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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