Empress Zita of Austria, consort of Charles I of Austria, 1911.
I made a plan on how we can get funding.
This is it! The Grand Plan! To – AFRICA!
John Von John Presco
‘Nazarite Prophet After John’
Over the years, Elisabeth reforested 500 hectares of primarily high-mountain land in order to protect the landscape from avalanches. Here she invested some four million Euros, also to clean up streams and rivers. Elisabeth von Pezold also established fish ladders and restored dried-up stream beds so that they could be suitable for fish again.
My Kin – Karel Schwarzenberg – Is Dead
Posted on November 30, 2023 by Royal Rosamond Press
At 9:34 P.M. I discovered my alleged kin, Karel Schwarzenberg, died on November 11, 2023. I was researching our illustrious kin, Karl Schwarzenberg, who defeated Napoleon. I am the Family Historian. I care about about our ancestors, our history, and the fate of the Czech Republic from where my Presco ancestors, hail. I just posted on him.
John Presco
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063478955084
Karl Philipp, Fürst zu Schwarzenberg (or Charles Philip, Prince of Schwarzenberg; 18/19 April 1771 – 15 October 1820) was an Austrian Generalissimo and former Field Marshal.[1] He first entered military service in 1788 and fought against the Turks. During the French Revolutionary War, he fought on the allied side against France and in that period rose through the ranks of the Imperial Army. During the Napoleonic Wars, he fought in the Battle of Wagram (1809), which the Austrians lost decisively against Napoleon. He had to fight for Napoleon in the Battle of Gorodechno (1812) against the Russians and won. During the War of the Sixth Coalition, he was in command of the allied army that decisively defeated Napoleon in the Battle of Leipzig (1813). He participated in the Battle of Paris (1814), which forced Napoleon to abdicate.
Czech foreign minister and sister in feud over family castles and palaces
The daughter of one of central Europe’s most aristocratic families has begun a legal battle for castles and palaces worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
By By Matthew Day05 August 2011 • 9:00pm
Elisabeth von Pezold wants the return of property expropriated by the Czechoslovak state in 1947.
However, her adopted brother, Karel Schwarzenberg, the Czech Republic’s foreign minister, apparently does not.
The homes include the Cesky Krumlov castle, a jewel in the crown of Czech tourism which towers over an ancient town in southern Bohemia.
But Mrs von Pezold claims that her brother, one of the republic’s most popular politicians, has blocked her case.
She argues that the Prince of Schwarzenberg, to use his formal title, has failed to fulfil the wishes of their father, whose will asked that his successor should fight to get the property back.
“It is a question of justice,” Mrs von Pezold told The Daily Telegraph at Cesky Krumlov. “After the end of communism he kept promising that he would claim property restitution but then at the last minute he changed his mind.
“He has never really explained why he did that, and to be honest I really don’t know. Maybe he thought a big restitution case was incompatible with his political career.”
Denied his support, Mrs von Pezold now has some 23 cases in Czech courts and faces a long, lonely battle. So far, she has spent £1.7 million on legal fees.
The roots of the family’s troubles lie in the history of central Europe. The Schwarzenbergs opposed Hitler’s 1938 takeover of Czechoslovakia, a stance that cost them their lands, and earned her father Heinrich a spell in Buchenwald concentration camp.
But that counted for little in post-war communist Czechoslovakia. In 1947, a law was passed targeting the Schwarzenbergs specifically. The family lost everything again, and fled to Austria.
It is this law, argues Mr Schwarzenberg, that means he can do little to help.
“The law is an injustice but legally it is incontestable,” he has told a Czech magazine.
Complicating the issue is his own legal status. The son of the lesser branch of the clan, he was adopted by Mrs von Pezold’s parents to unite the family and provide a male heir.
She claims that by failing to fight for their former property, he has forfeited his right to be sole heir, and jeopardised his ownership of Austrian properties he has already inherited.
Despite promising not to change the use of any of the Czech properties if they are returned, the family have sometimes fallen foul of historic stereotypes portraying them as Germanic foreigners greedy for Czech land.
Opinion polls show that most Czechs favour the restitution of expropriated property.
“If the castle was stolen then it should be returned,” said Petr Novak, who sells ornamental glass in the shadow of Cesky Krumlov castle to the tourists who flock there every year.
“It’s a matter of principle.”
Karel Schwarzenberg, Renegade Czech Prince and Politician, Dies at 85
Popular with the Czech public for quietly subverting the aristocracy, he served twice as foreign minister and ran for president in 2013.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_XIV_John
Charles XIV John (Swedish: Karl XIV Johan; 26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 until his death in 1844 and the first monarch of the Bernadotte dynasty. In Norway, he is known as Charles III John (Norwegian: Karl III Johan) and before his reign, he was called Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte.[1] During the Napoleonic Wars, he participated in several battles as a Marshal of France.
Born in Pau in southern France, Bernadotte joined the French Royal Army in 1780. Following the outbreak of the French Revolution, he exhibited great military talent, rapidly rising through the ranks, and was made a brigadier general by 1794. He served with distinction in Italy and Germany, and was briefly Minister of War. His relationship with Napoleon was turbulent; nevertheless, Napoleon named him a Marshal of the Empire on the proclamation of the French Empire. Bernadotte played a significant role in the French victory at Austerlitz, and was made Prince of Pontecorvo as a reward. Bernadotte was, through marriage to Désirée Clary, brother-in-law to Joseph Bonaparte, and thus a member of the extended Imperial family.
In 1810, Bernadotte was unexpectedly elected the heir-presumptive (Crown Prince) to the childless King Charles XIII of Sweden, thanks to the advocacy of Baron Carl Otto Mörner, a Swedish courtier and obscure member of the Riksdag of the Estates.[2] He assumed the name Charles John and was named regent, and generalissimo of the Swedish Armed Forces, soon after his arrival becoming de facto head of state for most of his time as Crown Prince. In 1812, following the sudden unprovoked French invasion of Swedish Pomerania, Crown Prince Charles John was instrumental in the creation of the Sixth Coalition by allying with Alexander I of Russia and using Swedish diplomacy to bring warring Russia and Britain together in alliance.[3][4] He then played a major role in the writing of the Trachenberg Plan, the war-winning Allied campaign plan, and commanded the Allied Army of the North that defeated two concerted French attempts to capture Berlin and made the decisive attack on the last day of the catastrophic French defeat at Leipzig.
