Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-04-11
Marrying Foreign Titles.

Marrying Foreign Titles.
A LIST OF AMERICAN LADIES WHO HAVE
| FORMED UNHAPPY ALLIANCES.
[From the Washington Post]
| Some time ago it occurred to me to
make list of the American ladies who
at different periods have married foreign
noblemen, and with the aid of friend
who has long resided in Paris have sue
ceeded in drawing up one of formidable
length. though of course by no means ex-
haustive or complete. AS no Partisan
opera house is said now to be complete
without its American singer, so shortly
will no arlstocratic family in Europe be
thought entirely alive to what is due to
its station without an American alliance.
Time was when the marriage of one of
our bells to titled foreigner created an
immense social sensation in the brides
native land. 1t was so when the Misses
Cation. of Baltimore. espoused respective
ly the Duke Of Leeds, the Marquis OF
Wellesley and Lord Stafford when Miss
Bingham. of Philadelphia, married Lord
Ashburton. and when Miss Caroline Nc
Knight, of Bordentown, welded the Count
de Bonxhoevden, the head of an ancient
Russian family. But times are changed
now, and such marriages have grown so
fr6nnpnt fpoOro3c ho ;trN fn
elicit comment. Nay, in our times, we
have seen a Bourbon sue vainly for the
fair hand of Lowell girl, maiden mill
lionaire, and the daughter of Mrs. John
W. Mackey could long ere this have been
allied to royalty had the fancy taken her.
Of course Miss Patterson, of Baltimore,
who married Jerome Bonaparte, leads the
list in brilliancy of alliance as we'll as pri-
| orlty OF date. N other American woman
has ever espoused the brother Ut an En-
peror. himself future King. Miss Elsie
Hensler, of Boston, comes in ''good Sec
ond" as the wife of the ex-King of Portu-
gal. Then comes Miss Lee, of New York,
the wife Of the Prince de Noer. uncle to
Prince Christian, of Schleswig- H olestein,
and consequently aunt by marriage to the
Princess Helena, of England. Two of the
Murats. Lucien and Achille, married
American ladies; the first having espoused
Mis- Fraser, southern lady, and the lat.
ter Miss Willis. OF Virginia. Long
years ago Miss Williams, of Georgetown,
D. G., married the Russian Count Bodis-
co. Also to remote period belong the
marriages of Miss Mexican to the Marquis
d'Yrujo, Miss Cadwalader. of Philadel.
phia, to the Lord Erskine, and Miss Mary
Jones, of New York, to the Count de Tro-
BRAND. OF more recent unions may be
cited those of the Misses Yznaga, of New
York. the one to Lord Vaudeville, eldest
son of the Duke of Manchester, and the
other to Sir John Lister Kaye. Miss Min
ME King, OF Georgia, became the March,.
oness of Anglesey. Miss Jerome, of
New York, is Lady Randolph Churchill.
Miss Motley, of Boston, married Sir Will
liam Harconrt. The daughter of Senator
Sharon is Lady Thomas Fermer Hesketh.
OF the two daughters of Mr.. Joseph Fish
er, OF New Y ork, the elder became the
Countess d'Aramon, and the younger
Countess Gherardesci, the husband of the
latter being descendant of Dante's 'Ugo-
lio." Miss Parsons, of Ohio, is the Prin-
cess de Lynar. Miss Haight, of New
York, married the Duke della Tore. Mr.
Ben Holidays daughters. now both dead
we're, the Baroness de Bussiere and the
other Counties de Pourtales. Miss Meto
Mccall, of Philadelphia, married Count
Diesbach, of Switzerland. Miss CHS
ohm, South Carolina, is the Countess
1eonetti. The two daughters of Mr.
Phalen, Of New York, espoused in Paris,
one the Marquis de Gabriac and the other
the Count de Narbonne. Miss Ridgway,
of Philadelphia, is the Marquise de Ga
ney. Miss Won Hoffman, of New ork,
became the Marquise de Mores by her
marriage with the emily son of the Duke
de Vallambrosa. In Italy the Prin-
cess Brancaccio was Miss Field, of
New York; the Princess Vicovaro.
of the Cenci family, was Miss Lorillard
Spencer; and the Princess Ruspoli
Miss Broadwood, of New Orleans. Miss
Davis, of New York, married the Duke
di Start Miss Roberts, of Philadelphia,
is now the Countess CALI. The Countess
Giannetti was Miss Kinney, the Coun-
tess Barbolini Amade1, Miss Lewis, of
Connecticut. and the ::Marchesa Teodoli,
was Miss Conrad. Miss ZEN niman, of
New York, married the Baron de Bril-
mont. In France we find. also, the
Duchess de Praslin. miss Forbes). the
Mar4uise de TalleyrandPerrigord miss
Curtis). and the Countess de Chraigny
miss Stevens)-all three ladies being
from New York. The Baroness de Char
rette was Miss Polk, of Tennessee. Miss
Blake, of Boston, married the Viscount
de Coetlogon. Miss Miltenberger, of
New Orleans, is the Viscountess de Roys,
Miss Blunt, of Mobile, is the Baroness de
Riviere. The two Misses Slidell became,
the one Countess de st. Romans, and tue
other Baroness Erlanger. The two Misses
Thorn. of New York, are the Baroness de
Pierre and the Countess de Ferusac. Miss
Ledoux, of New Orleans. married recent
ly the Marquis de Valori. Miss Nudge,
of New Orleans (afterward Mrs. Wilmer
ding, is now the Countess de Meffray, and
Miss French, of Albany, the Countess
Susannet. In Belgium Baron Villain
Quartorze married Miss Gordon, of Ohio,
and Miss Detmold, of New York, became
the Baroness d. Aerschott. Miss Hunger
ford, sister of Mrs. John w. Mackey.
married Count Telfener. of Italy. Miss
Gillinder, of New York. became the