100 years ago (1915)...we lived in Edwardian era

[IamNoah]

Such things happen.

 

[rocabar]

The Kaiser's daughter (who herself is the maternal grandmother of Queen Sofia of Spain) married in 1914/15 and her wedding was the largest gathering of royal persons to ever happen on the European Continent. Queen Mary (paternal grandmother of the current British Sovereign) noted in a letter to her aunt that a number of Serene and just plain Highnesses were offended in one grand ball room where only Royal and Imperial Highnesses were allowed to dance--an irony is that barring her own grand marriage Mary of Teck would not have been allowed to dance either. (Kepp in mind that Highnesses would all have been considered Royalty, not mere nobility, whether or not they were Royal Highnesses, Serene Highnesses, Illustrious Highnesses, Grand Ducal Highnesses, etc)

" 'Victoria Louise of Prussia (Viktoria Luise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte; 13 September 1892 – 11 December 1980) was the only daughter and the last child of German Emperor Wilhelm II and Empress Augusta Victoria. Her 1913 marriage to Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover was the largest gathering of reigning monarchs in Germany since German unification in 1871, and one of the last great social events of European royalty before World War I began fourteen months later.' "


. . . More about the Princess here-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Victoria_Louise_of_Prussia


Some footage of the event

[video]http://www.filmportal.de/en/node/122381/video/1221400[/video]


Those hats!

 

[IamNoah]

I was wrong about something.That makes me uncomfortable. This entire thread never happened.

 

[Telstra]

My favorite European era The music, the fashion, the taste...

You should be 100% British/French or pure bloodied European to enjoy the juice of Edwardian era, FYI ^^

Do you have some knowledge or memory from that romantic~ times new roman ~?

What era was the opium war ???

 

[IamNoah]

What era was the opium war ???

Which one?

 

[IamNoah]

Answer is Victorian and Regency (if someone argyes that the Regency period ends when the regent became the king in 1820 I'll shit)

 

[unloadonme]

Answer is Victorian and Regency (if someone argyes that the Regency period ends when the regent became the king in 1820 I'll shit)

I would most definitely argue that the Regency period ended in 1820. However, as the First Opium War began in 1839, I'd also argue that mention of the Regency period was a red herring.

 

[JohnnyAnger]

I am kind of with Noah on this one, the regency period is normally extended to the end of, confusingly, William IV reign and the start of the Victorian era in 1837. I suppose the end of George IV could also be an end to the era as well.

 

[IamNoah]

I am kind of with Noah on this one, the regency period is normally extended to the end of, confusingly, William IV reign and the start of the Victorian era in 1837. I suppose the end of George IV could also be an end to the era as well.

What does kind of mean? I demand that You agree with me that the Regency only ended with jubilee in 87.

 

[IamNoah]

I would most definitely argue that the Regency period ended in 1820. However, as the First Opium War began in 1839, I'd also argue that mention of the Regency period was a red herring.

I consider Melbourne's Premiership as Regency, not Victorian. I'm speaking Constitutionally and Socially. Victorianism is a mystery that starts in about 1850 and really only lasts through the eighties. Then we get the Edwardian Constitution from the 1880's through WWI. After WWI we get an increasingly dictatorial House of Commons and essentially neutered Crown and Lords, which I am not a fan of. But I'm being a little cute by defining things eccentrically, forgive me, I'm a foreigner and a negro and Jew and Papist. I'm not to be trusted.

 

[Devois]

After WWI we get an increasingly dictatorial House of Commons and essentially neutered Crown and Lords, which I am not a fan of.

What's so bad about that?

 

[IamNoah]

What's so bad about that?

I think the British Constitution was at it's best during the Georgian period. I like notion of checks and balances. The 21st Century British Constitution has none--barring highly irregular uses of the Queen's reserve powers which would be more likely to topple the monarchy than to correct any Parliamentary excesses (here I mean things like using the veto and just appointing some random guy as PM--which office is in and of itself problematic, but I'm not up for a discussion of it).

 

[Keeland]

After WWI we get an increasingly dictatorial House of Commons and essentially neutered Crown and Lords, which I am not a fan of. But I'm being a little cute by defining things eccentrically, forgive me, I'm a foreigner and a negro and Jew and Papist. I'm not to be trusted.

Are you not a fan of the Crown and Lords or not a fan of their being neutered?

If the latter, enjoy an extended visit to Mississippi.

 

[Keeland]

After WWI we get an increasingly dictatorial House of Commons and essentially neutered Crown and Lords, which I am not a fan of. But I'm being a little cute by defining things eccentrically, forgive me, I'm a foreigner and a negro and Jew and Papist. I'm not to be trusted.

Are you not a fan of the Crown and Lords or not a fan of their being neutered?

If the latter, enjoy an extended visit to Mississippi.

 

[Keeland]

Ahhh, the elegance and the highly refined gentility.

 

[JerryPic]

Oh yes, Art Nouveau. An era for Oscar Wilde and ocean liners... very beautiful indeed.
That building is from Latvia.

 

[Telstra]

Which one?

How many Opium war were there ?

 

[Keeland]

Wikipedia's only a click away.

 

[JPGhost]

The Kaiser's daughter (who herself is the maternal grandmother of Queen Sofia of Spain) married in 1914/15 and her wedding was the largest gathering of royal persons to ever happen on the European Continent. Queen Mary (paternal grandmother of the current British Sovereign) noted in a letter to her aunt that a number of Serene and just plain Highnesses were offended in one grand ball room where only Royal and Imperial Highnesses were allowed to dance--an irony is that barring her own grand marriage Mary of Teck would not have been allowed to dance either. (Kepp in mind that Highnesses would all have been considered Royalty, not mere nobility, whether or not they were Royal Highnesses, Serene Highnesses, Illustrious Highnesses, Grand Ducal Highnesses, etc)

Why so much royalty..
Jk ^^ post what you can post

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Wikipedia's only a click away.

BOOOO!!!!

 

[JPGhost]

When I was at school, I recall thinking, that was 70 years ago.

Wow..you could be 30 yrs my senior ...