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Not One Black Boy, but Two!! I know you'll all love this
Louise Renée de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth, Duchess of Aubigny - Jacob d'Agar, ca. 1680
I couldn't withhold this from you any longer. Tukuler has been trying to depress activity here but his efforts will be in vain.
The boy in the foreground needs no introduction, but how about the one peeping from behind the pillar?
Dudes remember - the lady in displayed is a 'Black' woman so have some respect. No inappropriate comments or jokes.
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quote:Originally posted by kdolo: The one is Charles 2.
Who is the other ? ...their son ?
Europe was going through a lot of upheavals during Charles' reign. Louis XIV wanted England's support in his aim to get France to be the most powerful state in Europe. Louise Kerouaille being Charles' mistress was important to Louis in securing that support, and it is believed that he played a role in the development of the relationship between Charles and Louise Kerouaille.
Louise Kerouaille was a maid of Henrietta Anne , Charles' sister who was married to Louis XIV's brother Phillipe, and Charles got to know her on one of Henrietta's visits to England. He was smitten with her and did not fail to show it. Henrietta died after a sudden illness in 1670 and that is when some plans were made to get Louise reacquainted with Charles. She came to England to serve as a lady-in-waiting (or whatever) to Charles's wife Catherine of Braganza, who found her more acceptable than some of Charles' other mistress who were openly disrespectful to her. The story is that she played hard to get - apparently 'French girls are not easy'. The rest as they say is history.
If any one had an interest in how the relationship with Charles and Louise developed, that would be Louis XIV, given how Louise was important to furthering France's relationship with England, especially after the death of Henrietta, Charles sister. This makes him the most likely candidate for the boy spying on from behind the pillar.
Louise Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth - Jacques d'Agar
Given the sensitive nature of the painting, showing a black boy with a crown, the King's mistress with what seems to be her leg spread apart, the black boy pointing 'through the hole' and another black boy spying on, it is no wonder the painting is hardly known of. I only sought it out because it was mentioned in a book. It really drives home the matter of Charles II being black complexioned and even better (or worse depending on your viewpoint) suggests the same thing about Louis XIV.
Which leads to another conclusion. The girl in the portrait of Louise Kerouaille by Pierre Mignard is probably an allusion to Henrietta, as she appears to patronize Louise via her offer of pearls and coral. Note that she already has her own pearl necklace round her neck, whereas Louise doesn't have one yet. Then again it could be Catherine of Braganza, but the coral makes me in favour of Henrietta.
Louise de Kerouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth
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If that Black or Brown European Nobility and Royalty during the renaissance and colonial era is true (There were many black Monarchs during the classical and medieval era in Europe) then I understand why Western elite is so angry against black people. In the modern world White people are so powerful, so rich, so technologically advance, so arroguant, so prejudice but still they were ruled by Black or Brown Monarchs 500 years ago. The White secret society members most almost have an heart attack by seing the secret paintings of the Black European Monarchs in Temple.( I am assuming they have the real paintings).
If the Habsburgh Dynasty of Germany, Austria, Spain was Black then White Europeans was ruled for 500 years by a Bloodline Black Dynasty who was only destroyed in the 20 cent CE during WWI.
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quote:Originally posted by mena7: If that Black or Brown European Nobility and Royalty during the renaissance and colonial era is true (There were many black Monarchs during the classical and medieval era in Europe) then I understand why Western elite is so angry against black people. In the modern world White people are so powerful, so rich, so technologically advance, so arroguant, so prejudice but still they were ruled by Black or Brown Monarchs 500 years ago. The White secret society members most almost have an heart attack by seing the secret paintings of the Black European Monarchs in Temple.( I am assuming they have the real paintings).
If the Habsburgh Dynasty of Germany, Austria, Spain was Black then White Europeans was ruled for 500 years by a Bloodline Black Dynasty who was only destroyed in the 20 cent CE during WWI.
Speaking of the white secret society. Posts: 22234 | From: האם אינכם כילדי הכרית אלי בני ישראל | Registered: Nov 2010
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