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where he left her, almost fainting, in the arms of her children.\"

The legal consummation.

The next day the Senate was convened in the grand saloon to sanction the legal consummation of the divorce. Eugene presided. As he announced the desire of the Emperor and Empress for the dissolution of their marriage, he said: \"The tears of his Majesty at this separation are sufficient for the glory of my mother.\" The description


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where he left her, almost fainting, in the arms of her children.\"

The legal consummation.

The next day the Senate was convened in the grand saloon to sanction the legal consummation of the divorce. Eugene presided. As he announced the desire of the Emperor and Empress for the dissolution of their marriage, he said: \"The tears of his Majesty at this separation are sufficient for the glory of my mother.\" The description


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