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queenfredegund · 1 month

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Women in History Month (insp) | Week 2: Royal Mothers

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nesiacha · 2 days

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Napoleon: enjoys ridiculing Queen Louise of Prussia by defaming her in the press and by his sexist attitude among other things, not to mention his machismo by saying for the umpteenth time that women are not made by politics and for wars . Me seeing this: He is having fun doing this but I am sure that faced with a confrontation with Catherine II if she had still been alive (or with Marie Thérèse of Austria, but no chance that she would have could have lived until this Napoleonic period), he would not have even been able to do the quarter of eighth grade without taking a big humiliating beating and leaving faster than expected. I even think that the withdrawal would have been even more humiliating than Napoleon's failure in Moscow and maybe the opposite would have been trumpeted in his press despite the censorship, there will surely be pamphlets to count his humiliation XD

#napoleon #catherine ii #Maria theresa of austria #little thought not serious #or perharps more serious #Louise of Prussia

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ciderbird · 4 months

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Alexander: can you be nice during the meeting? They’re old friends of mine

Napoleon: sure

#cue that napoleon quote dissing frederick’s uniform for his hundreds of buttons #napoleon bonaparte #queen louise of prussia #frederick william iii #tsar alexander i #napoleonic wars #history memes

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goodsped · 4 months

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Negotiations of the Franco-Prussian Treay of Tilsit, 6th July 1807

#artists on tumblr #tried to recreate the irritated white monkey-cat thing meme with naps #actually they are both based on memes #napoleon bonaparte #frederick william iii #queen louise #were you there?#prussian history #prussia #france

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adini-nikolaevna · 7 months

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“I could not choose for a sister-in-law anyone I like better than Louise. She will make Arthur a most delightful wife. Each is the complement of the other, and I foresee that each will make the other supremely happy.”

—the German Crown Princess, (nee Victoria, Princess Royal) on the fiancée of her younger brother Prince Arthur: Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia.

@abigaaal

#victoria princess royal #princess louise margaret of prussia #saxe-coburg-gotha #hohenzollern #quotes

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royal-confessions · 7 months

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“I wish there were several photos of Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia's wedding. It would be interesting to have photos of the last great event that brought together the European monarchies before the chaos and destruction of the First World War.” - Text & Image Submitted by cenacevedo15

#Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia #Wedding

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queenalexandraofdenmark · 3 months

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🤍🩶 ~ Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, with his wife, Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught, 1878. ~ 🩶🤍

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#prince arthur #duke of connaught #princess louise margaret duchess of connaught #princess louise margaret of prussia #connaught family

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cedyat · 2 months

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Usually don't do birthday posts because I just forget these dates anyway, but at least here I could combine it with my resolution of drawing more women. So, here‘s Queen Louise of Prussia.

#artists on tumblr #queen louise of prussia #in the uniform of her regiment #and a fantasy hat because i couldn‘t make it work #napoleonic wars

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foreverinthepagesofhistoryy · 1 month

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꧁ ✵ Royals & Josefine Swoboda ✵ ꧂

~ (Part 1) ~

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krasivaa · 6 months

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Princess Louise Margaret and Princess Maria of Prussia, the photo's taken in mids 1860s.

#prussian royal family #prf #princess louise margaret #princess maria of prussia #old royals #old royal photos #vintage #1860s #19th century #old royal families

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sollannaart · 3 days

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Józef Poniatowski’s women.

Part V. The rest of ladies who might have been of some interest to him

Good day everyone and let me share with the rest of information I possess on Prince Poniatowski's love interests. (Though, I have to admit, the ladies from this list were the least likely - from all the mentioned in these series of post - to have some kind of affair with Pepi.

To start I would like by Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen of Prussia.

On the right - unidentified artist, miniature portrait of Prince Poniatowski, 19th century. On the left - portrait of Queen Louise by Giuseppe Grassi, 1802.

Prince Józef had the opportunity to meet the wife of the king Frederick William III at least four times, because the royal couple visited Warsaw - which had become a part of Prussia as a result of the third partition of Poland - three times, in 1798, 1802 and 1805. And in 1802 Poniatowski himself had to go to Berlin, to settle the matter of the inheritance left by his uncle Stanisław August.

According to Juliusz Fałkowski, while at Warsaw Prince Józef "…gave a ball and a dinner in the Copper-Roof palace in their honor [the King and Queen of Prussia - A.S.] and was flirting with the Queen everywhere", for which he received the star of the black eagle, although he rather "expected something else from the beautiful queen." After the departure of the royal couple, "he longed a little for the crowned beauty who had easily won his heart in passing."

An Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun painting of Queen Louise, c. 1801

The second source that mentions the relationship between these two is the book by Marian Brandys "Kozietulski i inni", which states (without giving sources, unfortunately) that during Pepi's visit to the capital of Prussia "… it was also said that the beautiful Queen Louise fell in love with in a knightly Pole."

However, if you ask my opinion about the likelihood of an affair between Pepi and the Queen of Prussia, I will say that in my opinion he was "flirting" her to make it easier to solve the inheritance problem. As for the fact that she could also be in love with the prince, I have no opinion because my knowledge about Queen Louise is not very great.

