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Leopold,When Ernst-Leopold married Sabine-Margarethe Henning, the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
showed little interest in the non-existent prince's endeavors. A prominent
member of the family is alleged to have said that " one does not
worry much about non-existent princes." The third marriage of Ernst-Leopold
to sweet, charming, understanding Sabine-Margarethe seems to have restored
peace to the prince's life. He is said to have recovered his smile and
enjoyed life's pleasuresThen,
if Ernst-Leopold and his third wife had discovered happiness, why would
they resort to a gruesome suicidal pact? Could his intentions to reclaim
some of the Coburg inheritance given away by his father in the 1930's
have made him to despair life again? Or could he have fallen into financial
penury one more time? Some have even wandered if the prince was a victim
of an incurable and painful disease, which in turn could have wanted Ernst-Leopold
to bring a quick end to his suffering. If this is the case, then the couple's
suicidal pact can reveal itself as a tragic and dramatic last demonstration
of love, uniting the lovers for eternity.
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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.Philip
continued ancient custom when he obtained the hand of Princess Louise Isabelle
of Orleans, a granddaughter of Louis XIV as the bride of his eldest son and
heir, the Prince of Asturias. The wedding took place in 1722. The marriage
contract alNo other enterprise could guarantee transportation and communications with the reliability provided by the Thurn und Taxis. By the end of the XVIIIth century it took five days for a letter to travel from Brussels to Innsbruck, while it took forty hours to travel from Brussels to Paris. It was a performance record that only the Thurn und Taxis system could match. The family used a horse relay system that allowed for uninterrupted travel from one European capital to another. It was Napoleon Bonaparte who first attacked the Thurn und Taxis monopoly. And as the XIXth century progressed, the family gradually lost it completely. The loss of the mail monopoly did little to affect the power of the Thurn und Taxis for by then, the family had diversified into a myriad other enterprises from foodstuffs to banking to railroads. Their wealth was vast and very few other European families could match it.
The Thurn und Taxis not only profited in their many enterprises. Their matrimonial alliances were also a source of great pride and achievement. From their origin in Bergamo to becoming the couriers of the imperial court in Vienna, the family also expanded its relations through the palaces of the German nobility. One of the first prominent matrimonial alliances of the family was that of Eugene-Alexander, I Prince of Thurn and Taxis, to Princess Anna of Fürstenberg. His successor, Anselm-Franz, married into another renowned princely family when he wed Princess Maria of Lobkowicz at the beginning of the XVIIIth century. The Third Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Alexander-Ferdinand, continued these successful matrimonial alliances by marrying Sophia Chistianne of Brandenburg. His heir, the Fourth Prince married Duchess Augusta of Wurttemberg. Karl-Alexander, the Fifth Prince of Thurn und Taxis was married to Duchess Theresa of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a relative of Queen Charlotte, wife of George III of Great Britain. The family reached the pinnacle in 1858 when Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Thurn und Taxis, married Duchess Helene in Bavaria, sister of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. Helene in fact, was initially chosen as Emperor Franz Joseph's bride, yet her vivacious and lovely younger sister attracted the young emperor's eye and conquered his heart. Nonetheless, Maximilian of Thurn und Taxis could count the Austrian emperor as a brother-in-law
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