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- Proposed to by John Vassilivich, Grand Duke and Emperor of Russia.
"...; of the youngest daughter, the beautiful Mary Hastings the followingcircumstance is related: "John Vassilivich, Grand Duke and Emperor ofRussia, having a desire to marry an English lady,was told of MaryHastings, who being of blood Royal ,he began to affect: where upon makinghis desires known to Queen Elizabeth, who did well approve thereof, hesent over Theodore Pissemskoie, a nobleman of great account,hisambassador, who, in the name of his master, offered great advantages tothe Queen in the event of a marriage. The Queen hereupon caused the to beattended with divers ladies and young nobles, that so the ambassadormight have sight of her, which was accomplished in York House Garden,near Charing Cross, London. There was the envoy brought into herpresence, and casting down his countenance,fell prostrate before her,then rising, with his face still towards her (the with the rest admiringat this strange salutation), he said, by his interpreter, "it is sufficehim to behold this angelic presence of her who, he hoped, would be hismaster's spouse and empress." The alliance did not, however, take place,and the died unmarried."
BURKE'S Genealogical and Heraldic History of the PEERAGE BARONETAGE ANDKNIGHTAGE. Founded 1826 by John Burke and Sir Bernard Burke. Edited byPeter Townend. Burke's Peerage Limited, London
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