Serenissimus

"Serenissimus" is to-day as frequently the subject of bitter, if often humorous, caricature in the comic press as ever he was.

William of Germany Stanley Shaw

He was known as 'Serenissimus, the Prince of Princes,' the most brilliant statesman in Russia since Peter the Great.

Archive 2009-02-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009

The “Serenissimus,” as His Serene Highness Prince Potemkin preferred to be called, had brought his harem, including two nieces who were his “favorites.”

John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

Jones was permitted one last audience, and, with nothing to lose, told His Serenissimus exactly what he thought.

John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

The “Serenissimus,” as His Serene Highness Prince Potemkin preferred to be called, had brought his harem, including two nieces who were his “favorites.”

John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

Jones was permitted one last audience, and, with nothing to lose, told His Serenissimus exactly what he thought.

John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

“Serenissimus” is to-day as frequently the subject of bitter, if often humorous, caricature in the comic press as ever he was.

William of Germany Shaw, Stanley 1913

His Majesty wrote that he gave Serenissimus one last chance of saving the lady of his heart.

A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg 1905

At length Maria reported that Serenissimus had returned, and once more a feverish unrest seized the Grävenitz.

A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg 1905

Serenissimus will not willingly lose a courtier he has delighted in; but at this moment, I believe, Monsieur de Stafforth will bear me out when I say all the court charges are engaged; and Monsieur de Grävenitz, not being of the sex, cannot hold the most important charge of any court, for

A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg 1905