In , Hans married Christina of Saxony and they had six children. The affair caused a scandal and a de facto termination of their marriage. From that time on, the marriage of Hans and Christina was one in name only. She later became an actress. Charles II was in the next box and was more interested in flirting with Nell than watching the play.
Albans through the centuries. When his brother refused to grant permission for Gaston to marry Marguerite of Lorraine after the death of his first wife, Gaston married her anyway and kept the marriage secret. There he died at the age of While visiting St. They married in St. Peter took Elizaveta Romanovna Vorontsova as his mistress and Catherine had affairs. However, he was soon deposed by his wife who reigned as Catherine II the Great , and then murdered.
Catherine arranged for Elizaveta to marry a middle-aged army colonel of a humble background, eighteen years older than Elizaveta. Elizaveta died on February 2, , at the age of Unofficial Royalty: Elizaveta Romanovna Vorontsova. Maria was made a maid of honor at the Russian court and Catherine the Great arranged a marriage for her. Eventually, Maria began to worry about her position and the gossip about her, and Alexander began to feel guilty about the long-term affair.
In , the affair ended and Alexander went back to his wife but he continued to talk about Maria as his family. Unofficial Royalty: Maria Antonovna Naryshkina. The couple had four daughters and one son. By the early s, Andreas had less and less contact with his family. His wife suffered a nervous breakdown and was institutionalized, his four daughters had all married into former German royal families, and his son was attending school first in Germany and then in the United Kingdom.
Somewhat at a loss, having been forced into a life of retirement, Andreas moved to the French Riviera. His wife had returned to Greece, his daughters were all behind German lines, and his son was fighting for the British forces. Unofficial Royalty: Prince Andreas of Greece. Much of this was done through her Elisabeth Foundation, established at the time of her marriage using funds from her father.
