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Showing posts with label Royalty Rulers and Nobiity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Royalty Rulers and Nobiity. Show all posts
8 September 2026

Stefano Casiraghi - businessman and socialite

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Died in powerboat tragedy after marrying princess Stefano Casiraghi and Princess Caroline of Monaco pictured on their wedding day in 1983 Th...
14 March 2025

Umberto I - King of Italy

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Assassination attempts overshadow the reign of unpopular monarch A portrait photograph, of unknown origin, of a young Umberto I The second k...
11 October 2024

Mattias de’ Medici - Governor of Siena

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Distinguished soldier was interested in art and science A portrait of Mattias de' Medici by the court painter, Justus Sustermans Mattias...
17 December 2023

Maria Luisa - Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalia

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Marriage to Napoleon earned Austrian noblewoman an Italian Duchy Maria Luisa married Napoleon in 1810, two years before the French emperor...
10 July 2023

Ludovico Chigi – Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

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Roman with many titles had powerful ancestors Ludovico Chigi, pictured in his ceremonial uniform Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere was born...
9 May 2023

Zita of Bourbon-Parma

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The long life of the last Habsburg Empress A portrait of Zita taken in 1911, shortly before her marriage Zita of Bourbon-Parma, the last Emp...
22 March 2023

Vittorio Emanuele II Monument - Rome landmark

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 ‘Altar of the Fatherland’ built to honour unified Italy’s first king The Monument's multi-layered construction in white marble has earn...