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Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland and Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne attending the Jubilee concert at Drottningholm Palace Theatre, as part of the King Carl XVI Gustaf 50th Jubilee on the throne in Stockholm | September 14, 2023
#royaltyedit#theroyalsandi#princess estelle#Duchess of Östergötland#prince oscar#Duke of Skåne#swedish 2023#2023#sep 2023#swedish royal family#my edit
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♚♛ EUROPEAN MONARCHS AND THEIR HEIRS ♛♚
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♔ UNITED KINGDOM┆ King Charles III → William, The Prince of Wales → Prince George of Wales
♔ SPAIN┆King Felipe VI → Princess Leonor, The Princess of Asturias
♔ BELGIUM┆ King Philippe → Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant
♔ SWEDEN ┆ King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden → Crown Princess Victoria, Duchess of Västergötland → Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland
♔ DENMARK ┆ Queen Margrethe II → Crown Prince Frederik → Prince Christian
♔ NORWAY ┆ King Harald V of Norway → Crown Prince Haakon → Princess Ingrid Alexandra
♔ LUXEMBOURG ┆ Grand Duke Henri → Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume → Prince Charles
♔ NETHERLANDS┆ King Willem-Alexander → Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange
♔ MONACO┆ Prince Albert II → Hereditary Prince Jacques, → Princess Gabriella, Countess of Carladès
#prince of wales#the prince of wales#prince william#prince george of wales#prince george#king charles iii#queen margrethe ii#crown prince frederik#prince christian#king harald v#crown prince haakon#princess ingrid alexandra#king carl xvi gustaf#crown princess victoria#princess estelle#king philippe#princess elisabeth#king felipe#princess leonor#grand duke henri#hereditary grand duke guillaume#prince charles of luxembourg#king willem alexander#princess catharina amalia#prince albert ii#prince jacques#princess gabriella#my gifs#my edit#european monarch and their heirs
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Princess Estelle's Crown
Prince Oskar's Crown, made by Girom & Co. in 1844, is the crown of Princess Estelle. The crown was made for Prince Oskar (later King Oscar II) on the occasion of his father's, King Oscar I, coronation.
The jewels used on the crown were taken from the Treasury. After several crowns were manufactured in the 18th century, the collection of loose jewels and pearls decreased significantly. That is why, for example, two top beads on the two front spiers were taken from Erik XIV's Crown, and the centre emerald was taken from Gustav III's epaulette.
Prince Oskar's Crown was chosen for the newly born Princess Estelle since the future Oscar II was Duke of Östergötland.
Photos: The Royal Court of Sweden
#swedish royal family#princess estelle#king oscar ii#swedish crowns#swedish royalty#swedish history#coronation#crown#crowns#crown jewels
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Royal Birthdays for today, March 10th:
Qian Liu, King of Wuyue, 852
Vasily II, Grand Prince of Moscow, 1415
Ferdinand II, King of Aragon, 1452
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1503
Maria Elizabeth of Sweden, Duchess of Östergötland , 1596
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia, 1776
Alexander III, Tsar of Russia, 1845
Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, 1964
#prince edward#duke of edinburgh#alexander iii#Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz#maria elizabeth of sweden#ferdinand i#ferdinand ii#vasily ii#qian liu#royal birthdays#long live the queue
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Happy 46th birthday to Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland!
Born on 14 July 1977, Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée is the heir apparent to the Swedish throne, as the eldest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. If she ascends to the throne, she would be Sweden's fourth queen regnant (after Margaret, Christina and Ulrika Eleonora) and the first since 1720. Her inheritance is secured by Sweden's 1979 Act of Succession, the first law in Western Europe to adopt royal absolute primogeniture.
She was baptised at the Royal Palace Church on 27 September 1977. Her godparents included Crown Prince Harald of Norway (later king of Norway), and Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands (later queen of the Netherlands, 1980–2013).
Victoria was made crown princess on 1 January 1980 by the 1979 amendment to the Act of Succession of 1810 (Successionsordningen). This constitutional amendment introduced absolute primogeniture, meaning that the throne would be inherited by the monarch's eldest child regardless of gender. Prior to this constitutional change, the heir apparent to the throne was her younger brother, Carl Philip. He is now fourth in line to the throne, behind Victoria and her children.
