 Eventually, in June 1826, Wilhelm's father was obligated to demand the renunciation of a potential marriage to Elisa.Wilhelm spent the next few months looking for a more suitable bride, but did not relinquish his emotional ties to Elisa.Eventually, Wilhelm asked for the hand of Augusta of Saxe-Weimar, fourteen years his junior, in marriage on 29 August 1826 (in writing and through the intervention of his father).