#Bourbon Parma

[tiaramania]

TIARA ALERT: Pélagie de Mac Mahon wore a diamond tiara for her wedding to Prince Amaury of Bourbon-Parma at Autun Cathedral in Autun, France on 8 July 2023.

#Tiara Alert #Pelagie de Mac Mahon #Princess Pelagie of Bourbon Parma #Bourbon Parma #Bourbon Parme #Duchess of Magenta #Tiara #bridal tiara #wreath tiara #France #French Nobility #French Aristocracy

[europesroyalsjewels]

Bourbon Parma Fleur de Lis Tiara ♕ Sold by Sothebys in 2018

#sold #auctioned #bourbon parma #royal jewels

[thediamondarcher]

"queer people didn't exist in the 18th century, and especially not in the royal families" ...

Isabella of Bourbon-Parma

married to Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor in 1760 to 1763 while simultaneously being in an affair with his sister until her own death in '63 Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen. quotes of various letters she dedicated to her lover:

“I am told that the day begins with God. I, however, begin the day by thinking of the object of my love, for I think of her incessantly.”

“My consolation, I am madly in love with you, virtuously or diabolically, I love you and I will love you to the grave.”

#lesbian #queer history #Isabella of Bourbon-Parma #isabella of parma #and btw her husband and lover were both siblings of Marie Antoinette #i actually love her even tho i just found put about her but i already know I'm going to be obsessed with her #history #queer #wlw #wlw history

[tiny-librarian]

Zita of Bourbon Parma, with her eldest daughter Archduchess Adelheid of Austria.

#zita of bourbon parma #empress zita #adelheid of austria #austria #empress of austria #archduchess #house of habsburg lorraine #long live the queue

[gemville]

Bulgari Art Deco Natural Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Diamond and Imitation Gem Necklace, Circa 1930

This necklace was a wedding gift from Prince Gaetano Of Bourbon-Parma to his wife, Princess Margarete Of Thurn and Taxis and thence by descent

Source: christies.com

#christie's #bulgari #bvlgari #natural pearls #cultured pearls #diamonds #imitation gemstone #multi gem necklace #royal jewelry #prince gaetano of bourbon parma #princess margrete of thurn and taxis #pearl necklace #pearl jewelry #high jewelry #luxury jewelry #fine jewelry #fine jewellery pieces #pearl high jewelry #gemville

[royal-confessions]

“I think it's nice when royal brides have colorful bouquets to add a pop of color to the white. For example, Princess Carolina of Bourbon-Parma who carried a bouquet of lavender-colored sweet peas, she chose this flower because it was Queen Juliana's favorite. Lady Davina Windsor opted for a bouquet of beautiful blue florals. Swedish Princess Sofia's bridal bouquet included cream and coral garden roses with sprigs of myrtle. For her wedding, Charlotte Casiraghi chose a whimsical bouquet of lilac.” - Submitted by Anonymous

#Wedding #sofia hellqvist #princess sofia #Charlotte Casiraghi #Lady Davina Windsor #house of bourbon parma

[thecatalogueofroyalfashion]

Princess Charlotte of Bourbon-Parma (during her civil wedding ceremony) || Zimmermann

#Princess Charlotte of Bourbon Parma #Zimmermann #dress #mini #wedding dress #with hat

[world-of-wales]

My search wasn’t too clear - is the House of Bourbon Two-Sicilies “pretenders to the throne” like the Greek royal family? Like Edo is an Italian count but can’t technically use his title, though they are Italian defunct royalty but still use theirs? Or are they’re from a different region where their titles are still recognised?

Yup kind of like that, so their ruling rights were lost in the 1860s itself when the 'Kingdom of Italy' was formed. Now it's just titles with no meaning, like the Savoys for example. The titles are just there at this point. Also there's been an ongoing feud between their two lines (the Spanish one + Maria chiara's dad's line) for quite some time now too over who gets to be the official 'head' of the house. They are a defunct royal line, even though they still claim the titles and everything. And yes they did claim the Spanish throne, particularly Carlos Hugo (died in something 70s not sure which year, he was the former head of the house) Fun Fact Carlos was married to Princess Irene of Netherlands and that was a whole other drama

#ash's asks #anons #the bourbon parmas #deposed royalty

[everythingroyalty]

Prince George of Greece and Denmark with his uncle Prince Valdemar of Denmark and Valdemar’s daughter Princess Margrethe (later Princess of Bourbon-Parma) at Fredensborg Palace in 1903

📸: Den Kongelige Fotografisamling, Kongernes Samling

#when your cousin is both your cousin and your bonus dad 🙈 #royaltyedit #historyedit #prince george of greece and denmark #princess margrethe of bourbon parma #prince valdemar #1903 #royal kids #royal love for each other #(no sh*t) #wanna tag this as 'royal lgbt' but i always feel uneasy about it #hashtag royal lgbt hashtag tw: inc*st

[archduchessofnowhere]

So I was looking for pictures of archduchess Sophie in Wikimedia, as one does, and I stumbled with the portrait in the left. This portrait immediately seemed VERY familiar to me - and it didn't took me long to realize why: it's a different version of a portrait of Ludovika of Bavaria, Empress Elisabeth's mother.

