Crowned in a Far Country:

Portraits of Eight Royal Brides:

• Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1729-1796)
a strong-willed and passionate woman as merciless 
to her enemies as she was generous to her favourites
• PMK's line to Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1729-1796)

• Marie Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of France  (1755-1793)
the embodiment of feminity and frivolity whose life ended in stark tragedy
• PMK's line to Marie Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria, 
  Queen of France (1755-1793

• Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples and The Two Scilies (1752-1814)
Marie Antoinette's sister, Queen of Naples and the Two Sicilies
and friend of Emma Hamilton
• PMK's line to Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples and The Two Scilies (1752-1814) 

• Leopoldina, Empress of Brazil (1797-1826)
a plain but worthy Habsburg and first Empress of Brazil, vying with her
husband's glamorous mistresses
• PMK's line to Leopoldina, Empress of Brazil (1797-1826)

• Eugenie, Empress of France (1826-1920)
the enchanting and sophisticated Empress of France
• PMK's line to Eugenie, Empress of France (1826-1920)

• Victoria *Vicky*, Empress of Germany (1840-1901)
Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, the proud and intelligent 
German Empress, persecuted for being English
• PMK's line to Victoria *Vicky*, Empress of Germany (1840-1901)

• Alexandra, Queen of Great Britain (1844-1925)
Queen Consort of Edward VII, who was a rare 
combination of goodness and beauty
• PMK's line to Alexandra, Queen of Great Britain (1844-1925)

• Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar), Empress of Russia (1847-1928)
Alexandra's sister and Tsarina of Russia
• PMK's line to Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar), Empress of Russia (1847-1928)

 

 

Portraits of five Royal Paramours:
 
• Diane de Poitiers (1499-1566)
• PMK's line to Diane de Poitiers (1499-1566)
• Nell Gwyn (1650-1687)
• La Marquise de Pompadour (1721-1764)
• Marie Walewska (1786-1817)
• Lola Montez (1818-1861)

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