After the War of the Sixth Coalition, Charles John forced King Frederick VI of Denmark to cede Norway to Sweden, leading to the Swedish–Norwegian War of 1814 where Norway was defeated in 19 days. This put Norway into a union with Sweden, which lasted for almost a century before its peaceful 1905 dissolution. The Swedish–Norwegian war is viewed as Sweden’s last direct conflict and war.[5]
Upon the death of Charles XIII in 1818, Charles John ascended to the thrones. He presided over a period of peace and prosperity, and reigned until his death in 1844.
Elisabeth von Pezold, née Princess of Schwarzenberg-Frauenberg
Posted on August 19, 2018 by Royal Rosamond Press
Here is my kin.
John
Elisabeth von Pezold wants the return of property expropriated by the Czechoslovak state in 1947.
However, her adopted brother, Karel Schwarzenberg, the Czech Republic’s foreign minister, apparently does not.
The homes include the Cesky Krumlov castle, a jewel in the crown of Czech tourism which towers over an ancient town in southern Bohemia.
But Mrs von Pezold claims that her brother, one of the republic’s most popular politicians, has blocked her case.
She argues that the Prince of Schwarzenberg, to use his formal title, has failed to fulfil the wishes of their father, whose will asked that his successor should fight to get the property back.
Law360, New York (February 11, 2016, 6:59 PM EST) — A Swiss-German family whose farms and forest holdings were seized by Zimbabweans during the government’s “land reform” of the 2000s is owed at least $130 million and perhaps more than $310 million by the country’s government, according to a decision from the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes made public this week.
In a ruling marked by sweeping assessments of history, politics, power and what could have been for the struggling African country, an ICSID panel said the government of Robert Mugabe bears responsibility…
Elisabeth von Pezold, née Princess of Schwarzenberg-Frauenberg
Princess Elisabeth of Schwarzenberg was born on 1 October 1947 in Vienna as the only daughter of Prince Heinrich Schwarzenberg, Duke of Krumlov, and his wife Eleonore Schwarzenberg, Countess of Stolberg-Stolberg. Because of his exemplary anti-Fascist and pro-Czechoslovak stance during the war he was imprisoned by the Gestapo i.a. in KZ Buchenwald and became a forced labourer until the end of the war. Since 1945 her father was groundlessly barred from returning to Czechoslovakia, and so Elisabeth grew up with her parents in Gusterheim near Pöls in Styria, where she attended the local elementary school. Later, she moved with her parents to the Schwarzenberg Palais in Vienna so that she could attend the Sacre Coeur Catholic Grammar School
In Vienna, Elisabeth lived not only with her parents, but also with her aunt, Princess Eleonore Schwarzenberg and her uncle, Prince Joseph Schwarzenberg, the last head of the family.
After 1945, Elisabeth’s father managed to win the restitution of the property of Prince Adolph Schwarzenberg in Germany and Austria confiscated by the Gestapo in 1940. He then managed this property for his cousin and adoptive father as its general trustee. For his part, Heinrich owned Gusterheim Castle, which he had inherited from his father Felix in 1946. Adolph died in 1950, making Heinrich his universal heir. With much effort, he managed to rebuild the family’s Vienna palais, which had been partially destroyed by wartime bombing, while his wife devoted herself to looking after the expansive park.
Elisabeth’s father Heinrich died in 1965, the same year she successfully completed grammar school and began studying art history and archeology at the university in Freiburg im Breisgau, where her father had applied for her to stay at the Catholic hall of residence. Elisabeth later continued her studies in Bonn and in Munich.
On 31 May 1970, Elisabeth married Rüdiger von Pezold in Gusterheim. The couple then moved to Munich, where he worked as an attorney. In 1971 their daughter Anna was born, followed over the next twelve years by one more daughter, Juliane, and five sons – Heinrich, Georg Philipp, Felix, Johann, and Adam.
Following the completion of renovations at Gusterheim Castle, the family moved in, devoting itself to managing the agricultural and forestry holding inherited from Elisabeth’s father. The Pezolds restructured their farm and forestry activities with an emphasis on natural forestry and a reduction in the number of ungulate game. Over the years, Elisabeth reforested 500 hectares of primarily high-mountain land in order to protect the landscape from avalanches. Here she invested some four million Euros, also to clean up streams and rivers. Elisabeth von Pezold also established fish ladders and restored dried-up stream beds so that they could be suitable for fish again.
The 1980s were marked by the battle against emissions from two state-owned industrial companies that threatened local forests and human health. After many years of court hearings and official negotiations, Elisabeth and her husband and neighbours succeeded in effecting the closure of the nearby ÖDK Zeltweg thermal power station and the establishment of a new cellulose factory in Pöls reflecting technical and safety standards.
From 1975 to 1995, Rüdiger von Pezold was chairman and director general of the ducal foundations in Coburg. Besides the management of the ample forests his main task was to look after the foundation’s collection of furniture, art, and coins, as well as the renovation of the castle and family mausoleum in Coburg and Castle Greinburg in Upper Austria with the aim of opening them to the public. In these efforts, Elisabeth’s extensive knowledge of art was of great help, as she put to use both her knowledge of art as well as her experiences from renovating her patronage church of St. James in Frauenburg, Styria, which she led personally.
In 1979, Elisabeth provided her house in Unzmarkt to the disposition of Professor Franz Schwarzenberg-Orlik and his wife Amelie when they came to Austria from the United States after his retirement. Later Elisabeth was adopted by Amelie Schwarzenberg-Orlik.