On 24 February 2009, it was confirmed that permission had been granted and that Victoria would marry Daniel Westling in the summer of 2010. The wedding date was set in Stockholm Cathedral for 19 June 2010, the 34th anniversary of her parents' marriage. The couple have two children: Princess Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary, Duchess of Östergötland (11) and Prince Oscar Carl Olof, Duke of Skåne (7)
Often referred to as the "Godmother of Europe", Crown Princess Victoria is the godmother of eighteen children including: Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark; Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange; Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway; Prince Christian of Denmark; Princess Eléonore of Belgium; Princess Katharina of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Princess Leonore, Duchess of Gotland; and Prince Alexander, Duke of Södermanland.
Victoria has dyslexia, as do her father King Carl XVI Gustaf and her brother Prince Carl Philip, and prosopagnosia.
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Young Royals Snippet #4
"You love him, don’t you?" Rosh asks. "It’s not just a crush?"
Simon ducks his head and fumbles with the glass in his hand.
He does love Wille is the thing.
Wille, with his adorable smiles and his awkward flirting and his beautiful amber eyes, always ready to meet Simon’s own.
Wille, who looks at Simon as if he’s the whole world and the only one who matters.
Wille, who knows how to get his way and handle those in power, but who is utterly lost when it comes to the most mundane things.
Wille, who grew up spoiled and sheltered and with so much privilege it’s not even funny anymore, but who still cares so very much.
Wille, who is not just the establishment, is not just the wealthy elite profiting off the poor masses, but the actual monarchy, which is so much worse, because the wealthy elite look up to him, worship and envy both him and the ancient institution he stands for, wanting to be like him, and if they can't be that, then they at least want to be as close to him as they possibly can, hoping that some of the centuries-old splendor and power and influence will rub off on them.
Wille, who is the future King, unknowingly tempting Simon to betray everything he believes in just by being his own charming self.
Simon loves Wille, even if he’s also His Royal Highness The Crown Prince of Sweden, Duke of Östergötland, and Simon is supposed to hate him and everything he stands for.
"Yeah," he says, blushing, a shy smile flittering across his face. "I really do."
Ayub grins.
"No need to be embarrassed," he says, grabbing another slice of pizza. "It’s not like you’re the only one. My gran absolutely adores him. Has ever since he was born on the same day she got her citizenship. She has like, commemorative plates and pictures and everything."
Rosh laughs.
Simon buries his face in his hands.
Sometimes he really hates his friends.
#not a historical au#but imagine if it were#confession: Ayub's gran is the one OC in As Long as We Have Each Other I have the most detailed backstory for#and she'll probably never so much as appear in person#fic snippet#young royals#young royals fic#yr fic
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How am I only finding out about this man today? 😭 And why is Tumblr sleeping on the homosexual bachelor prince of Sweden who devoted his life to art and bequeathed all his earthly belongings to the nation?
Prince Eugen was born at Drottningholm Palace as the fourth and youngest son of Prince Oscar, Duke of Östergötland. His mother was Sophia of Nassau. The newborn prince was granted the title of Duke of Närke. Upon his father's accession to the thrones of Sweden and Norway as King Oscar II, the Duke of Närke became fourth in line to the throne. Showing early artistic promise, he studied in Paris, and went on to become one of Sweden's most prominent landscape painters. Throughout his life Prince Eugen was a supporter of fellow artists, and also involved in many cultural organisations and committees. A homosexual bachelor, he bequeathed his villa Waldemarsudde at Djurgården in Stockholm, and its collections, to the nation. It is now one of Sweden's most popular museums.
Here is some of his art:
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Her Royal Highness Princess Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary of Sweden, The Duchess of Östergötland (2012)
Princess Leonore Lilian Maria of Sweden, The Duchess of Gotland (2014)
Prince Nicolas Paul Gustaf of Sweden, The Duke of Ångermanland (2015)
His Royal Highness Prince Oscar Carl Olof of Sweden, The Duke of Skåne (2016)
Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil of Sweden, The Duke of Södermanland (2016)
Princess Adrienne Josephine Alice of Sweden, The Duchess of Blekinge (2018)
, Prince Julian Herbert Folke of Sweden,The Duke of Halland (2021)
#Royal Grandchildren#Swedish Royals#Princess Estelle#PRincess Leonore#Princess Adrienne#Prince Nicholas#PRince Oscar#Prince Alexander#Prince Julian
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Prince Frederick Adolph of Sweden (1750-1803), Duke of Östergötland. By Alexander Rosslin.
