Dynastic Gallery

Royal Gathering at Windsor - European Royalty

Royal Gathering at Windsor - European Royalty - November 17th 1907. This card features the following: The Princess Royal, Duke of Connaught, The Queen of Norway, German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II, Princess of Wales, Princess Patricia, Prince of Wales (later King George V), Alfonso XIII King of Spain, German Empress, Prince Arthur of Connaught, Queen Alexandra, Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg Queen of Spain, Duchess of Connaught, Princess Victoria, Prince Johann of Saxony, Prince Olaf, King Edward VII, The Infanta Isabel of Spain, Princess Henry of Battenberg, Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia, Amelie of Orleans Queen Consort of Portugal, Duchess D'Aosta, Princess Johann of Saxony. Date: 1907

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

The Portuguese succession crisis of 1580. The fall of Lisbon

The Portuguese succession crisis of 1580. The fall of Lisbon. Fernando Alvarez de Toledo y Pimentel (1507-1582), 3rd Duke of Alba and supreme commander in Portugal in 1580, defeated Antonio I of Portugal in the Battle of Alcantara and reduced Portugal to the subjection of Philip II of Spain. Colored engraving

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

The House of Bijapur, c.1680 (ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper)

3615959 The House of Bijapur, c.1680 (ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper) by Deccani School, (17th century); 41.3x32.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Kamal Muhammad and Chand Muhammad (fl.1680s) India, Deccan
The Adil Shahi dynasty from Yusuf (r.1490-1510) to Sikandar (r.1672-86) ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur until it fell to Mughal conquerors in 1686 - all nine sultans shown here. Views of water suggest Bijapur's former vastness including Goa on the Arabian Sea. Isma'il, founder of the Safavid dynasty of Iran, hands a key to Yusuf symbolizing the allegiance of the Adil Shahi family to the Shi'ite creed but during its golden period under the free-thinking Ibrahim II (1579-1626) Bijapur embraced Hinduism and Sufism and in 1583 Sunnism as the state religion. ); Indian, out of copyright

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