October 10, 1905
Duchess Sophie Charlotte of Oldenburg, eldest daughter of the reigning Grand Duke of Oldenburg, is engaged to marry Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, the second son of Kaiser Wilhelm II. An official announcement was made in Glücksburg, where the Emperor and Empress arrived this morning. They are in Glücksburg to attend the wedding of the Empress's niece, Princess Victoria Adelheid of Schleswig-Holstein, elder daughter of Duke Friedrich, and Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, reports the New York Times.
All the "imperial princes" are in Glücksburg, except for Crown Prince Wilhelm. Prince Arthur of Connaught, the groom's first cousin, represents King Edward VII.
The Coburg marriage is "unusually popular with the German people," and will "entirely remove the suspicions" against the duke as "an English prince." Carl Eduard's marriage to the niece of Empress Auguste Viktoria appears to meet "all the political requirements of the case."
It is also said to be "entirely a love match."
The date of Prince Eitel Friedrich's marriage has yet to be announced.
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