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Battenberg
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This had been suggested some years before, while the Prince was still ruler of Bulgaria; at Bismarck's advice, the Emperor William had refused his consent to the marriage, partly for the reason that according to the family law of the Hohenzollerns a marriage with the Battenberger family would be a mesalliance.
Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire Headlam, James W 1899
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The chief obstacles in the way of Russia's aggrandisement were the susceptibilities of "the Battenberger," as her agents impertinently named him, and the will of Stambuloff.
The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) John Holland Rose 1898
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Bulgaria; and it therefore seemed easy to chastise "the Battenberger" for his wanton disturbance of the peace of Europe.
The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) John Holland Rose 1898
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