Word: coburg
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...removed of King George V and second cousin of Queen Mary, is the gentleman who was proud to hold a British title but " too proud " to fight for it. Thus by depriving him of his title did the head of the House of Windsor (formerly the House of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha) completely repudiate its German connections...
...which announced the imminent world tour of Tsar Boris of Bulgaria. According to this report, the King will go to Rome, Paris, Brussels, London, Berlin, Copenhagen looking for a princess with whom to mate. If he is unsuccessful, he will come to the U. S. and " unite the Saxe-Coburg und Gotha dynasty with the new aristocracy of wealth...
Died. Count Mattachich, Austrian nobleman and former Army officer, in Paris. Twenty years ago he eloped with Princess Louise of Saxe- Coburg-und-Gotha, daughter of Leopold II of Belgium, wife of Prince Philippe of Saxe-Coburg-und-Gotha, mother-in-law of the late Kaiserin's brother, Duke Ernst Günther. He was at once imprisoned on a charge of forgery; she was shut up in an asylum. Six years later, he carried out an abduction of the Princess. Thereafter, in spite of poverty and snubs, they never separated...
Portugal became a Republic on October 5, 1910, after a short revolution which deposed King Manoel II, head of the Braganza-Coburg House. King Manuel is still alive and lives in England...
...married the Archduchess Marie Dorothé Amélie de Saxe-Coburg Gotha. In 1913 his wife tried to divorce him. During the divorce proceeding wide publicity was given to his many affaires d'amour and he was accused of misusing the Duchess' dowry. The Duke's supporters, however, were successful in 1914 in persuading the Duchess to drop divorce proceedings. It made no difference to the Duke...