INDEX

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W

ABEKEN, Herr, 243 Aberdeen, Lord, 48 Adelaide, Queen Dowager, 3, 28 Albert, Prince, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9; his children’s affection, 11, 12, 209; Exhibition of 1851, 16, 17; view of German politics, 26, 27, 37, 38, 46, 47, 53, 113, 122, 124-131, 136, 138, 139, 162, 165, 166; training of the Princess Royal, 32-35; her betrothal, 36-38, 41, 45-50; and marriage, 60-68; letters to his daughter, 71, 72, 74-76, 80, 81, 87-89, 103, 105-107, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 124, 127-132, 135, 138, 148; visits to his daughter, 119, 122; acquaintance with Morier, 155; first meeting with Bismarck, 162; theory of monarchy, 127-130; narrow escape, 120; death, 149-151, 153 Alcott, Miss, 14 Alexander of Bulgaria, Prince, 310, 313 Alexander I, the Tsar; Alexander II, 22, 263, 267, 278 Alexandra, Queen, 108, 109, 177, 263 Alice, Princess (Grand Duchess of Hesse), 4, 6, 11, 12, 48, 60, 62, 106, 116, 131; wedding, 154, 197, 205, 212, 214, 222, 223, 233, 236, 237; death, 273, 323, 324 Althorp, Lord, 6, 8 Ampthill, Lord and Lady, 252, 284, 285, 286, 338 Anderson, Mrs., 50 Angeli, Von, 251, 256, 264 Arnold, Matthew, 281-284 Augusta, German Empress, 17, 19, 25, 27, 39, 60, 77, 78, 154, 156, 157, 185, 214, 228, 230, 233, 246, 267, 305; death, 326, 327, 328, 353 Augustenburg, Duke Christian of Sonderburg-, 179 Augustenburg, Hereditary Prince Frederick of Sonderburg-, 180-183, 210, 211, 275 Austria, Emperor Francis Joseph, 174, 197, 211, 280 BABELSBERG, 90, 92, 96, 109, 110 Bacourt, Monsieur de, 78 Baden, Prince Regent of, 38 Ballardin, M., 306 Barclay & Perkins’s draymen, 68 Battenberg marriage, the, 306, 309, 312 Bavaria, King of, 228, 241 Bazaine, Marshal, 228, 241, 317 Beatrice, Princess (Princess Henry of Battenberg), 118, 356 Begas, 251 Benedek, 218 Benedetti, 230 Bergmann, Prof., 289 Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen, Prince, 266, 267 Bernhardi, Theodor von, 157, 188 Bismarck, Prince, opinion of the English marriage, 39; relations with Crown Princess, 152, 153, 162-167, 256, 258, 275, 285, 286; relations with Morier, 157, 207; accession to office, 159, 166; Dantzig incident, 168, 169; relations with Crown Prince, 175, 285, 286; policy on Scheswig-Holstein question, 182, 185, 210-211; attitude to royal personages, 210; Austrian war, 210-212, 217-221; visit to Paris, 223; at a royal christening, 228; Franco-German war, 228-230, 239-240, 245, 248; the Imperial Dignity, 241, 242, 255; “British petticoats,” 256-258; and Hinzpeter, 261, 267; and the Regency of the Crown Prince, 267-271, 283, 284; and the Crown Prince’s illness, 289, 290; relations with the Emperor and Empress Frederick, 302-307, 308-312, 313-319, 321-326, 353, 360, 361; fall, 327, 328 Bleibtreu, 251 Bloomfield, Lady, 39, and Lord, 74, 136 Blumenthal, Field-Marshal, 217 Bornstedt, country life at, 111 Bötticher, 303 Bouguereau, M., 333 Boyd Carpenter, Bishop, 66, 353, 354, 364, 365 Brühl, Countess Hedwig, 189 Brunnemann, Privy Councillor, 97 Brunnow, 87 Buccleuch, Duke of, 66 Buchanan, Mr., 45 Bucher, 238, 266 Bunsen, Baron, 27, 152 Bunsen, Mme., 25 Busch, 238, 266, 275, 306, 308, 319 CANNING, Lord, 47 Carlyle, 110, 160, 360 Charles Anthony of Hohenzollern, Prince, 97 Charles of Prussia, Prince, 279, 280 Charles of Prussia, Princess, 79 Charles of Roumania, Prince and Princess, 