shows Elisabeth with her sister Marie.