Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1883-05-26
his children.

wick that his daughter had died
suddenly, No details were given.
no dates nothing but the dry,
curt, official announcement
Heart broken by the tidings, the
duke wrote at once to Catharine,
desiring to have some further in
formation on the subject, and
also requesting that the body Of
the ill-fated princess might be
given up to him, but no answer
was ever vouchsafed to this letter.
The imperial autocrat of all the
Russias could afford to turn a
deaf ear to the threats and en-
treaties of petty prince; while
one more deed of treachery and
bloodshed would not trouble
the conscience OF woman who
had planned and instigated the
murder of her unfortunate hus-
band.
1t appears that for a short time
the Princess of Wurtemburg
shone at court as one of Cathar-
ines chief favorites, Aattered,
admired and triumphant; but
suddenly she was arrested one
night, separated from her German
attendants, and transported to
the castle of Lhode, situated
about two hundred miles from
st. Petersburg. From that time
Augusta of Brunswick was never
seen alive, but the manner
of her death remains q profound
mystery. A few months later it
was announced that the Princess
Of Wurtemburg had died from
the breaking Of blood vessel,
but no further details we're given
and no announcement questions
asked.
1t has been said that jealousy
Of the Princess superior beauty
and youth aroused the enmity of
Catharine II, and that she adopt
ed this plan to rid herself of a
dangerous rival. But the motive
of this dark tragedy remains a
matter of speculation, and nc
cIew to the real fate of Augusta
of Brunswick has ever been OBJ
tanned. Ten years rolled away
and Frederick of Wurtemburg
again sought a bride to share his
fortunes.
This time he chose an English
princess, and, strange to say, the
cousin-german of his first wife
Charlotte Augusta Matilda, eldest
daughter of George III. 1t is
well known that the King re.
fused to sanction this alliance
until he received from the lips of
his future son -in-law an explicit
denial of his being in any way
cognizant Of the murder OF his
unhappy wife The interview
was strictly private, but the King
declared subsequently that the
result was satisfactory, and the
marriage took place IN 1897 at
the Chapel Royal, st. James.
But it has been said that the
consent was not cordially given,
and that Frederick of Wurtem-
burg never revisited England.
Augusta of Brunswick was
only in her Oath year at the time
of her mysterious death. A few
years later her family were over
whelmed by disaster and ADVERSE
ty, not one member escaping.
Her father persisted at the bat
tic of jena, despoiled of his
hereditary possessions; her
brother. 'Brunswick's fated
chieftain, was killed at Waterloo;
while the shame and degradation
that clouded the life of her only
sister, Queen Caroline. is still
fresh, and but too we'll remem-
bered.
OF the two children borne by
Augusta of Brunswick, the eldest,
son, succeeded his father as
King of Wurtemburg, and died
recently; while the daughter,
Catharine, who inherited her un-
happy mothers beauty aud
amiability, became the wife Of
Jerome Bonararte, King of
Westpbalia. Renowned for her
conjugal virtues, this excellent
princess died before she attained
middle age, leaving one son, the
Prince Napoleon Bonaparte, and
daughter, the Princess Mathilde
Demidoff.