This lady wrote beautifully….. felt so bad for her and all she went through….her father was an evil evil man…. Thank you so much for this wonderful video..what a great lady
@@MythicMindScape21 I'm hooked on your channel. The storytelling, the details. I hope you continue to make a long story more so that we can know more about the character of a person in the story and her life. ❤ from The Philippines
Another woman who did nothing with her life, her husband and father at least created something all she did was sleep around. No wonder her family disowned her.
@TheFinalBoss316 Huh? The husband that had her locked away in a mental asylum when she wasn't mentally ill? The sickening atrocities of King Leopold... are you actually holding those up as "creating something?" If anyone should be disowned, it's that sadistic creep. Holy uniformed comment 😂
With a father like that psychopath (check out what that monster did in the Congo - pig), her survival to old age is all the more impressive. Look at the photo of Louise's mother to get a clue as to the life she led as his wife. I'm so glad Louise at least had one champion who loved her and stuck with her throughout such a difficult life. Great video again, thank you.
Exactly, she gave up all her money; rights everything just to get away from her family and be with the man she loved. All she had to do was come home, and they would have released her from the Asylum; yet she refused.
It is amazing how many wonderful untold stories there are, and how many streaming services we have. Yet it is just the same old remakes, reimaginings, sequels, or mindless films being pushed out. Truly sad. I will do a video on a few young girls next month. First week of September, that I have no idea how it hasn't been made into a film.
@@TheFinalBoss316 I just found her history interesting because I thought it illustrated another example of how far Western societies have come (while still having far to go, of course!) in the way women are treated. Obviously, I can't speak to her personal traits, so I don't know if we can deduce she was an unpleasant person from just her facts; I'm not sure I would judge her even if she were, considering the abuse she received -- such treatment is bound to leave some sort of psychological scarring, I should think? But, I suspect you know more, so, please, I would love to see you post a video with more details about her, since you are so expert on her life? Thanks, looking forward to watching what you upload!
@@TheFinalBoss316 How did she spend 'Daddy's money' from an Asylum, he cut her off, and disinherited her. She got nothing when he died. And even as a small girl they lived a very spartan lifestyle. Sure they had a lot more than the people he was robbing in the Congo. But she gave up her wealth and lifestyle; to be with the man she loved, who was also stripped of his title. I mean she had to walk to Hungary, and at times was surviving completely on handouts. I'd also love to hear your sources on her 'travelling around spending Daddy's money'
Thank you for all your support. Please forgive any mispronunciations regarding city names. Let me know your thoughts on the life of Louise and other people you want to see ❤❤
@@KohalaLover They are like Easter Eggs. 😂. I am working on a script now that tells an Amazing story of 3 young girls in the Dutch resistance in world war 2; and it is going to be a disaster when I record it.
I'm from Ostend, Belgium. It was one of Leopold II's favorite places, feeling a strong connection there because his mother queen Louise Marie died there. He left his mark on the city with monuments for his parents. There's parks named after his wife and his daughters Stephanie and Clementine. Nothing for Louise, though.
@@MythicMindScape21 in general I would say that when the Black Lives Matters movement happened, that was when we started hearing more about the things that happened in Congo more. I am 35 years old and I definitely wasn't taught about that in school. There have been a lot of protests and vandalism when it came to his statues and everything, especially since BLM, but also since before that. In Ostend specifically, there is a huge statue of him on a horse, with Belgian and Congolese people alike looking up at the king, like they are admiring him, well that statue had the hands of the Congolese people sawed off it in the 2000s. I have to say, despite the fact that Leopold II brought a lot of wealth and grandure to the city of Ostend, he was always seen like a problematic person by the locals. For example, he built a beautiful train station, and he wanted to build a beautiful church with a mausoleum for his parents that would be the first thing you saw when you left the train station. The problem was, there already was a church in that spot. The local people revolted and the plans for Leopold's church were canceled... but then "mysteriously" the people's church burned down to the ground and Leopold's church was built anyway. So that's kind of one of the stories I grew up with. He built beautiful things for the city, but on his own terms if that makes sense.
