A photo from open sources Radiant groom looking at the future spouse, unable to restrain emotions, exclaimed: “That’s it I’ll put ugly with a kind of toad! “In the days of the distant past, class prejudices, making marriages mandatory for offspring of noble families exclusively between close relatives, the worst jokes were played. Every now and then, inferior infants appeared in the white light. But even here offended genetics is sometimes odd. Happened sometimes newborns with a repulsively-degrading appearance, but with brilliant intelligence and a bunch of talents. Among these, as I called them Irish historian Fred Girl, the “humiliated ascended” undoubtedly the daughter of Heinrich Habsburg born in 1473 stands out sharply, King of Bohemia, Margarita. Imprisoned in a monastery, “lest scare people, “the girl was hunchbacked, with a flabby” unscrewed ” the body of a dwarf, unable to service itself. According to the then laws she could not inherit (just like the brothers, however, are smart strong guys) colossal condition. Margarita suffered from her own physiological inferiority only in young years. Later when she was over forty, she, according to the writer Lyon Feuchtwanger, who dedicated the novel “The Ugly Duchess,” to her its “eccentricity” was not burdened. Why? The answer is simple. Having huge money and influence at the courts of European monarchs, lady without labor bought favorites – young, perfectly healthy cynics, ready to sleep even with a corpse, if only showered with gold and honors. It later. When is Margarita – Princess of Carinthia and Tyrol in 1485 turned twelve years old, everything was somewhat in a different way, so to speak, on the lining of the mercantile clans interests. Those interests demanded that she immediately get married ten-year-old prince of Luxembourg and Bohemian Johann. how only a girl arrived at his ancestral castle located near Innsbruck, there was a funny incident. Radiant groom looking at the future spouse, not restraining emotions, exclaimed: “That’s it I’ll put it ugly with a sort of toad! “The bride, not offended at all, objected: “You will be sweet with me, and the kids will go quite normal.” The prince, already skilled in court etiquette, diplomatically kept silent, because he knew about the giant dowry at that time – 45 thousand marks. Infant spouses who are patronized by home teachers and educators, parted only for a night’s rest. Gradually at Johann’s aversion to the ugliness of his wife gave way to pity. A pity, in turn, went into respect for a remarkable mind and skill agree even with the devil, which was important for victories in political battles in which he plunged headlong. Johann meekly followed Margarita’s instructions and advice, but no matter how I tried, because of “persistent squeamishness” could not share a bed with her. Offended the spouse, in response, achieved the drawing up of a notarial contract, according to which the children who have been implanted by Johann or her on the side should be considered legal successors in terms of money movable, real estate and – necessarily – title! COMPETITIONS IN LOSING Johann from now on changed lovers, mostly young cute peasant women like gloves. To his amazement, she didn’t lag behind. spouse, “for health” taking a bath of donkey milk, splashing incense bottles on itself, masking the physical flawed with white lead and wax lining. In the daytime she was served by boys – servants, they turned at night, like they were called Margarita, in tireless stallions. Here are the times and manners! Thanks to twilight service to the mistress about ten favorites built around the big castle small castles, brought own servants. Soon, however, the new buildings were empty. Crawled evil rumors, as if Margarita ordered to kill excessively talkative lovers. Is it so, it’s hard to say. New waves of lovers then run over, then subsided. The ebbs of the “dirty surf” began, when Margarita with enviable zeal indulged in study foreign languages, philosophy, mathematics, geography and fencing. In the pivot exercises, she, the “lady looking like a deck”, is so succeeded that incognito, “for pleasure and thrill” dabbled in robberies on large and small roads. Bloody raids soon helped get rid of the spouse who dreamed of an heir, of course, not survived from her, but from a noble beauty, even poor like a church mouse. FROM WORDS TO ACTION When a group noble conspirators set out to remove from power by any means her “squeamish, grumbling hubby,” she said: “Do with him whatever you like, at least put on a stake, if only not to get confused under your feet. “They didn’t dare to put on a stake, fearing monarchial anger. They just locked the castle gates tightly and when Johann came back from the hunt, drove him up, away – abroad. Duchess Moultash rejoiced. I asked the emperor for consent to marriage with young elector Ludwig, surprisingly European nobility of the soul in She didn’t. The tumultuous romance ended with a “maternal triumph” Margarita, who gave birth to three children – “not at all ugly, even outwardly attractive and smart in parent. ” Then happened what the duchess was afraid of more than death. Younger Meyngard’s son began to rapidly grow decrepit, “changing the Duchess more face for the worse. “Mother, seeing in him her semblance, in every possible way smoothed out suffering, did not even allow to remain alone. Perhaps she felt that the former spouse, in order to hit harder, the assassins will come up. And so it happened. Gullible trust Meyngard was lured into the basement of the castle and drowned in a barrel of wine. Margarita, at first with grief tearing on her hair, which remains not too much, comforted when she got along with her “double”, a man tormented by just such an ailment. Bavarian officer Conrad von Frauenberg, who had excellent dressing and brilliantly characterized by service, ugly “in the guise of a bulldog albino “, stuck to it with soul and heart, having received a mass of estate honors and honors. An insidious mysterious disease prevailed over him. IN one of Margarita’s surviving letters, mourning a friend, perplexed: “In the coffin lay a man to whom he could be given ninety years. “DEATH YOUTH Unlike Conrad von Frauenberg Margarita was released enviable longevity. On the at the turn of her fortieth anniversary, she completely departing from politics, with head immersed in carnal sins (they talked, even in sodomist). Favorites came and went, more often forward feet. But everything comes to an end. The Duchess of Multash celebrates her sixtieth birthday novice in the monastery, where a miracle happened. Biographer Fred Girl, admitted to the archives of the Vatican, found a unique document there, stating that when the reclusive nun passed away, “sisters, washing her body, we saw that her face was very young, pleasant and well. They thanked the Lord, who lifted the curse with ugliness. ” The finale is certainly unexpected, amazing, suggestive of that humanity still knows too little about its nature.
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