An important chapter in Elisabeth’s life began in 1988, when she and her husband acquired Forrester Estate in Zimbabwe. In addition to managing the business, they built new dams for 28 million cubic meters of water, and an irrigation system to go with it. On their African farm, the couple also expanded medical care and provided education for the local inhabitants. In the 1990s, the Pezolds established a polytechnic college, with all the equipment generously provided by the Federal Republic of Germany. Because of political developments in Zimbabwe, however, the college was never opened – as part of the country’s so called land reform, the state took over the location and the school was demolished.
In 1998, the couple handed over the management of their African holdings to their 27-year-old son Heinrich, in order to transfer responsibility for managing their expansive agricultural and forestry holdings. As a result, the couple gained more time for the exceptionally complex and time-demanding work associated with the unexpected duty to push for the restitution of Adolph Schwarzenberg’s property confiscated in Czechoslovakia. After her adoptive brother Karel Schwarzenberg had failed to comply with his promise to meet his obligations contained in the will of her father regarding the restitution of this property, Elisabeth has become the only person engaged in the restitution process. The restitution concerns her grandfather Adolph Schwarzenberg’s property confiscated by the Gestapo in 1940 and since 1945 held by the Czechoslovak, and later the Czech state, in violation of the law and the constitution. In order to properly devote herself to the issue, Elisabeth acquired Czech citizenship and moved to Prague in 1993.
In December 1994, Elisabeth’s mother passed away in Gusterheim, surrounded by family. With Amelie Schwarzenberg, however, the Pezolds’ children continue to have a loving and loved Czech grandmother.
In 2003, Elisabeth acquired a house in Prague’s Smichov district, which she renovated with the help of her son Georg Philipp. Since then, she has lived there with her husband. Currently, her son Adam is living with his parents in Prague and working there for a company which refurbishes historic listed houses.
Following years of court hearings, in 2007 the High Court in Vienna ruled that Karel Schwarzenberg forfeited his inheritance from Heinrich Schwarzenberg in favour of Heinrich’s daughter Elisabeth if he failed culpably to fulfil the duty assigned to him by the will of his adoptive father Heinrich Schwarzenberg to actively work towards the return of the confiscated Czech property of Adolph Schwarzenberg. The Austrian High Court’s ruling returned the case to the court of first instance for, among other things, clarification of this issue.
In 2009, Elisabeth von Pezold was able to celebrate another legal victory when the Czech Constitutional Court warranted that the family’s tomb in Domanin near Trebon and other property that had not been confiscated had to be returned.
Elisabeth is the proud grandmother of eight grandchildren, who visit her in Prague and whom she visits at their homes in Zimbabwe, England, and Austria.
South Africa, Hamas, And Israel
Posted on December 19, 2023 by Royal Rosamond Press
There are sixty million human beings in South Africa. There are nine million human beings in Israel. There are two million human beings in Gaza. Most of the human beings in the world condemned Hamas for murdering children, and wished they could have STOPPED the horror.
Alas there are questions about why it took Israel soldiers so long to come to the murder scene = and stop the slaughter. Most of the human beings of the world – are horrified to see Israeli bombs murdering children. All but a handful of human beings – desperately want to STOP the murder of children – in Gaza! Why is it taking so long! STOP!
Tens of thousand of Black Voters in America are threatening to not vote for Biden – unless he STOPS the murder of babies in Gaza. If they do, then Trump will be president again. Putin will let out a war whoop, and murder more children in Ukraine. The objective of most human beings, is to have the armies of Israel and Russia – STOP murdering children – AND GO HOME!
In 1989 I declared myself a Nazarite and became a member of the Shembe Zulu Nazarite/Nazareth Baptist church of South African. I was driven out of the Christian church I tried to join. When I told my friends and family I was a Shembe Zulu Nazarite – they were pleased because they were able to dismiss me, even title me “odd” and – INSANE! One racist’ acquaintance is trying to take over my history and much of my blog in order to save the white race. I made Starfish a South African Nazarite and Lesbian who marries James Bond’s granddaughter. Bond lovers HATE my book. Pope Francis just blessed Gay Marriages.
When I titled myself The Third Christ, who owns proof Jesus was a Nazarite, I was EXCOMMUNICATED. There was no Nazareth when Jesus walked the earth. Unless he was a Nazarite – he is a fictional person. And, that is that!
This is a Jubilee year. King Herod did not order the murder of innocent babies in order to get rid of a Rebel that would throw Herod off his throne. You Christians need to – retreat and take a deep breath. You need to put down Putin and Trump, and support the Democracy of the United States of America!
John ‘The Nazarite’
EXTRA! I saw this right after this post. Zionists still hold a grudge that the ally armies did not do more to save the Jews. President Truman signed a paper allowing the Jews to form the nation of Israel – so they could form an army – and protect themselves! WHAT HAPPENED? As fifteen hundred Jews got murdered and kidnapped – THE ISRAELI ARMY DID NOTHING for ten hours!! It was – right there – very close by! The U.S, gave billions for it to be – READYTO DEFEND JEWS! Instead, the War Hawks gave Hamas billions – that could have been spent to hire mercenaries, like Black Hawk. They could have guarded the Nova Trance Dancers – FOR MONEY! Demand the Republicans launch a investigation – NOW!
https://www.rawstory.com/nick-fuentes-trump-2658827118/
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-palestine-putin-xi-brics-0c070286b154198a36f0cf7440f973b5
BY GERALD IMRAYUpdated 1:49 PM PST, November 21, 2023Share
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa accused Israel of war crimes and acts “tantamount to genocide” in Gaza during a virtual meeting Tuesday of leaders of developing countries, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping.
Ramaphosa also condemned Hamas for its attack on Israeli civilians that sparked the war in Gaza and said both sides were guilty of violating international law.
“The collective punishment of Palestinian civilians through the unlawful use of force by Israel is a war crime,” Ramaphosa said at the start of the meeting of leaders and top diplomats from the BRICS bloc of countries. “The deliberate denial of medicine, fuel, food and water to the residents of Gaza is tantamount to genocide.”
