Royal History
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Movie Suggestions for When You Want to Feel Like You Have Time Travelled to a Rococo Masquerade in the 18-Century!
Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. For this post, I will be discussing five films to watch when you want to be utterly enchanted by the energy of 18th-Century settings, especially the Rococo ones. Without further ado, let’s look at some film recommendations to embrace the energy of the 18th-Century! Marie…
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Le Petit Trianon, the Faery Lifestyle, & the Coming of Spring
Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. This week’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post is a look at the Court of Marie Antoinette and how Le Petit Trianon can give us both style inspiration and lifestyle inspiration as we go into Spring. The energy of Le Petit Trianon is both very…
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Tarot Queens & Historical Queens
Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s Tarot Tuesday post is about how we can align the Queens of Tarot with actual historical Queens. For the purposes of this post, I have decided to focus on York and Tudor-era Queens of England and Scotland, but this can be applied to…
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Anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s Execution: 5 Books to Read in Remembrance of the Doomed Queen!
Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings. Today’s post is a list of five books about Anne Boleyn to read in remembrance of her death. Anne Boleyn was executed on May 19, 1536, making today the 488th anniversary of that tragic day! As Anne Boleyn is my favorite historical Queen,…
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Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville, The Most Romantic Royal Lovers
Welcome to the Final Day of Royal Romance Week here at White Rose of Avalon my Darlings. For today’s final post in this series, I am going to be focusing on Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, who I find to be the most Romantic Royal Lovers of all time! I am so delighted to…
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Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn, The Chateau Vert Pageant
Welcome to Royal Romance Week Day Six here at White Rose of Avalon my Darlings. Today’s post is going to be about Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, specifically about the Chateau Vert Pageant that took place in 1522, which did take place on Shrove Tuesday, which is today celebrated as Mardi Gras. I…
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Henry VII & Elizabeth of York, Birth of the Tudor Dynasty!
Welcome back to Royal Romance Week Day Five here at White Rose of Avalon my Darlings. Today’s post is about the relationship between Henry VII and his Queen Elizabeth of York! This is the first post this week that is featuring a married couple, and interestingly, this is the only post this week…
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Elizabeth I & Robert Dudley, Elizabethan Lovers
Welcome to Royal Romance Week Day Four here at White Rose of Avalon my Darlings. Today’s post is about the relationship between Elizabeth I and her great favorite Robert Dudley! So we have made our way from the Royal Romances of France to the Royal Romances of England. I wanted to feature…
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Henri II & Diane de Poitiers, Iconic French Royal Lovers
Welcome to Royal Romance Week Day Three here at White Rose of Avalon my Darlings. Today’s blog post is going to be about Henri II and his famed mistress Diane de Poitiers! So we are once again looking at a Royal Romance at the French Court, but this time the love story is…
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Athenais de Montespan ‘The Real Queen of France’ & Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XIV
Welcome to Royal Romance Week Day Two here at White Rose of Avalon my Darlings. This post is also this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, so keeping with the Femme Fatale Friday theme as well as the Royal Romance theme, I have chosen to write about Athenais de Montespan, who was nicknamed ‘The Real Queen…