New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-30
WIVES OF HESSIAN PRINCES.
PRINCE HENRY'S MORGANATIC MARRIAGE
10 AN OPERA SINGER.

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AS WIVES WHO WERE OF INSIGNIFICANT
RANK-A COUNTESS LAW SUIT.
Darnstad,, Oct. 9TH" great tendency Of the scions
OF the reicnlnS house Of II"Ssc to marry beneath
their station has been Illustrated again In the
eanatic nn!on OF Prince Henry. uncle OF the Grand
Duke" and Fraculcin Nilcna Hrzk. the opera singer.
daughter 81 n court councillor In Agrnm. Hungary.
| Although many members Of tn" nrstrracy wcr"
| surprised tho step taken by Ills liighncsS. 1t
| cannot hc said that the marriage produced great
| sensation. RI" people Of the Grand Duchy have
become accustomed TO n" saianrcs on the part OF
Io>sian princes. thu, n"w ones proiuc" only momen
| ary comment.
| The ely opera house. however. In consequence OF
tho changes Of elevation In rank. has become extremely
popular among Young women with figure. beauty and
voice. II j. said -natnrly In jcs-that owing to
| those possibilities applicants arc willing 10 take loss
salary IN his rapal M in other elite, Of III" Father
land. Il certainly stnncc That three prima donnas.
| within few y'1rS. hav" left tho Darmstadt stage to
slnr, tho trial, and fortunes Of OF prtnecy rank
Prince William. IF Iic>,r the youngest brother Ut tho
| late Grand Dnh". II decade or moro neo. took for
better and the leading lady Of the theatre. IIis
cousin. tho Late King L"nis. NJ Bavaria raised her to
tho rank ~ tho Iavnrian nobility BY comforting upon
| her tho till" Of Taronc>s IrhtenbcrG Tile
| Prince ard M wife lav" I'D happy lif". and their
| home "Ro,"nhocho." I, the trysng place Of the
| rlc.crc,t wi.rI".i and wi,c>t men Of tn" land.
| Ecad"rs ~ The Tribune remember III" sensi-
lion caused few ac, by tn" marriaG" Of Prince
AIcNandcr II Battcnbcrg. the hero y! S'ivzna. and
couin of the i'irninG family. with Frau"in Marie
| Inl.irErr ~. shi,r # Austrian In tn lowest
vail, Of NJ IN member Of h" or"r1 troupe
4 fcw ,.ar> before her -acemen sh" had b f"r
short ,inc In the sar" p n lon With the writer In
| Berlin She wr> a modest yoiGg woman and popular.
but no on" thor" CONSIDERED her especially pretty
| clcv.: att:a'iiv".
| I, r-i.c, -, rl1rln fell Tor
n ,uld.r. l.r attributes -.c:ied to change. 81.
| f,.d -" ;aucy ~ TIC la ;~"nr Alexander TIA, Il"
| lilei / aIs.tr and sister n nm Emperor for the
,,-i,il.g. ~ aGiu- her % tho ALTAR. The Court ~
Hcrim h nrVn" i;"I I'll - hing Iat NIB r- eyer
,ncc hat time bu' T." la, pug uh happily III" even
tenor Of T. Wi; II" fr, e ,cr mp l tiilc - Irrr".
| ,.gIas ,nw the name AM til" %! Count Hartman.
| And irlulin LniHs'r. ,'ancss IIart"nan. has
made him TO-. vito.
| Ito cnur',,ip ~ Iriu" Henry was comparl'lvey
short Tie Dr. met lranl"in lIrzik IN Innnary 20
| 4 tho prc..nt year. II" attracted strongly IT,
vsd the hsir:ul rlr:. hut for months never dreamed
| y y union Win Eor The attention which tho Prime"
| !a,I I'D ur"n rram!oir Ml"na ~ 81" was known on
| ~" .f1s" led p.u". inm"r &, c'ipl" their names.
| Lit Jane IA" report y tl"'r narrar" was sp'e'd
! aIi,aI iri"rch It was untrue Al IA" time. b"
iriur" ,c"rmlrcG /, irt"p the 'orc Of the poop
- ia" i.c = '.od." and n.hcd her /" l~rome his
| WIFE, IT." ,nLnc DIT rot con>"at ~ ONE"
! Prince Horny Vas Itov"r. having married. also
| II orran.ally. ~" EaT"n"s> WlllcH. Lady In
w..is At rAr 'r,3! u .ral r,l;t years before. lnt
Frau!n Nlcua hurri,i &" her fithcr In A:ran. spent
| tho greater part - e.. summer IN reflection. anl
fnallI wiz her Ia"ni- consent accepted the lThces
| prog" II.
