March 19, 1898
The Chicago Daily Tribune has received word from Rome that Prince Eugen, the youngest son of King Oscar II of Sweden, is engaged Duchess Olga of Württemberg. Eugen, known as the "Red Prince," for his "predilection for red in colors." He is an "artist of no means ability," and is very "democratic in his ways." Eugene mixes "in a familiar manner with brotherly artists, and takes part in their bohemian life."
He has a "large fortune of his own," and Duchess Olga is "one of the wealthiest princesses in Europe," and her mother is the former Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinova of Russia. Olga and her mother are in Rome, as is Prince Eugen, and King Oscar "is shortly expected."
Prince Eugène was not the marrying kind, it appears.
ReplyDeleteI know that, but I found the story amusing ... however, Eugen would not have been the first gay prince to marry. Olga's sister was briefly engaged to young Alfred of Coburg.
ReplyDeleteBeing gay does in no way preclude marriage, that is true. I was reacting to the news pape speculation ;=)
ReplyDeleteOne wonders at the rumors of so many engagements that never happened ...
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