214, 265, 277 Charlier, Mme., 10 Charlotte, Princess, 1 Charlotte, Princess (daughter of the Empress), 117, 265-267, 277 Christian IX of Denmark, King, 180, 188 Churchill, Lord Randolph, 272 Clarendon, Lord, 30, 34, 42, 93, 125, 143, 144, 145, 147, 156, 252 Cobden, 45, 69 Coburgers, the, 174, 185 Colenso, Bishop, 200 Connaught, Duke of, 106, 267 Consort, Prince. See Albert, Prince “Court Circular,” official, 8 Craven, Mrs. Augustus, 302 Craven, Mrs. Dacre, 249 DANTZIG incident, the, 167-170 Darwin, Charles, 199 Delane, John, 147 Delbrück, Prof., 274 De Ros, Captan, 103 Déroulède, Paul, 337 Detaille, M., 333 Deutsche Revue, 352 Deutsche Rundschau, 316 Devonshire, Louise Duchess of, 95 Dino, Duchesse de, 78 Droysen, J. G., 34 Duff, Sir M. E. Grant, 356 Duncker, Frau, 158 Duncker, Herr Max, 136, 153, 158, 182, 184, 186 EDINBURGH, Duke of, 63, 64, 69, 263 Edward VII, King, 6, 12, 14, 19, 20, 62-64, 69, 106, 109, 149, 159, 177, 260, 263, 280, 330, 344, 358, 363, 364 Eliot, George, 273 Elizabeth, Landgravine, the, 329, 351 Elizabeth of Prussia, Queen, 134, 135 Ernest of Hanover, King, 73 Ernest of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke, 3, 38, 41, 85, 174, 307, 322 Eugénie, Empress, 19, 20, 43, 44, 193, 222 Exhibition, of 1851, 15, 16, 17; of 1862, 154; of 1867 (Paris), 222 FARADAY, 92 Faucit, Helen, 61 Fitzmayer, Colonel, 45 Frankfort Congress, 174 Frederick Charles of Hesse, Prince, 247 Frederick Charles of Prussia, Prince, 186, 217 Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, 181 Frederick, Prince of Netherlands, 266 Frederick, the Emperor— As Prince Frederick William of Prussia— First visit to England, 15-18, 25; betrothal, 29-32, 39, 43; visits England again, 51; marriage, 61-70; admiration of England, 85; pride in his eldest son, 102, 103, 107, 108; New Palace at Potsdam, 109-111; country life at Bornstedt, 111, 112; military promotions, 112, 116, 166; hope of the Junkers, 116 As Crown Prince— Death of King Frederick William IV, 133-135; his father’s coronation, 139-146; death of his father-in-law, 149-152; visits to England, 154, 175, 292, 293; to Italy, 159, 224, 287; to the East, 225; to Paris, 225; the Dantzig incident, 167-169; relations with Bismarck, 167, 173, 175, 182, 210, 211, 219-222, 239, 248, 268-272, 285, 286; admiration of England, 171; Schleswig-Holstein question, 180-183; in the Danish War, 184-188; hatred of war, 186, 221, 236; work for soldiers and their families, 186, 222, 235, 240; family life, 188-197, 207-209, 256; the Austrian War, 213-215, 217-221; freemasonry, 106, 266; the Franco-German War, 229, 235-240; the Imperial Dignity, 242, 243; regency, 267-271; illnesses, 255, 287-298; silver wedding, 279-282 As Emperor— Accession, 299, 300; journey to Berlin, 300; State business, 301-302; relations with Bismarck, 302-305, 309-314; monetary position, 306-308; death, 314; Freytag’s reminiscences, 321-325 Frederick, the Empress, Physical descriptions of, 58, 59, 160, 161, 362 As Princess Royal— Birth, 1, 2; christening, 3, 4; education and childhood, 6-20; first meeting with her husband, 15-19; visit to Paris, 19, 20; betrothal, 29-31; training by her father, 33-35; confirmation, 47-49; an accident, 50; marriage, 58-70; arrival in Berlin, 74; reception, 75-83; the Old Schloss, 83, 84; influence of and on her husband, 85; conditions at the Prussian Court, 86; Babelsberg, 90; social preferences, 91, 92; visits of her