In 1867, Charles Ferdinand Magnus married Hedwig Rosamunde Liebetrau, the daughter of Paul Maurice
and Mary Liebetrau, who had been born on 31 October 1845 and brought up in the Evangelical Lutheran faith. In addition to Maurice, the couple had at least
one daughter.
When Hedwig died, Magnus ordered the words Filia regis engraved on her headstone. Records at the Protestant Cemetery at Rome give her father's name as Paul Maurice but note that she was the illegitimate daughter of Kaiser Frederick Wilhelm I.
Yet the records must be in error, for Frederick Wilhelm I died in 1740, over a century before Hedwig was born. In Memoir of Maurice Magnus, his introduction to Memoirs of the Foreign Legion, D. H. Lawrence offers two other possibilities: "the old Kaiser
Wilhelm I," mentioned by Norman Douglas, or "Kaiser Frederick Wilhelm, father of the present ex-Kaiser," mentioned by Don Mauro Inguanez, one of Magnus's closest friends.
Part of the confusion results from the fact that Kaiser Wilhelm II's father, Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm (1831-1888), ruled only briefly and did so as Frederick III. Lawrence ultimately believed that Frederick III was Hedwig's father and Wilhelm II, Magnus's uncle.
He asked Robert Mountsier, his American literary agent, to amend the text of the introduction
accordingly, but the changes were never made.
At the time of Hedwig's birth, however, Frederick III was only fourteen. Douglas, therefore, would seem to be
right: Hedwig was the illegitimate daughter of Wilhelm I (1797-1888) and, thus, the half sister of Frederick III. Maurice Magnus, then, would have been a cousin of Wilhelm II.
Source: Maurice Magnus A Biography By Louise E. Wright CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARS PUBLISHING
and Mary Liebetrau, who had been born on 31 October 1845 and brought up in the Evangelical Lutheran faith. In addition to Maurice, the couple had at least
one daughter.
When Hedwig died, Magnus ordered the words Filia regis engraved on her headstone. Records at the Protestant Cemetery at Rome give her father's name as Paul Maurice but note that she was the illegitimate daughter of Kaiser Frederick Wilhelm I.
Yet the records must be in error, for Frederick Wilhelm I died in 1740, over a century before Hedwig was born. In Memoir of Maurice Magnus, his introduction to Memoirs of the Foreign Legion, D. H. Lawrence offers two other possibilities: "the old Kaiser
Wilhelm I," mentioned by Norman Douglas, or "Kaiser Frederick Wilhelm, father of the present ex-Kaiser," mentioned by Don Mauro Inguanez, one of Magnus's closest friends.
Part of the confusion results from the fact that Kaiser Wilhelm II's father, Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm (1831-1888), ruled only briefly and did so as Frederick III. Lawrence ultimately believed that Frederick III was Hedwig's father and Wilhelm II, Magnus's uncle.
He asked Robert Mountsier, his American literary agent, to amend the text of the introduction
accordingly, but the changes were never made.
At the time of Hedwig's birth, however, Frederick III was only fourteen. Douglas, therefore, would seem to be
right: Hedwig was the illegitimate daughter of Wilhelm I (1797-1888) and, thus, the half sister of Frederick III. Maurice Magnus, then, would have been a cousin of Wilhelm II.
Source: Maurice Magnus A Biography By Louise E. Wright CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARS PUBLISHING
In 1867, Charles Ferdinand Magnus married Hedwig Rosamunde Liebetrau, the daughter of Paul Maurice
and Mary Liebetrau, who had been born on 31 October 1845 and brought up in the Evangelical Lutheran faith. In addition to Maurice, the couple had at least
one daughter.
When Hedwig died, Magnus ordered the words Filia regis engraved on her headstone. Records at the Protestant Cemetery at Rome give her father's name as Paul Maurice but note that she was the illegitimate daughter of Kaiser Frederick Wilhelm I.
Yet the records must be in error, for Frederick Wilhelm I died in 1740, over a century before Hedwig was born. In Memoir of Maurice Magnus, his introduction to Memoirs of the Foreign Legion, D. H. Lawrence offers two other possibilities: "the old Kaiser
Wilhelm I," mentioned by Norman Douglas, or "Kaiser Frederick Wilhelm, father of the present ex-Kaiser," mentioned by Don Mauro Inguanez, one of Magnus's closest friends.
Part of the confusion results from the fact that Kaiser Wilhelm II's father, Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm (1831-1888), ruled only briefly and did so as Frederick III. Lawrence ultimately believed that Frederick III was Hedwig's father and Wilhelm II, Magnus's uncle.
He asked Robert Mountsier, his American literary agent, to amend the text of the introduction
accordingly, but the changes were never made.
At the time of Hedwig's birth, however, Frederick III was only fourteen. Douglas, therefore, would seem to be
right: Hedwig was the illegitimate daughter of Wilhelm I (1797-1888) and, thus, the half sister of Frederick III. Maurice Magnus, then, would have been a cousin of Wilhelm II.
Source: Maurice Magnus A Biography By Louise E. Wright CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARS PUBLISHING
and Mary Liebetrau, who had been born on 31 October 1845 and brought up in the Evangelical Lutheran faith. In addition to Maurice, the couple had at least
one daughter.
When Hedwig died, Magnus ordered the words Filia regis engraved on her headstone. Records at the Protestant Cemetery at Rome give her father's name as Paul Maurice but note that she was the illegitimate daughter of Kaiser Frederick Wilhelm I.
Yet the records must be in error, for Frederick Wilhelm I died in 1740, over a century before Hedwig was born. In Memoir of Maurice Magnus, his introduction to Memoirs of the Foreign Legion, D. H. Lawrence offers two other possibilities: "the old Kaiser
Wilhelm I," mentioned by Norman Douglas, or "Kaiser Frederick Wilhelm, father of the present ex-Kaiser," mentioned by Don Mauro Inguanez, one of Magnus's closest friends.
Part of the confusion results from the fact that Kaiser Wilhelm II's father, Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm (1831-1888), ruled only briefly and did so as Frederick III. Lawrence ultimately believed that Frederick III was Hedwig's father and Wilhelm II, Magnus's uncle.
He asked Robert Mountsier, his American literary agent, to amend the text of the introduction
accordingly, but the changes were never made.
At the time of Hedwig's birth, however, Frederick III was only fourteen. Douglas, therefore, would seem to be
right: Hedwig was the illegitimate daughter of Wilhelm I (1797-1888) and, thus, the half sister of Frederick III. Maurice Magnus, then, would have been a cousin of Wilhelm II.
Source: Maurice Magnus A Biography By Louise E. Wright CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARS PUBLISHING
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