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Another Anne Boleyn doll commission for a passionate fan of the real woman.
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Awesome, Anne Boleyn was my favorite of Henry's wives!
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You have them up on etsy or something? Love them!
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I mostly sell them from commissions, either through here on dA or my LJ ([link] ). I can send you a note with the basic FAQ, if you'd like.
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Sure! Why not! They are so creative!
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So pretty! I love how all your Anne dolls are slightly different from eachother.
I'd love to see an Anne and Kitty detachable head set.
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I think it's the handmade-factor's most awesome aspect: no 2 pieces will ever be the same. 👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Soap opera tidbit!
Although not so bloody as yours, we also had a civil war in the 19th century. They are called the liberal wars.
To give it some context: the Iberian peninsula was invaded by Napoleon's armies and, after Spain, they marched into Portugal.
The portuguese royal family fled the country to our colony, Brazil, with the whole court, thus giving a new importance to that country.
As you can imagine, that didn't sit well with the portuguese population...
Upon the return to Portugal, there was a new sovereign, D. João VI, and he left his son, D. Pedro, as regent of Brazil.
History's wheels move always forward, and D. Pedro declared Brazil's independence from Portugal, making it its own Empire.
However, even having separated from the motherland, D. Pedro was still the heir and, upon his father's death, became king of Portugal. This didn't sit well with the new country's constitution but passing the portuguese throne along to his brother, Miguel, wasn't feasible.
Miguel was a disliked, exciled prince and rumour had it he had tried to murder their father before. Also, he had absolutist values and repudiated the liberal politics that were blossoming throughout Europe.
D. pedro tried to make peace by marrying his daughter with d. miguel (with so much inbreeding, it's a miracle monarchies lasted so long!) and they'd rule together, balancing liberalism and absolutism.
Quite an utopia...
D. Miguel wouldn't stand for that and D. Pedro was forced to abdicate the brazilian throne to his son and return to Portugal to fight for his daughter's place as queen.
And all this just to tell you the following bit:
legend has it that, although they took arms, the 2 brothers were still fond of each other and D. pedro is said to, in the heat of a bloody battle, have forbidden his troops to aim at a particular spot because "mano Miguel" (
As conclusion: D. Pedro won and D. Miguel was exiled again.
That is definitely true. And I like to think that all your Anne's are Anne celebrating her different fashions too. 
Crazy! So is that why Brazil had a monarchy then? And nothing is better than family drama on a national basis, I think that's why I love the monarchs of Europe, it's all in the family, literally, especially with all the inbreeding. 
Is Portugals inbreeding in their monarchy as bad as Spain and Austria-Hungary's was? I always think that Spain-Austria-Hungary was the worst since the Eygptians, probably because we actually saw the results of the inbreeding (Charles V's jaw, for example). 
Out of curiousity, is there a prominent female (queen, princess, ect) of Portugal that was especially interesting. I love Holy Queen Isabel but I'm curious if there was any more.
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Yep.
There was some inbreeding, but there weren't many visible signs of it in Portugal. Mainly, they married spanish princesses, but our kings sometimes went further north on their search for spouses. I guess they got the mixing of bloodlines somewhat under control.
I believe the 16th century was where the inbreeding took its toll on our monarchy with the poor health of its members. Shortly after, Spain moved in and, after that, a new dinasty with new blood.
We only had 2 queens by their own right, but, although there are some nice stories about our other queens, they only had minor roles in History.
Our first queen was Maria I, daughter of D. Jose I (the one whose wife "accidently" shot him during a hunt). She was the grandmother of D. Pedro IV. Unfortunately, she is most famous for having gone insane after the death of her firstborn son. She was extremely religious and rumour has it she blamed herself over his death.
The second queen was D. Pedro's daughter, Maria II. She's mainly know as "The Good Mother". She basically had a litter of kids.
But there is a little known princess who had a different than normal marriage, although it ended sadly.
She was Joana of Austria and was married to the heir assumptive, D. João.
The difference here was that they actually fell in love with each other and were said to have been happy during their short time together. Unfortunately, he died too soon, 18 days before their son was born.
This son was D. Sebastiao and would inherit the throne while still very young and would sadly change Portugal's History, but I'll save that for another chapter.
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Thanks! Ooh, I can't wait for that other chapter. It's always interesting when a young son comes the crown and his mother (usually) becomes his regent.
Aww, with Maria I, was she actually insane or just said to be insane since back then having depression and grief were considering being crazy (Like Juana La Loca)?
It saddens me that the world doesn't no more about these amazing women. Are there any other women (from all over the world) of history that are rare that you love? I'm in the processes of broadening my research of amazing women from history, there are so many out there and we only really know a handful of them.
I need to share a story about America soon, but I'm not sure what.
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I'm afraid not.
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