The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-05
eowANCE IN ROYALTY
.. Letisia to Marry Her Uncle.
the Duc D'Aoste.
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~ss Leffffa TO Marty MFR 80
the Duc D'Aoste.
New York Sun.
rox Aug. 1.-THE marriage OF
LV a.. d,Aeste with his niece, the
ne ~, az Prince Napoleon and
dangl fqotilde OF Savoy, viii take
ff'nossa,lv IN September, in the same
pisce 20 - the wear in which eighteen
msha seo the revolution drove the
year g;rl and her family from the
yolns Paral and from France. The
fals. s. "a to-day was only 4 years old
hxl.e she vent into exile with her
sbs h.- and she has spent her youth
moshs .. =, prsneins in Switzerland and
P a-tIy in Moneaiieri, royal resltience
ts1 70 to the house OF savoy. STU
- II no great distance from Turin,
81 ~ 70 which the first PIedmontese
ss@.:I,oad was constructed.
aunt al H. reverses which politics had
~ ~ II had been decided that
a sa1sss Cjotiide should keep her
f sIrar,'ter with her and watch over her
aas.sst;on in Italy, while her two sons,
e s.a.ss ana Louis. remained in France
49, .he fortunes Of their father
70 snA. a,,are themselves for an efner-
al = an the members Of the family
fsa.s 80 meet only during the holidays.
ss..la PRINCES Leiitia grieyed bitterly
= - ENG separated from her brothers.
A. mother tried in every possible
~ =. cheer and smuse ler. to get her
eAs.rri,sri 10 her lie IN Piedmont
'ss.:la fostering a sincere affection for
- sasherland. France. country TO
~h;eh she, however, has never re-
.,',rs.i. The young girl gradually be-
re =, y, very fond OF Aoncaleiri, large
saasssIlated building standing on an
s..srsnce surrounded By the Alps, and
Unlocking the rapid windings OF the
s;rsr "a. There Princess Cietilde her
Iii With her brothers, King Umberto
"a he uuc d'Aoste. and her sister,
Ts.;a pia. the queen of Portugal, had
sr's,,f their childhood. together with
He Iast and delicate son Of Victor
rr,an,iel the Prince Of Monseirat,
ubo died quite young. Victor Eman-
uel had made present OF this place
n his daughter when she was banished
from France. and walking with Prin-
cess Letitia through the long picture
gallery she would point out to the
child all her glorious ancestors, from
Uumlert BlaRehss Maeris down to
Charles Albert. One wing Of the cas-
tie was transformed by her into sort
Of hospital or home for the old and
iniirm OF the house OF Savoy, where
she taught the child TO tend them
with her own hands.
Although the habits and tastes OF
Princess Clotilde are simple 10 auster-
ity and her piety almost monas.ic. yet
she has never attempted to submit
others TO the mode OF life she prefers.
Her own private apartments are
plainly and unpretendingly furnished,
but those of her lady in waiting.
Baroness Barber, are replete with
eYry Partisan elegance and luxury,
and Princess Letitia, born at the
Paiais Royal, has grown TO woman
hood with all the courtly refinements
which became a girl who might one
DAY be called upon ts occupy throne.
There are two distinct and complex
natures in Princess Clotilde. She IS at
Dnce the noble daughter OF royal
house and the humble and pious sister
II mercy. When the inhabitants of
Turin and Moncalieri see somber-
lad figure go By, followed by q single
ootman. they know that Nostrn Santa
; bent on an errand OF charity to
ONE hospital or stricken bedside
when two elegant and dashing horse
women, mounted on splendid thor
pass swiftly through the
ALLEYS and mountain gorges. the
'illagers exclaim: Eco nosirG ffin-
ipessa and bare their heads before
'rincess Ciotilde and Princess Letitia.
The mother, who rides rs well and
earleSs as the daughter, always ac-
ompauies the latter IN her rambles,
ven when her two sons Join them and
enture on more distant excursions.
Maternal example and maiernG,
have trained Princess Lett
% into an accomplishe,, woman: she
Il go61a ,inguist, paints well, and is
}nd of Music; she is tolerant, charit-
bic, aniiabIe and extremely sincere;
all and strong, she has the features
( the Bonapartes With the peculiarly
ensitiye mouth OF the house OF Savoy;
he recalls the two different types OF
,eauty OF Queen Adelaide, her Aus
rian grandmother, and OF the mother
( the first consul, whose name she
ears. she has realized her mothers
fish by her affection for France, and
Nc Joins Princess Clotille IN sending
early n sum of money 90 the poor OF
he parish of 81. Roach in Paris, for
: the princess wrote To the venerable
Ibbe Millault, There are duties of
which revolutions DO not atfranehiso
IS
Prince Napoleon has always been on
he best of terms with his brother-ln-
aw. the Duke d'Aosie, and Is entirely
atisiied with the approaching union.
Is soon as lac ascertained the real
tate Of his daughters feelings toward
Ter snitor, he gave his gratiiied and
-ordial consent. he even told 4 friend
i prangins quite lately that this mar
iage would prove the consolation of
Ms OLD age. The kes which bind him
o the hou OF Sa oy date from long
ime back when, in the same city oi
Turin, where the nuptlals are TO be
the cousin OF Napoleon
III. issued the proclamation, as head
II the Filth army corps, which heraided
he Independence of Italy
The career of the Duke dAoste IS
perhaps as remarkable as any record
Il in the history OF this century. and
here Is In his nature and character
enough OF chivalry and romance TO
Justify the love of young gifl. In
IS70 the second son of Victor En-
manuel was a tall, soldierly-looSing
man with brilliant eyes, short-cropped
hair, and the long moustaehe OF the
sarivnnns. Erect in his martial figure.
he was far handsomer than father and
brother, and when Spain IN quest Of Q
ruler, disappointed ia her hopes 81
The Prince Of Hoheuzollern, offered
him the sccptre, he seemed a nttng
subject for such IN honor. His father
had Just annexed Rome. and, con
soious that Catholic spain might AZ
any time resent this act. hc was not
Ia see his son master OF hef
lestinies on the 3Sta Of December,
iSg1, the Duke started Tor MadTid.
on reaching Carthagena he learned
that Gen. prim, his stauuch supporter,
had been hrUtallv murdered IN broad
daylight in the streets OF the capital
rs he was leaving the Cortes. This
cast gloom over has re
ception and proved i fatal omen Tor
King Amadeus omen promptly JUS
titled by the opposition OF the press,
the hostile attitude of parliament and
Of the people, and when, later on, the
Carlist faction entered the list against
him, the last hopes of the paclucatlon
OF the peninsula through hts accession
to the throne iell ia the ground.
Society WAS even more antagunistic.
When the king appeared al the opera
Il was the signal Ter all the boxes 10
become empty, In ISL his wife,
Queen Maria. daughter of the Prince