Charlotte_Aster
Royal Highness
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Although I love the meloldy of the name Melusine, I really don't think future The Princess of Monaco will be named thus, because of the legend of Melusine and all.
For the ones who hasn't heard about it:
Melusine's mother married the King of Albany on the condition of not entering her chambers when she birthed or bathed her children. They had three girls. However, once the King broke his promise and the mother left the kingdom. Years later, girls learned the reason why they were raised as orphans and went on to exact revenge on their father, capturing him and impisoning him in a mountain. Their mother learned of this and condemned them, causing Melusine to take the form a serpent (or a mermaid) from the waist down on Saturdays. Some say she married a French count, while others claim that she married the lord of Luxembourg and magically made the Castle Bock appear. One of her terms of marriage was that she would have one day of the week to hersefl (you guessed it, Saturday). Anyway, as you might have guessed the curious lord just couldn't resist the temptation (MEN!) and saw his wife in he serpentine/mermaid form. However, she forgave him. But then during an arguement he called her "Serpent!" in front of the whole court. Thus Melusine turned to a dragon and flew off.
It's a rather popular legend in Luxembourg and they even had her on a stamp:
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/38/83/53/388353c1a752f084dd9741d88e5fbc8a.jpg
For the ones who hasn't heard about it:
Melusine's mother married the King of Albany on the condition of not entering her chambers when she birthed or bathed her children. They had three girls. However, once the King broke his promise and the mother left the kingdom. Years later, girls learned the reason why they were raised as orphans and went on to exact revenge on their father, capturing him and impisoning him in a mountain. Their mother learned of this and condemned them, causing Melusine to take the form a serpent (or a mermaid) from the waist down on Saturdays. Some say she married a French count, while others claim that she married the lord of Luxembourg and magically made the Castle Bock appear. One of her terms of marriage was that she would have one day of the week to hersefl (you guessed it, Saturday). Anyway, as you might have guessed the curious lord just couldn't resist the temptation (MEN!) and saw his wife in he serpentine/mermaid form. However, she forgave him. But then during an arguement he called her "Serpent!" in front of the whole court. Thus Melusine turned to a dragon and flew off.
It's a rather popular legend in Luxembourg and they even had her on a stamp:
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/38/83/53/388353c1a752f084dd9741d88e5fbc8a.jpg
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