05 Thursday Jan 2012
Posted in Events, Romanian Royal Family, Weekly Picture
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Eastern Europe, European royal families, Familia regala, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, istoria regalitatii, King Michael of Romania, non reigning monarchs, Regele Mihai, Romanian Royal Family, South-East European Monarchs
"Exiled at the orders of Kremlin, King Michael arriving in Lausanne". In the image King Michael, Queen-Mother Helen of Romania and the Duchess of Aosta, Lausanne train station, 5 January 1948.
25 Saturday Dec 2010
Posted in Romanian Royal Family
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Casa Regala, Christmas Message, Eastern Europe, European royal families, Familia regala, Familia regala romana, History, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, istoria regalitatii, King Michael of Romania, Monarhia, Noblesse et Royautés, Regele Mihai, Romanian Royal Family, South-East European Monarchs
King Michael of Romania’s Christmas 2010 message (via Romania Altfel. A blog by Prince Radu of Romania) – click the image above to access the article [in Romanian].
23 Monday Aug 2010
01 Thursday Apr 2010
Posted in European royal families, Films & Interviews
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Eastern Europe, European royal families, Familia regala, Noblesse et Royautés, Serbian Royal family
Interview with HRH Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia, Prestige magazine, New York
She describes Crown Prince Alexander II as a modest person – one who doesn’t walk around wearing a coronet.
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31 Sunday Jan 2010
Posted in Historic Residences, Romanian Royal Family
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Balkans, Castele si palate regale, Eastern Europe, Familia regala, istoria regalitatii, King Ferdinand, Noblesse et Royautés, Queen Marie of Romania, Regele Ferdinand, Regina Maria, Romanian Royal Family, Royal Palaces, Scroviste Palace
Mock country house, Scroviste royal retreat complex, located on lake Snagov shore, North of Bucharest (RNA. Diana & Valentin Mandache)
The image above shows one of the guest houses from within the grounds of Scroviste royal palace, on the shore of Snagov lake. It is a design combining peasant farmhouse and Neo-Romanian architecture within a peculiar Arts and Crafts matrix (see my earlier post on Romanian Arts and Crafts architecture for details). The house has a ground floor pergola made from wooden poles carved with ethnographic motifs. Similar type carved poles adorn the extended first floor veranda. The palace gardens were landscaped by Fr. Rebhun, a talented and prolific Austrian landscape architect, very active in Romania in those decades, with many completed royal and public park commissions (Royal Pelesh Castle gardens, Cismigiu Park in central Bucharest, etc.) . What I like in this instance in terms of landscape architecture is the pergola with climbing roses, the house nestled between two imposing trees and the peasant stone stone cross at the base of the right hand tree, which together with the wonderful architecture of the house and its special location on the shore of a prairie lake constitute a metaphor of the Romanian peasant life and country’s natural landscape, an excellent product of those very creative decades of early 20th c. in this country.©Valentin Mandache: Historic Houses of Romania
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22 Tuesday Dec 2009
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Balkans, Eastern Europe, Familia regala, King Michael of Romania, Monarhia, Noblesse et Royautés, non reigning monarchs, Regele Mihai, Romanian Revolution 1989, Romanian Royal Family, Royal Palaces
The royal palace and King Carol I Foundation were badly affected by machine-gun fire exchanges during the Romanian Revolution when Ceausescu was toppled from power, December 1989 (Diana Mandache's Weblog http://www.royalromania.wordpress.com)
The royal palace and King Carol I Foundation were badly affected by machine-gun fire exchanges during the Romanian Revolution when Ceausescu was toppled from power, December 1989
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I endeavour in the “Weekly Pictures” post series to bring to light worthy of note, often less known images from the royal past and present and thus further enhance the understanding of royal history and what it represents for us.
Weekly picture: Diana Mandache’s weblog Royal History.
