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The twenty-ninth-word baptismal name that cost her a family and a funeral
A woman spends her life petitioning European powers for a throne, her identity rooted in a 350-year-old Byzantine claim. What does it cost her?
The twenty-ninth-word baptismal name that cost her a family and a funeral
This episode explores the life of a woman who built her identity around a claim to the Byzantine throne, a claim the world refused to confirm. It delves into the quiet, decades-long cost of such a life.
Person: Eugenie Paleologue
Date: August 30, 1934
Location: West Norwood Cemetery, London
Status: Descendant of the Grecian Emperors of Byzantium
Topic: Byzantine succession
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