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| My private makeshift shrine dedicated to HM Maria Sofia di Baviera, Regina delle Due Sicilie |
Eternal rest grant unto Her Majesty, O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon her. May her soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Thursday evening, a handful of us commemorated the anniversary of the death of HM Maria Sofia di Baviera (b. October 4, 1841—d. January 19, 1925), the last Queen of the Two Sicilies and Heroine of Gaeta, at a local Bavarian watering hole. Seeing as it was only two days before our 4th Annual King Louis XVI of France Memorial Dinner, we decided not to put people out with too many engagements. However, we were reluctant to skip the remembrance altogether, so we kept it intimate and light-spirited. Viva ‘a Reggina!
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| The Heroine of Gaeta on the ramparts accompanied by General Felix von Schumacher (1863) by Ferdinand von Piloty |
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| We set up the Queen's portrait at our table and discussed the life and times of Her Majesty |
