When Arturo E. Beéche founded Eurohistory in 1997, he envisioned the creation of a library of royal books encompassing all of Europe’s ruling and formerly ruling dynasties. Two decades later, and after more than 30 books and over 120 issues of Eurohistory, the royalty journal he founded in 1997, we bring you The Grand Ducal House of Hesse. This is the third German dynasty that Eurohistory publishes a book about, the first two being the Ducal House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and the Royal House of Bavaria (Volume I). This project is the culmination of more than two decades of research conducted by the authors. Beéche having already cooperated on several books and articles with Ms. Miller, a regular contributor to Eurohistory, pairing for another collaborative project was seamless. The Hesse and by Rhine Dynasty is one which Ms. Miller, better-known for her extensive work on the four daughters of Grand Duchess Alice of Hesse and by Rhine, with particular interest on Victoria Milford Haven, also feels passionately about. The result of years of research in Europe allowed Ms. Miller a unique insight into the lives of these four tragic sisters. The storyline begins in 1567. This was the year when the sons of Landgrave Philip “the Magnanimous” divided his vast lands among them. All branches of the Hessian dynasty stem from this territorial division. The Grand Ducal House of Hesse and by Rhine is among the most important German dynasties. Its members form a kaleidoscope of unique human beings: military and religious leaders, peculiar and heroic figures, talented artists and scientists, patrons of the arts and music, visionary and romantic architects, lucky and tragic people, dilettantes more interested in passing by than making a mark. They simply had it all. Their mark, not only in Darmstadt, but also throughout the Rhineland, is palpable in nearly every aspect of the region’s history, arts, letters, music, and architecture.
Included in this unique work, the Second Volume in a two-volume series, are 18 biographies of Russian grand dukes. These were the junior lines of the Russian Imperial Family at the time of the Revolution in 1917: Vladimirovichi, Pavlovichi, Konstantinovichi, Nikolaevichi and Mikhailovichi. The book is illustrated with exquisite and rare photographs of these intriguing men, their families and descendants. It also includes several family trees. The chapters were authored by some of today’s most recognised authors and scholars on the Romanov Dynasty.
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Eurohistory brengt u Ilana Millers verbazingwekkende verhaal over Victoria, Elisabeth, Irene en Alix van Hessen en aan de Rijn, de Hessische kleindochters van koningin Victoria, The Four Graces. Dit uitstekende boek beslaat de levensduur van deze vier zeer tragische zussen. Mevrouw Miller deed uitgebreid onderzoek om ons dichter bij de vier zussen van Hessen te brengen. Het spannende verhaal zal de lezer zeker geboeid houden terwijl de levens van deze vrouwen zich ontvouwen. Prachtig geïllustreerd met unieke foto's van de Hessische zussen en hun nakomelingen, belooft dit hardcover boek een "must-read" te worden voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in de Europese koninklijke geschiedenis en de Russische keizerlijke familie. Het boek bevat ook verschillende stambomen die de lezer helpen de uitgebreide cast van personages in historisch perspectief te plaatsen.
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De Wittelsbachs regeerden bijna 750 jaar over Beieren en Rijnland-Palts, wat hun dynastie tot een van de langst regerende families van Europa maakte. Hun geschiedenis is niet alleen een geschiedenis van verheven verheffing, maar ook van diep en treurig verlies. Ze waren beschermheren van de kunsten en de letteren, ongelooflijke bouwers, wetenschappers, politici, visionairs en krankzinnige persoonlijkheden. Dit eerste deel behandelt de geschiedenis van de familie vanaf het begin in de 11e eeuw tot het leven van kroonprins Rupprecht, die in 1955 stierf. Het boek is zelfs aan hem opgedragen, "de beste koning die Beieren nooit heeft gehad."
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