The Cross of Laeken

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

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

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

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...

A blog for researchers, by historical novelist C. M. Mayo, author of The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire. A touching online exhibit, cou...

Some may remember my post on the almsgiving of Louise-Marie, first Queen of the Belgians. In this regard, Louise surely learned from the n...

(*This is a follow-up to previous posts "Tragedy and Irony" and "Louis-Philippe: A Villain?" , so please read those fir...

The sapphire, diamond and pearl parure designed for Marie-Amélie, Queen of the French, consort of King Louis-Philippe. (Their eldest daugh...

I used to take a negative view of Louis-Philippe , due mostly to his troubling taking of the throne from his cousins during the July Revol...

Marie-Amélie of Naples, Duchesse d'Orléans, with her eldest son, the Duc de Chartres . The other day, I received two thoughtful comment...

As revealed in her Journal (see HERE and HERE ), Marie-Amélie, Queen of the French, was a woman of profound Catholic faith. With such a pio...

1815 was a hard year for Marie-Amélie. Along with the senior Bourbons, the Orléans had returned to France, after Napoleon's fall in 1814...

Princess Henriette of Belgium enriches her account of the life of her great-grandmother, Marie-Amélie of Naples, Queen of the French, with ...

One of the most moving passages in Marie-Amélie's Journal  concerns the death of her third daughter, the baby princess Françoise (1816-...

I was fascinated to read the account of Marie-Amélie of Naples (1782-1866), Queen of the French from 1830-1848, by her great-granddaughter, ...

The father and mother of the first Belgian queen, Louise-Marie of Orléans. This little princess of the cadet branch of the House of Bourbon ...

Queen of the French. Her eldest daughter was the beautiful and pious Louise-Marie, first Queen of the Belgians. The painting above, by Nico...