It was of course his duty to recall the wavering affections of the youthful Emperor to his betrothed Octavia, the daughter of Claudius, to whom he had been bound by every tie of honour and affection, and his union with whom gave some shadow of greater legitimacy to his practical usurpation.

But princes rarely love the wives to whom they owe any part of their elevation.

Henry VII.

treated Elizabeth of York with many slights.

The union of William III.