The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-18
NIOrSanatic Marriages.


MOrganatic Marriages.
The recent m0rgdBdtjc marriage of Dom
Fernando, King Consort of the late Queen
Marie ii, and father of the reigning King of
Portugal, with an American lady named Hens
Ter, has attracted much attention in this
country, and been widely noticed in the jour
nails of New York, and as a consequence
widely copied elsewhere. Some Western
journals have glowingly exulted over the
great success achieved by this American bride,
and alluded to similar instances, as the mar
riage Of Prince Louis de Bourbon, etc., all of
which are calculated to set the susceptible
hearts and ambitious aspirations of our Ame-
rican bellies in a fever Of emulation.
Morganatic marriages are popularity eX-
clusively pertaining to princes of the blood,
heirs apparent to the thrones of Europe, or,
like the latest one, of ex-kings in retirement
and waiting for employment. The present
Emperor of France is said to have been NOR
ganatically married. The Fitz-C -Clarences of
England are the issue of morganatic mar
riage of the Duke of Clarence, afterwards
William ". And it is a matter Of gossip in
London that ne Prince of Wales was in that
manner married to the daughter Of an Irish
clergyman prior to his alliance with the House
of Denmark, and that the issue of the mar
riage was a son. But in all these instances
these morganatic wives have been set aside
for those who have noble blood flowing
through their veins.
The writer of this article being on a tour of
observation and pleasure through Europe,
some two years since visited Lisbon. One
of the most attractive spots for the tourist is
Cintra, glowingly described in Childe Ha-
rold's Pilgrimage
'Lo! Cntras glorious Eden intervenes,
In Variegated maze OF mount and glen;
Behold the hall where chiefs We're late cOnyened.'
So a party was made up to visit Cintra
We were informed that the ex-King Dom
Fernando was occupying the castle, and that
Miss E. Hensler was living there U@der ms
pJOtectGO3l. Armed with a letter of introduce
ton from an American official at Lisbon, we
Ourneyed thither,
"Then slowly climb the many winding way
And frequent turn to linger as you go,
From lOtier rocks new lOVeliuess survey,
And rest ye at 'our Lady's house of Woe
Arrived at the castle, we sent our letter in,
and permission was accorded us to visit the
chapel and view the grounds. The cause of
the lady not receiving us in person was soon
made apparent, for on emerging through the
great gate to descend the mountain into the
beautiful grounds, lady PISSED us running
towards a gentleman whom we had passed on
the road She was dressed in Knickerbocker
costume of velvet and in boots. A large
mastiff black and shaggy, bounded alongside
The lady was Miss Hensler, and with the
King was about to take her usual daily exer-
else and ramble through the grounds. Dom
Fernando is pleasant and mild-looking gen
tleman, apparently about forty-eight years Of
age.
Miss Hensler is blonde and rather good
looking, without being handsome. She ap-
peared to be twenty-eight or thirty years of
age.
Finishing our inspection of the castle and
the old Cork Convent where
"Deep in yon cave Honorius long did dwell,
In hope to merit heaven by making earth NELL"
we returned to Lisbon.
A night or two afterwards we attended the
Grand Opera House. The royal box was oc-
cupied by the King, his younger brother, and
| by Dom Fernando. Next to the royal box
was that of the ministers of the crown, several
of whom were present in their uniform. The
! King was in the uniform of Field Marshal.
Dom Fernando had no eyes flor the opera,
but his glances, aside of his glass, were
directed continuously to box nearly oppo-
site, but in higher tier. Here was seated
Miss Hensler, the eX-Kings chere aHlje. Be-
tween the two, constant signs communicated
their thoughts, which were laughable to be-
hold. This continued during most of the
performance, and was noticed by most of the
audience.
1t appears that Miss Hensler had been an
opera-singer, and while performing at Lis
bon had attracted the attention of the lonely
ex-King, and a mutual arrangement soon
followed.
1t is altogether probable that the court
scandal attending this BaiS0H for the past
three or four years, and a desire on the part
of Miss Hensler to mix in court society," from
which she has hitherto been exclnded, has
impelled the ex-royal debauchee to enact the
farce of mOrpanatic MARRIAGE.
There has been a rumor of late that Dom
Fernando might be called to the throne of
Spain, in which event his morganatic bride
would be as ruthlessly thrust aside for a
marriage detdt for which there are many pre-
cedents.
We are inclined to the opinion that our
American bellies will not be much attracted or
go into ecstacies over this n1eSdUidllce or as
it is conveniently termed, morganatic mar
riage.
PHI ID