Friday, October 17, 2008

Marie of Isenburg to tour America

October 18, 1908

Next week "America will have the honor of welcoming" Princess Marie zu Isenburg und Büdingen, next week, according to a report in the Chicago Daily Tribune. The princess "is a bachelor maid the Almanach de Gotha credits with 33 summers." She is on board the Kronprinzessin Cecilie and will reach New York City on Tuesday. Although the reason for her tour has not been made public, it is believed that the trip "is for pleasure."
The princess is one of ten children (nine girls and one son) of the late Bruno Prince of Isenburg und Büdingen. The prince, who died in 1906, was married twice. His first wife was Princess Mathilde of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, who died in 1867, by whom he had two daughters, Hedwig & Elisabeth. Two year later, he married Countess Bertha of Castell-Rüdenhausen, who gave birth to eight children, including Marie and the present Prince Wolfgang.

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