Prince Fredrick Adolf is most known in history for his love life. He was never married, and the ceremonial duties of his consort were performed by his sister Sophia Albertina. He had several plans to marry, but none of them was realised.
#alexander rosslin#frederick adolf of sweden#duke of östergötland#konungariket sverige#kingdom of sweden#house of holstein gottorp
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European Monarchs and their heirs♕
1. King Philippe of the Belgians and Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant
2. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Crown Princess Victoria (Duchess of Västergötland), and Princess Estelle (Duchess of Östergötland)
3. Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume, and Prince Charles
4. King Felipe of Spain and Princess Leonor
5. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Crown Prince Frederik, and Prince Christian
6. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and 14 Commonwealth Realms, Prince Charles (Prince of Wales), Prince William (Duke of Cambridge), and Prince George
7. King Harald V of Norway, Crown Prince Haakon, and Princess Ingrid Alexandra
8. Prince Albert II of Monaco, Prince Jacques, and Princess Gabriella
9. King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange
#mine#royaltyedit#belgian royal family#swedish royal family#luxembourg royal family#spanish royal family#danish royal family#norwegian royal family#monagasque royal family#dutch royal family#the queen
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Subtext and Culture, Young Royals, What's in a name?
I thought I was done, but I have material for one more post. I want to write more about how royal names work, because I've seen a lot of confusion and simple lack of knowledge in the tags, so think of this as more of an informative culture post than an analysis post of the show.
European royals and nobles have styles, names, titles, and houses. In addition, monarchs have regnal names.
A style is how you formally address someone, based on their rank and title. In Sweden, the only styles left are "majesty" and "royal higness", where kings and queens are addressed as "your majesty", and select members of the royal family are addressed as "your royal highness". In Swedish, these styles are often abbreviated as H.M. - Hans/Hennes Majestät and H.K.H. - Hans/Hennes Kungliga Höghet. In English, the abbreviations are HM and HRH.
In the show, you can see this when Simon meets the Queen, and shakily addresses her as "Your Majesty", or when Minou calls up August and says "Her Majesty the Queen has resolved your problems with the school fee".
In less formal, but still polite speech, you would use third person addressing when talking to or about the royals, and there are numerous examples of this in the show:
Anette to Erik: "How nice to see the crown prince again!"
Some aide to Wilhelm: "Could we get a shot of the prince shaking hands with the headmistress?"
Anette: "Wilhelm, sorry, the crown prince, how nice the memorial was!"
August: "The queen has asked me, personally, to take care of him."
Malin: "I just wanted to remind the crown prince that breakfast closes in five minutes."
Names for royals and nobles work just like the rest of us, but with one exception: Royals generally do not use last names, while lesser nobles do. They also tend to have several first names, and while they generally pick names for their children based on trends in society, they stay on the traditional conservative side, and they often pick names from their family history.
The show only tells us one first name for each member of the royal family: Kristina, Ludvig, Erik, and Wilhelm, so we have no idea what other names they might have.
In the real world, the name of the king of Sweden is Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus, the crown princess' name is Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée, and her oldest daughter's name is Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary, just to give you some flavour of what it could look like.
Titles are what sets higher nobles apart from us mere commoners, and have their origin in the feudal system of medieval Europe, which was a hierarchical socio-economic-military system where the lord of a land could grant a portion of his land, a fief, to a vassal in exchange for fealty - loyalty, taxes, and military service. Doing so would create a title, it would make the vassal a noble of a lower rank than his lord, because you could only create titles lower than the one you possessed. So, in general, kings could create dukes or lower, dukes could create counts or lower, and counts could create barons. The fief of a duke is called a duchy, a count ruled over a county, and a baron over a barony, although there were more ranks and more titles than that, depending on region and language, but those are the main ones.
