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Friday, December 30, 2011

Happy New Year from all the family


Okay, smile ... celebrating the wedding of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and By Rhine and Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh at Coburg in April 1894 ... and the engagement of Ernst Ludwig's youngest sister, Alix, to the Tsarevitch, the future Nicholas II.
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2 comments:

  1. JohnDecember 31, 2011 at 2:14 AM

    And then years down the road- divorce and death! Too bad...

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  2. Marlene Eilers KoenigDecember 31, 2011 at 8:46 AM

    The Hesse-Edinburgh match was arranged, not based on love, and, as we have seen from Marie Alexandrovna's letters, the lack of sexual interest by Ernie in his wife played a major role in the failure of the marriage.

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