The Cross of Laeken

I did not know that the daughter of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette wrote poetry during her captivity. Here are some simple but poignant exc...

This is not a picture of any of the Belgian royals, but rather of two of the greatest princesses whom they count among their relatives.  ...

History and Other Thoughts  shares an interesting letter from Queen Louise-Marie to her niece, Queen Victoria, offering some advice regardin...

Our dear friend, Elena Maria Vidal, shares a stunning description of the misunderstood Queen of France by...a great Belgian nobleman.  As I ...

In Paris, a small grassy triangle commemorates the beautiful Belgian queen who died tragically young in a automobile accident. The monument ...

Here is a sympathetic description of the controversial character of Adélaïde d'Orléans, the sister of Louis-Philippe and aunt of Queen L...

At Lady Reading , there is a discussion, in Italian, of Marie-Amélie of Naples, Queen of the French, with rare miniatures, sculptures, drawi...

Today is the anniversary of the tragic carriage accident that claimed the life of Ferdinand-Philippe, Duc d'Orléans (1810-1842), Prince...

A moving virtual musical tour of the burial place of the House of Orléans, the family of Queen Louise-Marie of the Belgians.

An interesting critique of Sofia Coppola's film from  Tradition in Action.

Here is a lovely post on a revered ancestress of the Belgian royal family, Maria Amalia of Naples, the "Queen of the French."  As...

Elena Maria Vidal has an article about the Comte de Provence, a treacherous younger brother of King Louis XVI of France.  Unfortunately, it ...

A while ago, I mentioned  the sapphire, diamond and pearl parure of Marie-Amélie of Naples, Queen of the French , the revered mother of Lou...

As we've been discussing maligned ladies of the past, readers might be interested in  this thoughtful and sympathetic reassessment  of M...

A magnificent review of a magnificent book:  Gareth Russell on Elena Maria Vidal's second novel, Madame Royale , tracing the tormented b...

Since we recently commemorated the death of Marie-Thérèse of France , I wanted to share this moving message, addressed by the doomed monarc...

Some interesting reflections from Emily Chauvière, on the interplay of ambition and love in Leopold's marriages to Charlotte Augusta of ...

It is a curious coincidence that Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte of France , the famous "Madame Royale", eldest daughter and only survivin...

Here is her beautiful last letter, addressed to her sister-in-law, Madame Elisabeth of France.  Sadly, it never reached her. 16th October, ...

Here is the last letter of Queen Louise-Marie of the Belgians to her husband, King Leopold I. Attached to her will, it was written during ...