Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-19
The Spanish Marriage.


The marriage of the Infanta Eulalia
and the only son Of the Duke and
Duchess Of Montpensier will take place
on the 9th, in the royal chapel Of the
Madrid Palace. The ceremony is to be
quite private, on account Of the Court
mourning, and the bride Is the only oae
who will not appear in black. The
wedding-dress is superb gift of the
bridegroom and has cost several
thousand pounds. 1t is all white,
of the richest satin, covered with
Brussels lace; the court train IS
richly embroidered by hand, and, like
the dress, has been made by a Madrid
modiste. The veil is also of Brussels
lace, and has the arms Of CASTLE
worked in it, Nearly all the Infanta'S
trouSseau has been made in Madrid, as
the Queen Regent wished to give work
10 many who are in distress this winter
The underclothing is very dainty in-
deed, all done by hand and embroidered
by the nuns. who are noted for being
very clever with their needles. Queen
Christina presents the bride with the
trousseau. and Queen Isabella, the In
fanta Isabel, and the Princess Of Ba-
varia have given her several beau
tiful dresses. The Montpensiers pre-
sent their future daughter.in-law
with a magnificent coronet Of diamonds.
Prince Antonio has given his bride
complete parure of the same precious
stones. Besides these the Infanta ha,
received other jewelry Of great value
from her parents aud sisters. The
Queen has given her a complete set of
brilliants. She has had many presents
from the royal household and the
Madrid aristocracy but what she
prizes most is a bronze cast Of King
Allonso's head, the first that has been
made of the King since be died. All
these beautiful presents, besides the
trousseau, are laid out in one Of the
palace saloons, and can be visited by
those who have received special invita-
tions.
The Madrid palace has now bright
er aspect with the presence Of the Mont
pensiers and Francisco de Assis. The
meeting between Queen Isabella and
her husband, whom she had not seen
for seven years. was the work Of the
widowed Queen. The Infantas met
their father at the station, and the two
Queens remained In the palace. Queen
Isabella was not very much pleased
with her daughter-in.law for hav-
ing invited the rather neg elected
father Of the bride to the wed
ding but when she met her husband
in the palace she was very much moved,
and the old feud was forgotten. Fran
cisco de Assis remained few hours at
the Escurial before he entered Madrid,
and be visited the grave Of his unfortu-
nate son Alfonso. The late King often
tried to reunite his parents, but never
could succeed. 1t seems strange that
his wish should have been fulfilled so
soon after his death and that his young
widow should have done it. Francisco
de Assis did not know his little grand
and had never returned to
Spain since his sons marriage with the
unfortunate Queen Mercedes. He does |
not seem to have changed much since |
then. and is TO be seen constantly |
driving with the Queen and Infantas in |
the Casa de Campo. Since the Kings |
death the members of the royal family |
have never once been seen in the Retro
drive or Castellana. The Casa de
Campo" is large estate on the out
skirts Of Madrid, and there the Queen
goes, without any state, her carriage
being a large closed landau, with coach.
nan and footman in black liyeries.
Two mounted civil guards are her sole
,sc0rt.
Prince Antonio Of Montpensier is only
two years younger than the
Infanta Ealalis. He is very good-look-
ng, with long fair beard, and is rather
tout. With his sister, the Countess Of
Paris, he will share the immense for
une which the Duke Of Montpensier
sill leave them. Don Antonio is a
lieutenant in crack cavalry regiment,
md after his marriage with the Infanta
hey will reside in the royal palace a.
Aranjuez, as his regiment is qusrtered