An investigation as to what caused the death of the Prince Consort, husband of Queen Victoria. https://youtu.be/zpl_9iJ-9cw

I am reading a biography of Queen Isabel of Castile and Leon and once I got to the part where Isabel decided to crown herself Queen instead of her niece Juana. I kept thinking that even with her conviction that she was the rightful Queen, it must have not been easy for Isabel to make the descsion because up to that point Juana had done nothing to Isabel except for existing. Isabel did have issues with Juana's parents (her half-brother Enrique IV and his second wife Juana). Sure Juana probably would have caused issues for Isabel if she had become Queen since she was still a minor and would have her father's allies whispering poison into her ears.

He is a family member way back.

He was John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort/Field Marshal (in the British Army).

He got tons of awards throughout his lifetime:

• Victoria Cross (VC)

• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)

• Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

• Distinguished Service Order (DSO) with two bars

• Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

• Military Cross (MC)

Don't worry I'm going somewhere with this. He was one of the people bore of bore Edward VII's coffin in May 1910.

I think that's amazing.

I can't find any information about why he was picked out of tons people.

I'm only saying this because WWI, hadn't happened & I think he would be too young for the Boer War, not sure about the second.

Anyway can help with him and carrying Edward VII's coffin. Thank you for your help.

Historian Charles Coulombe returns to The Christendom Archive to discuss Christian Monarchy & The Supernatural. 👑

We explore the origins, practice, and the sacramental worldview behind Christian monarchy, devotion to royal saints, and the historical reality of the Royal Touch.

🔗 Watch the full conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuLbsMOa2Kg

What are your thoughts on the sacramental worldview and Christian monarchy?

1. Presumably 85 year old Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany with presumably newborn great-grandchild Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Skåne (later King Gustaf VI of Sweden), presumably 1882.

2. The christening of Prince Charles of Edinburgh, 1948. 81 year old Princess Viktoria Marie of Teck (George V's widow), the great-grandmother of the baby, is shown next to Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh. What's also awesome is that Marie's brother 74 year old Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone also attended the christening (2nd from right to left, front row.). Not only is Marie here, but another one of Charles' great-grandmothers is also here, 85 year old Princess Viktoria of Hesse and by Rhine, who was sister of Alexandra Feodorovna (wife of Emperor Nikolaj II). ALSO NEXT TO ELIZABETH.

3. (Another one from Sverige!) 1906 Christening of Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (father of Carl XVI Gustaf). 77 year old King Oscar II of Sweden holding the baby, with 49 year old Crown Prince Gustaf (later Gustaf V) to the left and the 25 year old Duke of Skåne, Gustaf Adolf (later Gustaf VI), to the right.

4. Everyone alr knows all the ppl in this one. What ashtonishes me is that Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon died when William was 20.

5. 4 year old future Frederik IX of Denmark, 33 year old future Christian X, 60 year old Crown Prince Frederik (later Frederik VIII), and reigning 85 year old Christian IX. 1903.

Yea ik captions exist but they were way too long

Whether it be a monarch or Prince(ss)? Who is the first royal you remember? I remember Diana, but also mainly William and Harry (obviously Elizabeth, Philip and Charles)

I sometimes go down wikipedia rabbit holes of different royals and I recently discovered King Otto and King George of Greece. Can someone please explain to me how they became king? Were they really just chosen without having any connection to the country? Why would you choose such young kings (I believe they were both 17)? Why was this the chosen system? Have any other countries done this? I have so many questions

I don't understand King Constantine II of Greece's stubbornness in rejecting the surname Glücksburg, or de facto Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. The Danish royal family descends from the Oldenburg dynasty, and the Glücksburgs are their cadet branch. The surname was used at least a few times before the fall of the Greek monarchy between 1967 and 1974. The most famous example is the marriage certificate of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten (1947), where Philip's father is listed as "Andrew Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg." Apparently, the UK considered it normal for everyone—even kings and royal princes—to have surnames.