Large Portrait Of The Duke Of Brunswick By Emile Schulz, The British Royal Family, Circa 1870

Large, leather-framed photograph of the Duke of Brunswick from 1870. William of Brunswick (1806–1884) belonged to the House of Welf (Hanover-Brunswick). He was the second cousin of King William IV of the United Kingdom and his brother, the Duke of Kent (father of Queen Victoria). The physical resemblance—beard, mustache, and gaunt features reminiscent of Nicholas II and George V—can be explained both by this shared European genetic heritage and by the highly codified aesthetic and hairstyling standards of sovereigns and military leaders in the second half of the 19th century.
William became the ruling Duke of Brunswick from 1830 until his death in 1884. He came to power after the flight of his older brother, Charles II, who was driven out by a local revolution in 1830. He oversaw his duchy’s entry into the Customs Union (Zollverein), and later into the German Empire founded by Bismarck in 1870
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