Probably, each representative of the fairer sex in the children’s dreams represented his own wedding.
Royals have always been considered a good parties to be married, because marriage was seen as advantageous political Alliance.
Brides manipulated, promising them that one suitor, then another. But sometimes it happened that monarch and remained in the status of eternal bride.
Elizabeth I Queen of England
The most famous “eternal bride,” was the Queen of England Elizabeth I Tudor. She was fond of saying that England was her husband, and citizens – the children. The Queen was a “tasty morsel” on the international stage, so all her life she was engaged. This woman was closer to her potential suitors, then alienate them, depending on political games. To Elizabeth I wooed even Ivan the terrible, but like the other 25 candidates for the hand of monarch, refused. Plus, Elizabeth I was very proud of my virgin status.
Kseniya Godunova
Of Boris Godunov’s daughter Xenia was married off several times because I was trying to pick the best party of the Royal person. The first contender for the hand and heart of Xenia was Prince Gustav of Sweden. But the wedding never took place, because it became known that the bridegroom arrived in Russia with his mistress. Then the representatives of the Habsburg dynasty were considered as candidates for a husband. John of Schleswig-Holstein (John Prince) almost married Ksenia Godunov, but he randomly died in Moscow. The search for suitors stopped because in the country, troubles began. Took the throne, the false Dmitry I have dishonored Xenia (according to some sources: made her his concubine, and then was sent to a convent, where she trimmed the veil.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth was born two years before the marriage of Peter I and Catherine I, because of what she was considered illegitimate and could not get in the grooms Royal. However, Peter attempted to sasatami daughter. One of the potential candidates for the hand of Elizabeth was Karl August of Holstein-Gottorp, but the engagement never came. Up until Elizabeth ascended to the throne, many princes called her suitors. The Empress herself had Affairs with their favorites at court, but marriage never came.
Princess Catherine Dolgorukova
Ekaterina Alekseyevna Dolgorukova was the bride of Peter II. She loved a completely different person, but obey the father’s will and went to Moscow Golovinsky Palace. There the Princess was given the title “Her Highness Empress bride. Catherine Dolgorukov never got married since two weeks before the marriage of Peter II fell ill and died. Once on the throne Anna Ivanovna, Dolgorukov was immediately exiled to birch.
Tatiana Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess
Second daughter of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II, Tatiana was not destined to marry. The Grand Duchess was the bride of Alexander, the son of the Serbian monarch Peter the bride and Groom met during a formal family dinner in 1914, but the marriage talks had to be postponed because the First world war. They say when after the October revolution, the Grand Duchess was shot, her fiance tried to commit suicide.
