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The roots of the House of Wettin, of which the Royal Family of Belgium is a branch, stretch all the way back to the high Middle Ages. This dynasty rose to the investiture of the Duchy of Saxony, one of the vastest and most prestigious fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire, which had a seat in the college of prince electors tasked with electing the ...
5 mar 2023 · The British royal family has had a long history with Germany that dates back centuries ago when Queen Victoria married her first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1840. This union brought together two powerful European monarchies, which strengthened their ties even further and created an alliance between them that still exists today.
Prince Albert (full name Prince Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel) was born on the 26 August 1819, the younger son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (later Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) and Duchess Louise of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg. He spent his childhood at Schloss Rosenau, his family's country home near Coburg, and at the ducal palaces in Coburg ...
Since that time the Electoral Family of Saxony and then the Royal Family of Saxony were Roman Catholic. It was not until Friedrich August I’s son Friedrich August II succeeded him as Elector of Saxony in 1733 that the Catholic Court Church (Katholische Hofkirche) was commissioned in 1736, initially under strict secrecy.
The House of Savoy (Italian: Casa Savoia) is an Italian royal house (formally a dynasty) that was established in 1003 in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, the family grew in power from ruling a small Alpine county north-west of Italy to absolute rule of the Kingdom of Sicily from 1713 to 1720, when they were handed the island of Sardinia , over which they would exercise ...
It was descended from the male line of the Ernestine Branch of the Wettin family tree, German Prince-Electors of Saxony. Members of the House occupied the thrones of a number of European countries, including Belgium, Portugal and Bulgaria. The earliest known member of the Royal House of Wettin was Thiedericus who died in 982. He was probably ...
14 set 2022 · As for having a career outside the royal family, it seems that is something Eugenie's father has always wanted for her. In 2016, Prince Andrew issued a statement and explained, "As a father, my wish for my daughters is for them is to be modern working young women, who happen to be members of the royal family, and I am delighted to see them building their careers" (via People ).
