Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-27

divided among the members of the
family, but the three duchies of Sake
COburg and GOtha were afterward re-
united in the middle of the eighteenth
century under Ernest 1. and have since
been governed Jointly. having the same
fundamental law but separate legisIa-
lures. The Coburg branch consists of
eleven and the Gotha branch OF nineteen
members. They meet separately every
other year and hold joint session every
third year. alternately at the towns of
Coburg and Gotha. They have COM
mon cabinet and common laws.
The population of the duchy consists OF
237, 1871 Protestants, 1897 Catholics. ia
Jews and $50 persons with no stated
religion. Gotha has 36,947 and Coburg
%. 4SS population.
and on several occasions preached in the
old Stadt-kifche. there are no places
closely identified with him. The only
relic Of interest that 1 could find is an
by King Henry VIII of England de-
nouncing Luther as a dangerous person
to the state as we'll as to the church and
advising that he should be Immediately
imprisoned or suppressed.
The greatest interest, rs / have already
suggested. is to be found In the simple.
transformations life Of Prince Albert, which
was saddened because OF a quarrel be
tween his parents His mother left his
father in 1924, when he was only five
years old. and he did not see her again
until he was a man. He was educated at
Gotha and at the University of Bonn
and is represented to have been
thoughtful, studiOus boy. fond of music
sports reading and natural history. MS
cabinet OF natural history specimens may
be seen at the museum, also medal that
was presented to him as a prize for
fencing in the Gotha gymnasi SUM, when
he was sixteen years Old
Bride and Groom Cousins.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were
first cousins. His, father was the eldest
son of Ernest Frederick. Duke of SAKE
Coburg and Gotha: the third son. Leo
pold, became King of Belgium; the sec
ond son became King consort of Portu-
gal. The eldest daughter. Sophia. mar
ried an Austrian general. Count Mems
dorff: the second daughter. AntOinette,
married Duke Alexander Of Wurttemberg
brother of the Empress of Russia: the
third daughter married the Grand Duke
Constantine of Russia, and the fourth
married the Duke of Kent of England,
and became the mother of Queen Vic
tOria.
1t is an interesting coincidence that
the cousins in their infancy had the
same nurse, Madame Sieboid, the ac-
ccucheuse of the royal family of Eng
land. Victoria was born at kenSingtOn
Palace. London. May "a. 1910. the only
child Of the Duke Of Kent, fourth son of
George III of England. On the death of
William ". the third son of George III.
she succeeded to the throne June 20. 1887,
and married Prince Albert February 10,
1910.
Prince Albert Francis Augustus Charles
Emanuel was born August 20. 1919. and
died at Windsor Castle, England, Decem-
Der II, 1861.
After the death of her beloved husband
Queen Victoria commanded Lieut.. Gen.
the Hon. Charles Gray. who had been
aid -de-camp and secretary to Prince
Albert for many years. to write his biog-
raphy. She furnished most of the materi-
al and revised the manuscripts. The
book was published in June, 1867. and
contains extracts from many letters
which passed between husband and wife,
and between their mothers and other rel
atives during their childhood. These doc
uments are supplemented by quotations
from the diaries OF both Queen Victoria
and Prince Albert and other family docu
ments. In revising the manuscript her
ma jesty added many foot notes, giving
her own version or recollection Of events
described. and her testimony as to the
noble spirit of self sacrifice and devotion
Of the man she adored,' and what she
termed evidence of the presence of
large and loving nature. where the low
ingness takes heed Of all humanity"