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South African sympathy for the Palestinian fight for an independent state goes back to the days of late anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.
He famously said in 1997, three years after he became the country’s first democratically elected president after decades of struggle against white-minority rule: “We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”
“He’s really putting a stain on his presidency that I don’t think will be easily washed away,” said Briscoe, adding that Biden and fellow Democrats in Maryland should urge more action. “If the Democrats call for a cease-fire it may save the Democratic Party from, I think, a wave of young people not voting for them.’’
One issue expected to haunt Biden with younger Black voters like Briscoe is whether he has done enough to demand more protections for Palestinians, some young people and political experts said. They argue Biden’s positions, including not calling for an immediate cease-fire, could cost him support from African Americans, traditionally a loyal voting bloc for Democrats.
One place where there are early signs of waning support is among young Black people, experts said.
The war between Israel and Hamas has exposed deep divisions in South Africa, with the government’s staunch support for the Palestinians coming in for criticism from leaders of the country’s Jewish community, among others.
The government has announced the withdrawal of its diplomats from Israel, and suggested that the position of Israel’s ambassador to Pretoria was becoming “untenable”.
This has been sharply criticised by the country’s Jewish Board of Deputies which has called for an urgent meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa.
South African sympathy for the Palestinian fight for an independent state goes back to the days of late anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.
He famously said in 1997, three years after he became the country’s first democratically elected president after decades of struggle against white-minority rule: “We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”
The Third Christ and The Zulu Nazarites
Posted on June 18, 2020 by Royal Rosamond Press
There will be a total eclipse of the son. In this post you see me at the Cog’s house that is not far away from the Mimm’s house.
John ‘The Baptist’
Habsburg Law and Nazi Confiscation of Art and Property
Posted on June 19, 2024 by Royal Rosamond Press
On this day, I renew my effort to take possession of The Last Audience of the Habsburgs, and other property belonging to said family. This include property that still belongs to the Schwarzenberg family.
John Presco
On Wednesday, November 9, 2016 11:27 AM, Alex Notman <alex@eugeneweekly.com> wrote:
Hi John,
Thanks for reaching out. I’m going to have to reschedule this for next week. Can we meet Thursday or Friday of next week during working hours?
Thanks,
Alex
The Habsburg Law (Habsburgergesetz (in full, the Law concerning the Expulsion and the Takeover of the Assets of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine) Gesetz vom 3. April 1919 betreffend die Landesverweisung und die Übernahme des Vermögens des Hauses Habsburg-Lothringen) was a law originally passed by the Constitutional Assembly (Konstituierende Nationalversammlung) of the Republic of German-Austria, one of the successor states of dissolved Austria-Hungary, on 3 April 1919. The law legally dethroned the House of Habsburg-Lorraine as rulers of the country which had declared itself a republic on 12 November 1918, exiled them and confiscated their property. The Habsburg Law was repealed in 1935 and the Habsburg family was given back its property. However, in 1938, following the Anschluss, the Nazis reintroduced the Habsburg Law, and it was retained when Austria regained its independence after World War II.
The Habsburg Law and Rightful King of Bohemia
Posted on December 22, 2023 by Royal Rosamond Press
Christmas has come early to the rightful King of Bohemia and Jerusalem because I just discovered the Hapsburg Law. I’m looking for a International Attorney in order to claim the Last Audience of the Habsburgs, and other property owned by the Habsburgs. I highly suggest the Czech Republican consider my claim if they want to receive help from the Americas. And – provide protection for Christians who want to visit the Holy Land this Christmas.
John Presco Titular King of Jerusalem
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg_Law
Nov 3 at 3:30 PM
your information was forwarded to the Austrian Consulate General. Please give us more details why you to your mind the mentioned canvas was smuggled out of Austria and who did that.
Josef Schwob
Lady Ada Antionette Erasmus
Posted on August 14, 2021 by Royal Rosamond Press
I found this day The New Bohemian Puritan Church upon the union of Lady Erasmus, and Robert Wilson. The Evangelicals have launched a Catholic-like rebellion against a true Democracy that Pope Francis – must address! The Protestant Church of America is guilty of Popism, and must purge itself of Trumpism, the worst heresy ever to visit Christianity.
Here is the new group I formed, and my message to Karel Schwarzenberg.
Support Karel Schwarzenberg | Facebook
(8) Karel Schwarzenberg | Facebook
Dear Karel;
I came upon your article posted on your facebook about a “Pirate Party” and the “Civil War” Above is a portrait of Queen Elizabeth with eyes and ears on her dress. This denotes the spy network she established to keep track of the Habsburg Spanish Empire, that the Schwarzenberg family was an ally of. The Jessie Scouts was formed around my relative, Jessie Benton-Fremont, in order to spy on the foreigners in Mexico, including Maximillian von Habsburg. John Fremont is a co-founder of the Abolitionist Republican Party, and was that parties first Presidential Candidate. Over a year ago it was revealed you are related to them and my Rosamond kin. You may be kin to John Wilson seen above – who looks like you! You may be kin to General Robert E. Lee, and Christopher Lee who is being knighted.
I am kin to Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, and Ian Fleming who created the spy, James Bond, who was assigned a number invented by John Dee. Dee was Queen Elizabeth’s favorite councilor. He appears to have set up the Queen’s Spy Unit. Dee was a guest of your relative, William Rosenberg, at Trebon castle where you might have stayed. Queen Elizabeth sent Sir Francis Drake on a exploration of the New World. Drake claimed California for Elizabeth, naming it New Albion.
I am looking for people to establish a Euro-California origination who would represent the interests of our Allies in trade across the Pacific. Fremont helped secure California and the Oregon Territory from the Russians and British. We would be honored if you would lend your expertise in this formation. Your openness and transparency – is stellar! California has the fifth largest economy in the world – that would become even more power with a bond with European Nations! I do not see the New Albion Union being run by politicians, but by men and women who own a certain vision, that I hope you can help define.
