American in England working on the history of France. Interested in presenting European history to wider British public #Versailles #twitterstorian #lorraine 🌈
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At last, my copies of the Monsieur book have arrived! #Frenchhistory #Versailles #Versaillesfamily Thanks to @RoutledgeHist and @HistoryRCMmu routledge.com/Monsieur-Secon…
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The court Burgundy is essential when studying medieval or early modern court. Do join the adventure on Thursday!
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1/2 📣 CFP for our 2027 conference on the theme 'Manifestations of Conformity, Controversy, and Emotions at Court, 1200-1800’!
📍National Palace of Sintra in Sintra, Portugal
🗓 16-18 September 2027
🗓 Proposals deadline 31 Dec 2026 to [email protected]
My book on the Bourbons is coming out next month! Some of the material that didn't make it in includes two families with Bourbon blood, the dukes of Sueca and the dukes of Riansares, both descended from young men who caught the royal eye! dukesandprinces.org/2026/09/…
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FAMILY TREE OF ALEXANDER, CROWN PRINCE OF YUGOSLAVIA
On Sept 21, 1985 Crown Prince Alexander and Katherine Batis were married in St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Notting Hill, London.
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#OTD in 1984 Princess Astrid of Belgium and Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este were married in Brussels
I do plan to make a chart showing their common ancestors, but for now here is a chart showing Princess Astrid's ancestors as well as their five children and four grandchildren 🙂
FAMILY TREE OF KING PHILIPPE OF THE BELGIANS
Happy birthday King Philippe! #OTD in 1960 Philippe was born to the future King Albert II and Queen Paola (née Ruffo di Calabria)
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The House of Windsor is descended from William the Conqueror, and from every family that has ruled England/Great Britain in the past. The claim that the current royal family has less royal blood than a family that only became earls during the reign of George III is utter nonsense. And the idea that Stuart blood will return to the royal family in the future is also absurd; the current king is literally a descendant of James VI and I (from the House of Stuart).
If you're curious about this rather odd debate over whether the Earl #Spencer has a better pedigree than the King, check out my article on this, linking them with the Churchills of Marlborough (then read other posts on the Saxe-Coburgs and Oldenburgs dukesandprinces.org/2020/11/…
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Some solace in the autumn, Monday, September 21m 6:45 PM 21, a lecture on Zoom by Harry M Lewis “The Stuart Court in Exile as Colonial Actor: Ennoblement in the Americas, 1698-1750”.
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📣 On 2 October SCS will hold a one day symposium on the future of court studies to mark our 30th anniversary!
📍St Mary's University Twickenham AND Strawberry Hill House
🕑 From 1pm with evening reception
Event is free for members!
Register here 👇eventbrite.co.uk/e/scs-30th-…
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As autumn and darkness is creeping closer, one light remains: the autumn SCS lecture series! First out is Harry M Lewis on ‘The Stuart Court in Exile as Colonial Actor: Ennoblement in the Americas, 1698–1750’.
Sign up to attend (for free) 21/9:
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📣 The European Branch's first 2026/27 virtual seminar will take place this week on Thursday 17 September at 6pm CET!
Christian Kammann will present on their new book 'Hofkultur im weltlichen Hochstift. Landschaftsverbandes Stade, 2025'
Register below
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After a recent visit to Książ Castle in Silesia, a post about its owners, the Princes of Pless, seems appropiate. It's a tale about 'black gold', a fascinating British-born princess named Daisy, and a sex scandal or two for extra spice dukesandprinces.org/2026/09/…
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If anyone's wondering how the royal guests are related to King Harald, look no further! Here's a family tree showing all those connections. 🥲
Reposting an updated blog about the House of Oldenburg in honour of the funeral of Harald V today in Oslo. Interesting to remember how he spent his earliest childhood in Bethesda, Maryland. And how patrilineally, he and Charles III are of the same House: dukesandprinces.org/2020/12/…
Proofreading a new piece I've written about Liselotte, I'd forgotten this absolute gem of hers: "C'est le cul le mieux payé que l'on puisse trouver sur terre" (March 1719, writing about her son-in-law's mistress)!
Towering above the river Vltava, Bohemia's original dukes (before they were kings) built a fortress up on this rock, Vyšehrad. #dukesandprinces
Yesterday's great honour to talk about dynastic survival strategies
Day 2 of #KQ15 in #prague
Thank you @JSpanUK for opening as today's keynote speaker, and everyone who delivered a wide variety of thought-provoking papers and our hosts
@akademievedcr @historickyustav_avcr
#conference #royalstudies #kingship #queenship #history
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A few highlights from day 2 at #KQ15, from the morning keynote from @JSpanUK to this evening’s courtly music concert which rounded off an excellent day of papers! Thanks again to @DanaDmala and our wonderful hosts at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague!
Two MMU royal historians take on Prague at #kingsandqueens15. With
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