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Friday, October 4, 2013

New Book: The Coburgs of Europe – Table of Contents

Prologue                      ii


Chapter I – The Beginning – “You, Handsome Coburg, Marry”      4


Chapter II – Enter Russia: A Fateful Journey             11


Chapter III – Enter Gotha: Power Expanded             16


Chapter IV – Enter Kohary: Untold Riches             25


Chapter V – Enter Great Britain: A Failed Attempt            30


Chapter VI – Princesses for Export & Alexandrina Victoria of Kent    37


Chapter VII – Enter Belgium: The Uncle of Europe    44


Chapter VIII – Enter Portugal: The Unlucky PromisingBrood    53


Chapter IX – Enter Great Britain Again: Victoria & Albert    62


Chapter X – Return to Coburg & Gotha: A Duke from Britain and
A Troubled Succession            73


Chapter XI – The Kohary Line: Wealth, Position & A New Throne    88


Chapter XII – Enter Bulgaria: Alas, A Crown at Last    99


Chapter XIII – Duke Carl Eduard: Fortune and Position Withered    114


Chapter XIV – The Coburgs of Windsor: A Dynasty’s Name Changed    143


Chapter XV – The Coburgs of Brussels: Despised & Beloved    170


Chapter XVI – The Coburgs of Vienna: Debacle & Ruin    193


Chapter XVII – The Coburgs of Lisbon: An Unsurprising End    224


Chapter XVIII – King Albert I’s Descendants: Tragedy, War & Redemption   255


Chapter XIX – The Coburgs of Sofia: “Tantamount to an Invitation”     276


Chapter XX – The Women of Coburg: A Most Interesting Club     297


Chapter XXI – A Return to Coburg: “... and I Smiled”     332


Epilogue – A Roundabout Way to Coburg     347


Family Tree                     356


Coburg Ancestries                     358


Bibliography                      361


Index              364


Acknowledgments                      369


Copyright & Company Information              370





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