My Own Affairs - Princess of Belgium Louise

Agram, Princess Louise at, [181], [182]
Albert, King of the Belgians, [42]
Albert, Prince Consort, influence of, [116]
- Queen Victoria and, [165]
Alexandrine, Princess, of Saxe-Coburg, [64]
Alice, Princess, of Hesse, betrothal of, to Nicholas II, [163]
- character of, [164]
Amélie, Princess, of Saxe-Coburg, marriage with Maximilian of Bavaria, [71]
Ardennes, Royal picnics in, [44]
Augusta (of Schleswig-Holstein), German Empress, [80], [134]
- bad taste in dress of, [144]
- character of, [142] et seq.
- Duke Gunther's marriage and, [147]
- influence on outbreak of war of, [152]
- mediocrity of, [163]
- Princess Louise and, [144]
Augusta (wife of William I), German Empress, Princess Louise and, [143]
Auguste, Prince, of Saxe-Coburg, [46], [116], [118]
- as Count Helpa, [71]
Ausbach, M., Burgomaster of Brussels, [59]
Austria, Princess Louise ordered from, [232]
- return of Princess Louise to, [242]
Automobiles, Princess Louise on, [44], [45]

Bad-Elster, escape of Princess Louise from, [200] et seq.
- Princess Louise taken to, [199]
Beatrice, Princess (of Battenberg), [164]
Belgian Government, will of Leopold II and, [215] et seq.
Belgium, constitution of, [27]
- fortitude of, [2]
- indignation in Berlin against, [43]
- King Leopold's fortune and, [32], [33]
- Leopold's anti-German policy and, [134]
- Princess Louise and, [38], [40], [41]
- Princess Louise's escape through, [208], [209]
- Princess Louise's loss of nationality in, [231]
- "sacrifice" of Princess Louise to, [246]
Belgium, Royal House of, and its connexions, [17]
Berlin-Bagdad railway, [137]
Berlin, Court of, under William I, [143]
- under William II, [143], [144]
Biarritz, Belgian Royal family at, [50]
Birthday oaks at Laeken, [37]
Bismarck, Count von, [143], [145]
Blanche de Nemours, [47]
Bologna, Princess Louise at, [74], [77]
Bolshevism at Budapest, [74], [243]
Boucottes, Château of, Empress Charlotte at, [210]
Brown, John, and Queen Victoria, [167], [168]
Brussels, plots against Princess Louise in, [192]
- Princess Louise an "enemy princess" in, [41], [42]
Brussels, Palace at, inconveniences of, [22]
- portrait of Charles I by Van Dyck, in, [49]
Budapest, Bolshevism at, [74], [243]
- Count Mattachich interned at, [236]
- Princess Louise at, [64], [74]
- Society at, [75]
- war experiences in, [243]

Cannes, Princess Louise at, [74], [77]
Chantilly, Princess Louise at, [46]
Charlotte, Empress of Mexico, fortune of, [32], [41], [210], [223], [234]
Chartres, Duc de, [45]
Chartres, Duchesse de, [45], [77]
Chateaubriand, Princess Louise and, [15]
Château d'Eu, Princess Louise at, [46]
Chotek, Countess, camarilla against, [98], [99]
- created Duchess of Hohenberg, [97]
- influence in Austrian politics of, [98]
- marriage with Francis Ferdinand d'Este, [96], [97]
Claremont, Queen Marie Amélie at, [47]
Clémentine, Princess, of Belgium, accepts Belgian Government's offer, [214]
- as horsewoman, [44]
- as musician, [24]
- birth of, [21], [34]
- birthday oak at Laeken of, [37]
- Leopold II's attitude to, [35]
- marriage of, [48]
Clémentine, Princess (of Orleans), [46]
- at Coburg Palace, [67], [68]
- Ferdinand of Bulgaria and, [117], [122-123]
- Ferdinand's wife and, [125]
- Princess Louise and, [70]
Clotilde, Archduchess, of Saxe-Coburg, [71]
- at Budapest, [74]
- character of, [75]
Coburg, family of, [116]
Coburg, Prince of (see Philip of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
Coburg, Royal gatherings at, [161-163]
Coburg Estates in Hungary, [58]
Coburg Palace, Princess Louise at, [12], [63] et seq.
Condé, Prince de, [46]
Congo, King Leopold's policy for, [31], [32]
- King Leopold's will and, [213] et seq.
Cyril, Grand Duchess (see Melita, Princess)