I was raised Catholic. Members of the Order of Saint Francis are my relatives. The Rosamond family were members of the Orange Lodge. As a theologian, I have ideas that will end the divide between the Catholic and Protestant Religion, and aim those ears and eyes at those who mean to do us harm, and take away our Common Liberty.
Sincerely
John Presco
President: Royal Rosamond Press
Support Karel Schwarzenberg. I just formed a new group. Karel Schwarzenberg and his family have stood up to the greatest tyrants of our time. My Preskowitz ancestors came to American from Bohemia. Karel complains that Putin treats the Czech Republic like a colony. Many Bohemians found a new home in Nebraska. Let us create an organization similar to the British Defence Staff of Washington so we can own a Hands Across the Water Bond, that will stand up to all tyrants, as is our Common Tradition.
(1) Support Karel Schwarzenberg | Facebook
Karl Schwarzenberg and The Habsburg Audience
Posted on July 23, 2018 by Royal Rosamond Press
For several years I have been trying to bring to the attention of the Austrian Government the existence of the large canvas at the University of Oregon Museum titled ‘The Last Audience of the Habsburgs’ that was smuggled out of Austria. Alas, I have found just the right person. He is my kindred, Karl Schwarzenberg, who himself had to flee a oppressive regime. Karl opposes Putin, and backs Britain. I will contact him and see if he would like to come give a talk on this painting. His relative, Prince Felix Schwarzenberg, restored the Habsburg Empire.
John Presco
President: Royal Rosamond
The law stripped the Habsburgs of their sovereign rights and banished all Habsburgs from Austrian territory. Charles was barred from ever returning to Austria again. Other Habsburgs were only allowed to return if they renounced all dynastic claims and accepted status as private citizens. Those assets of the state that had been under the administration of the imperial court, the so-called Hofärar, were placed under the government’s management. The private funds and family funds of the House of Habsburg, common family property administered by the respective head of the house, were expropriated and transferred to the state property. Personal private property was preserved.
Permission to enter was granted to the last empress, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, without a waiver, in 1982, because she was a Habsburg only by marriage and could therefore make no claim to the imperial throne.
Cjristmas has come early to the Titular King of Bohemian – and Jerusalem!
In 1955, at the explicit request of the USSR the Habsburg law became part of the Austrian State Treaty.
From 1960, many members of the House Habsburg-Lorraine signed the waiver. In 1961, it was also signed by Archduke Otto von Habsburg, Charles’ son, who had succeeded his father as head of the house upon his father’s death in 1922. His entry was delayed until 1966 by the Habsburg crisis, in which the legal validity of his declaration was questioned. In this connection the National Council decided to interpret the Habsburg Law authentically, with a majority of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ). Permission to enter was granted to the last empress, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, without a waiver, in 1982, because she was a Habsburg only by marriage and could therefore make no claim to the imperial throne.
Two of the Czech Republic’s top tourist spots are at the center of an ownership dispute. The small country of Liechtenstein is seeking the return of a forest confiscated in 1945, and if it is successful in that test case, it will likely seek two chateaux and other more valuable land.
The complaint filed with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) concerns a 600 hectare forest near Říčany in Central Bohemia. If the country wins it would set a precedent for reclaiming other properties including the Lednice and Valtice chateaux in the South Moravia region, which have been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1996 and are major tourist attractions. The House of Liechtenstein owned the land and related properties in South Moravia since the mid 1200s.
Support Karel Schwarzenberg | Facebook
(8) Karel Schwarzenberg | Facebook
Dear Karel;
I came upon your article posted on your facebook about a “Pirate Party” and the “Civil War” Above is a portrait of Queen Elizabeth with eyes and ears on her dress. This denotes the spy network she established to keep track of the Habsburg Spanish Empire, that the Schwarzenberg family was an ally of. The Jessie Scouts was formed around my relative, Jessie Benton-Fremont, in order to spy on the foreigners in Mexico, including Maximillian von Habsburg. John Fremont is a co-founder of the Abolitionist Republican Party, and was that parties first Presidential Candidate. Over a year ago it was revealed you are related to them and my Rosamond kin. You may be kin to John Wilson seen above – who looks like you! You may be kin to General Robert E. Lee, and Christopher Lee who is being knighted.
I am kin to Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, and Ian Fleming who created the spy, James Bond, who was assigned a number invented by John Dee. Dee was Queen Elizabeth’s favorite councilor. He appears to have set up the Queen’s Spy Unit. Dee was a guest of your relative, William Rosenberg, at Trebon castle where you might have stayed. Queen Elizabeth sent Sir Francis Drake on a exploration of the New World. Drake claimed California for Elizabeth, naming it New Albion.
I am looking for people to establish a Euro-California origination who would represent the interests of our Allies in trade across the Pacific. Fremont helped secure California and the Oregon Territory from the Russians and British. We would be honored if you would lend your expertise in this formation. Your openness and transparency – is stellar! California has the fifth largest economy in the world – that would become even more power with a bond with European Nations! I do not see the New Albion Union being run by politicians, but by men and women who own a certain vision, that I hope you can help define.
I was raised Catholic. Members of the Order of Saint Francis are my relatives. The Rosamond family were members of the Orange Lodge. As a theologian, I have ideas that will end the divide between the Catholic and Protestant Religion, and aim those ears and eyes at those who mean to do us harm, and take away our Common Liberty.
Sincerely
John Presco
President: Royal Rosamond Press
Support Karel Schwarzenberg. I just formed a new group. Karel Schwarzenberg and his family have stood up to the greatest tyrants of our time. My Preskowitz ancestors came to American from Bohemia. Karel complains that Putin treats the Czech Republic like a colony. Many Bohemians found a new home in Nebraska. Let us create an organization similar to the British Defence Staff of Washington so we can own a Hands Across the Water Bond, that will stand up to all tyrants, as is our Common Tradition.
https://www.businessinsider.com/california-economy-16-mind-blowing-facts-2019-4?miRedirects=1
I Am a Zulu Nazarite Prophet
Posted on November 23, 2018by Royal Rosamond Press
I stuck my neck out. People called me insane and wanted me locked up in a mental ward. They gave proof I am a Prophet by persecuting me. They harassed me and tried to take away all my Human and Civil Rights. Umbrella Properties should evict them.
