Pope Benedict's brother dies today, at the age of 96. They've become priests together4yr ⋅ ElKonig ⋅ r/Catholicism
The last picture of the imperial family in Brazil, 1889. The same year of the republican coup d'etat4yr ⋅ ElKonig ⋅ r/monarchism
Funeral of D. Pedro II of Brazil reported on the cover of Le Petit Journal the day after his death. After the republican coup d'etat of 1889 he went to exile in France. His last days were lonely and melancholy, banned from getting back to his beloved Brazil.4yr ⋅ ElKonig ⋅ r/monarchism
[FREE FRIDAY] I don't know the context behind it, but I liked the photo. The pope at that time was John Paul II4yr ⋅ ElKonig ⋅ r/Catholicism
The front page of French newspaper Le Petit Journal Illustre in, 1926, depicting the massacre of Czar Nicolas II of Russia and his family by the Bolsheviks in the half-basement room of the Ipatiev house. F3yr ⋅ ElKonig ⋅ r/monarchism
