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Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant and the Princess Astrid of Sweden. We are convinced iqcmurthat the princess will bring joy and happiness to our son. Leopold and Astrid have decided to join their lives without any pressures or reasons of state. Theirs is a true union among people with the same inclinations." Queen Elisabeth, incorrigible romantic that she was, insisted in saying "It is a marriage of love...tell it to our people. Nothing was arranged. Not a single political consideration prevailed in our son"s decision." Leopold and Astrid were married in Brussels on November 10, 1926. Astrid was immediately adopted by the Belgians. She was tender, understanding and profoundly human. Her public and official engagements irradiated enthusiasm. Leopold was her most fervent admirer. The love shared by the young couple was evident to all. In more than one occasion people could see them holding hands, even during official engagements. Astrid was immediately adopted by the Belgians. She was tender, understanding and profoundly human. Her public and official engagements irradiated enthusiasm. Leopold was her most fervent admirer. The love shared by the young couple was evident to all. In more than one occasion people could see them holding hands, even during official engagements. see them holding hands, even during official engagements. Astrid was immediately adopted by the Belgians. She was tender, understanding and profoundly human. Her public and official engagements irradiated enthusiasm. Leopold was her most fervent admirer. The love shared by the young couple was evident to all. In more than one occasion peoplcould see them holding hands, even during official engagements.

During her young life, Princess Clementine had three inspiring loves. The first was for her first cousin Baudoiun, heir to King Leopold II. The second was a long and friendly relationship with a member of the Belgian court, baron Auguste Goffinet. Her third love was the heir to the Napoleonic tradition, prince Victor Napoleon. Baudouin did not return the princess's interest and in fact died in his early twenties; an alliance with Goffinet would have been impossible; Prince Victor Napoleon she never relinquished.Clementine had first met Prince Napoleon in 1888, when the Frenchman visited her parent's palace on a social call. Since t chance at marital happiness, yet the King continued to hold his ground and even threatened Clementine with disinheritance.Left without any options, Clementine and Victor passively awaited King Leopold's death so they could marry. When the King died in 1909, Clementine asked the new monarch, King Albert I, her cousin and Prince Baudouin's youngest brother, for permission to marry Victor. Albert gladly expressed his satisfaction with Clementine's plans. To Stephanie, by now remarried to Prince Lonyay, Clementine wrote, "You can imagine the depth of my happiness upon being able to correspond the love, loyalty and happiness of the man who for long years has remained next to me. God has managed to look at my plight and in his power all has been arranged."
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.At the end of the war, Louis-Ferdinand continued to live in his villa outside of Bremen. He also had property in Berlin where he usually spent time surrounded by artists and musicians. Because of his love of the arts, as well as his own nature, Louis-Ferdinand and Kira placed great emphasis on the education of their children. Kira's health continued to be a source of great worry to Louis-Ferdinand. At the end of the Summer of 1967, Kira traveled to Brittany to visit her brother Grand Duke Vladimir. It was while staying with her relatives that Princess Kira died of a heart attack during her sleep. She and Louis-Ferdinand had been married for twenty nine years. In contrast to Crown Prince Friedrich-Wilhelm and Crown Princess Cecilia, Louis-Ferdinand and Kira were an extremely happy couple. Her death was a great loss to her intellectual, artistic and conscientious Hohenzollern husband.Louis-Ferdinand retained many of the contacts that he had made in the United States. During the post-war period he served as the Ford Motor Company's representative in Europe. This highly visible corporate office also allowed Louis-Ferdinand to serve on the board of several large German corporations. Unlike some of his Hohenzollern relatives, particularly after the property losses caused by the Second World War, Louis-Ferdinand was able to rebuild his fortune.During the remaining years of his life, Prince Louis-Ferdinand remained in his villa. He continued his constant traveling and enjoyed meeting people from all walks of life. A visit he made to the Holy Land Louis-Ferdinand considered one of the most memorable trips he ever undertook. Always a German prince, he would attend royal occasions and family gatherings throughout Europe. He also spent a considerable amount of time restoring the image of the Hohenzollerns. In Particular, Louis-Ferdinand defended the actions of his grandfather and tried to excuse the Kaiser's role in the events leading to the outbreak of war in 1914.The loss of his son Louis-Ferdinand II was a sad blow, as was the death of his daughter Princess Xenia. The constant marital troubles of his children tortured the serene aging head of the House of Hohenzollern. One of Louis-Ferdinand's final satisfactions was witnessing the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of his homeland in November 1989. And once Germany was reunified, Louis-Ferdinand also arranged the transfer of several Hohenzollern coffins from the family's ancient castle in Southern Germany to the imperial vault in Potsdam. This was his final act for the House of Hohenzollern. Prince Louis-Ferdinand died on September 26, 1994. He was eighty-six years of age.

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