St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-11

Oscar has presumably little to lose,
since his elder brother, Prince Gustav,
has already two sons, and the prospects
Of his ever being called upon to ascend
the throne are very distant and shadOWy.
In fact, Prince Oscar is quite content,
not only to renOunce prospective ruler
ship, but to submit, in Norway at least,
to giving UP the title Of royal highness
and to be known simply as Lieut.. Berna-
dOtte. The marriage will shortly take
place at Bournemouth, England. The
ceremony will be performed by the
Swedish consul.
1t will be the first time in 800 years
that prince of Sweden will marry the
daughter of private gentleman.
Prince Oscars bride is beautiful
girl, and brings only her charming and
estimable character as dover to her hus-
tie birth, her family belonging to
the lower order of Swedish nobility.
She was appointed lady of the chamber
in waiting on the Crown Princess Vic
toria of Sweden, in October, 1885, when
her royal highneSS visited Carlsruhe to
attend the wedding of her brother, the
hereditary prince of Baden. While
visiting the German courts Miss Munck
was greatly admired for her beauty, and
in Berlin is said to have attracted the
attention of Kaiser William. On her
return to Sweden Miss Munck became
engaged to wealthy young officer be-
longing to crack cavalry regiment,
and everything was prepared for the
marriage. But suddenly the engage
ment was broken, Miss Munck having
discovered that her betrothed had not
given her his affection exclusively.
She retired from court for some time,
refusing all attempts at reconciliation
When she returned she had lost her
former high spirits, but with her beauty
considerably enhanced. She then ac-
companied the crown princess to Am
sterdam and there was first met by
Prince Oscar, naval officer on board
the VanadiS. just returned from vOy-
age around the world. The prince fell
in love with Miss Munck at first sight,
but the king and queen refused to give
their approval to an engagement. The
course of affairs that followed is thus
described:
Miss Munck resigned her place at
court, but received special mark of
their majesties' regard for her charac-
tribution of the royal charities to the
poor. In the city of Stockholm, among
the sick and destitute, her constant
yisitationS for the relief of misery
in their humble dwellings are
gratefully remembered, and during sew
eral months she performed the services
of one of the lady nurses at the 'HOme
for the Sick" established by the queen,
in place of lady who had become an
invalid from overwork. Prince Oscar. a
young man of strong religious and
benevolent feelings, himself accustomed
to visit the poor in their distress, entirely
sympathized with Miss Munck in this
charitable mission.
The prince is said to be the happiest
of men. After the honeymoon the
young couple will settle in Carlskrona,
the naval establishment in Southern
Sweden, where the prince will be sta
toned. The prince is perfect giant in
size, standing six feet six inches. He
wears long blond hair and a somewhat
rough beard, and gives promise of be-
coming perfect picture of an ancient
viking. The bride is described as a
perfect type of Northern beauty as
sung in the Sagas." The prince was
born in 1859, and is a great grandson of
the famous French marshal whose
name he will henceforth bear. Now
that the king and queen are content
with the match, Swedish society has
gracefully accepted the inevitable, and
is enjoying the romance of the royal
love story. The marriage will come
under the head of mesalliances, Prince
Oscars remuneration of his rights pre-
venting it being classed as a morgan
attic one.
Morganatic marriages are of frequent
occurrence in European royal and i'm
perial houses. The conduct of Prince
Oscar of Sweden is universally ac-
knowledged to be more honorable in Civ.
ing up wealth and title and renouncing
his claims to a throne in order to make
Miss Ebba Munck his legitimate wife.