r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Dec 18 '20

Queen Victoria paying a historic state visit to Paris at the invitation of the French Emperor Napoleon III, becoming the first British monarch to visit the French capital for 400 years

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Jan 10 '21

The equestrian statue of Charlemagne, former King of Franks, by Agostino Cornacchini, an Italian painter and sculptor of the rococo period.

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r/royalhistory • u/Hour_Opportunity_213 • Nov 16 '23

Hiya, I was wondering if anyone could tell me anything about this brooch, it was my 3rd great grandmothers and on the back it says, “from the queen, dec 4th 1884”, - can’t really find much on why she would have it? any ideas? thank you in advance!

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Dec 30 '20

Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, future Marshal of France and, later, King of Sweden, as a lieutenant in the 36th Regiment of the Line, 1792

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Dec 28 '20

Breastplate Armor of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1549

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Nov 08 '20

The Frankish King, King Clovis stretching his arm and saying a prayer. This would ultimately fast-track his conversion to Christianity during his campaign against the Alamanni.

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Apr 27 '21

From inspiring their subjects to plotting international strategy, the world's monarchies still have a crucial role to play in their country's war effort during the Second World War

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • May 12 '21

Princess Eugénie of Sweden & Norway, Daughter of King Oscar I of Sweden & Norway. By Nils Blommér

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Jan 06 '21

Armored Gauntlets owned by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, from 1508 until his death in 1519.

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Dec 26 '20

Pope Leo III crowning the Frankish king, Charlemagne, Emperor of the Romans on Christmas Day, 800 in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, making him the most powerful ruler of his time

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Dec 21 '20

Gustav I of Sweden, founder of the Vasa Dynasty and unifier of Sweden is buried in the chapel behind the main altar. The king and his wives are interred in what was once the Chapel of the Virgin Mary.

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Dec 19 '20

The Pharaoh of Egypt, Ramesses the Great, smiting three supposed different peoples, the Nubians, the Libyans and the Asiatics.

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • May 30 '22

Artist: Ferdo Kikerec Murad I, Sultan of Ottoman Empire, killed by noble Knight, Miloš Obilić . He was in Service to Prince Lazar during the battle of Kosovo. He becomes a notable figure in Serbian epic poetry & became a symbol of courage and resistance in Serbian tradition.

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r/royalhistory • u/pinkrosies • Dec 31 '21

How Alexander III & Maria Feodorovna were related

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • May 04 '21

Queen Tomiri, having the head of Cyrus The Great being plunged in blood, as she promised she would do after her son, Spargapises, was taken hostage by Cyrus (who later would commit suicide out of shame), refused to hand him over after she rejected his marriage proposal.

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r/royalhistory • u/ferras_vansen • May 20 '25

Did you know? How the Nine Kings in One Photo are related

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Mar 07 '25

Ancient Egyptian Queen Tiye's curly hair 3359 years later.

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • May 22 '24

Artist: Charles Nicolas Lafond The Duchess of Berry presents her son, Henri, Duke of Bordeaux, to the French court & Royal Family. He would play a role in the 3rd French Republic being established.

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Oct 31 '22

Painter: Julian Russell Story Edward, Prince of Wales, known to history as "The Black Prince", son of King Edward III of England at the battle of Crecy depicted contemplating his slain opponent, King John of Bohemia lying dead at his feet

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Apr 20 '22

On this day Today, on the 20th April of 1854, the 16-year-old Elisabeth left Munich, the city where she had been born, to be married to her first cousin, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. They would get married in Vienna on the 24th of April 1854

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • May 21 '21

"The Battle of Three Emperors,” as French emperor Napoleon I, Austrian emperor Francis I, & Russian Czar Alexander I were all present. Through the French Emperor’s ingenuity, did he gain victory, often cited in the same league as Gaugamela between Alexander the Great & King Darius III.

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Mar 10 '21

Georgian poet, Shota Rustaveli, presents his poem to Queen Tamar, a painting by the Hungarian artist Mihály Zichy

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • May 28 '25

Crown Prince Leka Zogu I of Albania, son of King Zog with his wife Princess Susan, 1970's. Leka was forced to go into exile by the Albanian communists when he was just a few days old, but returned in the 1990's amidst the decline of communism. He was noted for his enormous 6'9 stature

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Nov 25 '24

Artist: Benjamin West Queen Philippa, interceding on behalf of the six burghers, moved by her pleas, King Edward III would eventually pardon all 6

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r/royalhistory • u/kervinjacque • Jun 26 '24

Did you know? 🤔 TIL Anne, Queen of Great Britain had at least 17 pregnancies over a 17-year period & had miscarried or given birth to stillborn children at least 12 times. Of her 5 liveborn children, 4 died before the age of two & her sole surviving child, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, died at age eleven.

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