hello! this is a collection of various historical crushes i have and things/people i get interested in along the way.
Lady Emma Hamilton as a Bacchante, by George Romney

Lady Emma Hamilton as a Bacchante, by George Romney

Lady Emma Hamilton eighteenth century nineteenth century Lord Nelson
The result of frantic inbreeding, Charles II of Spain was born with severe mental and physical disabilities including the inability to chew his own food due to the deformities in his jaw. He was also fed by wet nurses until he was about 5 or 6 and didn’t walk until he was almost fully grown. On top of all this, he was barely literate. Prince Charming! (image from the MNAC)

The result of frantic inbreeding, Charles II of Spain was born with severe mental and physical disabilities including the inability to chew his own food due to the deformities in his jaw. He was also fed by wet nurses until he was about 5 or 6 and didn’t walk until he was almost fully grown. On top of all this, he was barely literate. Prince Charming!

(image from the MNAC)

Every now and then I get obsessed with the Habsburgs. I guess they’re like the pugs of the aristocratic world. This is King Charles II of Spain, painted between the 1670s and 1680s.

Every now and then I get obsessed with the Habsburgs. I guess they’re like the pugs of the aristocratic world. This is King Charles II of Spain, painted between the 1670s and 1680s.

James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney, 4th Earl of Bothwell, bad ass foul mouthed ginger pirate (c. 1534-1578)

James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney, 4th Earl of Bothwell, bad ass foul mouthed ginger pirate (c. 1534-1578)

James Hepburn Earl of Bothwell Mary Queen of Scots Scotland sixteenth century
Mary’s half brother, James Stewart, Earl of Moray. He rose in rebellion against Mary, plotted the murder of her husband, accused her of the crime, forced her to abdicate, generally badmouthed her, and ruled as Regent until his assassination.

Mary’s half brother, James Stewart, Earl of Moray. He rose in rebellion against Mary, plotted the murder of her husband, accused her of the crime, forced her to abdicate, generally badmouthed her, and ruled as Regent until his assassination.

Scotland sixteenth century Earl of Moray Mary Queen of Scots
On 10 February 1567 there was an explosion at Kirk o’Field in Edinburgh where the king was staying. The house had been mined, gunpowder packed into the foundations and the whole thing blown apart. The bodies of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, and his servant were found in the orchard some ‘sixty or eighty steps’ from the house. Darnley was wearing only his nightgown with his hand covering his genitals and his servant was a few yards away with nis nightshirt up around his waist, wearing a nightbonnet and one slipper. Next to the bodies was a chair, a length of rope, a dagger, Darnley’s nightgown and what might have been a quilt. Neither had a single mark on their body. Most sources say they were strangled, but the lack of bruising suggests they may have been suffocated.  It’s totally like Cluedo.

On 10 February 1567 there was an explosion at Kirk o’Field in Edinburgh where the king was staying. The house had been mined, gunpowder packed into the foundations and the whole thing blown apart. The bodies of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, and his servant were found in the orchard some ‘sixty or eighty steps’ from the house. Darnley was wearing only his nightgown with his hand covering his genitals and his servant was a few yards away with nis nightshirt up around his waist, wearing a nightbonnet and one slipper. Next to the bodies was a chair, a length of rope, a dagger, Darnley’s nightgown and what might have been a quilt. Neither had a single mark on their body. Most sources say they were strangled, but the lack of bruising suggests they may have been suffocated. 

It’s totally like Cluedo.

Henry Stuart Lord Darnley sixteenth century Stuarts Edinburgh
Lord Darnley (1546-1567) Mary’s husband, Henry Stuart, was truly the Spencer Pratt of his age.

Lord Darnley (1546-1567)

Mary’s husband, Henry Stuart, was truly the Spencer Pratt of his age.

Lord Darnley Henry Stuart sixteenth century Scotland
The Oath of La Fayette at the Fête de la Fédération, 14 July 1790, French School

The Oath of La Fayette at the Fête de la Fédération, 14 July 1790, French School

France French History French Revolution La Fayette eighteenth century
Prise de la Bastille by Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent HouelHappy Bastille Day!

Prise de la Bastille by Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houel

Happy Bastille Day!

Bastille French History France Storming of the Bastille eighteenth century
tudorhistory: oldbookillustrations: The tomb of Mary Queen of Scots, Westminster Abbey. From Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, municipal, baronial, and popular antiquities, by Charles Knight, London, 1860 (?). Via archive.org.

tudorhistory:

oldbookillustrations:

The tomb of Mary Queen of Scots, Westminster Abbey.
From Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, municipal, baronial, and popular antiquities, by Charles Knight, London, 1860 (?).
Via archive.org.