Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-06
IA PRINCES BRIDE.
Xxx ARDENT woorEa or TIE COUNT
DE BRA0ANzA.
frineess Amelie and Her Aiiiahce WIN
the Heir TO the rhroneoi
4 Portugal.

<*Prfbcess Amtie dUrie.hs, '. a. ~
The Count dc Paris. and thc Coun, "e DIG.
ganza. of Portugal, Is undoace9y = wv w
match. but when The cosn. ~ -. -
asked for the hand Of his oaskaS.' ~ eau
he ro.st think it over. Traditioh sna po~
s =. s'. ennsldcralions required that his
,s',ss,sy,s husband should be prince OF
ss,saiic dynasty. aud OF these there
a,,iv seven in Eprope-those who
~ o,cy the monarcbies OF Austria
Ill., ,.u.syv. Italy, Spain, Portugal, Bel
bavaria. and Saxony. The
80 10 Inc Austrian throne was married 10
a,roetsr Of the King OF the Belgians:
,he prince Royal OF Italy was too young;
No one could tel for few months yet who
v,o,ia ~ the successor OF Alfonso Kill;
,be heir apparent Of the King OF the Bel
oiaps was not yet OF a manageable age;
ibe King Of Bavaria was the only bachelor
monarch In Europe. but be was crazy and
had no matrimonial iDelluatons, while the
her apparent To his throne was married
10 niece Of the Countess de Cham
boId, and, finally, the bcir Of King
Albeit OF Saxony was the husband
OF Portuguese Princess. There was no
lody left but dc Bfsganzs, who was avail
able as . husband for the Princess Amelie
,l'Orleans. SO the Count gave II out that
be was willing, anu thoreupon a Minister
PlenipOtentiary was sent from Lisbon 10
Paris 10 formally demand the hand OF the
Princes on behalf OF King LUZ !. for his
son. the heir apparent. Since then there
las been a good deal OF ado about II, and
what with getting appror riations passed for
the Portuguese Prince and the trousseau
prepared for the French Princess, the re-
specire parents II the happy pair have
been led pretty lively dance. Perhaps
, the ones most worried were the royal
fathers 81 the contracting couple.
The King and the Count de Paris are
both striking persouages. King Dom Luiz
/. OF Alcantara Is Don Ferdinand's second
sor, and Il was not until after the death OF
his elder brother, King Perre ", in 1861.
that be came TO the throne. He was then
tw enty-three years OF age, and captain In
the Portuguese navy. lie has travelled
extensively, and Is an accomplished lin
euist. Some years ago he published
translation into Portuguese OF ShakSpeare's
"Hamei," and quite recently translation
OF OtheIlo" from bis pen was printed
in Lisbon. All that he publishes ap-
pears with his name on the title.
page, In which peculiarly ne differs
from the general run OF crowned
authors, who usually cover their PERSONAL
ily in literary D'atters by pseudonym.
Besides literature, he deyOtes large part
OF his time 10 science and also 10 painting,
sculpture, and music. There Is an orches-
tra IN Lisbon which never plays anywhere
else except In the royal palace, and never
there unless the Ring IS present. lie likes
TO spend his evenings at the theatre, gene
rally at the san Carlos Opera House. He
fulfls his duties as sovereign with ppDcti-
lious fidelity, holds himself aloof from pOliti-
cal rartits, and Is a constitutional monarch
who Is very popular with his subjects.
No matter how high political excite
mont may run among his subjects
the King goes Qrt on foot or In his car
Iiagc alone and uuaccompanied by guards
or escort. The royal civil list OF Portugal
Is a modest Onc--Oniy $1,000 900 but the
King possesses a large private fortune and
q great many valuable estates which have
come 10 him a. the bead of the family. aud
which are strictly cntalled. Personally the
King is a man Of medium heightand rather
stOui. His round lace recalls the features
oi the family 10 y hich he belongs his COM
plt EXON Is rather ford and his hair quite
gray. as ale also his mOusiache and i'm
yeriol, Tut in spite OF this fact he
does rot look his agc-foTty-e igh,-by hall
a GC16n years. The Braganzas Of Portugal
prince OF that royal French line having
SIT up a throne for himself on The banks OF
the lagus i'm the eleventh century. There
are now five European monarchies ruled
over 10y French dyna,ties: Portugal. by the
house Of burgundy; Spain, by the house OF
bourbon; Austria. Hungary, by the house
Of Lorraine; Italy, by the house of Savoy.
and Norway. ~ the BernadOttcS, whom
Napoleon raised 10 influence and power
TO these may be added the Empire OF
Brazil, which is ruled over by
branch Of the reigniug family Of
Portugal, while the marriage OF the
Count d'Eu, ION OF the Duke dc
MontpeusiCr, will eventually place the
Food of the orleans family on the only
throne which exists in the New World.
All these Gyuasties are closely related to
each her 10y intermarriagos, and the blood
Of the BragaBzas is mixture to which the
Bourbons, the SaXe-CoburgS Gotha, and
the SayOys have each contributed. The
grandfather Of the young Duke Don Fer
diuand. who died few months ago. was
taken from the SaXe-Coburg Gotha race 10
De the "royal cousort" Of Marie III. de
Gloria. Queen Of Portugal, Just as another
nan 81 the same German Limily was chosen
for Queen Victoria.
with whose name We Americans are some
Whist familiar. Louis Philippe Albert
d'OrlcanS Comte de Paris was born in 1898.
in 1854 he married his first cousin,
daughter of Duke de Montpensier, and by
her has had several children. He is tall,
robust, pOwerfuI-lOoking man, with light
chestnut hair, beard. and moustache, and
gentle, kindly expression about his face.
Hisyoict Is low and the tones are measured.
" hat impress1s those who come In contact
With him Is his evident anxiety TO place
every body with whom he conyerseS,
even Strangers, completely at their
case. His manner is both serious and
simple, aud he listens attentiyely 10 what
Is being said by Others before answering.
" hen he does 50 IL Is IN calm and dispas-
siOnate tones, 10 matter What may be the
subject concerning which be may be eX-
pressing an opinion. He has travelled a
great deal and Is thoroughly familiar with
England, Germany, Spain, and Italy, in
which countries he spent many years. He
Las also visited Greece, Turkey, the Holy
Land, Egypt, aud the United States. While
in America he served on the stan OF Gene
raj Mcclellan during the whole OF the Pc
campaign. a large portion OF his
life has been given 10 study, and this
has resulted IN the production OF
several works. The earlier OF these
treat OF the position OF the work
ing classes IN England. Others relate 10
the Eastern question; but the most i'm
portant of his literary productions is his
{" History of the Civil War in America" a
large and exhaustive work, generally adj
mitted 10 be one OF the best military ac-
counts thus far produced Of that long and
severe struggle. Although the sympathles
OF the author were entirely with the North,
HE work is stamped with great impartiallty
and fairness. Speaking OF II, General Me-
Clellan once said: "The author has dis
played ia writing this work an amount OF
literary talent, lmpartiality. patient labor.
and correct judgment which have, in the
opinion Of many competent judges, placed
him Ia the front rank Of the historians OF
our civil war"
The Duke de BIaganza was born on Sep
tember 2sih--that also Is the birthday OF his
bnde-IsG2. lie Is blonde young man,
intelligent, and manly. Boys
will be boys" said he In effect when he
first saw Amelie d'Orleans, and then he
made love 70 her as though he hadn't been |
born In palace. The "spoony" way IN |
which the young Prince OF Denmark |
" ent on with the daughter Of the Duke dc |
Cbarifcs while ia Paris last September was
mild counting compared with Bragsnza's