adini-nikolaevna: “I sat next to him, almost at the end of the table. He spoke to me con
adini-nikolaevna: “I sat next to him, almost at the end of the table. He spoke to me continuously… with a look that pierced me to the depths of my soul.” From the 1843 diary of Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia. She is referring to her future husband, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel. Their marriage would be tragically short–Alexandra, suffering from tuberculosis, died in childbirth along with her prematurely-delivered son just months after her wedding. -- source link