Eggenberg: The rise and fall of a princely house In the world of dukes and princes, most family histories stretch across centuries. Families usually needed to accumulate stories of valorous deeds and a reputation of living like princes before the…

To follow up on last week's visit to Eggenberg Palace, the short but dramatic story of the Eggenberg princes. dukesandprinces.org/2026/04/19/e...

Hi Caroline!

Today's #dukesandprinces visit was to the palace of the princes of Eggenberg. An amazing tale of social rise from rich burgher to master of finance to imperial prince...to extinction. In only a few generations.

The Hills are Alive! Auersperg princes: Lords of Slovenia and Relatives of the Von Trapp Singers I was recently talking to some students about the character Captain von Trapp in the film ‘The Sound of Music’. Students are always curious how someone from a landlocked country like Austria could …

Read the whole Auersperg story here: dukesandprinces.org/2025/02/17/t...

Across the street was a second Auersperg Palace, damaged in an 1895 quake replaced by the National Library in the 1930s.

While visiting Ljubljana, #dukesandprinces had to pay a visit to the old palace of the princes of Auersperg, now the city museum.

Scott of Buccleuch: an ancient Scottish clan coupled with an illegitimate royal line Of all the grand aristocratic families with multiple titles and country houses in the United Kingdom today, one of the few who have also retained much of their ancestral lands is that of Montagu-Do…

I published a blogpost about him last week that you and your students might find interesting. dukesandprinces.org/2026/03/29/s...

Montesquiou: The oldest noble family in France made popular by musketeer d’Artagnan In June 1673, the French Army laid siege to the Dutch city of Maastricht, a key crossing point of the river Meuse—they would take and hold the city for several years, aided by an English force comm…

In recent news, the body of d #Artagnan may have been found. Through his mother, the real Gascon Musketeer was related to the Montesquious, one of France's most ancient noble dynasties, connected to Blaise de Monluc and the dukes of Fezensac. dukesandprinces.org/2026/04/05/m...

A cup of tea and piece of lemon drizzle cake, vintage porcelain and copies of the March 2026 Friends of Tabley Newsletter showing the cover and one copy open with some of the contents displayed all arranged on a table.

The latest Friends of #Tabley Newsletter full of #TableyHouse stories. Plus details of coming events with our fabulous speakers from @jspan.bsky.social @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social details to follow but for now tea, cake and #Cheshire #Knutsford #stories

Wonderful! I really want to delve into so many of these chapters

Scott of Buccleuch: an ancient Scottish clan coupled with an illegitimate royal line Of all the grand aristocratic families with multiple titles and country houses in the United Kingdom today, one of the few who have also retained much of their ancestral lands is that of Montagu-Do…

The Duke of Monmouth may have left a mark on the history of Great Britain, but so too have his descendants, the dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry, with the triple-barrel surname Montagu-Douglas-Scott. dukesandprinces.org/2026/03/29/s...

Will you be in Vienna this Spring? Come hear me speak at the Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies, on the topic of unmarried royal women at the court of France. Here's the details: www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/In...

See if you find yourself cited in this article! Hot off the presses!

As someone who is excessively out of the loop when it comes to pop music, I am thrilled to see that I've never heard of 9 out of 10 of these songs. :)

Yes, it was necessary to bankrupt yourself to live at court. Right shoes, right carriage, right wig…

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Yes I think very few people understand how there was 70 years of peace following WWII

I'm sure he very much does. Who do you think will line their pockets with rising oil prices? Ivanka needs a new dress!

Poland-Lithuania in the 1770s-90s would like a word...

I dont think it is just MAGA. Most journalists, of whatever stripe, are unable to peer beyond the veil that is WWII.

Leiningen: A tiny principality with the grandest royal connections Those knowledgeable about the dynastic details of the life of Queen Victoria will know that she had a half-sister, Princess Feodora. But her appearance in season three of the television series Vict…

For International Women's Day, I've written about Princess Feodora of Leiningen, the half-sister most people don't know Queen Victoria had. The princes of Leiningen have deep roots in the forests of the Palatinate and in the hills of the Vosges. dukesandprinces.org/2026/03/08/l...

Oh thanks! We sure had fun making it

Ah, sorry about the typo...you of course wrote about queer women, while I write about queen women, so I think my autocorrect was being zealous!

Today we are so pleased to host Dr Samuel Clowes Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social to present his exciting new book "I Will Not Abandon You: Queen Women in Nazi Germany" to our research group and to our students. @mngupbooks.bsky.social

Well, I guess I know now what I'm doing this weekend... (I actually love doing my own ibdex--very cathartic).

I agree. I inreasingly feel like a high school teacher. This is not why I left my high paying job in NY.

Our place too. Same

Yesterday, touring the Cotswolds...no, actually this picture surfaced from 21 years ago!

I notice from your profile that you do few original posts yourself, just reposts. You might want to try that if you want to be taken seriously.