Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-20
LUCKY THE BRIDE.
sunsbiny Weather for the Nupiiais Al
Coburg In Germany.

Sunsbiny Weather for the Nupiiais Al
Coburg In Germany.
COBURG, April 1s.-Her Royal i'e"
meas. Princess Victoria Meltn, of Sake
Cobura-Gotha granddaughter Of queen
Victoria, was married to-day in the chapei
or the Ducal Palace here TO Grand DUKE
E.rnest Louis Charles Albert William, OF
Uesse. grandson OF queen Victoria.
The weather was splendid, and the city
was packed with royal ana hiilerhi
quests. foreign visitors. ana "erihal
sightseers. Every building was dec0rateu
in some manner. even the most nio"eSt
Iittle cottage having futtered at least
- sIigb, disulay OF bunting 70 the
breoze. while the important thoroush-
fares and prominent buildings were Durled
beneath decorations of all descriptions
and cOlors.
When Ouean Victoria arrived at CouurS
m be present at the wedding she at once
found herself an important ana eeh'iai
figure I'm what was dlstincuVely iaHliis
gathering. Regarded from thus s'aiiu-
roint-the standpoint OF family interesI
The proceedings appealed In very marked
degree % the Queen of EnSlanu' D."
the Grand Duke OF Hesse ana ms. p'iue
are her grandchildren. While the Sill ST..
Of the celebration il associated WIFE Ne'S
tender memories ~ s.covo-
Her consort was Prince Albert, oi+oaNe-
cohurg-Gotha. brother 10 the late DUKE
U,bon, the Duke Of Edinburgh has sue
cen1ed. In the Schloss-R oZenau. a castle
near Coburg. with a park that is mas
,.rniece of landscape gardening. Prince
Albert was born, and here, AFTER H'1
death. the widowed Queen spent So
s,,,nr,er weeks mourning her dead con-
sort In the market-place in the centre
Of the town stands fine bronze state
Of Prince Albert which was inaugurateu
In nresence OF the Queen twenty-nihe
years ago.
THE BRIDEGROOM.
The bridegroom. Ernest Louis Charles
Albert William. Grand Duke OF hesSe
ana the Rhine IL % years of age. lie sue
ceeded 10 the title two years ago OH t'e
death Of his father. the Grand Duke ho'Is
IN. His mother was the la'e
Alice, the Queens second dauB",,, g.
thus he Is a grandchild of her MaJeslS'
AFTER his engagement early in TINS year
ha rai1 q visit to the English court 10
",anort bimself''-as the German phrase
,,oes--to the Queen as the bethrothed OF
his cousin. the Princess Victoria Meletd,
~ Coburg- Gotha. He is personally very
nonular with his subjects. and the I'm
peror is also said TO be very fond Oh MS
Hessian cousin. .. .,,,,s.
The Grand Duke was not over ropuSt
"a a boy. but his military serVice-nrSt
Z, tho First Prussian Foot Guards. that
reeimental preserve Of princes, 'and theh
win the corresponding regiment at
Darmstadt-dii much to bring out an
that was manly i'll his character, ana
NOW he is a very handsome and haruy
soldier-sovereign. He il kindly and I'M
selfish. and used to be known as frilce
Ernie" He is devoted TO his Engllsh
grandmother, with whom he frequently
CORRESPONDS. as we'll as to his sisters, OF
whom he has four. and he il a great
reader of English books and newspapers.
Combining some Of the intellectualism or
his mother with the unaffected, JoVlal
spirit of his father. the Grand Duke
promises to be model ruler, and his
marriage to his cousin caused the deepest
satisfaction among his subjects. On his
succession to the throne the Queen. Of
course, sent him the garter.
THE BRIDE.
The young Princess Victoria Meita.
daughter Of the Duke Of Saxe-Coburg
Duke of Edinburgh and the Russian
Grand Duchess Marie, is Il tall. handsome
girl, only IT years OF age. She was born
in the Island of Malta, and thus it comes
10 pass that she bears that islands an
cient Greek name. She is dark. of the
Romanon type of beauty. and one of
her chief attractions consists in her gray
eyes. with their long. black lashes. She
IS said to be unusually clever, and to be
endowed with n keen sense Of humor.
1t may be noted that the bridal pair are
doubly cousins. Not only was the Grand
Dukes mother a sister OF Princess Me-
llta's father, but the Princess's mother
was first cousin to the late Grand Duke.
father OF the bridegroom. the late EN-
press OF Russia having been a Princess
of Hesse