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21 Monday Dec 2009
Posted in European royal families
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Eastern Europe, European royal families, Familia regala, Noblesse et Royautés, non reigning monarchs, Royal property restitution, Simeon King of Bulgaria, South-East European Monarchs
King Simeon of Bulgaria
The Bulgarian National Assembly has imposed a moratorium on the lands and property returned, or given as compensation, to the heirs of former tsars Ferdinand I and Boris III. The ban concerns construction and business activities, and any disposal of buildings, plots of land, agricultural lands, forests and movable property which have been subject to decisions enacted for the recognition and restoration of the right of property ownership. The moratorium will remain in force until the adoption of a special law which is to regulate the status of the so-called “ex-tsars’ property”. Continue reading »
21 Monday Dec 2009
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Balkans, Eastern Europe, Familia regala, King Michael of Romania, Noblesse et Royautés, non reigning monarchs, Regele Mihai, Romania, Romanian Revolution 1989, Romanian Royal Family
The Royal Palace in Bucharest was badly affected by machine-gun fire exchanges during the Romanian Revolution when Ceausescu was toppled from power, 21-22 December 1989 (Diana Mandache's Weblog: Weekly Picture 21 Dec 2009)
The Royal Palace in Bucharest was badly affected by machine-gun fire exchanges during the Romanian Revolution when Ceausescu was toppled from power, 21-22 December 1989
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I endeavour in the “Weekly Pictures” post series to bring to light worthy of note, often less known images from the royal past and present and thus further enhance the understanding of royal history and what it represents for us.
Weekly picture: Diana Mandache’s weblog Royal History.
All rights reserved ©www.royalromania.wordpress.com
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23 Monday Nov 2009
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Balkans, Eastern Europe, European royal families, Familia regala, istoria regalitatii, King Nicholas I of Montenegro, Montenegro, Nikola of Montenegro, Noblesse et Royautés, South-East European Monarchs
The Princely Family of Montenegro, Jubilee postcard, 1900 (Diana Mandache collection)
Nicholas and Milena of Montenegro were an affable couple, very close and much loved by their people. That is conveyed by many popular artefacts bearing their image produced or published in Montenegro, such as the picturesque old postcard presented above published on the occasion of celebrating 40 years since they acceded to the throne and marriage. The Duchess of Edinburgh (Maria Alexandrovna) gives here an insightful description of the the good natured Montenegrin royal family during a visit in 1887:
At the Montenegro frontier the Prince [Nicholas] met us and we were very pleased to see him, as he is a very old friend and such an amiable man. He had prepared a luncheon in a small house belonging to him and we were very hungry after the long drive. The Prince himself and every man in the country wear the beautiful national dress. They are such handsome men, even the common peasants and so very friendly and respectful. They all have excellent manners, come running to the road to make their bow and the Prince is like a real father amongst them all. But curious enough it seems to us hardly ever to meet a woman in the streets. They are very modest and stay at home, but the men walk about and in the evening dance much wilder than the Scotch reel. They sing to it some with song, which sounds so curious in the stillness of the night. Before we reached the town of Cettinie we were met by the Prince’s eldest son, a very pretty boy aged 16, very tall and dark, with most excellent manners and such a bright clever look. He was on horseback at the head of a cavalry escort, all mounted on very small strong ponies. They cantered round us, some racing wildly along, over stones and rough ground. At the house, we were met by the Princess and her daughters all in national dress… There is also a dear little boy of 8 years, dressed in lovely costumes: he comes in making beautiful bows and kisses one’s hand. He is called Mirko and his father simply adores him but does not spoil any of them. In fact he is very strict and everybody obeys him in a wonderful way and are devoted to him. Only imagine, that they all walk about with loaded revolvers, even all the servants when they wait at dinner…
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I endeavour in the “Weekly Pictures” post series to bring to light worthy of note, often less known images from the royal past and present and thus further enhance the understanding of royal history and what it represents for us.
Weekly picture: Diana Mandache’s weblog Royal History.
All rights reserved ©www.royalromania.wordpress.com
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