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Radziwill, Catherine, Princess, 1858-1941

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Princess Catherine Radziwill (March 30, 1858 - May 12, 1941[1]), was a Polish princess from a famous Polish-Lithuanian aristocratic family called the Radziwills. She was born as Countess Ekaterina Adamovda Rzewuska. She married Prince Wilhelm Radziwill at age 15 [2] and moved to Berlin to live with his family. Possibly she was the author of a book gossiping about the German Emperor William II and Berlin society in 1884 under the pen name Paul Vasili.

She stalked the English-born South African politician named Cecil Rhodes and asked him to marry her, but he refused. She then got revenge by forging his name on a promissory note; Her accusations were eventually proved false however.

References

  • Radziwill, Catherine. (1914). Behind the Veil at the Russian Court.
  • Radiziwill, Catherine. (1918). Cecil Rhodes:Man and Empire Maker.
  • Farrant, Leda. (2000). The Princess from St. Petersburg: The Life and Times of Princess Catharine Radziwill.
  • Roberts, Brian. (1969).Cecil Rhodes and the princess. Hamilton. ISBN 0-241-01603-7.
  • Anthony, Thomas. (November 1997). Rhodes: The Race for Africa. London Bridge. ISBN 0-563-38742-4.

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This biographical information was gathered from the Catherine_Radziwill page, courtesy of the Wikipedia project.

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