Extremely Salty About Ancient Dead Kings

A repository for the many many pretty pictures and things I find in my travels across the internetz. A lot of historical things, along with pretty clothes and shiny stuff. Expect a lot of Marie Antoinette, Cleopatra, Caesarion, Tutankhamun, Ankhesenamun, and general tomfoolery. PS: CLEOPATRA WAS GREEK! DEAL WITH IT!

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Cynthia Erivo at Variety’s Power of Women: London event.

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“There’s no pretense here. I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow.”

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Royal Birthdays for today, June 5th:

Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York,1341

Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 1412

Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, 1523

Ernest Augustus I, King of Hanover, 1771

Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, 1962

Irene Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish Royal, 2005

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Madame Vigee Le Brun’s unlucky portrait, showing the late Dauphin pointing to the newly empty cradle of Madame Sophie, was removed from the Salon de Mars in Versailles at the Queen’s orders; she found it too painful a reminder of the recent deaths. At the official visit of condolence of the court on 7 June, she made a touching sight, leaning against the balustrade of her chamber, trying hard to choke back her tears.

Marie Antoinette, The Journey: Antonia Fraser

[zelos-wilders]

Shiny Eeveelutions

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Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton in “Victory” (Bridgerton - 2x04)

Gifs 291/?

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WICKED (2024)

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Royal Birthdays for today, June 4th:

Philippa of England, Queen of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway,1394

Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, 1409

Claudia de’ Medici, Archduchess of Austria, 1604

George III, King of the United Kingdom, 1738

Jetsun Pema, Queen of Bhutan, 1990

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cynthia for variety’s power of women event in london wearing vivienne westwood

photos via jason bolden instagram

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The death of Monseigneur Louis Joseph Xavier Francois, Dauphin of France.

Born at Versailles, October 22nd, 1781, died at the Chateau de Meudon, June 4th, 1789, in the eighth year of his life.

[frodo-of-the-nine-fingers]

fiyero: hello i represent freedom and breaking away from the norm

elphaba: hello i also represent freedom and a inevitable destruction of the norm that i cannot control and will inevitably backfire against me and everyone i love

glinda: hello i represent the norm and it's ability to change but only a little at a time

fandom: omg so what if glinda was fiyero and fiyero was nothing

there would be no story that's what lmao

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YASEMIN ALLEN AS DEFNE SULTAN

beautiful and so deprived of oxygen

[nerdygaymormon]

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Royal Birthdays for today, June 3rd:

João Manuel, Prince of Portugal, 1537

Charles II, Archduke of Austria, 1540

Frederick VIII, King of Denmark, 1843

George V, King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India, 1865

Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Emir of Bahrain, 1933

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, 1980

Felix, Prince of Luxembourg, 1984

Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau, Dutch Royal, 2006

[just-your-average-shiz-student]

– Gregory Maguire, Wicked

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Already know I wanna send this to people on June 1

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Audio:

Erika, referencing ebenezer scrooge: You, boy! What day is it?!

Brennan, as a young boy: It's Pride, bitch!

[quasi-normalcy]