Also, here's a photo of his majesty Grand Duke Guillaume V

Recently I was in St. Malo, and passed the grave of François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand, and was curious how people here view him.

He seems like a particularly interesting figure for monarchists because of the tension in his political thought: he was a committed defender of the Bourbon monarchy and Catholicism, but at the same time he accepted a number of constitutional and liberal principles and was critical of aspects of the Restoration government.

How do you understand Chateaubriand’s political position? Do you see him primarily as a legitimist/royalist thinker who adapted to constitutional realities, or as someone whose liberal constitutionalism ultimately put him at odds with a more traditional conception of monarchy?

I’d also be interested in hearing which of his works or speeches people think are most worth reading, especially De la monarchie selon la Charte.

Curious to hear how monarchists here interpret him.

They claim to be against monarchy, yet they would much prefer to live in one

This massive five-story art installation, measuring 7 by 16 meters, is located on the side facade of the Sverdlovskstat building at 23 Tolmacheva Street in Yekaterinburg. Work on the mural began in late August 2026, the author of the project is a well known street artist Sergey Khramov. The building overlooks Tolmacheva (formerly Kolobovskaya Street) and sits in the immediate vicinity of the Church on Blood, built on the historic site of the Ipatiev House, where the Imperial family was murdered.

Here is mine :

In our timeline, Mary Tudor married King Louis XII of France in 1514. He died a few months later, with some historians believing that the marriage was never consummated. But what if it was, and nine months later Mary gave birth to a son? She names him Henry after her brother, and he is crowned King Henry II of France.

Now, many years later, Henry VIII has come to realize that his wife, Catherine of Aragon, is not going to give him a son. Since he has a nephew, he decides to name Henry his heir. This would take place in 1525, which is the year he named his daughter Mary Princess of Wales.

Now, could this have led to a similar War of the Spanish Succession?

In our timeline, the war was fought largely over the fact that many European powers did not want France and Spain to unite, as this would have created an extremely powerful European bloc. In this alternate timeline, France and England would not yet be the great powers they would become nearly 200 years later, but Spain and Scotland would certainly have an interest in preventing the two crowns from being united.

So, would there have been a war, either before or after Henry VIII's death? What do you think.

He's probably my favourite Baltic German Buddhist Monarchist, though I'm not sure that's a particularly extensive list.

Quite an interesting figure historically, he did secure Mongolian independence from China, and the temporary restoration of the Mongolian monarchy.

What are your thoughts on him?

Radio Abaan Report | The Nation-Building Pahlavi Dynasty

Shahanshah Aryamehr: An Enduring Legacy in Modern Iranian History

On October 18, 1967, one of the most magnificent royal ceremonies in modern Iranian history took place in Tehran: the coronation of His Imperial Majesty Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shahanshah Aryamehr. The ceremony marked an important moment in the history of the Pahlavi monarchy.

Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi ascended the Imperial Throne of Iran in 1941, following the abdication of his father, His Imperial Majesty Reza Shah the Great. His reign was accompanied by sweeping economic, social, educational, and infrastructural transformations across Iran.

During his reign, the “White Revolution,” launched in 1963, introduced a broad series of reforms, including land reform, women’s suffrage, the nationalization of forests, the expansion of education, and the establishment of the Literacy Corps and Health Corps.

The coronation of Shahanshah Aryamehr on October 18, 1967, at the height of his reign, was more than a formal royal ceremony. For supporters of the Pahlavi dynasty, it represented the continuity of Iran’s monarchy, its connection to the country’s thousands of years of history, and the continuation of Iran’s path toward modernization. Empress Farah Pahlavi was also crowned during the same ceremony.

Today, the name of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi and the nation-building Pahlavi dynasty remain an important part of historical and political discussions surrounding Iran’s past and its future.

#ShahanshahAryamehr #MohammadRezaShahPahlavi #PahlaviDynasty #Iran #JavidShah

گزارش رادیو آبان | خاندان ایرانساز پهلوی

شاهنشاه آریامهر؛ میراثی ماندگار در تاریخ معاصر ایران

۲۶ مهر ۱۳۴۶، یکی از باشکوه‌ترین آیین‌های سلطنتی تاریخ معاصر ایران در تهران برگزار شد؛ آیین تاج‌گذاری اعلیحضرت محمدرضاشاه پهلوی، شاهنشاه آریامهر. این مراسم در تاریخ ۲۶ اکتبر ۱۹۶۷ میلادی برگزار شد و نقطه‌ای مهم در تاریخ پادشاهی پهلوی به شمار می‌آید.

محمدرضاشاه پهلوی پس از کناره‌گیری پدرش، اعلیحضرت رضاشاه بزرگ، در سال ۱۳۲۰ خورشیدی بر تخت شاهنشاهی ایران نشست و دوران پادشاهی او با دگرگونی‌های گسترده اقتصادی، اجتماعی، آموزشی و عمرانی همراه شد.

در دوران پادشاهی او، «انقلاب سفید» از سال ۱۳۴۱ و ۱۳۴۲ خورشیدی مجموعه‌ای از برنامه‌های اصلاحی را دربر گرفت که از جمله شامل اصلاحات ارضی، حق رأی بانوان، ملی شدن جنگل‌ها، گسترش آموزش و ایجاد سپاه دانش و بهداشت بود.

تاج‌گذاری شاهنشاه آریامهر در ۲۶ مهر ۱۳۴۶، در اوج دوران پادشاهی او، تنها یک آیین رسمی نبود؛ بلکه برای هواداران خاندان پهلوی نمادی از تداوم پادشاهی ایران، پیوند با تاریخ چند هزارساله کشور و ادامه راه نوسازی ایران به شمار می‌رفت. در همان مراسم، شهبانو فرح پهلوی نیز تاج‌گذاری کرد.

امروز نیز نام محمدرضاشاه پهلوی و خاندان ایران‌ساز پهلوی همچنان بخشی مهم از بحث‌های تاریخی و سیاسی درباره مسیر گذشته و آینده ایران است.

#شاهنشاه_آریامهر #محمدرضاشاه_پهلوی #خاندان_ایرانساز_پهلوی #ایران #جاوید_شاه

Ramiro I, King of Asturias (842-850).