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Tzar Ferdinand of Bulgaria and his family

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Marc:

--- Quote from: Превед on February 28, 2019, 06:48:06 AM ---Interesting that Luise Sophie's family background (Danish, South German with a dash of British, reduced circumstances due to exile and some Prussian mehr sein als schein') contrasted with the Reuss' East Central German Duodez-style Standesdünkel.

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Well, Reuss was one of the oldest ruling families in Europe and they might have been very well aware of this and behaved due to that fact, no matter how many there were and how small their territory was. They were also very well connected.

Btw, Queen Victoria's grandmother was Princess of Reuss-Ebersdorf, which means almost every Crowned Head in Europe in late 19th century descended from Reuss family. Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen, granddughter of the German Emperor and great granddaughter of Queen Victoria married also Prince of Reuss-Köstritz. Eleonore's uncle Prince Heinrich VI was married to Princess Alexandrine von Sachsen-Weimar und Eisenach, who was grand-daughter of the King of the Netherlands and great-granddaughter of the Empreror of Russia. So, there were many important connections.

Marc:
Group photo of Ferdinand and Eleonore's wedding taken in Castle Osterstein, owned by the Reuss family:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Hochzeit_des_F%C3%BCrsten_von_Bulgarien_auf_Schlo%C3%9F_Osterstein%2C_1908.jpg

Many identified royal guests can be seen in the photo.

Marc:
I think I have never seen Eleonore during her youth days...

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eleonore_Reuss_of_K%C3%B6stritz_in_youth_(edit).jpg

Here is one picture of her during teen days.

Romanov_fan:
This is an interesting article about Eudoxia and jewels belonging to her and her sister and sister's family that were auctioned recently. https://www-dailymail-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12707203/amp/Saved-clutches-Red-Army-Smuggled-wheelbarrow-forgotten-bank-vault-peerless-collection-royal-jewels-goes-sale-today.html?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16994456365800&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fnews%2Farticle-12707203%2FSaved-clutches-Red-Army-Smuggled-wheelbarrow-forgotten-bank-vault-peerless-collection-royal-jewels-goes-sale-today.html

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