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...April 9 Princess Yolanda, eldest daughter of King Vittorio Emannele III and Queen Elena, will be married to the man of her choice- Count Calvi di Bergolo. Despite the expressed wish of the Princess that no presents be sent, it is understood that foreign diplomats have made plans for a wedding gift. On April 7 the King and Queen will hold a reception at the Palace for the Diplomatic Corps, who will thus be given an opportunity of presenting the felicitations of their respective Governments to the Princess and her fiancé. The next evening another large reception will...
...Queen Zita, ex-Empress of Austro Hungary, has written a diary which is soon to be published. No sensational charges will be made; for the memoirs contain only personal notes referring more specifically to the last effort of the late King Karl to regain the throne of Hungary, to which his son Otto is now heir...
...interesting feature of the expedition's work has been in the light it has thrown on references to Queen Candace in the New Testament (Acts VIII, 27) and in the works of Pliny and Strabo. These speak of the Queen Candace as if she were the ruler of Ethiopia...
...From these sources," writes Dr. Reisner, "arose an impression that Ethiopia, especially Meroitic Ethiopia, had been governed by a long line of queens named Candace. Professor Griffith dispelled the greater part of this delusion by proving that the word "candace" is only a title meaning "queen". The excavation of the tombs has served further to make the situation plain...
...From 750 B. C., every ruler of Ethiopia was a male. About 160 B. C., the third generation after Ergamenes, the great queen who was buried in Pyramid N. VI seems to have been queen-regent for her son for perhaps ten years. About one hundred and thirty years later. Queen Amanshakhete, who reunited Ethiopia, appears to have been queen-regent under similar circumstances. Her son-in-law. Netekaman, the great builder of temples, obviously came to the throne by the hereditary position of his wife. Queen Amantere, who occupied an unusual position and received burial with the honors...