adini-nikolaevna: “… from Vienna the news of the Archduchess Palatine, the daughter of
adini-nikolaevna:“… from Vienna the news of the Archduchess Palatine, the daughter of the Emperor of Russia, having died in childbed. This fatal event, which throws the Archduke, her husband, and the whole Court of Vienna into mourning and consternation, cannot but plunge their Imperial Majesties, the Emperor and Empress of Russia, into the deepest sorrow. She was idolized by them as well as by the whole court of Peterburgh, where she had gained the affection of every one, less by her rare beauty than by the extreme mildness of her temper; by her affability and… personal qualities. The universal regret of Russia has a accompanied her departure. The enthusiasm she excited upon her arrival at Vienna was not less general, nor less deep, and persons were accustomed to consider her as the tie and certain pledge for the reconciliation of the two Imperial Courts. It is impossible to describe the affliction of the Archduke, her husband, from whom death snatched her in the bloom of beauty and youth.”–The London Porcupine -- source link
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