Thursday, November 13, 2008

More German rulers out

November 13, 1918

The Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar abdicated today to "avoid civil war,"according to the New York Times, which bases its report on a Berlin dispatch.

The Prince of Lippe-Detmold has renounced his throne, as well. In Hesse, revolutionaries have confiscated all Grand Ducal lands and all "hereditary entails abolished."

Queen Maria Theresa of Bavaria is reported to be dying.

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