Agram, Princess Louise at, 181, 182 Albert, King of the Belgians, 42 Albert, Prince Consort, influence of, 116 Queen Victoria and, 165 Alexandrine, Princess, of Saxe-Coburg, 64 Alice, Princess, of Hesse, betrothal of, to Nicholas II, 163 character of, 164 Amélie, Princess, of Saxe-Coburg, marriage with Maximilian of Bavaria, 71 Ardennes, Royal picnics in, 44 Augusta (of Schleswig-Holstein), German Empress, 80, 134 bad taste in dress of, 144 character of, 142 _et seq._ Duke Gunther's marriage and, 147 influence on outbreak of war of, 152 mediocrity of, 163 Princess Louise and, 144 Augusta (wife of William I), German Empress, Princess Louise and, 143 Auguste, Prince, of Saxe-Coburg, 46, 116, 118 as Count Helpa, 71 Ausbach, M., Burgomaster of Brussels, 59 Austria, Princess Louise ordered from, 232 return of Princess Louise to, 242 Automobiles, Princess Louise on, 44, 45 Bad-Elster, escape of Princess Louise from, 200 _et seq._ Princess Louise taken to, 199 Beatrice, Princess (of Battenberg), 164 Belgian Government, will of Leopold II and, 215 _et seq._ Belgium, constitution of, 27 fortitude of, 2 indignation in Berlin against, 43 King Leopold's fortune and, 32, 33 Leopold's anti-German policy and, 134 Princess Louise and, 38, 40, 41 Princess Louise's escape through, 208, 209 Princess Louise's loss of nationality in, 231 "sacrifice" of Princess Louise to, 246 Belgium, Royal House of, and its connexions, 17 Berlin-Bagdad railway, 137 Berlin, Court of, under William I, 143 under William II, 143, 144 Biarritz, Belgian Royal family at, 50 Birthday oaks at Laeken, 37 Bismarck, Count von, 143, 145 Blanche de Nemours, 47 Bologna, Princess Louise at, 74, 77 Bolshevism at Budapest, 74, 243 Boucottes, Château of, Empress Charlotte at, 210 Brown, John, and Queen Victoria, 167, 168 Brussels, plots against Princess Louise in, 192 Princess Louise an "enemy princess" in, 41, 42 Brussels, Palace at, inconveniences of, 22 portrait of Charles I by Van Dyck, in, 49 Budapest, Bolshevism at, 74, 243 Count Mattachich interned at, 236 Princess Louise at, 64, 74 Society at, 75 war experiences in, 243 Cannes, Princess Louise at, 74, 77 Chantilly, Princess Louise at, 46 Charlotte, Empress of Mexico, fortune of, 32, 41, 210, 223, 234 Chartres, Duc de, 45 Chartres, Duchesse de, 45, 77 Chateaubriand, Princess Louise and, 15 Château d'Eu, Princess Louise at, 46 Chotek, Countess, camarilla against, 98, 99 created Duchess of Hohenberg, 97 influence in Austrian politics of, 98 marriage with Francis Ferdinand d'Este, 96, 97 Claremont, Queen Marie Amélie at, 47