Nobility Newsletter: "More modern monarchs choose not to rule until death – AFP" and other posts

Nobility Newsletter: "More modern monarchs choose not to rule until death – AFP" and other posts



More modern monarchs choose not to rule until death – AFP
Children increase popularity of the monarchy – The Royal Forums
Abdication gives rise to debate on reduction of royal power – Together Magazine
Young Don Juan fans the flame of Spanish chivalry
The Formation of Elites Even in Countries Without a Monarchical or Aristocratic Past
July 8 – The Pope who fought the democrats
July 9 – St. Veronica Giuliani
July 10 – Seven Holy Noble Brethren
July 10 – Charlemagne Was Punished for His Rudeness to Her


More modern monarchs choose not to rule until death – AFP

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 10:20 PM PDT


According to AFP: Retirement is not traditionally on the cards for queens, kings or popes, but a string of abdications in recent months, some unprecedented, show many are choosing to step aside instead of labouring on until death. Belgian King Albert, 79, became the latest…, a little over a week after the emir of Qatar [...]







Children increase popularity of the monarchy – The Royal Forums

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 10:19 PM PDT


According to The Royal Forums: …support for the monarchy in Denmark as a form of government has increased in recent years. This was not the popularity of each individual member, which typically fluctuates over time, but the monarchy as a whole. The 1,015 respondents…polled in June this year…saw support for the monarchy increase for the [...]







Abdication gives rise to debate on reduction of royal power – Together Magazine

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 10:17 PM PDT


According to Together Magazine: The announcement of the abdication of King Albert II in favour of Crown Prince Philippe has opened up the debate about the powers of the Belgian monarchy. Following the announcement from the Palace, the politicians were quick to launch into the debate. The Flemish nationalists (N-VA) immediately told parliament that King [...]







Young Don Juan fans the flame of Spanish chivalry

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 10:12 PM PDT


The Turkish Fleet was gathering in strength in the Golden Horn (spring 1565)…. Jean de Valette, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, had no doubt of the objective of this great fleet. He sent out an appeal from Malta to all the Christian princes…. Don John had gone…. Nobody knew where he had gone [...]







The Formation of Elites Even in Countries Without a Monarchical or Aristocratic Past

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 10:11 PM PDT


The formation of traditional elites with an aristocratic note is so profoundly natural that it occurs even in countries without a monarchical or an aristocratic past. "Even in democracies of recent date that have no vestiges of a feudal past behind them, a kind of new nobility or aristocracy has been forming by force of [...]







July 8 – The Pope who fought the democrats

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 10:10 PM PDT


Pope Blessed Eugene III Bernardo Pignatelli, born in the neighbourhood of Pisa, elected 15 Feb., 1145; died at Tivoli, 8 July, 1153. On the very day that Pope Lucius II succumbed, either to illness or wounds, the Sacred College, foreseeing that the Roman populace would make a determined effort to force the new pontiff to [...]







July 9 – St. Veronica Giuliani

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 10:09 PM PDT


St. Veronica Giuliani Born at Mercatello in the Duchy of Urbino, Italy, 1660; died at Città di Castello, 9 July, 1727. Her parents, Francesco Giuliana and Benedetta Mancini, were both of gentle birth. In baptism she was named Ursula, and showed marvelous signs of sanctity. When but eighteen months old she uttered her first words [...]







July 10 – Seven Holy Noble Brethren

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 10:08 PM PDT


Saints, martyred in Rome, in 150. According to legend, they were the sons of Saint Felicitas, and suffered martyrdom under Emperor Antoninus. Januarius, Felix, and Philip were scourged to death; Silvanus was thrown over a precipice; Alexander, Vitalis, and Martialis were beheaded. Feast, Roman Calendar, 10 July. St. Felicitas, Martyr The earliest list of the [...]







July 10 – Charlemagne Was Punished for His Rudeness to Her

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 10:07 PM PDT


St. Amalberga A virgin, very much revered in Belgium, who is said to have been sought in marriage by Charles, afterwards Charlemagne. Continually repulsed, Charles finally attempted to carry her off by force, but though he broke her arm in the struggle he was unable to move her from the altar before which she had [...]








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