@@gregoryd5105 Thank you so much for the answer. Very interesting to hear your perspective of growing up there. I understand what you mean, we are always revising our opinion of people from the past in America and Britain as well. I suppose it is fair, as who knows what life was really like in 1900. We can not even agree on what is happening in the world today. Thanks again.
@@MythicMindScape21 That is very true. You are very welcome. I have grown up with these stories more than the rest of my generation because my grandmother was very interested in royalty. Also, I did an internship in the royal villa where the first queen of Belgium (the mother of Leopold II) died, which is now a museum of the history of the city of Ostend. It still has the bedroom the way it was when she passed. What I forgot to mention in my previous reply is that the current king of Belgium has spoken with regret on what happened in the Congo at least two times that I know of in the last couple of years. So that's their way of acknowledging the horrors.
Indeed, and girls had very little idea of what to expect on the wedding night. As those things were rarely discussed. Imagine, living your life as a cloistered child, then one night you are simply alone with a middle aged man and you are simply at his mercy, essentially his property, and you have absolutely no idea what to expect.
In modern times, many women still experience profound control from men and religion. FSM is a prime example, mainly in Middle Eastern & Asian countries.
I have listened to other histories about this interesting woman. Sadly, the other channels portrayed her as bored, self absorbed, sexually provocative, without giving a reason. This really provides a different viewpoint. It is so sad that she, her sister and her aunt all married into the same family and all 3 had sad life’s.
My great grandmother (by marriage) was the daughter of a lawyer of Nicholas , the last Czar of Russia. Her father was executed , as were so many of the aristocracy of Imperial Russia. She , along with either a cousin, aunt or maid , dressed as peasants , put a cow on a rope and walked to Switzerland. There , she met her husband and changed her name to Ceresier . My Grandmother , being raised by a debutante , owned a finishing school in Switzerland where princesses and daughters of rich families were taught to be "proper ladies" . I wish I knew more about my great-grandmother. What was her life like before she fled , her journey to Switzerland? What was her birth name ? Who was Mr.Ceresier ? I wish I knew more........
Titels count for nothing, a bad household is a bad household. Wow. Strong woman, choosing a horiphic asylum over an abusive husbnad... Says a lot about the life she had with him
She had daddy's money. She didn't need him. Typical aristocrat thinking they are better than everyone else. All those pretty dresses were paid for by slave labor. Disgusting woman.
This lady wrote beautifully….. felt so bad for her and all she went through….her father was an evil evil man…. Thank you so much for this wonderful video..what a great lady
Thanks again
I had never heard of her. Such a fascinating Story. I wish you published more.
Maybe one day. My videos and channel are not so popular for that.
@@MythicMindScape21 I'm hooked on your channel. The storytelling, the details. I hope you continue to make a long story more so that we can know more about the character of a person in the story and her life.
❤ from The Philippines
Another fantastic telling of a remarkable life. She had true grit!!
She did. Many people would have taken the money and the comfortable life.
Another woman who did nothing with her life, her husband and father at least created something all she did was sleep around. No wonder her family disowned her.
@TheFinalBoss316
Huh? The husband that had her locked away in a mental asylum when she wasn't mentally ill? The sickening atrocities of King Leopold... are you actually holding those up as "creating something?" If anyone should be disowned, it's that sadistic creep. Holy uniformed comment 😂
@@TheFinalBoss316 Uhmm, are you commenting on another video?
@@TheFinalBoss316she had no opportunity to do anything other than nothing.
A great video about a truly heroic woman. She may have been ground into the gutter but she was never crushed.
I am obsessed with your channel. Thank you!
Thank you ❤
Oh my goodness ,I knew about her father but I didn’t know about the life of Louise 🙏thank goodness for the Count 💓💓💓
Yes, her story is truly remarkable.
With a father like that psychopath (check out what that monster did in the Congo - pig), her survival to old age is all the more impressive. Look at the photo of Louise's mother to get a clue as to the life she led as his wife. I'm so glad Louise at least had one champion who loved her and stuck with her throughout such a difficult life. Great video again, thank you.
