Thursday, January 5, 2012

Princess Louise declared insane

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January 5, 1902

Princess Louise, the "eccentric eldest daughter of King Leopold of Belgium," has been declared "hopelessly insane," according to a report in the New York Times.   The princess, divorced from  Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, has been held "practically as a prisoner" at an asylum near Dresden for the last two years. 
 
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 Her daughter, Princess Dorothea, is the wife of Duke Ernst Günther of Schleswig-Holstein, the brother of Empress of Germany.



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