parents, 92-97; new residence in Berlin, 98-99; birth of Prince William, 100-114; New Palace at Potsdam, 109-111; country life at Bornstedt, 111, 112; birth of Princess Charlotte, 116, 117; interest in politics, 86, 87, 98; paper on ministerial responsibility, 126, 127; nursery management, 123 As Crown Princess— Description of death of King of Prussia, 133-135; anniversary of marriage, 136; coronation of her father-in-law, description, 139-147; colonel of Hussar Regiment, 146, 198, 265; political views, 148, 157, 158, 175, 185, 187, 223, 284; death of her father 149-153; relations with Bismarck, 152, 162-165, 166, 169-172, 184, 185, 211, 212, 238, 239, 266, 267, 275, 285, 286; love of England, 188; visits to England, 153, 154, 158, 175, 267, 272, 273, 292, 293; love of France, 245, 246; birth of Prince Henry, 155; position in Prussia, 155, 156; relations with her husband, 157-159, 168, 169-172, 196, 197, 258, 270; visits to Italy, 159, 275, 276; favourite newspapers, 173; patriotism, 165, 175, 184, 185, 238, 239, 244, 267; popularity, 173, 198, 247; Schleswig-Holstein question, 178-182; work for army and other nursing, 187, 233-235, 248, 249; family life, 188-197, 207-209, 224, 225, 255, 256; artistic tastes, 188-190, 192, 193, 251, 252, 256, 264, 277, 278, 280; musical tastes, 189, 190, 191, 192, 195, 198; literary tastes, 189, 190, 192, 195, 199; as botanist, 190; interest in science, 251; pistol-shooting, 190; education of children, 194, 195, 208, 209, 259-261; social preferences, 198, 199, 251, 252, 253, 273; religious position, 199, 204, 253, 278; art and industry, 205, 206, 223; bereavements, 214, 216, 273, 274, 275; work for soldiers and their families, 222, 231, 233, 234, 235; visits to Paris, 226, 281; work for education, 253-255, 280, 283, 293; visit to Russia, 263; affection for the old Emperor, 286; her husband’s last illness, 287-298 As Empress, 299-314; relations with Bismarck, 303-305; influence over her husband, 303, 307, 308, 309-313; the Battenberg marriage, 309-313; her first and last Court, 313; death of the Emperor, 314 As Dowager Empress— Relations with Bismarck, 315-318, 322, 323, 353, 361; relations with her son, the Emperor William II, 315-318, 329, 332; comparison with him, 318-321; planning of Frederickshof, 329-332; life there, 340-366; patriotism, 323, 324, 356, 357; visit to Paris, 332-337; death of Empress Augusta, 326, 327, 332; the anonymous letter scandal, 338, 339; collections, 341-343; reading, 343, 344; gardening, 344, 345; restoration work, 345, 346; personal tastes, 346-348; philanthropy, 348; character sketches, 348-350, 354, 358-361; views on royal biography, 352, 353; visits to England, 354; artistic tastes, 354, 355; musical tastes, 357, 358; religious position, 352, 353, 366, 367; last illness, 361-365; death and funeral, 366-368; tributes in the House of Lords, 368-371 Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, 79, 109, 110, 192, 228, 262, 341 Frederick VII of Denmark, King, 176, 179 Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 57, 83, 98, 166, 192 Frederick William IV, King of Prussia, 18, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 36, 38, 55, 74, 83, 92, 93, 97, 98; death, 133-135; political testament, 141-143, 157, 192, 282, 319, 329, 352 Freemasonry, 106, 266 Freytag, 121, 166, 236, 321, 325 Friedberg, Dr., 271 Froude, 160, 273 GALLIERA, Duchess of, 330 Garter, Order of the, 