The second lady in today's list will be prince Józef's first cousin once removed, Anetka Potocka (née Tyszkiewicz, the daughter of Konstancja Poniatowska and a grand-daughter of prince Kazimierz, the oldest of the Poniatowski siblings).

On the left - Poniatowski's portrait by Franciszek Paderewski, on the right - Portrait of Anetka Tyszkiewiczówna, Giuseppe Grassi, 1796.

Born in 1779, she was 16 years younger than Pepi, and she remained unmarried for quite a long time, becoming the wife of the Count Aleksander Potocki in 1805. (Marian Brandys, in the biography of Anetka's uncle prince Stanisław, states that some time before 1791 there was an idea to join all the Poniatowski estates marring Stanisław to his niece, but it was eventually abandoned.) The marriage brought them three children, but after 16 years Anetka asked for divorce and then wedded Colonel Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz. During the times of the Duchy of Warsaw, she was a frequent guest at the Copper Roof Palace, visited Paris, witnessed Napoleon's sojourns in Warsaw, with all of those events been described later in her memoirs.

Portrait of Countess Dunin Wąsowicz, Anna née Tyszkiewicz, 1836.

As for her relationship with Prince Józef, it were her own words that made Fałkowski write that "the beautiful prince fell in love with Anetka" although "it was a platonic feeling".

"… Mrs. Aleksandrowa (Anetka Potocka - AS ) herself half-admitted thisin her old age. ''On disait alors que le Prince Joseph avait pour moi un sentiment plus tendre que l'amitié (it was said that Prince Joseph had for me a feeling more tender than friendship),' she would recalled with a dreamy expression on her face."

The second thing that leads historians to believe that Pepi could have distinguished this cousin of his from other relatives is the provision in his will, according to which she was to receive, after the death of the prince's sister, Teresa Tyszkiewicz, his favorite palace in Jabłonna near Warsaw. And when this did happen, Anetka ordered a triumphal arch to be built in the park in memory of Prince Józef.

The palace in Jabłonna, 2019

The triumphal arch from Jabłonna's park, 2019

And collage of mine is an illustration to the part dedicated to the rest of the women, whose portraits I wasn't able find. And honestly, the evidence that they might have been Prince Józef's love interests is very weak. But, since historians from time to time do mention these ladies' names, I thought them worth being included as well…

For example, in the prince's testament, together with Henriette de Vauban, Zofia Czosnowska and the above mentioned Anetka Potocka, there was mentioned Elżbieta Merlini, the daughter of Dominique Merlini, an Italian architect, the last main builder of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. But such concern for the architect's daughter may have been explained by a sense of moral debt to her father, which the prince Józef inherited from King Stanisław with the rest of the things.

Then, the list of Pepi's women sometimes complemented by another "Elżbieta" - Cichocka (although her real names were Emilia Karolina - or Katarzyna) née Bachmińska I° voto Szymanowska, II° voto Cichocka, III° voto Abramowiczowa. It is said she even sojourned in Jabłonna before 1810, until being apparently forced by Zofia Czosnowska to leave the place. After that Madame Cichocka went to Vilna, where she married her third husband. However, what IMHO should be taken into account in regards with this lady is that her second husband, Michał Cichocki, was an illegitimate son of Stanisław August, which might have made Prince Józef consider her a relative and thus take care about.

The same can be said about Madame Kicka - Józefa Martyna Rozalia née Szydłowska, who was a sister of Elżbieta Grabowska, another mistress of King Stanisław.

Sometimes the names of women who were friends and companions of Madame de Vauban are also included to the list of prince Józef's love interests. Those are: Anna Krasińska, a relative of general Krasiński and the wife of Mikołaj Oppeln-Bronikowski; Salomea Wielhorska née Dembińska; Anna Trębicka née Czerska, future wife of general Kamieniecki, and Józefa Potocka née Sollohub.

PS. As the regular visitors to the Copper Roof Palace are as well mentioned two ladies of the surname Walewska: Józefina née Lubomirska, the wife of Adam Walewski and the future wife General Witt, and Maria, the wife of Anastazy Walewski. The first of them was known for her kind of loose behavior, so presumably she might have at least flirted with Pepi; the second one is the famous Maria Walewska, but all I know about her makes me think her love for the emperor left no room in her heart for other men.

Portrait of Maria Walewska by Robert Lefèvre

#poniatowski #józef poniatowski #józef poniatowski’s women #queen Louise of Prussia #Giuseppe Grassi #Anetka Potocka #Jabłonna #Jabłonna palace #Maria Walewska #Robert Lefèvre

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foreverinthepagesofhistory · 7 months

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It always surprises me how much Viktoria Louis of Prussia looks so much like Leonor? Or I should say Leonor looks like Viktoria. They are related right? 😂

Yes indeed they are! Viktoria Louise’s daughter was Princess Frederica of Hanover who, when married, became Queen Frederica of Greece. Frederica’s daughter was Princess Sofia of Greece who, when married, became Queen Sofia of Spain. She is Leonor’s grandmother today. This makes Leonor Viktoria Louise’s Great-Great Granddaughter.

