Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-02-27
.KAISER'S SECOND
son WEBS TODAY
A ROYAL WEDDING is BEING
CELEBRATED IN BERLIN TO-
DAY.-ROYALTY PLEASED.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Berlin, Feb. 27.-Prince William
Eitel Frederick, second son of En-
peror William, and Duchess Sophie
Charlotte of Oldenburg. only daugh-
ter OF Grand Duke Frederic Augustus
of Oldenburg. were married in the
palace chapel today. Owing to the
fact that the imperial court is mourn
ing for the late King Christian of Den
mark, the wedding was celebrated
very quietly. The several score of
persons who assembled in the chapel
to witness the ceremony included
only the members of the two royal
families and representatives of the
various states of the empire who had
gathered to attend the silver wedding
anniversary of the KAISER and Kaiser
in, as well as the wedding of their
son. Dr. Drysander the court chap
lain. officiated at the marriage cere
mony, assisted by several of the ca
thedral clergy.
Prince Eitel Fritz. as he is popular
ly known, first met his bride of today
at the wedding of his brother. the
Crown Prince, last June. They met
again some days later at Kiel, during
"Kiel week." when they were much
together The formal announcement
of their engagement followed visit
of several weeks which the Prince |
made at Lensahn, the Oldenburg es-
tate.
Prince Eitel. in accordance with
custom in the Prussian royal house,
was made a lieutenant of the First |
Regiment of Foot Guards at the age
of ten years. He received his mill
tary instructions in that regiment I'M
til his eighteenth year. when he went
to the University of Bonn to complete
his studies in company with the
Crown Prince, his elder brother.
He has travelled extensively in va
rious parts of the world is the tallest
and most powerfully built of the
Kaiser's six sons, and is a favorite
on account of his kindness of dis
position and unaffected manners. !
The Duchess is about five years the
senior of her husband. she is tall
and distinguished in appearance, and
If not actually beautiful she is at
least charming. Her attachments are
varied. and she is especially noted as
a conyersationalist. She is the daugh-
ter of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg
by his first marriage. The Grand
Duke, who visited America icognito
two years ago, is interesting bothNon
account of the great part his family
has played in the history of Europe
and on account of his relationship to
many of the reigning monarchs OF to-
day. His first wife, who died in 1895,
was cousin of Emperor William,
and his second wife is a sister of the
Prince of the Netherlands and half
sister of the Grand Duke Vladimir of
Russia
The house of oldenburg is one of
the most ancient in Europe. It claims
descent from wittekind. the celebat-
I'd leader of the heather Saxons
against Charlemagne. The capital,
he City of oldenburg. is mentioned
IS early as 11OS, and it's celebrated
,hurch Of St. Lambert, which con-
aims the vaults in which are the re-
mains of the members of the reigning
amily, was built in the thirteenth
century. The Grand Dukes palace
contains n splendid collection of paint
ngs and sculptures, and its gardens
ire famous throughout Europe