Hedwige was one of the most beautiful and accomplished princesses of the age.

William was also a young man of great elegance of person, and of such rare fascination of character, that he had acquired the epithet of William the Delightful.

His chivalrous bearing had been trained and polished amidst the splendors of his uncle's court of Vienna.

Hedwige, as the affianced bride of William, was invited from the more barbaric pomp of the Hungarian court, to improve her education by the aid of the refinements of Vienna.

William and Hedwige no sooner met than they loved one another, as young hearts, even in the palace, will sometimes love, as well as in the cottage.