[228] This marriage in fact took place at Berlin on May 18, 1850.
[229] The Bund was the alliance of all the German Sovereigns against a foreign enemy. It lasted until the war of 1866.
[230] Administrative Council of the Federal State.
[231] The Duke of Connaught born at Windsor on May 1, 1850.
[232] On May 22, 1850, Sefeloge, a retired artillery sergeant, shot at the King as he was starting for Potsdam to spend the summer there. The King was tripped up by one of his spurs, and as he stumbled the bullet missed his head and merely grazed his right arm between the wrist and the elbow.
[233] The Czar had then gone there.
[234] The Sänger-Vereine are two choral societies founded centuries ago in Germany.
[235] This monument was erected in memory of Eugène Beauharnais, who was made Duke of Leuchtenberg by King Ludwig of Bavaria, his father-in-law.
[236] The name of the Royal Family of Bavaria.
[237] The Duc de Bordeaux passed through Berlin, where his arrival caused much stir, on his way to Wiesbaden, where the question of the coalition between the two branches of the House of Bourbon was to be discussed. The King of Prussia, who was then at Potsdam, received him with great distinction. The Prince arrived on August 6 and stayed in the New Palace. He was accompanied by the Duc de Levis, the Marquis de La Ferté, M. Berryer, and by several other distinguished Frenchmen. During his stay Polyeucte was performed, and acted by Mlle. Rachel, who was at Berlin.