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Lucy Page Mercer was born on April 26, 1891, in Washington, D.C., to Carroll Mercer, a member of Theodore Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" cavalry military unit in the campaigns in Cuba, on the south shore of the island near Santiago during the brief Spanish–American War in 1898, and Minna Leigh (Minnie) Tunis, an independent woman of "Bohemian" exotic, free-spirited tastes. [1]
Mathilde Kralik was the daughter of Bohemian glass industrialist Wilhelm Kralik von Meyrswalden (1807–1877) from Eleonorenhain. After the death of his first wife Anna Maria Pinhak (1814–1850), he married Louise Lobmeyr (1832–1905) on 28 May 1851. Mathilde was the fourth of five children from his second marriage to Louise née Lobmeyr.
The Bohemian Girl is an English language Romantic opera composed by Michael William Balfe with a libretto by Alfred Bunn. The plot is loosely based on a Miguel de Cervantes ' tale, La gitanilla . The best-known aria from the piece is " I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls " in which the main character, Arline, describes her vague memories of her ...
The Bohemian nobles had to choose between "either accepting Ferdinand as their king after all or taking the ultimate step of deposing him". [49] They decided on deposition, and, when others declined because of the risks involved, the Bohemians "pandered to the elector's royalist pretensions" and extended the invitation to Elizabeth's husband. [50]
The Bohemian Girl is a 1922 British romance film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Gladys Cooper, Ivor Novello, and C. Aubrey Smith. [2] It was inspired by the opera The Bohemian Girl by Michael William Balfe and Alfred Bunn, which was in turn based on a novel La Gitanilla by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally released at 70 minutes, the ...
Jennifer Love Hewitt is having a full-circle moment when it comes to a special milestone for one of her children.. The actress has been a part of the Hollywood industry for over three decades ...
Mary Margaret Garman was the eldest daughter of Walter Garman, a physician. She and her younger siblings grew up in the, "stately Elizabethan manor house," [1] of Oakeswell Hall, Wednesbury, in the bleak surroundings of the Black Country. Their childhood was a privileged one, "with the full retinue of governesses, nannies, parlor maids, and ...
Princess Anne, and Britain’s Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh talk with Major General Eldon Millar (C) and South Korea’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Yoon Yeocheol (2R), and Director of ...