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Sunday, December 23, 2012
Royal Wedding: Madeleine of Sweden's wedding date
The Royal Court in Stockholm has announced that the wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia's youngest child, and Mr. Christopher O'Neill will take place on 8 June 2013 at the Royal Chapel in Stockholm's Royal Palace.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Royal Gatherings signing party!
Today, at Eurohistory's office, Ilana Miller and Arturo Beéche will spend several hours autographing copies of their latest cooperation, Royal Gatherings – Who is in the Picture? Volume 1: 1859-1914.
Following this, friends of Eurohistory and the Higdon Beeche family are invited to join in our traditional Christmas Party ... if in the neighborhood come join us!
Work has already started on the second volume, to include the years 1914-1947. This second volume begins with the Russian visit to Romania, just before the start of the Great War, and concludes with the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. The book examines various royal gatherings, stormy ones in many cases, that happened during the trying years from the outset of the First World War and the arrival of much-hoped-for peace at the end of the Second World War.
In the meantime, copies of Royal Gatherings – Who is in the Picture? Volume 1: 1859-1914 are available through Eurohistory, AMAZON, MAJESTY Magazine, Hoogstraten English Bookstore and Librairie Galignani.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0985460318
Thanks for your support and may 2013 bring us many more Royal books!
Here are some pages samples from Royal Gatherings – Who is in the Picture? Volume 1: 1859-1914.
We hope you enjoy them and place an order for this very unique production from Eurohistory!
Enjoy and Happy Christmas!
Following this, friends of Eurohistory and the Higdon Beeche family are invited to join in our traditional Christmas Party ... if in the neighborhood come join us!
Work has already started on the second volume, to include the years 1914-1947. This second volume begins with the Russian visit to Romania, just before the start of the Great War, and concludes with the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. The book examines various royal gatherings, stormy ones in many cases, that happened during the trying years from the outset of the First World War and the arrival of much-hoped-for peace at the end of the Second World War.
In the meantime, copies of Royal Gatherings – Who is in the Picture? Volume 1: 1859-1914 are available through Eurohistory, AMAZON, MAJESTY Magazine, Hoogstraten English Bookstore and Librairie Galignani.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0985460318
Thanks for your support and may 2013 bring us many more Royal books!
Here are some pages samples from Royal Gatherings – Who is in the Picture? Volume 1: 1859-1914.
We hope you enjoy them and place an order for this very unique production from Eurohistory!
Enjoy and Happy Christmas!
Thursday, December 20, 2012
ROYAL GATHERINGS, Volume 1 – SHIPPING!
Just a quick note to give a sign of life and let everyone know that Royal Gatherings, Volume 1: 1859-1914, the latest collaboration between Ilana D. Miller and our founder Arturo E. Beéche started shipping last Friday!
We have ample number of copies and we hope that our subscribers and readers will take the plunge and acquire a copy, or two, or more!
:-)
Hopefully, Coryne Hall, who does book reviews for Eurohistory will get her review copy soon. Once she has finished her review, which we hope will be a good one (fingers crossed!), we will post it here.
Meanwhile, if interested in purchasing a copy of the book, you can do so by emailing us directly at:
books@eurohistory.com
or by going to AMAZON.com:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0985460318
We have ample number of copies and we hope that our subscribers and readers will take the plunge and acquire a copy, or two, or more!
:-)
Hopefully, Coryne Hall, who does book reviews for Eurohistory will get her review copy soon. Once she has finished her review, which we hope will be a good one (fingers crossed!), we will post it here.
Meanwhile, if interested in purchasing a copy of the book, you can do so by emailing us directly at:
books@eurohistory.com
or by going to AMAZON.com:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0985460318
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Luxembourg: New Royal Engagement
This announcement was expected as both Felix and Claire were spotted in Florida together. She also attended the wedding of Felix's first cousin, Imre of Austria, and brother, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume.
The date of their religious wedding is yet to be announced.
For further reading:
http://www.wort.lu/en/view/new-royal-engagement-for-luxembourg-50b36c11e4b02aeeddcecab8
http://www.wort.lu/en/view/prince-felix-to-tie-the-knot-50c99c4fe4b0876371a72bdb
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
UK: Change in Succession Law to Move Full Steam Ahead
All Commonwealth realms have agreed to press ahead with a bill ending discrimination against women in the succession to the British throne.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said the government would now introduce the Succession to the Crown Bill in the House of Commons as soon as possible.
It means the first child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will become monarch, whether a boy or a girl.
The duchess, whose pregnancy was announced on Monday, is in hospital.
She is spending her second day in the private King Edward VII Hospital in central London with acute morning sickness.
The new legislation will end the principle of male primogeniture, meaning male heirs will no longer take precedence over women in line to the throne.
It will also end the ban on anyone in the line of succession marrying a Roman Catholic.
The legislation was agreed in principle at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Perth, Australia in October 2011.
Since then, the government of New Zealand has been gathering formal letters of consent from the 15 realms of the Commonwealth, with assurances that they will be able to take the necessary measures in their own countries before the change in British legislation begins.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Cambridge Pregnancy ... Further news...
