The Cross of Laeken

Adrian Keppel features a stamp and miniature portrait, honoring Queen Louise-Marie, by the famous Belgian floral painter Pierre-Joseph Red...

From History and Other Thoughts comes this charming description of the first Queen of the Belgians, Louise d'Orléans, by her husband,...

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.  ...

Here are two images of Marie-Antoinette's private theatre. (Via  Tea at Trianon ). As shown above, it was redecorated by her niece Mar...

Since we are approaching the end of the year, and the fourth anniversary of The   Cross of Laeken , I thought it might be fun to revisit som...

A striking, sombre portrait. Today is the anniversary of her death. 

A delightful post.  As it happens, the anniversary of the death of the Queen's beloved father Louis-Philippe is coming soon.

In Leo XIII: A Light from Heaven  (1961) , Brother William J. Kiefer, S.M. discusses the time that Joachim Pecci, future Pope Leo XIII, sp...

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

A lovely, detailed post about Belgium's first crown prince.  After his death, his mother, the devout Queen Louise-Marie, wrote to her fa...

Grand Ladies has some rare and interesting images of the first two Queens of the Belgians , Louise-Marie of France and Marie-Henriette of A...

Queen Louise-Marie, I suppose in mourning?

Here is a description of the second eldest brother of Queen Louise-Marie, Prince Louis, Duc de Nemours, who was once considered a candidate ...

Commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1840, this miniature watercolor on ivory is the work of Magdalena Dalton, née Ross. After Louise-Marie...

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 feast of St. Louis of France; tomorrow will be the anniversary of the death of Louis-Philippe, King of the French. I find this...

Yesterday was the anniversary of the marriage of King Leopold I and Queen Louise-Marie of the Belgians in 1832. Here is an image of the spr...

At  Lost in the Myths of History,  Christina Croft shares a touching message of condolence, addressed by Queen Victoria to her uncle, King L...