/ 2 APRIL 2015
Holy hair: The long and short of it
Members of the Shembe faith walk towards the Nhlangakazi Mountain during their annual pilgrimage near Inanda
If you watch any crowd of Nazareth Baptist Church members, such as the throngs who make their weekly ascent to Ebuhleni to observe the Sabbath, those with the unkempt look suggested by the old Nazarite oath are few and far between. In fact, many adherents of the church are distinguishable by their combed hair that is trimmed regularly too.
Members of the Nazareth Baptist Church, which is also known as kwaShembe, should neither trim nor shave the hair on the face and head, according to biblical texts related to Nazaritism.
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But in the present-day church, it is those who keep to the vow who stand out. Most acutely isolatable is the smattering of “dreads”, or Rastafari, who belong to the church or attend its services.
“The verses usually cited to substantiate adherence to the Nazarite pact among Rastas and members of the Nazareth Baptist Church are the same,” explains one Rasta, who is wearing the flowing white gowns donned by members of the church. “They are taken from the biblical book of Numbers.”
He was on his way to the Sabbath service at Ebuhleni in Inanda, north of Durban. Ebuhleni sits on a plateau separated on its north and south sides by deep valleys, and has the largest congregation of the Nazareth Baptist Church, founded by Isaiah Shembe.
It is Saturday morning and the lone Rasta is hurrying towards the gates of the church village for the morning service. In the wave of white robes that has slowly waned to a trickle, the man stands in contrast to his fellow churchgoers neither for his stark barefooted limp nor for the fact that he is late. It is his hair: the healthy, shoulder-length, thick-as-a-pen strands, matted by time into triplets and quadruplets. Their lower ends, burnt the colour of copper by the sun’s rays, match the man’s complexion.
Yearning for a deeper connection
Although interpretations of the scripture, the pervading influence of Western modernity and the observation of cultural rites seem at the heart of the disjuncture between Rastas and Nazarites (Shembe), most Rastas are drawn to the church by a yearning for a deeper connection with their ancestral lineage and the need to observe customs. The church becomes the Rastas’ gateway for doing this without relinquishing the belief in their God.
Mduba ka Khoza, a Rastafari who is a sangoma and a member of the Nazareth Baptist Church, says when he first came to Ebuhleni he was there to observe the ritual of umdedelo, in which one atones for the omissions of one’s deceased family members.
That day, a loud voice called out from behind him, as if aware it was his first time at the church site. ” Phathani kahle lowoRasta ngoba uyabuya,” the voice declared. “Treat that Rasta with kindness, because he shall return.” Khoza says he was startled, just as he would be at a later date when a visiting preacher told him to cut his locks off.
Khoza says he did return to the church and eventually became a member because an ancestor, his namesake, asked him “to place a prayer mat” in the temple for him.
“People, especially from certain quarters of power, always find a reason to exclude others. And that is not Shembe’s fault because Shembe actually goes even beyond race.
“Shembe, like Rasta, are both orders of peace. But [metaphorically speaking] people who carry izihlangu nemi khonto [large war shields and spears] can handle you with rough hands.”
For others, the church represents a stateliness that offsets Rastas’ contempt for hierarchy. “I was in search of a royalness that I just couldn’t find with Rasta,” says Mbali Thwala, a high school English teacher turned Nazarite member.
“When I knelt in front of the king, Unyazi Lwezulu [the Shembe leader at Ebuhleni], or when I’d kneel in church, it felt like it was more than just my body submitting but my entire being, the very core of me. Singing those hymns in Zulu raised feelings of profound transcendence.
“Also with the Nazarite church, you are dealing with people who really keep the Sabbath, every week. With Rastas, it’s not really structured.”
Sizakele Ngcobo says these days “men put all manner of gels and oils on their hair”. (Oupa Nkosi)
A deeper irony, perhaps, can be observed in the fact that neither the Nazareth Baptist Church nor the Rasta movement, both of which emerged in the early 20th century, have observed static practices when it comes to the tailoring of hair.
“In the church back then, you had men who were so fond of the sight of their own hair that they would grow it really long, comb it and then push it backwards,” says a lifelong member of the church. “Overnight, they would wear it in a wrap so that the following day it would retain its shape.”
She says that, as time wore on, this ritual attracted ridicule. “Later it was considered an antiquated style preferred by older men, so much so that women of marrying age in the church would often joke that they would never let a malaleshuqula [a man who wraps his head at night] approach them for their hand in marriage.”
Sizakele Ngcobo, another church member, says: “These days, of course, men put all manner of gels and oils on their hair. They loosen their Afros and trim their hair as they please.”
The ritual of combing is also of obscure origin and has, with time, become part of the church’s folklore.
“Not combing is still associated with being disturbed in the head,” says Ngcobo. “If you’re uncombed in church, people will want to know why that’s the case.”
She says legend has it that at Ekuphakameni, the church’s hilly headquarters in Inanda, the progenitor Isaiah Shembe would carry an iron comb with which he would jocularly groom amasheshakungena, the prepubescent church members. “They would follow him around as he rode his horse,” Ngcobo says. “For these children, they were just happy that the father had touched them and even combed their hair.”
A nonissue for women
Ngcobo says that, with women, hair is a nonissue – much like Samkelo Qwabe, a youngster sporting black jeans, a tucked-in white shirt and a blown-out Afro, explains his understanding of the church rules regarding dreadlocks. “If you have dreads already, usually it’s fine, but you can’t grow them in the church,” he says. “With women it’s okay because their heads are covered anyway; you can’t really see.”
Mbhekeni Makhanya, a Rasta poet who also attends the Nazareth Baptist Church, says that biblically, a Nazaritic order existed before Shembe and was less “churchical” and more “cultural”. “That’s why in Zulu you have the expression, used on someone’s birthday: ‘ Ngikufisela unwele olude [I wish you long hair],’” he says. Hair in this instance refers to time and maturity.
