Chapter The New York Herald - Friday, January 25, 1884
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THE NEW YORK HERALD
WüRTTEMBERG’S GRAND PRINCE WILHELM BECOMES A BEACON IN NATION’S DARK TIMES
Calvin Archer, New York Office
The once-prosperous, resource-rich Germanic nation of Württemberg has fallen on hard times in recent years, with consensus
assigning King Charles’s timorous leadership and deference to larger neighboring powers with much of the blame. Hope for a
more prosperous future, however, has taken the form of Grand Prince Wilhelm Karl Paul Heinrich Friedrich, a widowed Württembergian
noble who has pledged to protect his nation’s greatness from outside influence and further exploitation.
Prince Wilhelm, described as a thoughtful, courageous, quiet man, is no stranger to overcoming misfortune himself, having
lost his wife and stillborn daughter in childbirth in 1882, as well as his infant son, his only male heir, just two years
prior . . .