67 Geffcken, Dr., 170, 316 Geibel, 192 George of Hanover, King, 220, 221 Gerhardt, 289 Gerlach, General, 28, 29, 39 Germany in 1858, 53-57 Gerth, sculptor, 368 Gloucester, Duchess of, 3, 110 Godet, Pastor, 51, 151, 297 Goethe, 77, 189, 192 Gontaut Biron, M. de, 245, 246 Gontaut, Duchesse de, 246 Goschen, Mr. (afterwards Lord), 272 Gotha, Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and, 4, 52, 113 Gower, Lord Ronald, 192, 193, 228 Granville, Lord, 22, 47, 93, 144, 174, 227, 230, 257, 285, 293 Grenzboten, 190 HARDENBURG, 55 Hagen, Prof., 251 Heine, 192 Henry of Prussia, Prince, 156, 209, 259, 260, 261, 266, 275, 277, 288, 313 Hertel, painter, 264 Hildyard, Miss, 50 Hintze, Prof., 141, 142 Hinzpeter, Dr., 123, 207, 261 Hobbs, Mrs., nurse, 121, 122 Hodel, 267, 270 Hoffmann, 92, 251, 283 Hohenlohe, Prince, 237, 253, 268, 278, 281, 282, 302, 304, 310, 311, 328 Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Princess of, 60, 75 Howard, Cardinal, 276 Humbert, Prince (afterwards King of Italy), 224, 287, 300 Huxley, 199 IHNE, Herr, 331 Irene of Hesse, Princess, 288, 309, 313 KEELEY, Mr. and Mrs., 61 Kent, Duchess of, 4, 20, 52, 63, 122; death of, 137 Kinglake, 273 Kohn, Baron, 307 Kreutz Zeitung, 130 Kruger, President, 356 LEES, Miss, 249 Leiningen, Prince, 52 Leo XIII, Pope, 271 Leopold I, King of the Belgians, 3, 30, 43, 47, 48, 49, 60, 63, 64, 102, 103, 149, 307 Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, 227 Letze, Fraulein, 254 Loftus, Lord Augustus, 229, 230 Louis, Prince (Grand Duke of Hesse), 117, 131, 154, 213, 222, 225, 237 Louis of Battenberg, Prince, 310 Louise, Queen of Prussia, 38, 62, 74, 98, 142, 192 Louise of Prussia, Princess (Grand Duchess of Baden), 15, 16, 38, 39, 122 Lutteroth, painter, 264 Lyell, Sir Charles, 199, 200 Lyons, Lord, 281 Lyttelton, Sarah, Lady, 6-14, 17, 65, 114, 370 Lytton, Lord and Lady, 333 MACAULAY, 360 Macdonald incident, the, 119-121, 124, 137, 138 Macdonell, Lady, 215 Mackenzie, Sir Morell, 291, 294, 300 Magdeburg Cathedral, 73 Malakoff, Duke of, 87 Malet, Sir Edward, 312 Malmesbury, Lord, 93 Manchester, Duchess of (Louise), 95 Manteuffel, Baron, 54, 56, 94, 97, 282 Margaret, Princess (daughter of the Empress), 247, 332 Margherita, Queen of Italy, 247, 287 Marie of Roumania, Princess, 216 Martin, Dr., 100 Martin, Sir Theodore, 26, 46, 94, 126 Mary of Cambridge, Princess (Duchess of Teck), 48, 68, 153 Mecklenburg, Grand Duchess of, 108 Melbourne, Lord, 3, 7, 23 Millet, J. F., 14 Monarchy in England, 2 Moltke, 43, 51, 238, 256 Morier, Sir Robert, 155, 156, 157, 167, 168, 172, 206, 207, 317 Motley, J. L., 160, 161 Moustier, 87 NAPIER of Magdala, Lord, 295 Napoleon, Emperor of the French, 19, 31, 42, 166, 222, 225, 230, 231, 295 National-zeitung, 173 Neale, Countess Pauline, 79 Nightingale, Florence, 19, 187, 249 Nippold, Prof., 327, 348-353 Nobeling, 267, 270, 272 “OLD” Royal Family, the, 1, 23, 63 Ollivier, M., 226 Oscar, painter, 251 PAGET, Sir Augustus, 58, 108 Paget, Walpurga Lady, 58, 108, 276 Palmerston, Lord, 30, 47, 63, 120, 137, 147, 177, 184 Perry, Mr., 18, 32 Phelps, the actor, 61 Playfair, Dr. Lyon, 273 Ponsonby, Mrs., 273 Poschinger, Margaretha von, 255 Putbus, Prince, 238 Putlitz, Frau, 207-209 Putlitz, Gustav, 102, 188, 196 Puttkamer incident, the, 313 RADZIWILL, Princess Elise, 16 Raglan, Lord, 103-105 Ranke, Prof., 353 Redern, Count, 283 Regnault, Henri, 334, 335 Reinhold, sculptor, 