The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-05
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future Queen to SerNta. Ever
since Scrvin came into existence as II
| monarchy. more than 100 years ago. its
| rulcrs have sought in vain. FOR brides
among the sovereign families OF Eu-
rope In every instance their offers
! OF marriage were spurncd. Milan. de-
spite the favor in which he was held
ut Vienna. failed TO secure the hand
OF any archduchess, and was compelled
TO content himself with tho hand OF
n bourgcoise daughter or an ordinary
Russian citizen, OF the name OF
Ilcchko, who had made his fortune
as q member of the commisariat de-
partment of the Russian army.
King Alexander was rejected in the
mos. humiliating manner b? the only
surviving daughter OF the King oil
| Greece, by Princess Nenia OF Monte
negro, and By whole tribe of Ger
man princesscs, Including Princess
Silyl OF IIcsse. and the late Princess
Iteodorc OF Schlcswig -Holstcin sister
OF the German Emperor. II was then
that lie married Draga Maschin. who
had been his belle amic and who was
woman OF such Infamous past that
even the Servians whose IDEAS on me
subject of dccency and morality arc Of
the most elementary nature were
aroused TO an Indignation, which TOOK
the form OF numbering husband ana
wife, under circumstances OF appalling
and revolving atrocity.
King Peter. while an exile. married
the eldest daughter OF the new King
latter's family scarcely ranked AMONG
European royalty. and she died many
| years before his accession TO the
| throne, in 1903.
| IS about to wed. but his second son.
Prince Alexander the crown prince.
and in whose favor his elder brother
the turbulent and half crazy Prince
George, was forced TO rclinquish his
rights OF succession TO the throne
some time agc. Crown Prince Alex
| ander is twcnty-three years of age,
as well behaved. as studious., as good
! hearted and well hammered as his
| brother is the reverse, and has created
an excellent impression at those for
received tho early portion OF his cdu-
cation at st. Petersburg, i'll the I'M
pcrial School of Pages. under the care
| of his mothers two sisters, the Grand
| purhcsscs Peter and Nicholas Nicho-
| iaiovitch of Russia and since the ac-
| cessicn of his father 10 the throne OF
| Seryia has also attended SeVerai
courses OF Lectures at the University
| OF Heidelberg.
! The princess whom he is TO marry
| IS Tatiana Constantinovna. now in her
| nineteenth year, and the elder of the
| two daughters Of Grand Duke and
Grand Duchess Constantine Constant
inovitch. Owing TO the fact that she
represents the fourth generation in
| descent from the throne. her fathers
| father Constantine NicholaiYitch haV-
| ing been a son OF Nicholas !. and a
| brother of Alexander H.. neither She
nor her sister, nor any of her half-a-
dozen brothers, \arc grand duchesses
nor grand dukes nor are they accord
| ed the predicate of imperial hiGhnesS.
They are mere highnesscs. and forced
to content themselves with the titles
| of prince and princesses OF Russia
| Their mother. Grand Duchess Eliza
beth. who is daughter OF the German
reigning house of SAKE Altenburg. is
! to-day the only one of the foreign
| princesses married TO Russian grand
become convert 10 the nationa
church of Russia. and who has Insisted
upon remaining a Lutheran; In con
| from Tie succession to the throne
of Russia. by virtue of family
statutes Of the house of Romanoff and
| tho rational laws of Russia.
| The presence of II member of the
| rcigninS family of Russia at Belgrade.
| first as crown princess and then az
position OF the present Karageorgc-
| witch dynasty, both at home and abroad,
adding to It's prestige and securing II
| invasion. At the same time it gives
| Russia very great advantage in the
Balkans. and one which cannot fail
| 10 excite resentment al vienna, as
| being calculated to disturb the statu
| quo and the balance of the power.
indeed, IT is for this reason that the
| Austrian heir apparent, Archdukc
| Francis Ferdinand, at the last minute
| Withdrew his acceptance of an invi
| tation to n hunting party at Skicrn-
iewice. near Warsaw, in Russian Poland.
at which he was to have met Grand
1 Duke Michael, the Cars onlYs-breiher.
and several other menibe4F of the
| house OF Romanolf.
with regard 10 Graad Duke Con.
stantinc, he is the most intellectual
and learned man&oi az the princes
OF living RUSSIAN poets. his poems
| being characthrizcd by a markedly
] liberal strainl and being published