Every single squabble or conflict or battle or civil war or war fought in the middle ages was over the titles, because the titles legally conferred ownership of a piece of land, and with it the rights of taxation and the economic value of that land. Over time, kingdoms got more centralized and the hierarchical nature of the system broke down, while the titles became more hereditary, and ownership of the land became less important, which meant that minor nobles lost the power to create vassals and fiefs, while the power to create titles was reserved for the monarchs, and titles created in this era usually only granted people a title for an area or a castle or a manor house that they already owned.
Going into modern times, European countries curbed title creation, but generally kept protections for existing titles and allowing them to be inherited according to whatever inheritance rules applied to each title. But if a title holder dies without a legal heir, the title is lost forever, which means that most modern day noble families want to make sure their title, their history, their legacy can survive long into the future. Also note that one person can hold several titles, and each of those titles can be inherited individually and under different rules.
In Sweden, there are currently 46 comital families (greve/grevinna - count/countess), 131 baronial families (friherre/friherrinna - baron/baroness), and 484 untitled lower noble families. There are no independent ducal families, instead the monarch grants royal children a ceremonial duchy at birth, for one of the 25 historical provinces of Sweden. This means that every single member of the Swedish royal family is a prince or princess of Sweden, and also duke or duchess of some province.
Again, we have no idea what province Wilhelm is the duke of in the show, while for example in the real Sweden, Princess Estelle is the duchess of Östergötland, Prince Carl Philip is duke of Värmland, and Princess Leonore is duchess of Gotland.
A noble house is a noble family or clan that is associated with one or more hereditary titles. Noble houses were founded when someone was ennobled and granted a title, and a noble house can branch and wither and split and form new houses over the ages, and it can gain or lose status as its members gain or lose noble titles and ranks.
In medieval times, these family bonds were very strong, and many major conflicts were a result of different houses fighting over various titles, for example the Wars of the Roses was a 32 year long civil war over the throne of England between the House of York and the House of Lancaster.
A royal house is a noble house that holds a title of king or queen, and for members of the royal family, their house name is what they have instead of a normal last name. We don't know which royal house Wilhelm belongs to in the show, but the current royal house of Sweden is the House of Bernadotte, named after the French rando we imported that I wrote about in the last post. Other houses that have been the royal house of Sweden throughout history include the House of Holstein-Gottorp, the House of Oldenburg, and the House of Vasa.
Finally, a regnal name is a name that a reigning monarch chooses for themselves when they ascend the throne, and it consists of one or more of their first names, and a roman numeral ordinal if there have been previous kings or queens with that name. If you're the first of your name to rule over a kingdom, you can choose to call yourself "the first", or you can choose not to.
In the show, Kristina doesn't appear to have an ordinal, but in real life Sweden there was a Queen Kristina who reigned in the middle of the 1600's. (She was probably a lesbian, caused the death of French philosopher René Descartes, abdicated in favour of her cousin, and moved to Rome and converted to Catholicism. As you do.)
In the real world, the king of Sweden reigns under the name Carl XVI Gustaf, because he's the sixteenth (tenth, actually) Karl to have been king of Sweden, and he also picked his second name because he liked it, or because he wanted to stand out from the fifteen other Karls who preceded him. His regnal name is pronounced Carl den sextonde Gustaf - Carl the sixteenth Gustaf.
Putting all of this together, the styles, the names, the titles, and the houses, and we can finally get the full formal names of various royals. Here are examples from some European royal families to demonstrate what it can look like:
HRH Madeleine Thérèse Amelie Josephine, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, of house Bernadotte.
HH Felix Henrik Valdemar Christian, Prince of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, of house Glücksburg.
HRH Ingrid Alexandra, Princess of Norway, of house Glücksburg.
HRH Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge, of house Windsor.
HRH Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange, of house Orange-Nassau
HRH Emmanuel Léopold Guillaume François Marie, Prince of Belgium, of house Belgium.
HRH Infanta Sofía de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz, of house Bourbon.
These names are quite the mouthful, and the full names and styles are only used in very formal settings. Normally, these people are referred to with their highest title, and their chosen first names, i.e. Princess Madeleine, Prince Felix, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Prince William, Princess Catharina-Amalia, Prince Emmanuel, and Infanta Sofía.
