… the last Empress of Prussia when she married Henry of Battenburg. Beatrice, the companion and confident of her mother, had said “I don’t like weddings. I shall never marry.” She fell in love with Henry after meeting him at her niece’s (another Victoria) wedding. Victoria did not want Beatrice …
if you know roughly the years of their adulthood. Always the height of fashion, from Queen Victoria’s 1837 forward, the English Royals were on top of it. Before that it had been the French. French influence was fading fast with only Eugenie left at the height of fashion in the …
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… married a man from a “non-Royal” family, but with the Queen’s blessings. Beatrice had a daughter in this marriage whom she named Her Highness Victoria Eugenie of Battenburg. Queen Victoria granted this granddaughter the title “Highness”. (Photo: yes photos now! Beatrice in the height of 1885 fashion – just …
… One of Queen Victoria of England’s daughters. Beatrice, the youngest and 5th daughter, was the Queen’s assistant. They were very close. It was natural Beatrice would also become close friends with Victoria’s new French friend, Empress Eugenie. (Portraits: Queen Victoria and daughter Beatrice in 1863.. always in the height …
.. it was the vast communication network that allowed Queen Victoria to spread her fashion dictates. With the advent of photography in the early 1840’s, people could SEE what she was wearing. In the days of Josephine, Napoleon sent out fashion dolls – actually tiny dolls – to show what …
… and especially American fashion for decades to come. Starting in 1837 with her coronation, Victoria dictated fashion worldwide. We will discuss Victorian fashion in great detail this winter to come. (Photo: Queen Victoria of England with her daughter and namesake, Princess Victoria)
.. and the easiest way to tell them apart is their fashion. History gets the most notorious 2 Victorias and the 2 Eugenies confused a lot, but you can tell by their clothing which one is being discussed. Each went through a specific fashion era, and it helps that they …
… and where the “Southern Belle” of the American south got her crinoline fashion should be VERY obvious! (Portrait: Eugenie introduced Designer Worth’s crinoline innovation to the world in the 1850’s.)
