THE PRINCE OF MINGRELIA.
The Prince of SVI n^relia w^s bom m 1850 nnd is thecefnrfl now m hia thirfcy-a^ven-h year. This P.liice ocmea of a very auciont ' 'aiicasim rto:), and pr >fe^s 8 thu orthodox Greek faith. He received his education m the corps of pages and the cavairv cadet sobool at St Pi'tarsbarg. and m 1870 received a commission m thd Cheva>Ur Guards. In 1877, with the rank of colonel, ha accompanied the Rußsiitn head-quarter* across the Danube, though •fithout t iking any dminguiahed part m the campUun. In 1875 he married a of Count Alder berg, the powerful hourtohold Minister of AlAx.mder 11., ttirongh whose influence h f > was invested wlh tbo lordsiup of on.mti rich Miygrellnn property whioh has reverted to the Oro-yoj but nis mtrrlfige ultimately proved an uohappy one, and for Feversl years, ie is ■aid, he h*s beau Brp*ratedB r p*rated from hla wife. The extrava^anoe of his w«d:ied life plunged him iuto debt, fr m which ha has never been able to extricate himself, and though a* ill retaining the raak of colonel he has long ceased any active onramund, It never tbuhsa aeems, eaya The Times correspondent, to be ihe i puii >n of tho Czvt* that this "Prince faineant ' would make a very o.ccile and submissive tuier of Bulgaria,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1454, 12 January 1887, Page 2
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219THE PRINCE OF MINGRELIA. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1454, 12 January 1887, Page 2
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