, 1880-06-06
MARIE LOUISE.
A Souvenir of n Forgotten Kmpress.

Lovpox, May 5s@4 e.: l|1yRmi5' Vionna correspondent
here by he sudden insanity Of une Of Austria S
highest dIenitarics, Prince William Of Monte
nuovo, son Of the Archduchess Marie Louise,
formerly wife Of Napoleon J., by her second and
morgannttc marriage with Count de Neipperg.
Pecunfary trouble was the cause OF bis mis-
fortune.
gotten history. Few persons remember that the
wife Of Napoleon and ex-Empress OF France
consoled herself for the loss Of husband and
throne, first by an illicit union, and afterward
By q rnorganattc-or "left-handed marriage
with her own chamberlain, the Count de Neip-
perg mentioned above. Fewer still, ne fancy,
were awnre that n son was born to them,
that rather Interesting fact being omit
ted from most, II not all Of thu bi-
ographies. Indeed, Murfe Louise, though
an Austrian Archduchess and daughter
of Francis l. and Maria Theresa of Naples, only
attracted the worlds notice while she shared the
fortunes Of the Corsican soldier, and when sep
arnted from him al once sank into Obscurfty and
contempt. Born In l79t, she was married to Ma
poleon In 1910, he hoping by this marriage to OBJ
tain an heir who would perpctuate his empire
and dynasty, and also to get foothold in the
Royul fam lilies of Europe; Metternich and his
master hoping thereby to gain time, for the par
tia1 restora ton OF their badly crippled Govern
ment, 80 that when opportunity offered Austria
might be In condition to take vengeance upon
France. Mettelnich, in his recently published
involved the sacrifice Of the Archduchess,
and tells the arguments he used to secure her
unwilling consent. Her reluctance was not
been taught that the French were nation of
c1tthroats, and that Napoleon was horrible
monster.-a second "seo4rge OF God, sent FOR
Grafton. Tet, if VIC mny trust contemporary
testimony, she seems to have been very agree,
hD5 onc M se
Kind; . weak and frivolous character;
; panloa. s' Young. aa s. fresh. T and % handso@e,- ne
- pure pink and white beauty, she appears
to have fascinated Napoleon as much as it was
possible to faseinate such a man, and he treated
her with the utmost kindness from beginning to
end of their brief married life. Tho birth Of 9
son, the lpcklcss King ct Rome: deepened1
Rb Wsen in as1s he eft Paris to ead the the
army IN . desperate and disastrous
little she deserved this afechonate confidence
WIS proved the next year. the fatal lsl4; Refus-
ing, on the plea of il-hcalth, to share his exile
allied % powers and received tbs Duchies Of Parma
and Paccntia and retired thither with the hus-
band sd interImI;SsipPerg, 70 There 16:4 she re-
Napoleon felt the deserton keenfy, but in con-
versations at Elba and St. Helena always spoke
Of her kindly, attributing her heartless conduct
to family influence rather than to real motive.
Yet he called the Austrian marriage ian abyss
covered with flowers recognizing when too late
Louiso. S .'Thh The " whirgg OF nns: tine" brought
its 'revengcs." The son OF Napoleon and Marie
and while be lived was. mere cipher in the
Court which hated his fathers name. The son
Of Josephine, Eugene Hcauharnais: mingled bis
twenty years. Josephine viii be tendcEly re-