There might be a parallel of them in the future but you never know? Thank you and I hope this helps! 🤍

#answered ask #princess leonor #princess victoria louise of prussia #princess viktoria luise of prussia #Prussian royal family #spanish royal family

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pokadandelion · 2 years

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German Empress Augusta Victoria (Center) with her daughter Victoria Louise of Prussia, Duchess of Brunswick (right) and her daughter-in-law, Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia (left)

#empress augusta viktoria of germany #crown princess cecilie of prussia #princess victoria louise of germany #german imperial family #prussian royal family #german history #prussian history #house of hohenzollern #house of hanover

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ciderbird · 1 month

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Ok for a novel that’s called “Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia” this seems to have strong napalex undertones

Also Alexander… read the room, no one wants to see your “beautiful dressing-case”

#‘he would not even let me go to my quarters to change my dress but conducted me to him room!’#yeah alex I think he might’ve had an ulterior motive there #napoleon and the queen of prussia #napoleon bonaparte #alexander i of russia #frederick william iii #queen louise of prussia #luise mühelbach

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teatimeatwinterpalace · 2 years

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Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn, 1879.

This painting is a copy painted by Robert A. Müller for Queen Victoria of an original portrait by Von Angeli, dated 1879, at Bagshot Park. When the Duke of Connaught saw the original portrait in November 1878 he wrote to the Queen to describe it: ‘It is really lovely, so like & yet so pretty & natural – She is taken three quarters face in a low gown of a creamy colour, her hair quite plain, my locket round her neck on a thin gold chain, & that ruby & diamond star left her by her Grandmama in her dress… I tell you the particulars as I think they may interest you.’ (x)

#princess louise margaret of prussia #duchess of connaught and strathearn #england

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fumblingmusings · 1 year

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ONE MORE THING regarding late 19th Century Anglo-German relations... Okay. It's a little paternalistic but I imagine each European nation gets a bit touchy when it comes to these poor girls being plopped in a place they aren't prepared well enough for being asked to carry out diplomacy at a time when personal politics don't matter as much anymore. And I think Victoria's eldest daughter Vicky, the mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II, kind of shows this phenomena in a nutshell.

Also I do imagine that Arthur would be incredibly uncomfortable with how Princess Vicky was treated by the Prussians (then Germans) which would really colour his interactions with Gilbert and Ludwig in the second half of the 19th Century. It's a narrow scope example of why relations between the two just crumble so badly by the 1880s on.

Bear with me. I have a point.

Okay so, Queen Victoria's girls were very much trained for politics. Prince Albert was like here have all the philosophy and theory you could ever need. So Vicky, Alice, Louise, Helena and Beatrice all would be ready to be good Queens. Or, at least, trained to be good British Queens, which doesn't really fly in the German states. Especially for eldest daughter Vicky.

Sidenote: They all have chubby cheeks and I want to squeeze them.

So you have a Princess who yes has a nice like-minded husband, but her in-laws dislike her, and her eldest son rebels against his liberal mum by going full on authoritarian and creates a rival court so extensive that by the time she becomes German Empress this other faction frequently raids her home for anything that would excuse her exile or worse... you know. Typical royal family stuff.

But she is also a woman who reads and supports Karl Marx (what the...) and Charles Darwin, builds hospitals during the Franco-Prussian war, founds girls schools and nursing colleges, visits Synagogues, openly calls antisemites lunatics, encourages a free press... and the German court hate her for it. Largely because she refuses to be quiet.

So it's not just a case of 'the mean Germans think my perfect Princess is annoying' for Arthur; it's that conflict between Liberalism and Conservatism which is the very crux of why Germany and England are incapable of having friendly relations. Arthur watches the soft power and these (somewhat bullshit/hypocritical) liberal ideas and principles he has set himself up as representing on the international stage get completely and utterly rejected by another nation. One that he cannot exert control over. And I bet that infuriated him. His way absolutely is the right way what is Ludwig's damage you know? And I guess after WWI he feels mighty vindicated but until then... what a frustration.

Arthur and Ludwig (or Gilbert, depending on how you interpret who's actually in charge at this time) have such very different ideas on power and ruling and what a monarch is even there to do. It's just a very personalised example of why Arthur cannot get along with Ludwig. A British Princess (friendship) was a very precious thing to have, and the Germans squandered her (it). At least in Arthur's eyes.

#no-one cares but my fave princess was Louise #her life is like:#excel at carpentry & sculpture do a mean sword dance marry a maybe gay Scot & not a prince go to Canada host a party in Ottawa #start a fire at the party make rich people uncomfortable in Ottawa by making them talk to grocers catch a 13kg fish in front of dad-in-law #get a concussion from a sleigh accident have Alberta named after you support Irish Home Rule support suffragists #offer to do a Bermudian lady's ironing for her whilst she gets you water because you decided to walk to a party instead of drive die at 91 #what a gal #...anyway #hetalia #headcanon #hws england #hws germany #hws prussia #historical hetalia #op

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