Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Mistresses of the Swedish royal family


Related Topics

In the News (Fri 19 Mar 10)
  
Mistresses+of+the+Swedish+royal+family (sponsored)
Looking for Mistresses+of+the+Swedish+royal+family? Search over 15,000 sites with one click. Your source for everything under the sun!
directcpv.com

  
  Encyclopedia: George IV of England
Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth of Clarence (Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide) (December 10, 1820-March 4, 1821) was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of King George III.
The Royal Marriages Act of 1772 made it illegal for any member of the British royal family (defined as all descendants of King George II, excluding descendants of princesses who marry foreigners) under the age of 25 to marry without the consent of the ruling monarch.
His mistresses included Mary Robinson, an actress who got revenge for her rejection by selling his letters to the newspapers, Grace Elliott, the Scottish wife of a sought-after London physician, and Frances, Lady Jersey, who would dominate his life for some years.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/George-IV-of-England   (7805 words)

  
 George I of Great Britain: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Sophia, meanwhile, had her own romantic connection with the Swedish (A Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland) Count Philip Christoph von Königsmarck (additional info and facts about Count Philip Christoph von Königsmarck).
The Royal Assent (additional info and facts about Royal Assent) was originally withheld, but the Estates refused to raise taxes and threatened to withdraw troops from the army fighting in the War of the Spanish Succession.
In 1717, the birth of a grandson led George I to quarrel with the Prince of Wales.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/george_i_of_great_britain.htm   (3413 words)

  
 The Rose of Versailles - French History
Imprisoned with the rest of the royal family in Paris, the French nobles in exile proclaimed him King with the execution of the father on Jan 21, 1793.
Blaming betrayal by the Royal Family and nobles, on Aug. 10 the Royal Family was imprisoned.
Attempted Escape by the Royal Family: During the early days of the Revolution, attempts were made by the National Assembly to create a monarchical regime where powers were shared between the King and Assembly.
www.interlog.com /~dgsimmns/RoV/RoV.history.html   (4809 words)

  
 Wallis, Duchess of Windsor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She then became the mistress of Ernest Aldrich Simpson, a mild-mannered half-English, half-American shipping executive and former captain in the Coldstream Guards, who divorced his first wife to marry her on July 21, 1928.
The British Royal Family and the Churches of England and Scotland were also opposed to the union.
It is said that, during the period when Mrs Simpson was Edward's mistress, she prematurely behaved as his consort at Fort Belvedere and Balmoral, and behaved with extreme hauteur towards the Yorks.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wallis_Simpson   (2059 words)

  
 Ancestors and Family of Katherine Maansdatter
She is the Cinderella of royal history, the only woman born of the local common people to wear a queen's crown on her head.
In August 1571 the former royal family, with the exception of Henrik, was taken to Kastelholm.
The young child died in September 1572 and was buried in the Cathedral to the accompaniment of a royal cannon salute.
nygaard.howards.net /files/3/4251.htm   (3291 words)

  
 Queen Alexandra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In many ways, Alexandra, or "Alix" as she was known within the family, may be seen as a precursor to Diana, Princess of Wales.
Alexandra of Denmark was not her firstchoice, since the Danes were at loggerheads with the Prussians, and most of the British royal family 's relations were German.
The death of Prince Albert Victor in 1892 was a serious blow to the tender-hearted Alix, and she insisted on keeping his room andpossessions exactly as he had left them, much as did her mother-in-law after the death of Prince Albert in 1861.
www.therfcc.org /queen-alexandra-373864.html   (619 words)

  
 ipedia.com: George I of Great Britain Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
George was born on May 28, 1660 in Hanover, Germany, and was the son of the Electress Sophia of Hanover who was a granddaughter of King James I of England.
She had committed adultery with the Swedish count Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, whose murder at the command of Countess von Platen he seems to have countenanced, but the grounds for the divorce were not George's or Sophia's adultery, but Sophia's alleged "abandonment" of her husband.
The birth of a second grandson in 1717 was the occasion for a family quarrel, and the Prince of Wales was banished from the royal residence along with his wife and children.
www.ipedia.com /george_i_of_great_britain.html   (651 words)

