Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12

Roberto lisa belle-Francoise de PAUL. !
of Spain, may surely claim a place
among the e e. Infanta Eulalie she is
called for short, and she is the most
distinguished of the foreign guests that
the Columbian fair calls to our shores.
She represents her royal sister-in-laW,
Christina, queen regent of Spain, and
is credited with having an especial in
F., terest in the woman's department at
, the fair.
Ferdinand and Isabella were very
great-grandparents of the Infanta Eu-
Ialie. It requires all of her dainty royal
fingers to count the carnations Of their
descendants that have lived and died
up to her time. She is numbered with
! the tenth. The pure blood Of the Cas-
tile and Aragon has been freely mingled
with the German, French and Italian
in the four centuries that have passed
/! since the union of Ferdinand and Isa-
| bella created United Spain. Euialie's
pride Of ancestry includes Charles V,
Emperor of Germany, who, being the
grandson Of Ferdinand and Isabella,
succeeded as Charles /. to the throne
of Spain. She also reveres the memory
of Louis XIV, lie grand monarque, who
was her great-great- Observation-Disclosures
| grandfather. She counts a number OF
| italian grandmothers more distinguished
for their royal lineage than for their
/ worthy lives. Isabella IL, the eXiled
queen of Spain, is her mother, and she
is the aunt of the boy King, Alphonso
XIII.
The Infanta or Princess Eulalie was
born in Madrid, Feb. II, 1864. The
consort of Isabella H., Don Francisco
idAssiZi, her cousin, was a diminutive
parsonage, whose i'll health seemed to
preclude all hope of a direct succession
to the throne. A son, Alphonso, and
three daughters, the youngest of whom
is the Infanta Eulalie, were born to
the royal pair. Court gossips whispered
and knowingly nodded their heads con-
corning the paternity of these children.
The maternity was unquestioned. The
children Of reigning queen are legiti-
mate in spite of comment.
Royalty in Exile.
Queen Isabella was depOsed in 1868,
when the Infanta Eulalie was but 4
years old. The royal children accom-
panied her into exile and Paris became
their home. The Signora Calderon de
In Barca, the English wife of Spanish
diplomat, was entrusted with their edu-
cation. She had resided for long time
in America and did not leave them in
ignorance concerning the land that had
brought fame and fortune to the crown
of Spain.
When Alphonse XII. remounted the
throne in 1874 his royal sisters were
permitted to return to Spain, but as the
:, queen mother was denied that privilege
they remained with her in France dur
ing their girlhood.
After the fashion Of royalty hus-
band was found for the Infanta Eulalie
among her own kinsmen Her cousin,
Antoine Louis Philippe Marie, prince
of Bourbon Orleans, son of the Due de
, Monpensier, was chosen. He was born
, in Seville in 1866 and is two years her
: junior. Madrid was the scene Of their
: home. They have two Sons-AIphonse,
. Z, and Louis Fernando, 5 years of age.
Just why these boys have been so
meagerly endowed with names is not
apparent Perhaps as they grow older
they may attain to royal patronynics
1t would be interesting to know just
what relationship these lads bear to
their parents. They are the children
of cousins who were each the children
of cousins, and so it seems to have been
for centuries. Ferdinand and Isabella
We're cousins. Not even a Philadelphia
: lawyer would find time in these days to
disentangle the line Of consanguinity.
The princess has been for several
J weeks in the hands of the dressmakers
, and millinerS Of Paris, who have pre-.
pared a trousseau worthy of the occa-
sion Of a visit to America. It would re
: quire a supreme effort on their part to
: enable her to outshine in apparel some
l of the fair Americans who will greet
: her. Crowned heads are much more i
| rarity in Gus great republic than are
: royal fortunes
:, Her Royal Consort.
: Prince Antoine will accompany his
spouse on her journey, as will the Mar
quis d'Areo-Hermosn, her lady in wait
ing; the Duke of Tamames, who was
! formely grand master of the household
, of Queen Isabella and who is one OF
! the most poular members of the ole
: Spanish nobility, and by Senior Jover
: the comptroller of the household of the
princess. The party sailed from CadiZ
April II. They will visit Porto Rice
and Havana, where possibly they may
linger to shed II figurative tear at the
tomb of Columbus and will reach New
: York on the Goth of May.
Senior Don Enrique Dupuy de LONE
4 minister plenipotentiary of Spain to the
! | United States, and the secretaries vii
await in New York the arrival of the
q princess and her suite and will extend
n to them royal welcome.
+ The apartments retained for the dis
It tinguished party at the Hotel Waldorf
= far exceed in SumptuouS and magnif1
} cent appointments those of any castle
/ in Spain, real or fanciful. The "Gobe
/ lin Chamber is hung with tapestries
n worth a princes ransom. The mag
nifcently carved furniture, the ''foul
q post bed with its rich drapery, the
= heavy curtains and porters are fur
/ nishings worthy a kings abode. The
e Salon Henry ". is a far more luxur
ious apartment than any ever occupied
n by the monarch for whom it was