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Romantic royal engagement stirs gossip over mixed bloodline
ACountess Nada Torby daughter of Grand Duke Michael of Russia and George of Battenberg reveals a romance praised for love yet scrutinized for African ancestry. Histories of hereditary traits and racial mixing spark scientific debate as odds and ends of royal lineage surface in cosmopolitan society.
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Nada Torby
Michael
Russia
George of Battenberg
Russias
Peter the Great
Hannibal
Alfonso
Spain
Prince George of Battenberg
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Prince Alexander of Hesse
Battenbergs
Louis
Victoria of Hesse
Czarina
Pushkin
Membourg
Leven’ - Ud
Alexander III
Nicholas II
Pan