  
 2003
September 10 - Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh is stabbed in a Stockholm department store and dies the next day.
December 23 - A terrier belonging to Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal attacks and kills a corgi belonging to Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal Family gather at Sandringham for Christmas.
Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/2/20/2003.html   (3622 words)

  
 George I of Great Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The couple were however soon estranged; George preferred the society of his mistress, Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg, whom he later created Duchess of Munster and Kendal in Great Britain, and by whom he had at least three illegitimate children.
The Royal Assent was originally withheld, which caused the Scottish Estates to refuse to raise taxes and threaten to withdraw troops from the army fighting in the War of the Spanish Succession.
Before the Hanoverians, the only princely dignities were those of Prince of Wales (customarily granted to the heir-apparent) and Princess Royal (customarily granted to the Sovereign's eldest daughter).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_I_of_Great_Britain   (3016 words)

  
 God Save the King?
The story was covered by Agence France Presse, which ended its coverage with this paragraph, "The royal family is hugely popular and respected in Sweden, as the king has over the years moved away from his image of a partying, dimwitted playboy youth towards that of a greying, respected statesman."
It was when I lived in Geneva that I actually realized the number of royal families still nominally in power in Europe.
He pointed out how the media picks up and focuses on the scandals, partying, and overall bad behavior of the royals, so that much of their hard work is missed by the general public.
www.fillibabba.com /broad/0472.htm   (1461 words)

  
 [No title]
She was not inclined to study; and, with the exception of the abbe, her masters and mistresses were too courtly to be peremptory with an archduchess.
They held a meeting at which they resolved that no member of their families should attend, and carried out their resolution so obstinately that at five o'clock, when the dancing was to commence, except the royal princesses there were only three ladies in the room.
Not that the intrigues of the mistress and her adherents were at all diminished.
www.gutenberg.net /1/0/5/5/10555/10555.txt   (10106 words)

  
 Royal Scandals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
His career began during the "Wars of the Roses," a horribly bloody, endless family feud in the 15th century between the royal families of York and Lancaster.
His take on family fealty was expressed in a painting he had commissioned for the royal chamber at Westminster.
For all the royal family nastiness, none matched the bitter and ugly relationships between the Hanoverian kings of the 18th and 19th centuries and their sons.
www.cennet.co.uk /eshowcase/listings/231.html   (3747 words)

  
 A Comparative Relationship Analysis of Swedish Traditions in the U. S. Rural Midwest and Sweden
Swedish traditions are thought to appear strongest in rural areas, a few urban areas plus areas with organizations encouraging the practice of these traditions.
He traveled there often and was presented the Royal Order of the North Star and the prestigious Linnean Award of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
The Swedish traditions remain at work in the congregation, but Isaacs reports that at a recent church dinner, it was chili and not Swedish meatballs served.
www.epeterson.net /barry/swedechili.htm   (6019 words)

  
 The Wold Newton Universe - Articles
According to Farmer, the immediate family of Lord Peter is pretty much the same as in Scott-Giles, with the following variation: The 14th Duke of Pomver is married to Joane Clayton, sister of both the 5th and 6th Dukes of Greystoke, (the grandfathers, of, respectively, Tarzan and Doc Savage).
The Delagardies were a branch of the great Swedish family of De La Gardie, who had fled to France in the wake of the peasant uprising against the founder of Raback, Count Magnus De La Gardie.
Victor, a descendant of that noble family of Frankenstein, Germany, was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1772.
www.pjfarmer.com /woldnewton/Articles.htm   (12996 words)

  
 Amiga.org - Forum
Lord Spencer (her brother) IMHO is a classic case of in breeding, If we didnt have the royal family the inbreed ones would not come to public attention, and the ones who do work, and do have their purpose may well have come to attention because of the good acts they serve us with.
I'm surprised nobody has pointed out that the present Royal family (House of Hanover) don't even have a legitimate claim to the throne considering there is still a genuine Plantaginate descendant of the House of York alive downunder...
There are however a goodly amount of royals that would otherwise have a lot of free time on their hands that in many cases look far more convincing then many of the stars and starletts out there who promote good causes..
www.amiga.org /modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=21236&forum=30   (8335 words)