251 Reiss, Mr., 331 Renan, 200, 336 Ripon, Lord and Lady, 273 Roggenbach, Baron, 316 Roon, Von, 240 Rumbold, Sir Horace, 317 Russell, Lord Arthur, 337 Russell, Lord John, 3, 120 Russell, Lord Odo. See Ampthill Russell, Sir. W. H., 228 SALISBURY, Lord and Lady, 267, 269, 368 Saturday Review, 124 Saxe-Meiningen, Hereditary Princess of, 117 Saxony, King of, 241 Schellbach, Prof., 91 Schleinitz, Baron, 124, 138 Schleswig-Holstein Duchies, 137; history of, 177-181; the war, 183-188 Seckendorff, Count, 295 Sigismund, Prince (Son of the Emperor Frederick), 196, 205, 209, 214-216, 224, 225, 355 Smalley, G. W., journalist, 358, 360, 361 Sophia, Princess (afterwards Queen of the Hellenes), 227, 228, 245 Spencer, Lord, 370 Stanley, Dean, 341 Stanley of Alderley, Lord, 174 Steibel, Dr., 331 Stein, 55, 56 Stockmar, Baron, 1, 10, 30, 32, 33, 72, 81-82, 88, 94, 95, 97, 101, 108, 113, 122, 126, 135, 137, 152, 156 Stockmar, Baron Ernest, 72, 156, 159, 169, 170 Stolberg, Prince, 307 Story, Mr., 276 Strauss, 200 Sumner, Archbishop, 47 Sussex, Duke of, 3 TEIGNMOUTH-Shore, Canon, 365, 366 Tenniel, Sir John, 327 Times, The, 36, 69, 70, 123, 124, 138, 147, 169, 170, 173, 230 Titian, 264 Thiers, 245 Thomas, G. H., 143 Thürr, General, 231 UPHUES, sculptor, 354, 355 VICTORIA of Hesse, Princess, 309 Victoria, Princess, daughter of Empress Frederick, 213, 214, 309-312, 332 Victoria, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Augustenburg, 277 Victoria, Queen, 1, 2, 3; education of her children, 4-6, 8, 10; Exhibition of 1851, 16, 17; marriages of her children, 24, 25; Princess Royal’s betrothal, 29-31, 36, 37, 39, 42-44, 46-49; a caricature, 28; birth of first grandchild, 100-103; sees him for first time, 121-123; description of the New Palace, 109; birth of Princess Charlotte, 116, 117; death of Prince Consort, 149-151; relations with Morier, 172, 207; relations with Bismarck, 184, 185, 311, 312; attitude in Danish War, 177, 184, 185; Austrian War, 213; Franco-German War, 229, 230, 231; intervention on behalf of France, 256, 257; visit to the Emperor Frederick, 311, 312; the Battenberg marriage, 310, 311; death, 362 Virchow, Prof., 292 Volkszeitung, 173 Vossische Zeitung, 363 WACE, poet, 12 Waddington, M., 337, 356, 357 Waddington, Mme., 356, 357 Wagener, 289 Wagner, 357 Waldemar, Prince (son of Empress Frederick), 224, 274, 341 Walewski, 87 Wangenheim, von, 87 Wellington, Duke of, 3 Werner, Anton von, painter, 251, 264 Westmorland, Priscilla Lady, 107 Wilberforce, Bishop, 47 Wilberg, painter, 264 William I, German Emperor; as Prince of Prussia, 16, 17, 25, 26, 37, 39, 60, 65, 93; regency, 97, 98, 102, 115, 116, 201; succession as King William I, 133, 134, 137; coronation, 139-141, 143, 147, 148, 157, 165, 166-169, 171, 172, 182, 183, 211, 218-220, 223; Emperor, 227, 228, 230, 234, 235, 241-243, 256, 257; attempted assassinations, 267-272; failing health, 285-288, 294; death, 297, 298, 306, 307; character, 319, 320, 353 William II, German Emperor, birth and christening, 100-107; and Queen Victoria, 121-123, 141, 142, 194, 195, 207, 208, 209; education, 259-262, 265, 266; betrothal and marriage, 277; accession, 315-318; comparison with his mother, 318-321; relations with his mother, 329, 332, 356, 364, 365 Wittenberg, 73 Wodehouse, Lady, 22 Wrangel, Field-Marshal von, 73, 79, 94, 96, 100, 183, 228 Würtemberg, King of, 228

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