▁prin cess ▁pret ended ▁to ▁carry ▁on ▁a ▁rom ance ▁instead ▁with ▁one ▁of ▁her ▁sweet heart ' s ▁friends , ▁Baron ▁von ▁B leich r öder , ▁" who ▁cons ented ▁with ▁al ac r ity ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁part ▁... ▁for ▁he ▁was ▁fl atter ed ▁by ▁the ▁request ▁to ▁appear ▁before ▁the ▁world ▁as ▁a ▁su itor ▁for ▁the ▁hand ▁of ▁a ▁Princess ▁of ▁We imar ." ▁ ▁However , ▁Prince ▁William ▁and ▁Princess ▁G erta ▁intended ▁on ▁another ▁match ▁( pres umably ▁more ▁prosper ous ) ▁for ▁their ▁daughter , ▁and ▁they ▁persu aded ▁Count ▁T ▁to ▁leave ▁Heidel berg . ▁ ▁Count ▁T ▁secret ly ▁arranged ▁to ▁continue ▁to ▁exchange ▁love ▁letters ▁with ▁Soph ie ▁using ▁B leich r öder ▁as ▁inter medi ary . ▁ ▁However , ▁after ▁the ▁passage ▁of ▁time ▁the ▁Count , ▁living ▁in ▁another ▁city , ▁found ▁an ▁he ir ess ▁to ▁his ▁lik ing , ▁and ▁married ▁her . ▁ ▁Appar ently ▁he ▁had ▁not ▁bother ed ▁to ▁notify ▁Soph ie ▁of ▁these ▁changes ▁in ▁his ▁feelings ▁and ▁she ▁discovered ▁these ▁develop ments ▁only ▁by ▁reading ▁of ▁his ▁marriage ▁in ▁a ▁newspaper ; ▁she ▁was ▁so ▁dist ra ug ht ▁that ▁she ▁killed ▁herself ▁that ▁night . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁widely ▁but ▁err one ously ▁believed ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁driven ▁to ▁suic ide ▁by ▁the ▁pres umed ▁opposition ▁of ▁her ▁parents ▁to ▁B leich r öder , ▁who , ▁for ▁his ▁part , ▁did ▁not ▁attempt ▁to ▁correct ▁that ▁impression ▁" with