  
 The Local - Sweden's news in English
The Swedish Board of Migration offers asylum seekers substandard lawyers who are "not knowledgeable, skilful or engaged", says the chairman of human rights organisation 'Advokater utan gränser'.
Questions are being asked at a Stockholm school after pupils stumbled across a woman being photographed wearing a thong and a camisole — in the school gym.
Sales in the Swedish grocery sector increased in 2005 by 2.5%, to 211 billion kronor.
www.thelocal.se   (690 words)

  
 Stella Polaris
Meanwhile, the Swedish invasion facilitates the planned coup in St. Petersburg, and on November 25th, the infant Emperor Ivan VI and his mother, Empress Anna Leopoldovna, are overthrown by the Grand-Duchess Elizaveta Petrovna and the Imperial Guard.
The hostilities on the northwestern border cease, as the new Empress concludes a truce with the Swedish commander-in-chief, field-marshal Carl Emil Lewenhaupt.
The British Royal House and the government, on their part, are greatly reassured by the apparent Prussian desire to keep the other German states out of the conflict, which seems to de facto offer the desired guarantee for the security of Hannover.
www.uta.fi /~jj58679/polaris.html   (19749 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The history of the Stowell family of Northampton.
The role of the D'Este and Gonzaga families in Renaissance art.
The import of Swedish softwood pulp into the U.K. Migration and gender in immigrants to the U.S.A. from Mexico.
www.r-alston.co.uk /semlist.htm   (2486 words)

  
 The Eternal Journal
The son of Swedish immigrants, Sandburg quit school at age 13 and served in the Spanish-American War.
After graduating from Britain's Royal Military College at Sandhurst, he covered the South African war as a reporter and was captured by the Boers.
Harding also was a tobacco-chewing, whiskey-drinking, poker-playing philanderer, with at least two mistresses, one of whom bore his only child in 1919.
www.highschooljournalism.org /Content.cfm?id=163   (4902 words)

  
 Amiga.org - Forum
But a greater amount of time shooting grouse, hunting, and visiting the royal mistresses (who are actually also related to them), the basic aristocratic tax wasting.
but I think this is the biggest mistake the swedish royal family made.
Is there any purpose for continuing the royal family?
www.amiga.org /modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=thread&topic_id=21236&forum=30&post_id=278661   (873 words)

  
 Home - The Royal Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
One speaks of her immediate family as "dysfunctional" while another says the monarchy and her family now represent the nation.
For some of the ministers, judges, and other public figures, however, it was their first time being invited to the first of the queen's New Year's receptions.
The figures, based on annual reports of Parliament's royal subsidies and Prince Charles's accounts, would seem to counter Clarence House's claim that the Duchess will not be a burden on the public purse.
www.royalarchive.com   (1403 words)

  
 Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
One of George's mistresses reported to George that Sophia was having an affair of the heart with the Swedish, Count von Konigsmarck.
He was given a false rendezvous with Sophia and was never seen again, but his bones were found under her dressing room years later.
It was twenty years after the imprisonment of Sophia that George came to the throne of England and brought with him his mistress: Charlotte de Kielmanssegge.
www.camelotintl.com /heritage/rulers/george_i.html   (192 words)

  
 Tales of old Shanghai - Library - Fortune magazine Jan 1935
The glory of this city is still justly claimed by a few thousand families of white men and their predecessors, known as Shanghailanders/ Excluding 25,000 Russian exiles (whom as a group Shanghai does not classify as white men) the number of Shanghailanders, men, women and children, is as follows:
The distinction between taipan and wage earner, old family and upstart, is lost in the glaring fact of their common race.
As a result of all this Westernization, China's trade swung into what may prove to be a new cycle in 1933 when she reversed her oldb position as consumer of manufactured goods and became a producer of them.
www.earnshaw.com /shanghai-ed-india/tales/library/fortune/t-fortune2.htm   (8561 words)