We only have the short name of Wilhelm, i.e. Prince Wilhelm, in the show. We don't have his full name, but if it follows form, he would be HRH Wilhelm <Name> <Name> <Name>, Prince of Sweden, Duke of <Province>, of house <House>.
Note that Wilhelm's father is not a king, he's a prince-consort, since Wilhelm's mother is the reigning monarch. The proper styles for his parents would be Her Majesty Queen Kristina (II?), and His Royal Highness Prince Ludvig.
The only other nobles in the show we have full names for is August and Felice, and August's full name would be August <Name?> Horn, Count (or Baron) of Årnäs. Felice's would be just Felice <Name?> Ehrencrona, because her parents are still alive and still hold whatever title they have.
Commoners marrying into a royal family is no longer forbidden or controversial, and all European royal families have had commoners marrying into them in the past few generations.
Based on precedence, if Wilhelm and Simon were to get back together and marry in the future, and if they get the consent of the Queen and the government, the following would happen:
Simon would be offered to be made a prince of Sweden, and with it gain the style of HRH.
Simon would be offered to be made a duke of some province.
If he accepts, he would lose his last name, and go from Simon Eriksson to HRH Simon, Prince of Sweden, Duke of <Province>, or simply Prince Simon.
If he declines, he would stay as Mr. Simon Eriksson.
When/If Wilhelm ascends the throne, he would chose a regnal name, and get an ordinal depending on the number of Wilhelms before him. If he's the first of his name, he would simply be King Wilhelm.
And if he and Simon are married when he ascends, Simon would not become king, he would become a prince-consort, and keep the title of prince.
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Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland and Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne arriving at the Te Deum at the Royal Chapel honour of the King’s Golden Jubilee | September 15, 2023
#royaltyedit#theroyalsandi#Duchess of Östergötland#princess estelle#Duke of Skåne#prince oscar#swedish 2023#sep 2023#2023#swedish royal family#my edit
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Line of succession to the Swedish throne after King Carl XVI Gustaf:
♕ Crown Princess Victoria, Duchess of Västergötland (b. 1977)
♕ Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland (b. 2012)
Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne (b. 2016)
Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (b. 1979)
Prince Alexander, Duke of Södermanland (b. 2016)
Prince Gabriel, Duke of Dalarna (b. 2017)
Prince Julian, Duke of Halland (b. 2021)
Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (b. 1982)
Princess Leonore, Duchess of Gotland (b. 2014)
Prince Nicolas, Duke of Ångermanland (b. 2015)
Princess Adrienne, Duchess of Blekinge (b. 2018)
(updated: Mar 2021)
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Prince Alexander's Crown
Duke Fredrik Adolf's Crown is the crown of Prince Alexander. The crown was made for Prince Fredrik Adolf, Duke of Östergötland, for his brother Gustav III's coronation the following year. As can be seen, the crown is very similar to that of one of his brothers, Duke Karl, which was created at the same time and for the same occasion.
Photo: The Royal Court of Sweden
#swedish royal family#swedish crowns#prince alexander#prince fredrik adolf#swedish royalty#swedish history#crown#crowns#crown jewels
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Royal Birthdays for today, February 23rd:
Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria , 1417
Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary and Croatia, 1443
Salima Sultan Begum, Mughal Empress, 1539
Octavius, British Prince, 1779
Alexandrine of Prussia, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1803
Naruhito, Emperor of Japan, 1960
Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland, 2012
#princess Estelle#emperor naruhito#prince octavius#Alexandrine of Prussia#Salima Sultan Begum#Matthias Corvinus#louis ix#royal birthdays#long live the queue
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Happy 13th wedding anniversary to Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden!
The couple tied the knot on June 19 2010, in the Stockholm Cathedral; the date also marks the 34th wedding anniversary of her parents, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, and its a traditional wedding date for Bernadotte family members.
The couple's engagement was announced on 24 February 2009, when the government confirmed that they, per the Swedish Act of Succession, had given their permission for the couple to marry.
Victoria and Daniel have two children: Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland (11) and Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne (7).
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