St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-09
FRENCH ROYALTY.
Some Notable People Who Have
Strange Records.
New York Recorder,

New York Recorder
Princess Helene d'Orleans, daughter
of the Count of Paris, has just returned
to England after prolonged stay with
the American wife of Gen. Baron de
Charette at Chateau de la Basse- Mott |
in Brittany. Gen. dc Charette is to a
certain extent bound by ties of blood
relationship to the princess, since he has
royal Bourbon blood in his veins. His
Berri and the latter's morganatic wife,
Amy Brown. The Due de Ber1i, it will
be remembered, was the favorite son of
King Charles X of France and the IA
ther of the late pretendcr, the COmte de
ChambOrd.
The Due de Berri was assassinated
in 1920 while attending performance
of the opera, and before he died hecaus-
ed his two little daughters by Amy
Brown to be brought, and contided them
to the guardianship of the King. Both
were ennobled by the latter, and one be-
came the wife of Prince de Lucinge.
while the other married the old Baron
dc Charettc, father of the general.
Inasmuch as morganatlc marriages
are not recognized as morganatic but as
as an union between the Duke and Amy
Brown was legally celebrated first in
England and then in France, there are
many vino consider that both Gen. dc
Charette and the Prince do Lucinge-
who, by the by, has just married the
daughter of the wealthy Partisan
banker, Cohen d'Anvers- stand nearer
to the hypothetical French throne than
the Comte de Paris. The latter pro-
fesses to base his rights thereto upon
having inherited them frcp. the Comte
de CI,ambord. But there is very seri-
GUS doubt as to whether the birth of the
Comte dc Chambord was legitimate.
His father, the Due de Berri, had reluc-
family and safely in Difference in po-
liticaI considerations married the
Duchess during the lifetime of his
English wife, Amy Brown, and with
| out having secured any divorce or even
legal separation from her.
AS no claims, however, have ever been
put forward by either the Prince de Lu-
both have fully recognized the Comte
de Paris as chief of the NOW united Or
leanist and Legitimist parties, their re-
ationship to the roval house Of France
| is also fully acknowledged by the Comte
de Paris and his family, who treat the
De Cigarettes in particular with the
greatest affection and familiarity.
Nine. de Charette. who goes by the
| name of MARIE" 10 the Comte de
Paris family, is the daughter of Col. A.
L. Polk, of Nashville, Tenn, and the
grandchild of Bishop Polk, who fell in
| battle during the war. She is a most
charming and beautiful woman, univer-
| sally beloved, and has proved herself
| in every way fitted to become the sue
cessor OF the Generals first wife, a
daughter Of the Duke of FitZjames.
Gen. Charette's career has been a
| very extraordinary one. Born as the
| grandson of King on one side and of
| an English livery stable keeper on the
other, he became first a page of honor to
Grand Duke of Medina, and then an Of
| ficer in his army. After the incorpora-
ton of the grand duchy in the kingdom
of Italy he entered the service OF the
Pope, and became in turn Colonel of the
Papal Zouaves and General of the Pom
| tifcal army. In 1870 he was appointed
General in the French army and became
one of the heroes in that memorable
struggle of right against might.
may add that he has been twice Sc
verely wounded in battle, and that his
picturesque violence of language, as
we'll as the originality Ut his oaths, have
ON more than one occasion been made
the subject OF humorous reproof both
by the late and by the present Pope.