Word: ferdinands
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...carried a letter from the prince to his mother, Dowager Queen Marie, who was reported to have been greatly angered when informed that M. Bratino had dared to open it. Also, he was alleged to have with him a photostat of a document signed by his late father, King Ferdinand, in which it is said that the monarch advised M. Bratiano to recall Carol if he showed signs of being worthy of trust...
Herr Piscator, famed German theatrical producer, was hardly disturbed, certainly not flustered, according to those who know him, when last week he received a threat from His ex-Imperial Majesty Wilhelm II to the effect that if he persisted in having him impersonated by the famed actor, Ferdinand Bonn, in his forthcoming play, Rasputin, by Count Alexis Tolstoy, the onetime Kaiser would have no recourse other than legal prosecution...
Count de Lesseps, noted in aviation news for many years as expert flyer, is son of Ferdinand de Lesseps,* canal builder...
...bright sunny Sunday morning, June 28, 1914, the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, accompanied by his morganatic wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, drove down the streets of Sarajevo. Soon a bomb came hurtling through the air, crashing on the roadway behind the royal automobile, exploding with a deafening roar...
...taxi to his hotel, paid a visit to the legation, which did not even know that he was in England. Then it became known that the incognito monarch was much more interested in collecting butterflies for his remarkable collection in Sofia-a collection given to him by "Foxy" Ferdinand, onetime (1908-18) King of Bulgaria-than he was in discovering a royal bride. And next in his interests were motor cars and steam locomotives, of both of which he is an able driver...