The Empress and the King: Maria Alexandrovna and Ludwig II
by Greg King
In the summer of 1864, Alexander II and his wife Empress Maria Alexandrovna arrived in the Bavarian resort town of Kissingen in Lower Franconia. Only a few weeks separated her from her fortieth birthday, but she looked older: delicate, fragile, and serious-minded, Marie had an air of melancholy about her. She’d grown up hearing rumors that her real fa…
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