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sistance q Whet 20 their passions and
solace 20 their scruples,
The siege Of Madomoisellc Won Nose
lasted nearly two years. she put Tis-
orous conditions to her capitulationi
left-handed marriage. the written son,
the titulaF mlstreHs, Madame Rita. On
the last point Frederick William vas
infleAible He gave In on the other
two. The queen also gave her con.
sent, with the stipulation that there
should be no real divorce or pubic
separation. she kept her title OF queen
and her position as lawful VIE. Aae
rest, II appears. was Of no great inter-
est 20 her.
The marriage between Mademolselle
Won Noss and Frederick William H..
whose plural wife took che title OF
Countess Ingheim, was celebrated al
the royal chapel at Charlottenburg. she
died two years later.
on tho first anniversary OF her death.
Mademoiselle Doenhof was presented 10
court Everyone there was busy con-
soling Frederick William. A candidate
had been put forward In the person o.
a young lady called Niereck, friend Of
Mademoiselle Won NOss. Unfortunately
for Mademolselle Vierecks pretensions.
she was brunette. and ip no way re-
called the departed
Mademolselle Doenhof. on the other
hand. was. according TO the French
minister. 80 fair. that, while pretty
In artificial light. In daylight she was
as yellow rs lemon Il was another
case OF left-handed marriage. 49,.
Frederick William saw no difficulty
Il am separated from the queen" he
wrote 10 Mademoiselle Doenhot. Mad.
anne Ingheim has left me wldoweri
offer you my heart and hand.t
He made no concealment OF Il. open
" declaring that he had grounds for
repudiating the queen, but he re-
Trained from taking action IN order TO
maintain the dignity OF the throne.
And 20 Frederick william H., Made
moiselle won Noss' wldower, had three
wives living-the princess OF Brunswick
who was repudia ted; the princess ot
Darmstadt, who. although divorced
stu kept the rank OF queen, and Mad
emoiselie Doenhof morgRnatic wife.
This third WIFE" wrote one diplo-
mat. will not be the last, for those the
king longs for win also want to be
married"
n derrick William, In any case. was
always ready. PolygaIny, In his eyes.
was prerogatlve OF royalty AS a re.
suit OF a court intrigue he had himself
separated from Mademoiselle Doenhof.
browning by this divorce the sequence
Of his conjugal evolutions.
Then he offered his heart and hand
to a lady called Bethmann--a bankers
daughter whom he had known at
Frankfort and found very much TO his
lilting--and an anoestress OF the former
Chancellor Bethmann- Hollwtg. The
young person, In the words Of the wit
~ Lord Maimesbury, then British min
lister at Berlin. was ''all sentiment and
all fire But she had principles and
discretion. She also had misgivingE
about the character OF the marriage
and the constancy OF the Bridegroom
and she refused.
Thus the members OF the House OF
Hohenxollern have an ample inheritance
from inconstans forbeare and, though
In more quiet ways. may still have
lived after the ideals and ambitions OF
earlier members OF their house. There
has been much talk OF the high spirit
and warm temperament, and to this
spirit and temperament have been
ascrlbed difficulties in his married life.
In short, one can 20 back almost to
the beginning OF the HohenZollern fam
ily for the story OF an unwlse love af-
fair. which is supposed to have cast a
shadow over all the fortunes of the
house.
The so-called white Woman, who
cast sinister spell over the whole
dynasty. and who struck terror into Its
rsieuing members when her gho5tly
presence was felt by them. was a. South
German c)untcas who murdered centu-
ries ago her two children in order to
marry a marquis Of BrandenburE, be-
cause he had said that four eyes stood
between them. This story begins the
fateful chapters OF the Hohenzbllern
adventures In love,