  
 A Treasury of Royal Scandals: A Book by Michael Farquhar
A vaguely ridiculous princeling from the German duchy of Hanover, a distant cousin, was the royal family’s closest legal relative after the death of Queen Anne.
The animosity that existed between George I and his son, also named George, went back years to when the father was sovereign of only his miniature German kingdom of Hanover, the son was just a boy, and a messy affair alienated them forever.
During one episode, the royal family was dining at Windsor Castle when the king exploded in a mad fit.
www.royalscandals.com /part5.htm   (1282 words)

  
 James W. Gerard. Face to Face with Kaiserism. 1918. Chapters 1-3.
When, for example, a member of the royal family dies, even in another country, it must be lamented by the court circle of other lands.
So, it is apparent what a close corporation all the royal families make and the peoples are simply viewed as the personal property of the ruling princes.
Nothing illustrates more vividly the belief of the royal families of the Central Empires in their God-given right to rule the plain people than those few words of Maximilian written before his ill-fated expedition to Mexico.
www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/memoir/Gerard2/Kaiserism1.htm   (6302 words)

  
 [No title]
Royal Mail Calculator: how much it costs to send nationally, internationally with options of recorded mail, swift air, from the u.k., you will need to know how heavy in grams(grammes) it weighs.
The first part of the title may be misleading, by horrible histories, this series seeks to inform young minds the realities of History and illustrate the finer points, that are omitted in history books or from teachers’ lessons.
For example: The Vikings ate Polar Bears and Wales, and the Swedish word for “cheers” — Scholl, Skoll actually means “Skull” in English because in Valhalla (Viking’ legendary heaven for warriors) Warriors in the afterlife drank wine from the skulls of their enemies on this ephemeral plane.
benechan.tripod.com /travels.htm   (7127 words)

  
 Yvonne's Royalty Home Page: Books about Queen Victoria and Her Family
This document is a list of English-language books written about Queen Victoria, her family, and her descendants, as well as books authored by Queen Victoria and some of her descendants.
The Royal House of Windsor, by Elizabeth Longford (1974)
Queen Victoria’s Gene: Haemophilia and the Royal Family, by D.M. Potts and W.T.W. Potts (1995)
users.uniserve.com /~canyon/royalty_books.htm   (8743 words)

  
 Focus Faculty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
After finishing her associate degree in art and decoration, Fabienne left family and friends behind and went to Paris to follow her dream.
She loves teaching and she is very excited to be a part of the Focus Family.
Most recently she shared her talent as dancer and ballet mistress for the Jazz company Jazz Spectrum.
www.focusdancecenter.com /faculty   (2914 words)

  
 Index Lo-Ly
Pauline-Félicité de Mailly-Nesle, marquise de Vintimille, his mistress from 1739 to 1741, had sponsored the war party that brought France into the inconclusive War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48) against Austria and Britain.
It was aristocratic opposition to the fiscal, economic, and administrative reforms of the controller-general of finance, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, in 1787 that forced the king, in July 1788, to summon the States General, the representatives of the clergy, nobility, and commoners, for the following year and thus set in motion the French Revolution.
Louis's resistance to popular demands was one of the causes of the forcible transfer of the royal family from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace in Paris on Oct. 6, 1789.
www.rulers.org /indexl4.html   (15378 words)

  
 Victoria's Secret: Who was Queen Victoria's real father?
The Royal Families of Europe at that time were almost required to marry each other.
First, it was a common practice among all families of Europe, both high and low, to marry cousins.
To those of you who do not know, William Addams Reitwiesner works for the Library of Congress and is presently writing a book on the genealogy of that poor, unfortunate, mentally retarded moron in the White House, so he tends to know what he is talking and his comments are deserving of the highest respect.
www.ishipress.com /secret.htm   (1229 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.