The morning call., 1892-11-14
THE House OF HESSH.
Morganatic Marriages of It's
Princes.
LUCK OF AN OPERA.SINGER.
Preferences for Women of insignificant
Rank - The Lawsuit Of
Countess.

has been illustrated again in the morgan
attic union Of Prince Henry. uncle of the
Grand Duke. and Fraulen Miena HrZik.
the opera singer, daughter of court coun-
cilor in Agram, Hungary. Although many
members of the aristocracy were surprised
at the step taken by his Highness, 1t cam
not De said that the marriage produced a
great sensation. The people of the grand
duchy havelbec0me so accustomed to mes
alliances on the part OF Hessian princes
that new ones produce only momentary
comment.
The city opera-hOuse, however, In consa-
quence OF the changes of elevation in rank,
has become extremely popular among young
women with figure, beauty and voice. 1t is
Substantially in jest-that owing to these
possibilities applicants are willing to take
less salary in this capital than in other
cities of the Fatherland. 1t is certainly
strange that three prima donnas, within
few years. have left the Darmstadt stage
to share the trials and fortunes of men of
the youngest brother of the late Grand
Duke, a decade or more ago, took for bet
ter and worse the leading lady of the thea
ter. His cousin. the late King Louis of
Bavaria. raised her TO the ranks of the Ba-
yarIan nobility by comforting upon her the
title Of Baroness Won Lichtenberg. The
Prince and his wife have led happy life.
and their home, "Rosenhoehe," Is the trysl-
ing-place of the ceverest. wittiest and wis
est men of the land.
the sensatiOn.caused few years ago by the
marriage OF Prince Alexander of Butten-
berg. the hero of SlivitZna, ana cousin of
the reigning family. with Frauiein Marie
Loisipger, the daughter of an Austrian in
the lowest walks Of life. She, too. was
m QT1h of no fem
before her engagement she had been for
short time in the same pension" with the
writer in Berlin. She was a modest young
woman and popular, but no one there con-
sidered her especially pretty. clever or
attractive.
But when the Darmstadt mantle fell upon
her shoulders, her attributes seemed to
change. She so filed the fancy of the
handsome Alexander that he Tilted the
daughter and sister Of an Emperor for the
privilege Of leading her to the altar. The
court OF Berlin has frOwned upon the dash
ing Battenberg ever since that time, but he
has pursued happily the even tenor of his
way. lie has given up his title OF prince,
bearing now the name and title of Count
Hartenan. And Fraulein Loisinger, as
countess HartenaD, has made him an ideal
wife.
The cOurtship Of Prince Henry was COM
paratively short. He first met Fraulein
HrziK on January 20 of the present year.
lie was attracted strongly toward the beau
titul girl, but for months never dreamed of
a union with her. The attention which the
Prince lavshed upon Frauein Milena-as
she was known on the stage-led Dame
Rumor to couple their names. Last June
the report OF their marriage was spread
abroad. Although 1t was untrue at the
time, the Prince determined TO interpret
1.-THE voice of the people as the voice of
God" and asked her to become his wife.
The young woman did not consent at once.
Prince henry was a widower, having
married. also morganaticaly. the Baroness
Won Which. lady-ln-waiting at the grand
ducal court, years before. But Fraulein
Miiena hurried TO her father in Agram,
spent the greater part of the summer in re-
Election, and finally, with her parents con-
sent. accepted the Princes proposal.
The consent of this young Grand Duke
as chief of the House of Hesse, however.
was more difficult to secure. Prince Henry,
so long as the Grand Duke remained I'M
married and without children, was the next
In succession TO the throne. His son by the
former marriage, ami the children of Prince
William are excluded from the succession on
account OF their plebeian mothers. His royal
Highness was. therefore, 10th to allow the
union, and thus destroy his uncle's right of
succession. But Prince Henry was so per-
sistent that the Grand Duke finally Yielded
Ii the Grand Duke should die without issue
the throne will go 10 side line of the Hes
sian house.
Prince Henry and his wife will take up
their residence outside of the grand duchy.
Frankfort or Wlesbaden in all probability
will be their home. The Princes advice in
governmental affairs has been of great
value TO his nephew, and bis departure
from The capital viii be a cause of general
regret.
In referring to the mesallances in the
Hesslan family the fact may also be re-
called that the late Grand Duke himself
was married morga natically to the beautiful
baroness de Colemne, The union was of
short duration. however. as it was annuIled
alter two months FOR reasons of state"
The Baroness. who has had rather re-
markable matrimonial career. was married
again month or more ago TO young Rus
sian secretary of legation.
But morganatic marriages have been
comparatively numerous in other princely
Baden Is married to Baroness Won Beust,
now known as the Countess OF Rhena :
Duke George Alexander of Mecklen burg
StrelliZ is married TO Countess Carlo, for
merry. Mile. Wonijarko. Duke Elmar of
Oldenburg 10 Baroness Won Freisen no VI |;
Duke Constantine of 0ldenburg to Coun-
tess Zarnikau; Prince Eduard of Sake
Weimar TO Countess Dornburg, formerly
Miss Lennox of England, and now recog-
nlzed as Princess; Duke George of Sake
merry Fraulein Franz: Prince Ernst of
Sake Meiningen to the Baroness of Saal-
field, formerly Fraulein Jensen: Prince
Erich of Waldeck to the Countess
Won Greben slein. formerly the Bar
oness Won Falkener; Count AdeIbert IN
Waldeck 10 the Countess of Waldeck, FORM
erly Fraulen Won Jacket; Prince Julius of
Schleswig- HOlStein-Son burg Glue sburg
TO Count tess Won Roest. formerly FrauIeln
Won Ziegesar, and Prince Nicholas of Nassau
is married to the Countess Won Neremburg.
formerly Fraulem Puschlin, daughter of
the fNm0ns Russian Pripoa
AAVI Of Reuss is also married morgGnati-
cally to the Countess of Fuerstenstein.
The children resulting from this marriage
are to bear the names and titles of Counts
and Countesses OF Piayen, but by special
enactment they are recognized as In the
direct line Of succession to the sovereign
princely House of Rruss.
A sensational lawsuit has been instituted
by the Countess of Glueksburg for the
possession of the magnificent Castle Glucks-
burg, in Schleswig- Holstein. After tie
annexation of Schleswig- Holstein to
Prussia, the old Emperor William presented
the castle TO Duke Charles of Schleswig-
Misunderstanding. The Duke died in
1870, but his wife, the Duchess Wilhel-
mine, occupied the castle until his death a
year ago, at the advanced age of ninety.
The Duchess was daughter OF King
Frederick VI. of Denmark, and prior to her
marriage TO the Duke, the divorced wife of
King Frederick VII. Since the death of the
old Duchess considerable surprise has been
expressed that her heir. Duke Frederick
Ferdinand of Scheswig Holsten-G .ucks-
burg, brother of the Empress of Germany,
did not occupy the great castle. But the
reason had become public in the suit of the
Countess of Glucksburg
The Countess bases her claim upon the
fact that she was the adopted daughter of
the late Duke and Duchess. The Duke
took fancy TO the young woman in tie
early seventies. Sfe-~was then known as
the Frauleln Won Beust. and famous for her
beauty. She Is niece of the late Professor
Franz Won HoltZendoiff. After adoption.
the Duke gave her the name and rank OF
the Countess of Glucksburg. As there is
nc doubt that the Duke recognized her as
his daughter officially, many lawyers be-
lieve that she has the right TO the great cas-