Incidentally, dreadlocks were not always the staple feature in the Rasta way of life that they now are. Jamaican social anthropologist Barry Chevannes writes in his book Rastafari: Roots and Ideology that the dreadlocks trend in Rastafari emerged in the 1940s with a camp of Rastas known as the Youth Black Faith. They institutionalised the ritualistic use of cannabis along with growing dreadlocks. This militant band of reformists, Chevannes writes, were sometimes known as warriors.
“The ‘Warriors’ or ‘Dreadfuls’ were so vociferous that a split developed in which those who could not take the new order … departed their various ways,” writes Chevannes. “The two houses that separated in the 1950s were the House of Dreadlocks and the House of Combsomes. In 1961, when an official government mission was sent to Africa to explore the possibilities of migration for Rastafari brethren, the leader of the three Rastafari members of the delegation was a Dreadlock. Less than a decade later, the Combsomes had all but vanished.”
Although these two movements seem to have moved in opposite directions in terms of how the strictures about hair have been interpreted, with the early trajectory of Rastafari suggesting a bent towards a stricter adherence and the Shembe church the converse, members of both churches suggest that the “human temple” is becoming the site of tacit battles for philosophical supremacy.
What the “dreads” lack in numbers they compensate for in quiet resolve. I ask Khoza, with his long, waist-length hair, whether it matters at all what one looks like when dealing with matters of the soul. After a short pause, he responds: “I’d say image is everything, but at the same time, image is nothing.”
The unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel, which killed some 1,400 people, has not changed the position of the country’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), even though two South African nationals were among the dead and another is among the more than 230 people taken hostage.
President Ramaphosa has pledged the ANC’s solidarity with the Palestinians, saying their history had echoes of apartheid – and South Africa’s struggle against white-minority rule.
Although he did condemn the Hamas assault, a week later he led 60 party leaders as they waved Palestinian flags, while wearing the traditional chequered black and white Palestinian scarf, the keffiyeh.
“They are people who have been under occupation for almost 75 years,” he said of the Palestinians. “They have been waiting and waging a war against a government that has been dubbed an apartheid state.
“We have always pledged our solidarity, and have always insisted that the only solution, especially with the issues of Palestine, is a two-state solution.”
South Africa is an anomaly among the world’s democracies. Last Friday we woke up to another vicious and hate-filled march on the Israeli Embassy by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party. And yet, it was also a day when 500 Church leaders around Gauteng (the province in which Johannesburg and Pretoria sit) gathered in Katlehong in the east of Johannesburg to pray for the release of the hostages being held by Hamas and to show their support for Israel.
The past two weeks have been deeply painful for South African Jewry. We have joined our brothers and sisters in Israel in mourning the horrific loss of innocent Jewish lives and are praying for those injured, have seen with horror the unbridled cruelty of the murderers that is even now being revealed, and of course, share the sleepless nights of those being held captive in Gaza. And we share the anxiety of our friends, family, and all the people of Israel who have been plunged into war following the heinous massacre of 7 October. There are few South African Jews who are not in some way connected to someone who died, was wounded, or even taken hostage.
What is different in South Africa is that, unlike other diaspora countries, our government’s initial reaction to the Hamas atrocities was not in any way to condemn them. It further refused to show sympathy for Israel or even for its own Jewish community which is experiencing such trauma. Our families, friends, and colleagues in Israel were and are deeply impacted by the massacre and the war that has ensued. Yet our government couldn’t bring itself to reach out to its Jewish citizens by expressing its condolences. It didn’t even reach out to the families of the two South African victims who were killed.
The Zulu African Nazarites
Posted on December 4, 2022 by Royal Rosamond Press
In 1987 I became a Nazarite. In 1990 I talked to rabbi at the Hillel Center in Eguene, about converting to Judaism. Here is what a Nazarite is about.
John
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazirite
The Great Reversal Has Arrived
South Africa’s Zulu King Remembered as ‘True Friend’ to Israel
by Algemeiner Staff
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini arrives to hear Former US President Barack Obama delivering the 16th Nelson Mandela annual lecture, marking the centenary of the anti-apartheid leader’s birth, in Johannesburg, South Africa July 17, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
The South African Jewish community and Israeli officials honored on Friday King Goodwill Zwelithini, the longtime leader of South Africa’s Zulu nation who died at the age of 72.
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) extended “sincerest condolences to the Royal Family and the Zulu nation,” praising Zwelithini’s ties to the country’s Jewish population.
“In a reign spanning half a century, King Zwelithini was the recognized representative leader whose royal stature embodied the greater history, heritage and culture of the Zulu people in South Africa. Appointed to that position at the height of the apartheid era, he helped to unite and encourage his followers during the difficult years leading up to the democratic transition and in adapting to the new challenges of healing and nation building,” the group, an umbrella organization for the country’s Jewish groups, said in a statement.
“King Zwelithini will also be gratefully remembered by the Jewish community, particularly in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal, as a warm and generous friend whose door was always open. Over the years, successive generations of Jewish communal leaders, businessmen and philanthropic organizations in KZN enjoyed his support in a range of far-reaching initiatives that brought lasting benefits to the people of the province and further afield,” the SAJBD continued.
Israeli diplomatic officials also remembered Zwelithini, the monarch of South Africa’s largest ethnic group for 50 years, who had supported close ties between the country’s ruling African National Congress party and Israel. In 2018, after the party voted to downgrade relations with Israel, he lauded the Jewish state’s water management technology and his work with local pro-Israel groups on combating HIV.
Lior Keinan, the Israeli Ambassador to South Africa and several other countries in the region, extended “heartfelt condolences to the Royal family and the Zulu Kingdom.”
“We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of His Majesty King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu. King Zwelithini was a great leader to the Zulu Nation and a true friend of the State of Israel who always looked for a way to create dialogue between our two nations,” he wrote on Twitter.
