He did want to marry a princess, and to be recognized as a great man.
He married a princess, and they had a son.
It seems that his ambition is to marry a princess.
He marries a princess, has a daughter and, at one time or another, thinks both are dead.
"To marry an attractive princess and live in luxury the rest of my life."
It was by no means flattering for him to marry a princess of whom, when young, the king had not thought much.
The Prince tells her how his parents want him marry a princess from another kingdom.
So now he says he will marry a Russian princess!
"Her son the prince must marry a titled princess, right?"
In his twenties, he married a princess of the Callimachi family.