The Duchess is understood to have found out last month that she was pregnant, and had not intended to go public with the news until she was at least 12 weeks pregnant.
But after being admitted to hospital with a bout of acute morning sickness, the Duke and Duchess decided to make the announcement early to avoid any speculation about her condition.
Royal sources refused to say how many weeks pregnant the Duchess is, but confirmed she has not yet reached the 12-week stage.
The Duchess, 30, is suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, which means she needs to be given extra fluids and nutrition, and is likely to remain in hospital for several days.
She was taken ill over the weekend while staying with her parents in Bucklebury, Berks. The Duke was not with her at the time, as he was spending a weekend privately with friends, but he rushed to Bucklebury to join his wife earlier today and travelled with her by car to the King Edward VII hospital in London.
Continue reading...
UK: The Duchess of Cambridge is Pregnant!
The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby, St James's Palace has announced.
Members of the royal family and the duchess's family, the Middletons, are said to be delighted.
A spokesman said the duchess has been admitted to King Edward VII Hospital in central London with acute morning sickness and is expected to stay for several days.
Catherine and William were married at Westminster Abbey in April 2011.
The duchess was last seen in public on Friday when she visited her old school St Andrew's School in Pangbourne in Berkshire.
The royal baby will be born third in line and in direct succession to the throne.
He or she will one day be head of the armed forces, supreme governor of the Church of England and head of the Commonwealth, and subsequently head of state of 16 countries.
Continue reading...
Friday, November 30, 2012
NEW BOOK: The Other Grand Dukes – Sons and Grandsons of Russia's Grand Dukes
One year, six issues of Eurohistory and three books! – No wonder I'm exhausted!
Yet it is with great delight that we have reached this milestone and as I hold to cover jacket of THE OTHER GRAND DUKES, it now becomes quite real ... the books arrival here at Eurohistory is just weeks away!
Yet it is with great delight that we have reached this milestone and as I hold to cover jacket of THE OTHER GRAND DUKES, it now becomes quite real ... the books arrival here at Eurohistory is just weeks away!
Arturo E. Beéche, founder and publisher of The European Royal History Journal, thought of the idea for an anthology on Russia’s GrandDuchesses. That book was published eight years ago and since then it has received wide attention and praise. Consequently, a companion book on the Russian Grand Dukes became imperative. The Grand Dukes: Sons and Grandsons of Russia’s Tsars Since Paul I examines the biographies of nearly forty men whose birth gave them the right to one of the world’s most prestigious positions. All sons of Russian tsars are covered in Volume I. The sons of collateral grand ducal branches are covered in Volume II.
The biography of each of the Grand Dukes of Russia brings to life a deeply gripping human saga. These men were born into what then was one of the world’s most powerful ruling dynasties. They were not all saints; they were not all demons – they were men whose birth showered them with untold privilege. Some used their birthright for the common good; some did not. Yet, they allremain amazingly intriguing, complex, complicated and conflicted human beings. At birth they were showered with untold privilege, including a lump sum of money placed in trust for them. By the time these funds were made available to a Grand Duke, the interest alone made them amazingly wealthy. Added to thisbenefit, they derived salaries from their military appointments, investments, real estate and inheritance. Thus, the Grand Dukes were able to maintain a lifestyle only surpassed by today’s oligarchs and yesteryear’s robber barons. They were consummate spenders in paintings, art, architecture, jewels, all while acting as sponsors of talented writers, thinkers, poets, ballerinas, among many others. One was a playwright of considerable talent. Another played a role in working toward the liberation of the serfs. One was a leading admiral with a fondness for “fast women and slow ships.” Another Grand Duke lived a tortured existence as a closeted homosexual, yet became the father of nine children. Told in a two-volume set, this is their story.
Participating in this extensive research project were some oftoday’s best-known royalty authors. They included: Charles Stewart, awell-known and respected royal anthropologist, as well as one of the world’s leading experts in the rules that governed the lives of European royalty; Janet Ashton, a
well-known contributor to royalty magazines and published from the United Kingdom; Zoia Belyakova, a well-known Russian scholar with countless books to her name; Lisa Davidson, one of the leading forces behind The Alexander Palace Time Machine (www.alexanderpalace.org); Coryne Hall, a highly-respected royal author with several books and countless articles to her name; Ilana Miller, a Pepperdine University faculty member, who happens to be a leading expert on the Grand Dukes of Hesse and By Rhine; Greg King, one of today’s most talented royal biographers; Marlene Eilers-Koenig, a well-known expert on royalty and the descendants of Queen Victoria; William Lee, a university professor fromOregon with a deep love of Russia and its culture; John van der Kiste, easily the most prolific royalty author of today; Grant Hayter-Menzies, a talentedwriter and contributor to historical journals; Penny Wilson, a well-known writer and expert on the Romanovs. Finally, Arturo E. Beéche, whose vision and guidance is responsible for the royalty epicenter that
Eurohistory.com has become.
