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Post pictures of Grand Duchess Charlotte in this thread. I haven't seen many pictures of her
Didn't they get along?Abdication Day :no kiss for the new Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte.
Well then old Charlotte would be pleased with the spouse of said great-grandson. Although a De Lannoy might've been considered a mesalliance before WWI today it's definitely not so.Absolutely not. The old Grand-Duchess considered the marriage of her grandson Henri a mésalliance and boycotted part of the wedding with a cold as excuse. When you see the partners of her sisters, children and other grandchildren it was an unusual wedding indeed.
It is claimed that when Grand-Duchess Charlotte was besotted with her great grandson Guillaume, that she became closer to María Teresa.
They might not be reigning but the families are still there. Many of them had not really reigned for half a century or more by the time of WWI. Someone wrote or talked about the need for the German princelings and mediatized houses as royal stud farms which, crude as the expression was, is basically true.There'd be a lot of unmarried royals running around in this day and age if they had to stay to the standards pre-war. Half the royal houses are no-more...although perhaps that's not a factor.
LaRae
Yes, and of her children's marriages only Jean's to Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium would have been acceptable before World War I.
A Duke von Hohenberg (morganatic Habsburg), a Count Henckel von Donnersmarck, a Lensgreve Holstein til Ledreborg, a Prince de Ligne, and Miss Joan Douglas Dillon would never have passed muster.
So, stickler that she was for suitable marriage partners, even Charlotte loosened the restrictions somewhat.
Grand Duchess Charlote was delighted with Marie Astrid 's Wedding with an Archuke of Habsbourg. She was sitting next to Empress Zita , her sister in law.
She was absolutely against Hed Grand Duke' Henris Wedding and did not attend at all.
Well then old Charlotte would be pleased with the spouse of said great-grandson. Although a De Lannoy might've been considered a mesalliance before WWI today it's definitely not so.
While she was very unhappy with Henri's marriage to Maria Teresa, she did attend, but asked not to be photographed, because she was so despondent that Henri had married a commoner. There is a picture of Charlotte in the church that came out in one of the magazines and she looks besides herself.
Yes, definitely! It would have been considered a mesalliance, but by today's standards, it's a wonderful alliance. Guillaume is the only heir in the last few decades who has married a noble. All others that I can think of [with the exception of Guillaume's cousin, Phillip, the present king of Belgium], has married a commoner.
Yes, definitely! It would have been considered a mesalliance, but by today's standards, it's a wonderful alliance. Guillaume is the only heir in the last few decades who has married a noble. All others that I can think of [with the exception of Guillaume's cousin, Phillip, the present king of Belgium], has married a commoner.
Video:
Mod note: the video shows the funeral of Prince Felix of Luxembourg & Bourbon-Parma.
Did Grand Duchess Charlotte attend Prince Felix's funeral? There's no sign of her in the video.