Marlborough house and its occupants, present and past . •-?. Her Majesty Queen the oil painting by H. Daive. Facing page 284. Marlborough House. 285 —were married in Germany during the month ofMay, 1818. As regards the Duke of Clarence,the sagacious Queen Charlotte had some timepreviously, with motherly foresight, selected hisfuture wife in the person of Adelaide Louisa,eldest child of George, ruler of the independentlittle kingdom of Saxe-Meiningen, a duchy com-prising not more than 1,000 square miles—at the pre-sent moment absorbed with its quarter of a millionof inhabitants i
Marlborough house and its occupants, present and past . •-?. Her Majesty Queen the oil painting by H. Daive. Facing page 284. Marlborough House. 285 —were married in Germany during the month ofMay, 1818. As regards the Duke of Clarence,the sagacious Queen Charlotte had some timepreviously, with motherly foresight, selected hisfuture wife in the person of Adelaide Louisa,eldest child of George, ruler of the independentlittle kingdom of Saxe-Meiningen, a duchy com-prising not more than 1,000 square miles—at the pre-sent moment absorbed with its quarter of a millionof inhabitants in the mighty German Empire. This Duke George, whose wife was PrincessLouisa of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, was gifted in amarked degree mentally and morally. During therevolutionary wars he had fought like a hero, andwhen peace was assured within his own borders heoffered a refuge to men of letters and politicianswho had been driven into exile from the sur-rounding States. He loved to gather round himscholars, artists, poets and philosophers, andamongst thos
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