well-known contributor to royalty magazines and published from the United Kingdom; Zoia Belyakova, a well-known Russian scholar with countless books to her name; Lisa Davidson, one of the leading forces behind The Alexander Palace Time Machine (www.alexanderpalace.org); Coryne Hall, a highly-respected royal author with several books and countless articles to her name; Ilana Miller, a Pepperdine University faculty member, who happens to be a leading expert on the Grand Dukes of Hesse and By Rhine; Greg King, one of today’s most talented royal biographers; Marlene Eilers-Koenig, a well-known expert on royalty and the descendants of Queen Victoria; William Lee, a university professor fromOregon with a deep love of Russia and its culture; John van der Kiste, easily the most prolific royalty author of today; Grant Hayter-Menzies, a talentedwriter and contributor to historical journals; Penny Wilson, a well-known writer and expert on the Romanovs. Finally, Arturo E. Beéche, whose vision and guidance is responsible for the royalty epicenter that
Eurohistory.com has become.
Inside THE OTHER GRAND DUKES, readers will find a wealth of information included in these chapters:
Foreword
A Word from the Publisher
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter I – The Sons of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich
Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich
Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich
Chapter II – The Son of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich
Chapter III – The Grandson of Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich
Chapter IV – The Son of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich
Grand Duke Dimitri Pavlovich
Chapter V – The Sons of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaievich
Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich
Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich
Grand Duke Dimitri Konstantinovich
Grand Duke Vyacheslav Konstantinovich
Chapter VI – The Sons of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaievich
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaievich Junior
Grand Duke Peter Nikolaievich
Chapter VII – The Sons of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaievich
Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich
Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich
Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich
Grand Duke Serge Mikhailovich
Grand Duke Alexis Mikhailovich
Endnotes Notes
Bibliography
Name Index
Photo Section (69 images)
Family Trees
Table #1: The Russian Imperial Family
Table #2: The Vladimirovichi and Pavlovich Lines
Table #3: The Konstantinovichi Line
Table #4: The Nikolaievichi Line
Table #5: The Mikhailovichi Line
Friday, November 23, 2012
Royalty Book: ROYAL GATHERINGS, Volume 1: 1859-1914 ON SALE NOW!
ROYAL GATHERINGS was inspired by an Eurohistory Magazine section, What's In a Photo, that has proven to be the publication's most popular feature. Co-authored by Ilana D. Miller and Arturo E. Beéche, it promises to be an excellent addition to Eurohistory's growing library of unique titles.
Ranging from the overthrow of King Francesco II of the Two Sicilies in 1859 to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este in 1914, ROYAL GATHERINGS examines 38 group photos taken at various royalty get-togethers between those years. Each of the thirty-eight chapters focuses on one particular gathering. In each gathering the authors provided vignettes, or what Prince Michael of Greece calls "la petite histoire," on each of the royal personages featured in the chosen photograph.
Besides written stories on each of the royalties present in any of the given group photos, the authors have also included many individual photos to accompany the text. The book contains more than 250 photos, as well as an extensive family tree that includes most of the royalties discussed in the book. ROYAL GATHERINGS is 172-long glossy pages, hardbound.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0985460318
Ranging from the overthrow of King Francesco II of the Two Sicilies in 1859 to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este in 1914, ROYAL GATHERINGS examines 38 group photos taken at various royalty get-togethers between those years. Each of the thirty-eight chapters focuses on one particular gathering. In each gathering the authors provided vignettes, or what Prince Michael of Greece calls "la petite histoire," on each of the royal personages featured in the chosen photograph.
Besides written stories on each of the royalties present in any of the given group photos, the authors have also included many individual photos to accompany the text. The book contains more than 250 photos, as well as an extensive family tree that includes most of the royalties discussed in the book. ROYAL GATHERINGS is 172-long glossy pages, hardbound.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0985460318
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Exhibition: The Bourbons of the Two Sicilies
The Duchess of Vendôme was invited Tuesday, November 13 at the opening of the exhibition "The Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies" by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke and Duchess of Castro.
Among the guests were their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Antoine of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Prince Laurent of Belgium, Prince and Princess Alvaro d'Orléans, Prince Jean of Luxembourg, Prince Charles-Emmanuel de-Boubon Parma and Princess Napoléon. Also in attendance were several political figures such as former Minister of Education, Jack Lang, the former Justice Minister Rachida Dati and the mayor of the 8th district of Paris François Lebel.
The exhibition is open to the public from November 14 to 30 in the Exhibition Hall of the Town Hall in the 8th district of Paris.
The Duke of Castro, the Duchess de Vendôme, Prince Jean of Luxembourg.
Prince and Princess Antonio of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, the Duchess de Vendôme.
Princess Helene of Yugoslavia, the Duc hess de Vendôme, Prince Laurent of Belgium,
Prince Michel of Yugoslavia, Princess Antonella d'Orléans.
Princess Antonella and Prince Alvaro d'Orléans, the Duchess of Castro,
the Duchess de Vendôme.
the Duchess de Vendôme.
©Prince Jean de France, Duke de Vendôme.
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