Daszynski, Deputy, on Count Mattachich, [186], [187]
d'Aumale, Duc, as friend of Belgium, [46]
- at Princess Louise's wedding, [59]
- friendship of, with Queen of Belgium, [46]
Delehaye, M., on King Leopold I, [52], [53]
d'Este, Francis Ferdinand, camarilla against, [98], [99]
- influence of Duchess of Hohenberg on, [98]
- marriage with Countess Chotek of, [96], [97]
Doebling Asylum, Princess Louise in, [150], [182], [183], [184], [189]
Donny, General, [36], [44]
Dora, daughter of Princess Louise, birth of, [80]
- leaves her mother, [150], [176]
- marriage with Duke Gunther of Schleswig-Holstein, [80], [146], [147], [148], [150]
- Princess Louise's fruitless appeal to, [237]
- "wickedness" of, towards mother, [235]
Dresden, Princess Louise at, [64]

Edward VII at Princess Louise's wedding, [59]
- German Emperor and, [134]
- John Brown and, [168]
Elizabeth, daughter of Archduke Rudolph, [107]
Elizabeth, Empress of Austria, after death of Archduke Rudolph, [114], [115]
- and Heinrich Heine, [94]
- as "Martyr," [93]
- as "Queen of Queens," [55]
- character of, [95]
- death of, [115]
- meeting between Princess Louise and, [94], [95]
Emperor of Austria (see Francis Joseph)
Empress Frederick, character of, [143], [163]
Empress of Austria (see Elizabeth, Empress of Austria)
Ernest, Duke, of Saxe-Coburg, [64], [116]
- Princess Louise and, [160], [161]
Etienne, Archduke, [51]
Eucharistic Congress (1914), Emperor Francis Joseph at, [115]

Faure, M., duets with Queen Henriette, [20]
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, adopts title of Tsar, [123]
- as "Emperor of Byzantium," [121]
- character of, [71], [92], [117] et seq.
- downfall of, [130]
- enmity of, to Princess Louise, [130]
- excommunication of, [125]
- marriage of, [124]
- mother's influence on, [117]
- Princess Louise and, [118-120], [126-130]
- sons of, baptized into Greek Church, [124]
Flandre, Comte and Comtesse of, [47]
- visit Princess Louise at Lindenhof, [191]
France, politics and religion in, [97]
Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria, [1]
- and Princess Louise's scandals, [89], [90], [182]
- at Eucharistic Congress (1914), [115]
- Berlin and, [137]
- character of, [84], [134]
- death of Archduke Rudolph and, [86]
- greatness of, [55]
- "justice" of, [85]
- Madame Schratt and, [85], [86], [115]
- "madness" of, regarding war, [231]
- personal appearance of, [134], [136]
- refuses help to Princess Louise, [92]
Frederick, Crown Prince, [57]
- at Princess Louise's wedding, [59]
Frederick, Emperor, character of, [133], [143]
Fugger, Countess, fidelity of, [179], [183], [190]

Gerard, Queen Henriette's maître-d' hôtel, [24]
German Emperor (see William II)
Germany, evil influence of Prussia on, [133], [152], [158]
- legendary philosophy of, [157]
- treatment of ex-kings by, [160]
- William II responsible for crimes of, [133], [140]
Goethe, as Princess Louise's favourite author, [15]
Gotha, Princess Louise at, [64]
Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, character of, [146]
- coerces Princess Louise at Munich, [233]
- Count Mattachich and, [149]
- fortune of Leopold II and, [43]
Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, marriage of, with Princess Dora, [80], [146], [147]
- warns Princess Louise, [181]

Heine, Heinrich, Empress Elizabeth and, [94]
- Princess Louise's estimate of, [93]
Helpa, Count (see Auguste of Saxe-Coburg)
Henriette, Queen of Belgium, [4]
- and death of Prince Leopold, [25], [28]
- as horsewoman, [21], [44]
- beauty and character of, [18], [19], [20], [25], [26]
- death of, at Spa, [40]
- friendship of, with Duc d'Aumale, [46]
- influence at Vienna of, [57]
- influence on Princess Louise, [22], [23], [37], [39]
- King Leopold and, [24], [25], [28], [31], [34]
- letters of, to Princess Louise at Lindenhof, [191]
- marriage of, [17]
- parents of, [17]
- Prince Louise's marriage and, [54], [57], [246]
Hesse, Grand Duke of, marriage of, with Princess Melita, [163]
Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Princess Louise at, [82]
Hohenberg, Duchess of (see Chotek, Countess)
Hoyoz, Count, at Meyerling, [111]
Hungary, Coburg estates in, [58]

John, Archduke (John Orth), disappearance of, [96]
Joinville, Prince de, [45]
Joseph, Archduke, at Princess Louise's wedding, [59]
- at Sadowa, [17]
- palace of, at Buda, [74]

Keglevich, Count, and Count Mattachich, [181], [183]
Keglevich, Countess, Princess Louise and Count Mattachich take refuge with, [180]