New-York tribune., 1909-11-17
NO MESALLIANCES
Prussias Princesscs 4lIcays
He'd Uftbin Their Oscn Caste.

Wed Wtffln Ih6U O1cn CoSie.
tCop,rirl. 1902 by TIE Brentwood Company
No royal house OF Europe Is so free fron
nlesalsiances as that Of Prussia, the prin-
resses % which. at any rate. invariably
marry within their rank. and. save in
very few instances. members Of their own
creed II is worth while bearing this I'm
mind in connection with the rumors which
nre constantly being published of the en-
rseement Of the kaiser's only daughter,
Princess Victoria Louise. who is now Of a
rnsrriageable age, for on the occasion of
Ter confirmation tho other dsy she was
equipped with fullfedged household OF
her own. and from henceforth is regarded
IS grown up and as having made her debut.
Her future husband must be sought among
TIE less than = score Of German and Scan
6lnsvian princes OF the Protestant denomi-
ration whose records sre clean and whose
tesrs do not offer too great a disparity with
hers.
Prussisn princesses who since the consti-
tuition of Prussia into a kingdom. more
than two hundred years ago have married
princes of other creecs are not more than
three In numher-namely. Princess Char
lotte. sister 81 old Emperor William. who
became the consort of Emperor Nicholas I
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William VII of Prussia. who married
haxin1ilian III of Bavaria, and Princess
Sophia. the sister OF the Kaiser and the
Rffe Of the present Crown Prince OF Greece.
n wes not until two years after her mar
riage that Crown Princess Sophia joined the
Greek Church IN order 20 belong 10 the
came faith as her husband and her chill
srsn Her conversion aroused the keen
est indignation At Rerlin, and resulted i'm
he- estrangement from Emperor william
tnd the Empress, which lasted for a num-
ter az wears
Queen Marie of Bavaria's conversion to
the Church OF Rome long after the death
~ her husband also caused much bad
blood ~ Berlin and her estrangement from
the late Emperor William and her Prussian
relatives She was the mother Of the present
King With regard 10 old Emperor Will
ANS sister. she Of course was forced 10
io!n the Orthodox Greek Church on her mar
-isge 10 Car Nicholas: but the union,
5espite all that has been said 20 the con-
trsry, was a very unhappy one. as tho En-
press became more or less OF an invalid I'm
consequence OF the shock 10 which she had
been subjected while on the eve Of mother
lood by the insurrection AT 81. Petersburr.
Hhich signalized her husbands accession
to the throne
n rs a remarkable record thar fn all .b.
two hundred years % the existence Of the
Kingdom OF Prussia there has been only one
single case of q mesallance on the mart Of
any ~ its professionally, Princess
louise. who In the eighteenth century mar
ried Prince Anthony RsdziwilI. who was q
mere noble II any Of the princesses CAV.
their hearts elsewhere they were cornpeIle5
70 WELD to dynastic considerations ana 70
rehsons OF state ~ the expense Of their af-
tec;ions
Every one remembers how Baron Freder-
lok Won Trenok was confined for wears and
Iears IN The dungeons Of Spandau and Of
Sasdeburs because he had succeeded in
Oinning the heart though not the hand. Of
Frederick the Greats sister. Princess
Amelia of Prussia. and IL Is difficult 10 for
get the extraordinary efforts made by Bis
marck. the Chancellor, 10 prevent the mar
rage a the Ksiser's sister. Princess Nic-
ioria. with Prince Alexander Of Battenberg.
Nho vas the issue 90 a morganatic union
oetween Prince Alexander Of Hesse and
NAe. Hsucke. Empress Frederick and her
'1s6sad were willing that their daughter
ho'ad marry in accordance with the die
h'es Of her heart, but Bismarck opposed
=, a grounds Of state and Of dvnastic i'm
port snoe. being sustained IN the matter hv
the resent Kaiser, and when both seemed
sestreo TO fan. they had recourse TO the in
.e-ention OF the late King Albert of Sax
~, who Was one of the closest friends of
Emperor Frederick. and whose intervention
proved successful. Prince Alexander rather
shocked those who had espoused his cause
trst and forenos, Queen Victoria. by sud
asnlv marrying actress. who now sur
wives him. under the name Of Countess
Hartensu. while Princess Victoria has since
become the wife o. Prince Adolphus %
schaUmberg.