ysis ▁of ▁the ▁heart ". ▁In ▁reality , ▁Soph ie ▁committed ▁suic ide , ▁a ▁fact ▁that ▁was ▁eager ly ▁picked ▁up ▁in ▁German ▁and ▁foreign ▁newsp apers ▁once ▁new ▁details ▁emer ged . ▁The ▁suic ide ▁was ▁generally ▁attributed ▁to ▁the ▁opposition ▁she ▁had ▁encountered ▁at ▁home ▁to ▁her ▁desire ▁to ▁marry ▁von ▁B leich r öder . ▁ ▁Several ▁days ▁after ▁her ▁death , ▁her ▁father ▁released ▁a ▁statement :" Bar on ▁Hans ▁von ▁B leich r öder , ▁like ▁all ▁acquaint ances ▁of ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Sax e - We imar , ▁had ▁a ▁fare well ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁depart ed , ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁express ly ▁forb idden ▁to ▁take ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁fun eral ▁or ▁to ▁attend ▁the ▁cre m ation . ▁As ▁for ▁the ▁stories ▁set ▁in ▁circul ation ▁in ▁regards ▁to ▁a ▁marriage ▁between ▁Princess ▁Soph ie ▁and ▁Baron ▁von ▁B leich r öder , ▁there ▁needs ▁to ▁be ▁repeated ▁the ▁oft - sp oken ▁statement ▁of ▁her ▁father , ▁that ▁all ▁the ▁money ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁would ▁never ▁have ▁su ffic ed ▁to ▁bridge ▁the ▁g ulf ▁between ▁a ▁Princess ▁of ▁Sax e - We imar ▁and ▁Baron ▁von ▁B leich ro eder ." " L over ▁kept ▁from ▁Princess ' s ▁fun eral ", ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁ 2 3 ▁Sept . ▁ 1 9 1 3 . ▁It ▁is ▁possible ▁that ▁her ▁father ▁deliber ately ▁chose ▁this ▁phr asing ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁bl ame ▁upon ▁himself ▁rather ▁than ▁allow ▁it ▁des erved