CHAPTER II.

THE GREATEST OF THE MODERN COBURGS.

Romantic Career of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, the Queen's Uncle--His Continuous, Kind, and Fatherly Care of his Orphaned Niece--The Duchy of Coburg held by Napoleon-- Sufferings of the Ducal Family--A Temptation resisted--The Tide turned--Leopold's Popularity in England--Betrothal and Marriage to the Princess Charlotte of Wales 8