Previously there was a discussion on grand duchess maria nikolaevna`s suitors. one of them was the hereditary duke of saxe-weimar, the son of maria pavlovna, maria`s first couin. in fact, it was maria pavlovna who wanted this match, not her son. when maria pavlovna came to st petersburg she wanted to find a bride for the heir of saxe-weimar throne.first she talked to maria ad was turned down,then she turned to her sister olga, the future queen of wuerttemberg ad was turned down again. mariage between first cousins wasn`t allowed in russia but having lived in germany she probably got used to the fact that such marriages wee uite common and frequent. maria pavlovna`s so didn`t participate in his mother` activities.he knew what wa going on but he pretended that he didin`t.according to olga nikolaevna, he behaved as if nothing special was going on.he was friendly and cheerful
