European RoyalsThe Netherlands

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima begin State Visit to Austria with a lot of symbolic pieces

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29th June 2022
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands began a very busy State Visit to Austria with all of the traditional engagements of a first day.  They landed in Wien and were welcomed at the airport by many authorities before being escorted to Homburg, the Presidential Palace, where the royal couple were officially welcomed by the President and First Lady of Austria, Alexander Van…
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Belgium

King Philippe and Queen Mathilde to welcome Austrian President for state visit

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16th March 2022
Belgium will be hosting a state visit from the President of Austria next week.  The announcement came in the afternoon of Monday, 14 March, from the Belgian Royal Palace via a press release.  “At the invitation of Their Majesty the King and Queen, His Excellency Alexander Van der Bellen, Federal President of the Republic of Austria, and Mrs Doris Schmidauer will carry on a State visit to…
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FeaturesHistory

When Mozart met Marie Antoinette?

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5th July 2020
The ‘meeting’ between Marie Antoinette and the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has a fabled quality, not least because of the oft-repeated folklore that has grown around it. From the point of view of posterity, it is a fascinating moment to contemplate, when two legendary…
European RoyalsState & Ceremonial

Austrians start a year of celebrations for Emperor Maximilian I

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12th January 2019
The Austrian Catholic Church yesterday began a year of honour to mark the 500th anniversary of the death of Maximilian I, founder of Austria’s Catholic Habsburg Empire. As Austria has sought to distance itself from its Christian past and national history in recent decades, this decision to publicly honour the former Catholic ruler marks a noteworthy change in mainstream Austrian culture. Dubbed…
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