Exactly, she gave up all her money; rights everything just to get away from her family and be with the man she loved. All she had to do was come home, and they would have released her from the Asylum; yet she refused.
You truly bring history alive for you subscribers/fans!
Excellent program ❤❤❤❤
Well researched and beautifully narrated. Thank you, MMS! ♥️🇦🇺
You are so welcome!
You have such a facility with beautiful prose! Listening to your biographies is a master class in the English language.
Thank you so much, it means a lot to hear that.
Thank goodness I was born in the modern era, no duty to submit to a useless husband. Thank you mother for teaching me that was all a lie! 🤗
I'm not sure my husband is especially useful but at least he hasn't dispatched me to a lunatic asylum ... yet 🤣🇦🇺
I pity you!🙄
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Love your channel . Please could you cover Dorothy Kilgallen , as I am sure you would do an excellent job of telling her story. Thank you.
Great suggestion!
There was a great deal of wanton behavior back in the day! The cruelty, too, runs rampant! Thanks for her story!
Thanks for listening
Thank you for this episode. Even the ladies from the upper echelon were treated like slaves. Loveless marriages.
She could have taken money, and lived a comfortable life. Yet she chose to live in Asylum rather than go back to her abusive husband.
GREAT vid 👏👏 ❤ is VERY powerful luv ur vids i am a new sub
Welcome!! Thanks for the sub.
Wow, what a life! Her tale totally needs to be a Netflix drama, I'm thinking maybe Vanessa Kirby as Princess Louise?
It is amazing how many wonderful untold stories there are, and how many streaming services we have. Yet it is just the same old remakes, reimaginings, sequels, or mindless films being pushed out. Truly sad. I will do a video on a few young girls next month. First week of September, that I have no idea how it hasn't been made into a film.
Yeah another boring netflix drama about some rich b.... that did nothing of any use but travel around and spend Daddy's money.
@@TheFinalBoss316 I just found her history interesting because I thought it illustrated another example of how far Western societies have come (while still having far to go, of course!) in the way women are treated. Obviously, I can't speak to her personal traits, so I don't know if we can deduce she was an unpleasant person from just her facts; I'm not sure I would judge her even if she were, considering the abuse she received -- such treatment is bound to leave some sort of psychological scarring, I should think? But, I suspect you know more, so, please, I would love to see you post a video with more details about her, since you are so expert on her life? Thanks, looking forward to watching what you upload!
@@TheFinalBoss316 How did she spend 'Daddy's money' from an Asylum, he cut her off, and disinherited her. She got nothing when he died. And even as a small girl they lived a very spartan lifestyle. Sure they had a lot more than the people he was robbing in the Congo. But she gave up her wealth and lifestyle; to be with the man she loved, who was also stripped of his title. I mean she had to walk to Hungary, and at times was surviving completely on handouts. I'd also love to hear your sources on her 'travelling around spending Daddy's money'
Please, not Netflix..a real production would be best
Thank you for all your support. Please forgive any mispronunciations regarding city names. Let me know your thoughts on the life of Louise and other people you want to see ❤❤
Looking forward to seeing your channel grow ❤❤😊
I believe it is petty for commenters to correct pronunciation. Thank you.
@@KohalaLover They are like Easter Eggs. 😂. I am working on a script now that tells an Amazing story of 3 young girls in the Dutch resistance in world war 2; and it is going to be a disaster when I record it.
@@MythicMindScape21 Yes! That’s a tactful way to put it. I’m hard boiled. 🥚 ☺️😳
I was thinking Clara Schumann…!
Thank you❤
I'm from Ostend, Belgium. It was one of Leopold II's favorite places, feeling a strong connection there because his mother queen Louise Marie died there. He left his mark on the city with monuments for his parents. There's parks named after his wife and his daughters Stephanie and Clementine. Nothing for Louise, though.
How is he looked at these days? Is he viewed in a heroic manner, or are his actions in the Congo looked at more?