Although it's in Sophie's Wikimedia page, this portrait was first posted in weber-gesamtausgabe.de, a website about composer Carl Maria von Weber, as a portrait Princess Maria Luisa Carlota of Bourbon-Parma, daughter of King Luis I of Etruria and Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain, who later married Prince Maximilian of Saxony.

The first thing that I thought is that the Weber website simply misidentified the sitter, but I decided to keep looking further. The website sourced the image as coming from Fürsten-Bildnisse aus dem Hause Wettin, by Jean Louis Sponsel, published in Dresden in 1906. I crossed my fingers, googled it and guess what: the whole book is available for free in the Saxon State and University Library.

It didn't took me long to find the picture in question:

The text reads as it follows:

Luise, second wife of Prince Max, 1802-1857. daughter of King Louis of Etruria, Duke of Lucca, married, 1825.

Carl Vogel von Vogelstein? c. 1535 [a typo, the author likely meant 1835]

Half-length portrait without hands from the front, head and gaze turned a little to the right, in front of a light grey background. The cherry-red dress is cut to the shoulders. The neckline is gathered in several cross folds in the middle and at the shoulders, the sleeves are widely puffed out, the narrow waist is held in place by a wide belt band with a long rectangular silver buckle. A narrow lace insert at the neckline. In the centre a jewel decorated with rubies and hanging pearls, around the bare neck a three-row pearl necklace, in the ears diamond earrings with hanging pearls. The regular, red-cheeked, youthful face has been given a special adornment by the thick chestnut-brown hair, which is puffed up above the ears in short ringlets and over the middle of the head is laid together in dense braids to form a crown. Broad forehead, large deep-set eyes, narrow lips, short chin, narrow slightly flushed cheeks. A drawing by Carl Vogel von Vogelstein depicting the princess in approximately the same manner bears the date 1835. A life-size marble bust by F. Pozzi made in Rome in 1826 in the City Museum.

The colors described match with the Ludovika portrait, so to me at least there is almost no doubt of it being the same. But that left with a bigger question: who is the sitter then?

Short answer, I have no idea. I'm no art historian, and I can't go to the Schloss Dresden to check if they still have this portrait somewhere in their collection. What I can do is speculate with the little information that I have, so I decided to do just that.

Here we have a close up of an engraving of Luisa Carlota with no date (left), the Dresden portrait with the mysterious sitter (middle), and a close up of a painting of Luisa Carlota by Vogel - likely the one referenced in Sponsel's book, I couldn't find any other -, dated 1834 (right):

And here we have a close up of a miniature of Ludovika (left), the Dresden portrait (middle), and a close up of Ludovika's engagement portrait by Stieler (right):

Perhaps I'm being biased, but I can see a strong resemblance between the Dresden portrait and the two portraits of Ludovika. I can't really see much similarities with the two images of Luisa (though to be fair, the engraving and the Vogel portrait don't look super similar either, and both are confirmed pictures of her). To me, the detail that makes me think that the Dresden portrait is indeed Ludovika is the eye color. Luisa seems to have brown eyes in the Vogel portrait. Ludovika has blue eyes in both of her portraits. The same eye color that the woman in the red dress identified as Ludovika has - which is likely also the eye color of the Dresden portrait's sitter.

Lastly, here is a picture of the portrait with the frame, in which the inscription identifying Ludovika can be seen:

This is all I could find on the subject. If I learn anything more I'll tell you!

#i am once again trying to identify a portrait #ludovika of bavaria duchess in bavaria #luisa carlota of bourbon-parma princess of saxony #art

[gabriellademonaco]

♔ Royal Wedding Tiaras ♔

Princess Constance of Bourbon-Parma:
 The Ravinel Meander Tiara

#princess constance of bourbon parma #house of bourbon parma #royaltyedit #royal fashion #royal wedding #jewellery #tiara #royal wedding tiaras #mine

[tiaramania]

TIARA ALERT: Princess Charlotte of Bourbon Parma wore a diamond meander tiara for her wedding to Javier Valladares Urruela at St. Aubin’s Church in Tourouvre au Perche, France on 25 June 2022.

#Tiara Alert #Princess Charlotte #Bourbon Parme #Bourbon Parma #France #French Aristocracy #tiara #bridal tiara #meander tiara

[europesroyalsweddings]

✵ September 12, 2020 ✵

Archduchess Gabriella of Austria & Prince Henri of Bourbon-Parma

#House of Bourbon-Parma #Bourbon-Parma #Royal Wedding

[princessvictoriamelita]

Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, late 1880s.

#princess marie louise of bourbon-parma #bourbon-parma #italian royalty #italian royal

[tiny-librarian]

Louise Elisabeth of France with her eldest daughter, Isabella of Parma.

#louise elisabeth of france #isabella of parma #house of bourbon #house of bourbon parma #18th century #18th century art #long live the queue

[ifreakingloveroyals]

Happy 2nd Anniversary Henri and Gabriella! (m. 12 September 2020)

#Prince Henri of Bourbon Parma #Archduchess Gabriella #Luxembourg #Henri and Gabriella #weddings #2020 #2022