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Feb. 24th, 2016 02:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
naathDied on this day in 1595 aged 65 Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (my toy,wikipedia). Great grand son of Ferdinand and Isabella, parents of Catherine, first wife of Henry VIII. Ferdinand married a commoner secretly and morganetically. He collected a lot of art, and spent rather more money than he had on it.
Born on this day in 1777 Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly (my toy,wikipedia). Husband of Sophie, sister of Victoria, mother of Queen Victoria. Emmanuel was an officer in the Prussian army, and fought against Napoleon.
Born on this day in 1777 Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly (my toy,wikipedia). Husband of Sophie, sister of Victoria, mother of Queen Victoria. Emmanuel was an officer in the Prussian army, and fought against Napoleon.
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Date: 2016-02-24 04:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-02-24 04:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-02-24 06:35 pm (UTC)like to think Iwouldn't comment just to pedant spelling unless there was some amusing pun to be made as a result...(no subject)
Date: 2016-02-25 03:59 pm (UTC)It's a marriage between socially unequal spouses, it's a legal-status improvement over being the Duke's Mistress, but you don't get to be the Duchess or have your children be Duke after him (they are legitimate though).
It's all a bit weird, as if just *having commoner blood* means you will obviously be rubbish at being Duke, even if you are *raised in the Ducal household*...