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Dedicated to the Catholic monarchs of Belgium, and other topics of historical, cultural, human, political, and religious interest.

History, Royalty, Faith, Culture

  • Tea at Trianon
    Pierrot Bodice
  • Confessions of a Ci-Devant
    An extract from my history of the British monarchy
  • Arrayed in Gold
    Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna
  • The Anne Boleyn Files
    18 May – Anne Boleyn’s Execution is Postponed
  • The Mad Monarchist
    Royal News Roundup
  • History And Other Thoughts
    Armand de Gontaut, Duc de Lauzun and Biron
  • Enchanted by Josephine - History Salon
    Blood Between Queens by Barbara Kyle is FANTASTIC!
  • Once I Was A Clever Boy
    Novena to St Philip Neri
  • Grand Duchess Elizabeth And Other Stories
    The Contradictory Portrayal to Two Like-Minded Kings
  • radical royalist
    Royal Over-seas League - Victorian Branch
  • La Fleur de Lys too
    May 13, 1940 Churchill forms a new government, Holland collapses
  • Fountain of Elias
    Pope Francis on St. Francis
  • Royal World
    Large minority of Serbians back monarchy
  • Royal Rendezvous
    New Post Soon
  • All Things Royal...
  • Catherine Delors
    Marie-Antoinette, simple elegance and the secrets of Versailles
  • History's Untold Treasures
    Fr. Thomas Byles: A Profile in Courage Aboard the Titanic
  • Et Lux in Tenebris Lucet!
    Compelled to break silence
  • Lost in the Myths of History
    The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition
  • The Royal Universe
    All William and Kate’s children to be Princes and Princesses
  • The Exiled Belgian Royalist
    Kingdom of Belgium Proclaimed
  • Royal Portraits
    David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii
  • Mary Tudor: Renaissance Queen
    New Work on the Wardrobe of Mary I
  • History was never like that!
    Mary Boleyn by Alison Weir - Random House
  • Metanoia
    Prayer request
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Sites related to Belgium

  • Abbey of Maredsous
  • Abbey of Orval
  • Ars Moriendi
  • Belgica Catholica
  • Belgium in the Catholic Encyclopedia
  • BelVue
  • Fonds d'Entraide Prince et Princesse Alexandre de Belgique
  • Fonds Léopold III
  • Fonds Prince Philippe
  • King Albert I Memorial Foundation
  • King Baudouin Foundation
  • Médecins de la Grande Guerre
  • Prince Charles, Regent of Belgium
  • Prince Laurent Foundation
  • ProBelgica
  • Queen Paola Foundation
  • Royal Belgium at Flickr
  • The Belgian Monarchy

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A Note on Reviews

Unless otherwise noted, any books I review on this blog I have either purchased or borrowed from the library, and I do not receive any compensation (monetary or in-kind) for the reviews.

Empress Carlota of Mexico (Daughter of Leopold and Louise-Marie)

  • A Tragic Empress 
  • A Letter by Empress Carlota to the Prefect of Puebla, 1864
  • Carlota's Youth
  • Carlota's Prayer (clip from the film 1939 film Juarez, starring Bette Davis as the empress)
  • Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, 1867
  • Reviews of the film Juarez
  • The Diamonds of Emperor Maximilian
  • The Portraiture of Empress Carlota, a study by Linda MacNayr of Queen's University (PDF link)

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-Leopold III, King of the Belgians, 1936

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