Louisiana capitolian., 1880-06-05
A ROMANCE IN THE ROYAL
FAMILY.

JbetWU themes dearest 20 romance
from the earliest dawn ofltefature have
been the triumph Of love over conven'
tioual obstacles, and Che devotion Of a
noble daughter to some aged father
deseIted by Others in lis declining years.
These elements of interest are combined
Ia the history Of the Princess FREDERICK
of Hanover, married recently at Windsor
Castle, under the cspeeial. patronage OF
her cousin, Queen Victoria, to Baron
Won parvel Rammingen, her late faith
ei's private secretary. d.
The Princess Frederica was daughter
Of the ex-King George v, OF Hanover,
who was despoiled of his dominions
and aorimouiously persecntcd by, the
power of imperial Germany He was
tho excellent sou of Il father hated by
al meu--tho Duke of Cumberland, ntth
son of Geo. III. and Queen Charlotte,
who, but for the intervention of his
niece, Victoria daughter Of his de-
ceased older brother, the Duke of kent),
would on the death of William w.,
iu ls31, have asceuded the English
throne. As it. was, he became King Of
Hauoyer, ths, Ssls lazy of that,country
not permitting .IhA succession of ~ Ate-
male. The English. people willingly
pasted' with A4naysr 70 getsia of the
Duke Of Cumberland. sXkis 4ad. nwie
whom tlose who knew him thought
capable Of any crime, left behind him
but one .chl1d, Musical 'bfiha aad'1eir-
tueus. This poor blind prince married
when twenty-five years old, and had
two Children, son (who recently made
love match With the. Deantjt.r Priu;
cess Thyra, Of Denmark, sister q. the,
Princess of Wales( and, the Princess
Fislerica., ce9rgy. y, after bis. spolia-
ton by ..the, ::a!l,aGssorbjiay might Of
Py,ssia, passed. :flye years :oli bllasmtless :
ezilf'4, Isris, never j. appearing y g;' psg.
lie,.witBoat his tall, tar, graceful. kSlle
dsnslits1F:: its1F : :hit blonde Aat'scSs,' ~ sSs
was called in Paris. He preserved, 4.
far as possible, the pride ana pemp of
royalty, bftt his chief solace, was the
collection of curiosities especially Of
celebrated snutl-boxes. His daughters
whole life was ccpsecrated to the com
fort of her father. She carried her de-
vot0n so far, it is said, as to C mccall
from him that her beautiful hair was
golden brown. Her father had u pas
sion for dark hair, and believed hers to
be raven tresses." "If, dearest, you
had light hair he was heard saying to
her one day AS he caressed her silken
curls, ~ do not think ! could have
been q"i'e SO fond Of yon.' No eXiled
royalty in Europe bore its fall with such
calm dignity as that of Hanover. The
sight of the blind father tcnded by lis
child seemed to the Parisians TO exhale
u sort of poetry aud purity.
7 Princess remarkable hebeauty and
the fame of her tilial devotion caused
her hand to be sought by more than
one young prince of reigning royal
families but one of the family party
had been for somc years past the
Baron Won Parvel Rammingen who
occupied the post of secretary 10 the
blind eX.sovereign.
He was an officer of the Hanoverian
army, but of very ancient and noble
Brunswick family-not only exiled from
the land of bis adoption, bnt under
sentence from the tribunals of imperial
Germany of ten years imprisonment at
hard labor for his faithful exertious in
the lost cause of his unfortunate master.
Princess Frederick and the Baron, both
occupied in soothing the declining year
of the proud, sad, sightless being, he
came attached 70 Que another. The
marriage is probably not acceptable TO
the Princess Immediate family. for the
Princess Of Wales (sister of Princess
Tbyra, the brides sster-jn-law) was not
present at the ceremony; but Queen
Victoria, who loves 70 promote love
matches, took the couple under her
protection and married them at Wind
sor Castle, with the fullest recognition
of the Princess as a member If the En-
glish royal family. The cards of invi-
tation were as follows:
The Lord Chamberlain
Has received her Majesty's commands 20
invite YOU
70 the ceremony of the marriage
Her Royal Highness the Princess FrcderiCa,
of Hanover
princess of Great Eritain and Ireland,
with the Feihezs Won Parvel Rammingen,
in the private chapelof Windsor Castle,
on Saturday, April "a, Ieep, at 3 o'clock,
Dress;