Yaakov Finkelstein, the Israeli Consul General in Mumbai who has previously served in the South African embassy, also tweeted his condolences.
Zulu King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini crowned in South Africa
20th August 2022, 08:30 PDTShare
By Nomsa MasekoBBC News, KwaNongoma
1:03Thousands gather for the coronation of the new Zulu king
After a year-long family feud, Misuzulu ka Zwelithini has been crowned Zulu king in a traditional ceremony in South Africa.
The 48-year-old is the son of the previous king, but some royals had argued he was not the rightful heir and that the late king’s will was in fact forged.
Thousands of people gathered at Saturday’s traditional coronation at KwaKhangelamankengane Palace, where the king entered the sacred cattle kraal to invoke his ancestors before being announced to both the living and the dead as the new Zulu monarch.
He was expected to wear the hide of the lion that he hunted for the royal event, a key feat in proving he is indeed the chosen one. More than 10 cows were slaughtered in preparation for the festivities.
Next month, he is to be hosted by the government for a state ceremony.
The throne has no formal political power, but a fifth of South Africa’s population is Zulu and its monarchy remains hugely influential with a yearly taxpayer-funded budget of more than $4.9m (£3.5m).
The Zulu kingdom has a proud history. It is world-famous for defeating British troops during the 1879 battle of Isandlwana.
Its succession battles have always been fierce – and at times, bloody. The legendary King Shaka ka Senzangakhona killed his brother in 1816 in order to take the throne, then was himself assassinated in a plot masterminded by his nephew years later.
But this latest saga, following the death of King Goodwill Zwelithini ka Bhekuzulu more than a year ago, has been an embarrassing public spectacle.
Various royal family factions continued to champion their preferred candidates through several legal challenges.
By the time he died last year, King Zwelithini had six wives and had ruled for more than half a century.
Sowetan/GettyKing Goodwill Zwelithini was on the throne for more than 50 years
In his disputed will, he named his third wife Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu as regent – a sort of caretaker role pending the appointment of a successor.
Queen Mantfombi held the highest status among the king’s wives, because she came from royalty – her father was the late King Sobhuza II and her brother was King Mswati III of Eswatini.
Her marriage to the Zulus came with the condition that her first-born son would be first in line for the throne on her husband’s death.
So when she died a month after becoming regent, their son Misuzulu ka Zwelithini was seen as the obvious choice to take power. He had also been named as successor in his mother’s will.
What’s more, the fact that Prince Misuzulu was the only person to inherit the traditional weapons of his grandfather King Cyprian Bhekuzulu ka Solomon was seen as an endorsement that he would eventually take over from his father.
However, two more of the late king’s sons have been staking their claim to the throne.
The royal family has split into three factions, each backing their preferred prince – Misuzulu ka Zwelithini, Simakade ka Zwelithini and Buzabazi ka Zwelithini.
Back in March, South Africa’s president formally recognised Misuzulu ka Zwelithini as the new Zulu king, but a legal challenge was mounted by Misuzulu’s brother, Mbonisi Zulu, who asked the court to halt the coronation.
However, the court dismissed his application and allowed coronation proceedings to continue.
Exactly a week before King-to-be Misuzulu’s traditional coronation, his half-brother Prince Simakade was announced as the new monarch by a handful of supporters within the royal family.
His backers say he is the obvious choice as the late king’s first-born son, but traditional Prime Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi has described this as a “foolish provocation”.
Meanwhile, three of King Zwelithini’s brothers called a news conference on Thursday to announce Prince Buzabazi as their choice, claiming he of all sons had the closest relationship with his father.
Even on the day of the crowning ceremony, the new king’s half-sisters filed an urgent motion at the high court in Pietermaritzburg to try to stop the coronation. Princesses Ntandoyenkosi and Ntombizosuthu said their late father’s will may have been forged. The challenge was dismissed by the court.
Misuzulu has received strong support from other family members, who argue that customs dictate he is the rightful heir.
Some believe tribalism could be at the heart of this battle. King-to-be Misuzulu’s maternal heritage is from Eswatini, meaning he is not 100% Zulu and that’s why some in the royal family never fully embraced his mother as the Great Wife.
While the battle rages on for now, many believe the throne will find a way of cleansing itself and that the rightful king will be officially installed at a public coronation on 24 September – a public holiday in South Africa – ending the long-running feud.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-genocide-against-palestinians-colonial-tradition
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03057070.2018.1461457
The Black House’, or How the Zulus Became Jews
Pages 401-411 | Published online: 14 May 2018
Abstract
In the now standardised collection of the James Stuart Archive (JSA), there is an odd mention by Zulu informants of the speculation that the Zulus were descendants of the Jews, or that they are one of the lost ten tribes of Israel. Historians who have sourced the JSA have largely ignored this discourse, preferring to read the archive as a repository of Zulu history and cultural knowledge. This article is an exploration of the notion of a ‘diaspora’ and of how literate Zulus of the 19th century read the Bible as implying an affinity between the cultural identities of Zulus and Jews. These literates constituted themselves into reading publics, and the biblical narrative of the dispersal of the Jews became one of the most popular and hotly debated topics. Literate Zulus were actively involved in biblical exegeses, not only allowing them to read biblical passages together on the pages of the newspapers but also opening up the Bible to novel interpretations and ‘refashioned’ prophetic traditions. The ‘Israelite’ or ‘diaspora’ narrative was appealing, since they used it to write about their own origins. These accounts are related in truncated ways to James Stuart by his literate informants, but their appeal – maybe even enigma – is that they are explicitly speculative, religious, fantastical, magical and ultimately destabilising, suggesting that ‘religiosity’ and ‘reading’ were synonymous (at least in the minds of Zulu or African literates). This article will demonstrate how the Judaic diaspora functioned as a template by which Zulu literates of the 19th and early 20th centuries reconstructed stories of migration, origins and history in the service of a re-imagined Zulu diaspora; what they called indlu emnyama (‘the black house’).
https://repository.nwu.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10394/10907/No_69%282014%29_5_Morton_B.pdf?sequence=1
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