New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-25
THE LAST OF THE BOURBONS.
THE CoMTE DE CHAMBoRD DEAD.
SKETCH OF HIS cAREER-Hls QUIET LIFE AT fRohS-


Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonne
de Bourbon d'Artois. Duo de Bordeaux, whose death
Erob.oorf vssterday is announced the last rep
OF the elder branch of the House OF BOURBON
He was bornin the rueries Paris, on
His father was Charles Ferdinand. Due dc Berry, se
ond son Of the Comte dArtos tafterward Charles - u
his mother as Caroline Ferdlnande Louise
daughter OF Francis l., King OF the Two cI'lHe1
When the Bourbons restored 10 the flenon
| throne In 1914 the male members VI
the family were the following; Louis XVIII an oiu ana
childless widower; his brother and heir presunpo'
| the Comte dArtois, and the latters sous, tuo ~
| d'Angouleme and the Due de Berry Ihe Duo
dAngouieme was married, but his marriage was par
rem one and continuance OF the line deVoNeu upo
| the Due de Berry, The Duo de Berry was married III
1916 his wife being woman ofmany excellent TERMINUS
qualities but not beautiful one His first chd
ter died early n life His second, born september 81
1919 was also daughter, Louise de Bourbon mucn "
| the disgust Of the Legitlmists, VINO hao oesn
| hoping for q son. for the crown could not ~
tn a woman Nearly Eve months later, on February lo'
1920 the Duke was asssssinated by Lauvel sauuer,
and died the following day 1t seemed theh lh"' t Gnu
OF the French Bourbon line had been reacAeu D"' '
Legtmists were at last made happy ana tue OTIe"s'
unhappy py the announcement seven months ater tue
Dukes death, OF the birth OF the Due dc borueauA'
When the youpg princes birth announced the Due
d'Orleans issued from London protest against inc
legitimacy Of the babe, but the Bouroons had Deen
hrewd enough to see there no doubt on tnat
| point
THE COUNTS FIRST APPEARANCE BEFORE THE
PEOPLE.
The Young prince made his appearance before the
Partisan popuace on the afternoon of the day of his
BIRTH his heroic and ndonitabe mother holding him
aloft the crowd that filed the garden OF the
Tuileres. He baptized at Notre Dame with great
pemp aud In water brought from the Jordan by NJ dc
| ChaIeaubriand. He received the title OF DUO
| de Bordeaux because Bordeaux took tue lead
| IN declaring for the BOurbons In 1sl4 al
though had done nothing for them go long rs the Issue
between Napoleon and the Allies was In serious DOUBT
Lamartlne wrote poem the Child OF the Miracle,
and the Legtmlsts looked upon tho young prince as
special gift above. His family thought SO, TOO ana
| named him DleudOnne. The Legitimsts, wishing 10
give some solid evidence OF their great satisfaction
| started a public subscription and purchased Tor
| the young prince the noble estate and
| chateau of Chambord, near Blois. This chateau
| Is famous as the work OF Francis L., Henry H.
| and Louis XIV, aud "a the residence OF Diana
of Poers and stapisaus King OF Poland Until AFTER
the revolution OF 1880 the young boy was known AS
the Due de Bordeaux but during the exile of the Bour
| bons he assumed the title OF Come de CnaHeord.
Durtnr the mast few years his manfestOs have been
signed Henri and his pertsans have called him Henry "
The young Count u fayori.e OF Louis XVIII and
| OF his graplfather, Charles X Louis XVIII died on
September It, 1924 and the Comte dArteis succeeded
him as Charles X When Frauce against the Bourbons
in July $780, Charles X abdicated in favor of the Due
de Bordeaux the Dauphin cOnsentnR, and proclaIna-
ii on was Issued signed Henri But these efforts III behalf
of the boy came The people preferred tie
Due d'OrlSsns. and on August 9, 1880, Louis Phlppe
declared King OF France by the Chambers Eighteen
years later 10 asdoaed In favor of his grandson the
Comte de Paris; but the latter never assembled the
throne for the Republic folowedthe reign OF MS grand
| father.
| HIS EDUCATION, TRAVELS AND MARRIAGE.
On August 49, $780, Charles Y and his family sailed
from Cherbourg for Scotland where they remained for
about two years Then they went to Prague. aud In
| 1886 Goritz, where Charles X died In
| November The exkng frequently mourned
! over the foolish advice his roacuonary
Ministers had given him when he sat on The throne but
tails prevent him from having his grandson cdu
Gated in all the principles which had led to hs own
| downfall The Count was twelve years old when the
exiles LETT Scotland for Southern Austra. The Duchess
| de Berry did not accompany them. She was frantic
with indignation at what she termed the cowardly
uslrDatiou OF the Due dOrlta0s. and she vowed
| she would take from him by violence the throne ne
| had stolen from her son Going into tue Vendee
| she did much 10 foment the iRsurrectioa there But
her ehors ended failure for she arrested ana I'M
psOned and forced 10 confess tnat she had contracted
| a secret marriage. While she was prisoner In the
fortress OF Blaye her much with her. but his
grandfather soon took steps TO separate taem This
WIS Unfortunate for the boy. for the Duchess was
woman Of noble qualities while the courters who
had Joined exiied king Gorz were for the most
| part narrow.minded old gentlemen, stepped In
| eigotry, political well religious. and quite
unfit teach any practical lessons OF
life the royal boy In the society OF these stneced
IeRtmsts the young prince learned to be honest but
obstinate and proud Of his rank and supposed mission In
He infatuated either to clearly what
ought be the object OF his TO understand by
what that object to be sought. The spelling
OF the bov was completed when he began, at sixteen
years OF age, to make tour through Austria Hungary
Germany Lombardy and the STATES OF Rome and Naples
| being received everywhere with the hOnors due n
| crowned king
| When the Cemte do Chamb0rd was twentyOne years
old Louis Phiippes position the throne appeared TO
be INSECURE many people thought that II the young
and comedy heir of the BourDons would mount horse
back and show himself In the Vendee he would light
a civil promising az that which the Carsts were
tanning IN Spain But fan from horse NJ Kirchberg.
which broke the thigh bone Of HIS left leg and laned him
for life, prevented the carrying of any such PLAN for
| exercise on horseback then physically painful to
him The fan alec shook his nervous system severely
that he again became quite the man he had boon
befGre the accident Resumng his travels IN 1913 the
Count visited Prussia and Great Britain aud IN Noyen-
Der ne openly announced himself IA claimant 10 the
French throne He set up little in Belgrave-
square, London where ne visited by many French
| mobiles and deputies.
In November. 1916, the Count married Marie Thtrsse
Beatrice Gaetane (born July IA 1870 the eldest daugh
OF Francis ~, Duke Of Modena She brought him
dover OF about 500 600 happy pair went to
live In the Castle Of Frohsdorf Vienna. There
| they surrounded by a highly cultivated and
| Enthusiastically orthodox society, which the
| Leg1umists wont 10 call the "trne
| France" protesting deep contempt for the flip
psDces and inmoralities Of modern PARA society.
his QUIET LIFE AT FRoHsDoRF.
Although the world has generally supposed that the
| Count constantly watching for the crown 70 drop
from head Of Louis Philippe. the Revolution ls4s
took him by surprise lie issued feeling manifesto
but he urged to stir up the Breton Provinces