On this day in 1816 Charlotte and Leopold got married. Here are the posts describing the event
Picture: 1818 engraving of the 1816 marriage between Princess Charlotte of Wales and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
,On this day in 1816 Charlotte and Leopold got married. Here are the posts describing the event
Picture: 1818 engraving of the 1816 marriage between Princess Charlotte of Wales and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
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Happy birthday to Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Charlotte’s beloved husband! He was born on 16 December 1790 in Ehrenburg Palace in Coburg as the youngest son of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Countess Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf. You can read about his life before the marriage with Charlotte here
When it comes to his later life as the King of Belgium, I strongly recommend you visit his Facebook page where you can find a lot of details about his reign gathered by the admins of the page. Their work deserves acknowledgement (and a like if you haven’t liked the page yet).
Picture: Portrait of Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg (1790-1865) , George Dawe and his workshop, not later than 1825, The State Hermitage Museum
Forty-eight years after Charlotte’s passing, Leopold died at Laeken on 10th December 1865. Let me quote the description of his last moments as quoted in ‘Charlotte&Leopold’ by James Chambers.
Knowing that he was dying, he asked that his body be taken to England and buried in Windsor with his first wife and their son. He even wrote to Victoria, who agreed to it. His ministers, however, would not allow it. He was the King of the Belgians. He must be buried among his people. But they could only control his earthly remains. Gathered around the bed in accordance with tradition to witness the last moments of their king, they must have known that his heart and mind were in England, when they heard him whisper as life left him, ‘Charlotte… Charlotte.’
Picture: Portrait of Leopold I, King of the Belgians, Nicaise de Keyser, 1856, Antwerp City Hall
On this day in 1816 Charlotte and Leopold got married. Here are the posts describing the event
Picture: 1818 engraving of the 1816 marriage between Princess Charlotte of Wales and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
,Posted in Marriage and Death (1814 - 1817)
Tagged alexander I tsar of russia, augusta of the united kingdom, augusta of the united kingdom daughter of george III, buckingham house (palace), carlton house, charles manners-sutton archbishop of canterbury, charlotte of mecklenburg-strelitz (queen of the united kingdom), charlotte&leopold, clarence house, edward duke of kent, elizabeth of the united kingdom(landgravine of hesse-homburg), frederica charlotte of prussia duchess of york and albany, frederick duke of york, george IV (prince of wales and prince regent), george keith elphinstone 1st viscount keith, james chambers, mary duchess of gloucester and edinburgh, mrs alicia campbell, oatlands, pall mall, prince leopold of saxe-coburg-gotha (later king of the belgians), princess charlotte of wales, princess dorothea von lieven née benckendorff, prinny's daughter: a biography of princess charlotte of wales, sophia of the united kingdom, st.james palace, the hon.margaret mercer elphinstone, the tower of london, thea holme, william howley bishop of london, william IV king of the united kingdom (duke of clarence)
Happy birthday to Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Charlotte’s beloved husband! He was born on 16 December 1790 in Ehrenburg Palace in Coburg as the youngest son of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Countess Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf. You can read about his life before the marriage with Charlotte here
When it comes to his later life as the King of Belgium, I strongly recommend you visit his Facebook page where you can find a lot of details about his reign gathered by the admins of the page. Their work deserves acknowledgement (and a like if you haven’t liked the page yet).
Picture: Portrait of Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg (1790-1865) , George Dawe and his workshop, not later than 1825, The State Hermitage Museum
Forty-eight years after Charlotte’s passing, Leopold died at Laeken on 10 December 1865. Let me quote the description of his last moments as quoted in ‘Charlotte&Leopold’ by James Chambers.
Knowing that he was dying, he asked that his body be taken to England and buried in Windsor with his first wife and their son. He even wrote to Victoria, who agreed to it. His ministers, however, would not allow it. He was the King of the Belgians. He must be buried among his people. But they could only control his earthly remains. Gathered around the bed in accordance with tradition to witness the last moments of their king, they must have known that his heart and mind were in England, when they heard him whisper as life left him, ‘Charlotte… Charlotte.’
Picture: Portrait of Leopold I, King of the Belgians, Nicaise de Keyser, 1856, Antwerp City Hall