登记一周年快乐！

Written on 7/31/2008 11:18:00 下午 by Katherine

时间过的可真快，一转眼我们领证都一周年了。2007年7月31日我们决定在北京西城区民政局登记结婚，2008年7月31日我们决定在丹麦的Helsingborg庆祝登记一周年纪念！哈哈~~非常非常快乐的一天，快乐的不能用言语来形容!!!看我们的笑脸，就知道啦~~

(注：前图是在哈姆雷特的城堡前，后图是在渡轮上)

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Two weddings on 21st Jun

Written on 7/17/2008 11:36:00 下午 by Katherine

Two weddings at the same time,but different places,one is my best friend's in Beijing,the other is my dear sister's in Lund.I really want to attend both of them,but I have not two bodys,so I just attended my dear sister's wedding here in Sweden.I was happy for her happiness,I was pleased for my best friend also.I wish they will lead a wonderful life with their grooms for ever and ever.

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Marguerite de Valois

Written on 7/09/2008 12:23:00 上午 by Katherine

Born Marguerite de Valois at the Royal Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye and nicknamed Margot by her brothers,she was the daughter of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici.Three of her brothers became kings of France: Francis II,Charles IX and Henry II.Her sister,Elisabeth of Valois,became the third wife of King Philip II of Spain.
Although Marguerite loved Henry of Guise,her mother would never allow the House of Guise any chance of controlling France.Instead,she offered to marry Marguerite to Philip II’s son Carlos,Prince of Asturias,but that did not work out.Serious negotiations for Marguerite’s marriage to King Sebastian of Portugal were also considered but abandoned.
Marguerite was forced to marry Henry of Bourbon,the son of Jeanne d' Albret,the Protestant Queen of Navarre,in a marriage that was designed to reunite family ties and create harmony between Catholics and Huguenots.Although Henry’s mother,Jeanne d' Albret,Queen of Navarre,opposed the marriage,many of her nobles supported it,and the marriage was arranged.Jeanne d' Albret died before the marriage was concluded.
On August 18,1572,the 19 year old Marguerite married Henry de Bourbon,who had become King of Navarre on the death of his mother.The groom,a Huguenot,remained outside the church for much of the wedding.It was reported that during the ceremony,the bride and groom stared straight ahead,never looking at each other.
Just six days after the wedding,on Saint Bartholomew’s Day,a massacre of Huguenots was conducted by Parisian mobs.
After more than three years of confinement at court,Henty(who had saved his life by pretending to convert to Catholicism)escaped Paris in 1576,leaving his wife behind.Finally granted permission to return to her husband in Navarre,for the next three and a half years Queen Marguerite and her husband lived a scandalous life in Pau.Both openly kept other lovers,and they quarrelled frequently.
After an illness in 1582,Queen Marguerite returned to her brother’s court in France.But Henry III was soon scandalized by her reputation and forced her to leave the court.After long negotiation,she was allowed to return to her husband’s court in Navarre,but she received an icy reception.Determined to overcome her difficulties,Queen Marguerite masterminded a coup d'état and seized power over Agen,one of her appanages.After several months of fortifying the city,the citizens of Agen revolted and Queen Marguerite fled to the castle of Carlat.In 1586,she was imprisoned by her brother Henry III in the castle of Usson,in Auvergne,where she spent eighteen years.
In 1589,her husband succeeded to the French throne as Henry IV.Negotiation to dissolve the marriage were entered in 1592 and concluded in 1599 with an agreement that allowed her to maintain the title of queen.In the end,her beauty fading,Queen Marguerite lived in near poverty hounded by creditors to the point of selling all of her jewels. Reconciled to her former husband and his second wife, Marie de' Medici, Queen Marguerite returned to Paris and established herself as a mentor of the arts and benefactress of the poor. She often helped plan events at court and nurtured Henry IV and Marie's children. Marguerite died in Paris on May 27, 1615, and is buried in the Chapel of the Valois.
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Gustav I of Sweden

Written on 7/07/2008 11:28:00 下午 by Katherine

Gustav I,born Gustav Eriksson and later known as Gustav Vasa(12 May 1496-29 September 1560),was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death.He was the first monarch of the House of Vasa,an influential noble family which came to be the royal house of Sweden for much of the 16th and 17th centuries.Gustav I was elected regent in 1521 after leading a rebellion against Christian II of Denmark,the leader of the Kalmar Union who controlled most of Sweden at the time.
Gustav was an enigmatic person who has been referred to as both a liberator of the country and as a tyrannical ruler,which has made hin the subject of many books.When he came to power in 1523,he was largely unknown,and he became the ruler of a still divided country without a central government.Though not as famous as most of his continental contemporaries,he became the first truly autocratic native Swedish sovereign and was a skilled propagandist and bureaucrat who laid the foundations for a more efficient centralized government.During his reign Protestantism was introduced in the country.
In traditional Swedish history he has been labelled the founder of modern Sweden,and the “father of the nation”.Gustav liked to compare himself to Moses,whom he believed to have also liberated his people and established a state.As a person,Gustav was known for ruthless methods and a bad temperament,but he also loved music,and had a certain sly wit.
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