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Title: Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ...
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Fontenoy, marquise de, pseud
Subjects: Courts and courtiers
Publisher: Philadelphia, Hubbard Pub. Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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r. The beautiful youngAmerican, after only six months of married life, thus foundherself, at barely twenty-five years of age, free to marry again,a Princess of the Austrian Empire in her own right, and oneof the wealthiest women in all Europe. Remembering old Wellers maxim, that as a rule mankindregards widows as a snare, and that the fact of their happen-ing to be beautiful only serves to increase the suspicion withwhich they are viewed, Madame de Noer determined to loseno time in getting another husband. With this laudable pur-pose in view, she took up her abode at one of the mostfashionable of German watering-places, where her beauty, herwealth, her cleverness, and the touch of romance in her historysoon caused her to be surrounded by a crowd of suitors ofevery degree and nationality. Among the most prominentand desirable of these was Count Waldersee, who, besidesbeing a member of one of the most ancient families of Prussia,was a great favorite both of the King and of Bismarck, and
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CorNT I iATZFKI.DT.German Ambasbador lu England. 390 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. generally regarded as one of the most prominent staff officersof the army. Still young in years, though high in militaryrank, Count Waldersee was then, and in fact still is, a singu-larly handsome man, of elegant figure and clear-cut features,whose ambitious views are tempered by a very clear headand a vast amount of common-sense. By the time that Prin-cess de Noers first year of widowhood had expired the battleof Sadowa had been fought, and the Count had been promotedfrom the rank of Colonel to that of Major-General. As hiswife, the young American was far more likely to be able toenjoy to the fullest extent the advantages of her rank asPrincess, than as a single woman and a foreigner; toward theend of 1866 a marriage accordingly took place between theCount and the widow, who shortly afterward proceeded withher husband to take up her residence at Berlin. Aided by his charming wifes cleverness and wealth. CountW

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