tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post19323541695687469..comments2024-02-14T22:57:55.638-05:00Comments on The Cross of Laeken: A Letter by Empress CarlotaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-40473686164992216632019-04-19T07:06:45.494-04:002019-04-19T07:06:45.494-04:00I don’t understand, that despite the fact Carlota ...I don’t understand, that despite the fact Carlota was queen Victoria’s cousin, Victoria never did anything to help her. It makes me wonder what there relationship was like, or if they even had a relationship. And if they did, then why didn’t Victoria help her? Just who the hell had the authority to put a queen in a mental asylum anyway? The whole ‘breakdown’ thing was likely exaggerated, used as an excuse to screw her over. I’m just curious as to who those people where at the time that did this.Lord farquaadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12909196482003014776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-53692400249445211542018-10-07T15:49:35.081-04:002018-10-07T15:49:35.081-04:00I love these perspectives about Charlotte and Maxi...I love these perspectives about Charlotte and Maximilian - two intelligent, grounded and well-meaning idealists who sought positive change, but betrayed by base, self-serving opportunists. I am currently writing about Charlotte so of course find these opinions very interesting and in tune with a lot of my own. <br />I know this is an old thread, but still, it holds up after a few years! -Elle-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-46440403501114055592009-06-23T14:25:14.912-04:002009-06-23T14:25:14.912-04:00It's terrible how the royal couple were victim...It's terrible how the royal couple were victims of the politics of the time.Elisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-21070785200526708222009-06-21T23:09:15.363-04:002009-06-21T23:09:15.363-04:00I agree exactly. She was ambitious but she was amb...I agree exactly. She was ambitious but she was ambitious to show what good her high ideals could accomplish. That's why both of them were so unhappy in Italy; because they were not allowed to rule as they saw fit. I certainly don't think she was power-hungry. Nothing in all her writings and those of the people who knew her would suggest that. She wanted to make a difference -simple as that.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-69196448356877835952009-06-21T22:54:04.475-04:002009-06-21T22:54:04.475-04:00What a generous, kind and thoughtful soul. She...What a generous, kind and thoughtful soul. She's also absolutely gorgeous. Thanks Matterhorn:)Lucy https://www.blogger.com/profile/13600064401395449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-42680885932975759822009-06-21T20:59:39.651-04:002009-06-21T20:59:39.651-04:00I agree. This was truly one of the great missed op...I agree. This was truly one of the great missed opportunities in history. She was a very special person and, I think, still all too often under-appreciated. I once read an article that used her as a negative example of an empress- to be contrasted with Zita, which I thought was very unfair. The article said Carlota was "mad with ambition," etc., I think rather she was proud (in a good way) and full of high ideals and aspirations- ambition, so to speak, to do good, on a grand scale.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-19414921977443142442009-06-21T18:41:11.101-04:002009-06-21T18:41:11.101-04:00Great post! The suffering endured by Carlota could...Great post! The suffering endured by Carlota could not have fallen on a less deserving person. She had so much hope for the future in Mexico, so much drive to turn things around and make it *the* success story of the Americas. Before parties she would study for hours so that she would know something about the interests of everyone she would meet. She gave generously to the poor, funded the building of hospitals, orphanages, poor houses and even sewed herself nightshirts for people in the hospital. She could also rough-it in ways that even the native ladies would never think of. She was a very capable regent when Max was absent and when he once worried about the republicans attacking while he was gone she wrote back (as only she could) that as long as she had a few hundred zouaves at her disposal she could deal with anything! She was awesome. She was always very sad that her and Max could have no children and the famous Mexican song written (by republicans) poked her in this sensitive spot as it was titled 'Adios Mama Carlota'. In a just world her avenue would not have been renamed and there would be a monument to her in every Mexican city.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.com