Tag: King Willem I

Abdicating: reasons and advantages © Kongehuset / Keld Navntoft
History, Miscellaneous

Abdicating: reasons and advantages

For a long time, monarchs tended to sit on their thrones until the day they died, and many regarded it as a failure to quit the throne. The heirs were handed over more power if necessary. With the abdication of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, another country has joined the growing list of monarchies, where […]

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New royal and noble books – June 2023 Copyright: TuendeBede at Pixabay / Trinity Library, Dublin, Ireland
Books & Magazines, Media & Co

New royal and noble books – June 2023

For more new books about royalty see: DENMARK / UNITED KINGDOM Title: Danish-British Consort Portraiture, c.1600-1900Author: Sara AyresPublication date: 7 June 2023Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers LtdLanguage: English DENMARK Title: Audienssalen på Frederiksborg SlotEditors: Stefan Pajung, Thomas Lyngby, Jakob ØrnbjergPublication date: 29 June 2023Publisher: Gads ForlagLanguage: Danish FRANCE Title: Lordship and Governance by the Countesses of […]

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Royal Exhibitions at The Hague: Willem I and Máxima
Exhibitions, Travel

Royal Exhibitions at The Hague: Willem I and Máxima

No time during the Royal Gathering conference weekend, so I took an early train to The Hague on Friday to spend the afternoon there shopping and especially visiting exhibitions. At the moment the National Archive (next to the central railway station) shows the exhibition “24 uur met Willem. Koning van Nederland en België” (24 hours […]

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