It was the curious experience of the late Count de Caserta, who fought against Garibaldi in 1860 and later headed the Carl Ist troops in Spain, to see his son marry the daughter of Alfonso XU, against whom he had fought for Don Carlos. It is not the only instance of the Romeo and Juliet motif in history. The Wellington and Napoleon families. were united in marriage through the union ot the Marquess of Wellesley with the sister of Elizabeth Patterson—Jerome Bonaparte's first wife. Scarcely less unexpected is the fact that Napoleons cook was afterwards'in the service of WellingtoThe colossal statue qf “Sleeping Ariadne ” in the Vatican is believed .to be the world’s only marble figure with eyelashes. "
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22353, 29 August 1934, Page 7
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