Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin,nee Windisch-Graetz

[Rani]

It´s from an old newspaper.

[Marc]

Anyway,great find..such a rare portrait!

[Svetabel]

Marie as Princess Windisch-Graetz. It was listed on ebay simply "Princess Windisch-Graetz"

[Svetabel]

Maria Antonia, at the time when she was a possible bride for King Alfonso XIII of Spain

[Marc]

Again,I like so much seeing this thread alive

I must ask again,why the match between Maria Antonia and Alfonso XIII never turned into reality?

Any problems occurred or just they didn't like each other?

[YaBB_Jose]

Let's put it like this:

Maria Antonia was the kaiser's candidate.

Victoria-Eugenia was England's and Edward VII's.

Guess who was more important to Spain back then ?

Besides, a newspaper created a poll for spaniards to vote on their future queen.

Maria Antonia came in the end of the list

[Marc]

Let's put it like this:

Maria Antonia was the kaiser's candidate.

Victoria-Eugenia was England's and Edward VII's.

Guess who was more important to Spain back then ?

Besides, a newspaper created a poll for spaniards to vote on their future queen.

Maria Antonia came in the end of the list

What a silly situation Victoria-Eugenia was the fist cousin of the Kaiser

[YaBB_Jose]

She could have been the kaiser's first cousin, but how close were them ?

Ena was born in England, lived all her youth surrounded by the english RF, and was impregnated by english values.

Nothing to do with authocratic Germany and its Emperor.

[Marc]

One more photo of Princess Maria Antonia:

[Svetabel]

One more photo of Princess Maria Antonia:

Sorry, Marc, that's not her. There is a slight resemblance, but that's not Maria Antonia.

[Marc]

Thanks Sveta...at first glance she looked to me like Johanna von Hartenau,but obviously Berliner Auktionshaus für Geschichte where I found the photo made a mistake by saying:

"KABINETTFOTO HERZOGIN MARIE ANTOINETTE, genannt "Manette", (1884-1944, Tochter Herzog Paul Friedrichs, jüngerer Bruder d. Großherzogs Friedrich Franz III.), Atelier H. Kleemann, Charlottenburg um 1905"