@@MythicMindScape21 in general I would say that when the Black Lives Matters movement happened, that was when we started hearing more about the things that happened in Congo more. I am 35 years old and I definitely wasn't taught about that in school. There have been a lot of protests and vandalism when it came to his statues and everything, especially since BLM, but also since before that. In Ostend specifically, there is a huge statue of him on a horse, with Belgian and Congolese people alike looking up at the king, like they are admiring him, well that statue had the hands of the Congolese people sawed off it in the 2000s.
I have to say, despite the fact that Leopold II brought a lot of wealth and grandure to the city of Ostend, he was always seen like a problematic person by the locals. For example, he built a beautiful train station, and he wanted to build a beautiful church with a mausoleum for his parents that would be the first thing you saw when you left the train station. The problem was, there already was a church in that spot. The local people revolted and the plans for Leopold's church were canceled... but then "mysteriously" the people's church burned down to the ground and Leopold's church was built anyway. So that's kind of one of the stories I grew up with. He built beautiful things for the city, but on his own terms if that makes sense.
@@gregoryd5105 Thank you so much for the answer. Very interesting to hear your perspective of growing up there. I understand what you mean, we are always revising our opinion of people from the past in America and Britain as well. I suppose it is fair, as who knows what life was really like in 1900. We can not even agree on what is happening in the world today. Thanks again.
@@MythicMindScape21 That is very true. You are very welcome. I have grown up with these stories more than the rest of my generation because my grandmother was very interested in royalty. Also, I did an internship in the royal villa where the first queen of Belgium (the mother of Leopold II) died, which is now a museum of the history of the city of Ostend. It still has the bedroom the way it was when she passed.
What I forgot to mention in my previous reply is that the current king of Belgium has spoken with regret on what happened in the Congo at least two times that I know of in the last couple of years. So that's their way of acknowledging the horrors.
I can’t imagine. 15 years old? I was just growing through being a tom-boy nowhere near ready to prep for marriage!
Indeed, and girls had very little idea of what to expect on the wedding night. As those things were rarely discussed. Imagine, living your life as a cloistered child, then one night you are simply alone with a middle aged man and you are simply at his mercy, essentially his property, and you have absolutely no idea what to expect.
Such a hard life just for not wanting her husband to. In those days the society played a rigid roll against women.
In modern times, many women still experience profound control from men and religion. FSM is a prime example, mainly in Middle Eastern & Asian countries.
I have listened to other histories about this interesting woman. Sadly, the other channels portrayed her as bored, self absorbed, sexually provocative, without giving a reason. This really provides a different viewpoint. It is so sad that she, her sister and her aunt all married into the same family and all 3 had sad life’s.
Thank you so much, I try as much as possible to tell the stories in a fair way reading several sources to get as much of a full picture as I can.
Scandalized her family? Her family scandalized themselves.
My great grandmother (by marriage) was the daughter of a lawyer of Nicholas , the last Czar of Russia. Her father was executed , as were so many of the aristocracy of Imperial Russia. She , along with either a cousin, aunt or maid , dressed as peasants , put a cow on a rope and walked to Switzerland. There , she met her husband and changed her name to Ceresier . My Grandmother , being raised by a debutante , owned a finishing school in Switzerland where princesses and daughters of rich families were taught to be "proper ladies" . I wish I knew more about my great-grandmother. What was her life like before she fled , her journey to Switzerland? What was her birth name ? Who was Mr.Ceresier ? I wish I knew more........
Such a sad story, it would be an amazing history to know. I have always been fascinated by that period myself.
A tragic story. The Belgians never benefitted from having a royal family.
No, a dark part of their history really.
Titels count for nothing, a bad household is a bad household. Wow. Strong woman, choosing a horiphic asylum over an abusive husbnad... Says a lot about the life she had with him
She had daddy's money. She didn't need him. Typical aristocrat thinking they are better than everyone else. All those pretty dresses were paid for by slave labor. Disgusting woman.
Such a poignant story that was her life..but sad nonetheless.
Is there a spare room for Prince Harry and wife ?
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