The co:l,cn, " ,,i> y"unG Grnnd Duke. rs chief OF
IN" li"u. nf II">.c h"n"v"r. more difficult 10 Sc
| cure. Prince Henry. lor- -" t'rand Duke rr-
maincd unmarried and without children. was the next
In c..Ion 10 The throne. III, by The former
n,arria..c and he ,iilr"n Of Prince William are "a
clul,,. 'r,:u lon ocrouni their pl"h"lan
mother. H., n1}al Ill.n', was therefor" 10th to
slow i, union and TINS destroy his unclr's RICH OF
sur,r,-:on. Iu Prime" Horny waN ~ persistent that
The Grand Dah" finally ;irI'"d II III" Grand Duke
,ho,d 81. vi H." thron" VIII 81 +" Side
! ll:ir ~ ili, Hes i'm hpI>r.
Prime II.nr, and Nj Wiz viii tai" mp their resi-
d,nr. on. id. of til" ,,rani Da,hy F:ankfor: or Wi'>
| ,nd,.n IN Az probability. viii hr t",r homo. tn"
Princes aivi." In governmental affairs has been of
gr.a' ,alu. 10 hi, nephew and his departure from the
| ,apiia, vii b. a cIu," ~ general r",r"f
| In rritr.in. to the m.,a!lanrr' In the llcNNian
family the fac, may also b; recalled that he late trand
Duh. himself was married morsnnaiicny 10 the l"i.
! iiul Hironr,s IL" t"l'nir". NE union waN OF snort
anrs" h"n"yrr n "r "n"a ai Mno T h, na%
rather r"narhah" matrimonial rnr"r ,, Wa ma ar
| ,ar, II legation. ,
INT inorganic ir marriage, have been roniparI. ,
nuu,rru. In other prnrly honNe> Of G"rrnsN irinre
| tharr, Of Baden l. inrrrl"d Ia larolrAs Won Eeu''
now hnown ilc ao!lnts, OF Kh'ha p re s,"ors
to,n;"~s Cnrlow; orln"rl, Nlir Woni'HrkI, n,S"
nikr :annr OF 'Icenhurg To countess Zarnikan
| Prince fhuard Of saN"W"lmar 10 Countess Dorhbnrt
formerly M>, Lennon. Of England and now recogliz,ti
| ss PRINCES: Duke George of SAKE Mcinin;rn 10
Brrncs I":dburg formerly tFnul pnrn rrn"h
svd formerly fmnlin J-I. ~ prn nrma ETe' Ia, OF
| 49, Won rnlkrrc-: Count Adrbcrt Wald"ck 10
The countess ot wald"rk. hor f"anl'ln Won Inrrhrl
Innr" i"iIS q, To, R',, born Frnrnicin Won
Nre,lr aud Prince Nicholas Of NASSAU Is married 10
~ Count, Won HSrmhnrS ''rG T.risn inre
Henry NXVl Of Rcu,s T. also married hiorgahn"'"ny
10 counties Of FTrrs'' i.n ;, morr,,,. arc TO
boar tho puncs and titles 81 Counts ana tOines''s
% Iravcn. hut 10y special enactment me! ar" rco"s
| TIA srn.aiionai lawsuit has been Instituted by tn"
Countess uckhurc for the po'srSsIon o. the mas
After the annexation ~ Schl"swlg Iiosten IN Prussia
old Emperor william nSn n" ss' rbc puEc
dicd In 1910 Tut his wife the Duchess Of wIlhelmnc
The ci until nS df"' v,"r s aSS Saa at tns
II King frederick Vi OF Denmark and prior to her
marriage the n"k" the DIVORCED wife q nuI Hing
considerable surprise has been expressed that her
heir Duke Frederick Ferdinand Of schleswis !ol'
did n", oc rr%p' the great cn. nut the
reason has become public In the silt Of the countess
VI The Countess bases her claim upon the fact that
| she was the ndoped daughter Of the late Duke and
| Duchess The Dnke took fancy TO the young woman
,"n m" Won r" pes and fnmo for her beauty She
niece Of tho late Professor Franz Won iiolt.endorn
s s gave her tsc IS n sn dc sHs
that th" Dikc recognized h"r his daughter oRriay.
| MANY lawyers believe that sh" has the right to the
| Give UP his claim Voluntarily so that long
lawsuit VIII he the result Ihr ou,cHme !, awaited