Thursday, April 25, 2013

Areally nice wedding gift from the Czar

April 25, 1899

Russian Emperor Nicholas II will "bestow" a dowry of £100,000 ($500,000) in Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz as a wedding gift, reports the New York Times.  She is betrothed to Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro.

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