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Show The Princess Kadilvill. The Princess Hedwig Radzivill, who died in Nice a few weeks ago, gave up the opportunity of a brilliant life and marriage to become a Sister of Mercy. Until the time of her serious illness she had been the head of St. Joseph's hospital, hospi-tal, in Potsdam, Germany. The princess prin-cess was a member of the famous Polish Radzivill family, whose representatives have obtained high places in Germany, Austria and Russia. The old Emperor William fell in love with a daughter of the house, then a member of the Prussian Prus-sian court, and for five years resisted threats and entreaties on the part of his family in his determination to marry her. He finally gave in, however, and married a princess of the house of Saxe-Weimar, Saxe-Weimar, but never forgot his first lova i His favorite adjutant up to the time of his death was a Radzivill, the nephew of the woman who had won his heart. Rome Letter. |
