The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-19
SIXTEEN NOBLE ANCESTORS
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BHRIEN, June T.--'Han she aiEanan an
OouaOrsi' was the question Whi.pagOd To-
day az the KaissT'u court az EDtsdam
at the wedding q he Kaissr's o0Iain.
Prince FFcdsgiok Of Prussia. The bride
was Princess Agatha Charlotte Pauline
Marie. a Princess Of Ratibor ans Convey.
and u Hohenlohe- schillinGiusFst She
b 20.
OF oOurse every one has sixteen anoes
toTs and a. many moro a. Rn b. traced
In the direction Of Adam. but the guests
&C ths kaissr's court were thinking e
noble ancestors, with patents q nobility
In regular form which could be pToduced
u any one wanted 70 zee them. The
cOOrtieB wished 10 be certain that the
wedding Of HOhenEollem Prince with
Prinoess Agatha would not bring a drop
Of any other color Into the blus blood q
the HohsnE0lleFn family.
THIS point Of equality d birth h the first
that ARISES when any marriage h pro-
iccted in any Of the AristOcmtio families
of Germany. and endless are the losses Of
prestige and position 10 which German
Princes or Prinoesses are exposed "
they marry beneath them. EbenbueFtig-
keit Equality Of BIRTH 10 tho first con-
dition 70 b. fulfilled In all German inn
perial. royal or nOblo marriages.
The question az 10 the ancestry Of
Princess Agatha would not have arisen
but for the fact that on her mothers aide
she Is descended from Hungarian stock
and that among HunmTian Princes and
magnatsa cases u inequality Of birth
not infrequently occur. On her fathers
side there 10 no canss for cavil. Her
father Is the Duke Of Ratibor. an old
Ra varian family. whose duohy IL situated
in Upper Sileaia. IL contains about
eighteen square miles and something
more than 5000 population.
On her mothers side Princess Agatha
"a Hungarian. Her mother. Countess
BruenneT, was the eldest daughter u a
HUNGARIAN count and through him she n
connected with the ssleCt Hungarian
families Of Esterhazy. Fea'stics and
sHechAnyi
A book might 10 written on the rela-
tionshipa that exist between members OF
the various reigning families Of Europe.
indeed very little inRenuity would be re-
auired 20 show that they in effect form
one huge family Among other things,
this fact tells IN favor Of European peace.
What u especially interesting about the
marriage o. Prince Frederick Of Prussia
and Princess Agatha Of Ratibor b that Il
connects for the first time the Hohen-
Eollern family with the bluest blood OF
Hungary.
The bridegroom. Prince Frederick Will
lam. u the youngest son Of the deceased
Prince Regent Of Brunswick. Prince
Alhrecht Of Prussia. He was born in
1850 studied in Bonn University like al
most all sons Of Lhe German aristocracy.
and later entered one Of the imperial
regiments Of the Guards At Potadam.
He has now the rank Of Major. but has
eft the army 20 manage the family prop
erty with its fine castle al kamenz In
Nlesia.
Tho wedding Was a brilliant affair. The
Kaiser and kaiserin eth their six Sous
and only daughter. Princess Victoria
Louise, were present, ~ well ~ Prince
George % Greco, who h said 70 be an
adFnirer Of the girl Princess and 10 a fire.
auent visitor 1t the kaiser's palace. In
addition princes and mobiles came from
all PARTS of Germany Tor the event and
score Of HUNGARIAN and Austrian ariato-
ora's rel.ted By blood or marriage TO the
hrida