The morning call., 1893-12-10
The Duke d'UZes Soon
to Be Married.
OLDEST DUCHY IN FRANCE.
Nine. de Luynes Will Be the Bride.
Interesting Bits of Family
History.
Correspondence of The MORNING CALL

sol, who succeeds his brother as Duke
q UZes, with Mile. de LuyDes. The future
bride Is the daughter of the late Paul
d Albert de Luynes, Duke de Chaunes
and her mother was Princess GaIitZin.
The Duke de Chanlnes was in very delicate
health and obliged TO live in Florence.
where he died in 1881. The Duchess was
accused of very compromising conduct by
her husbands people, her children were
| taken from her by their stern grand
mother, the Duchess de Chevreuse, and
| the beautiful Duchess de Chaulnes, nee
Princess GaliIZln, was obliged to ask
shelter and food from an old, faithful
servant. In the poorest quarter OF Paris
the Duchess lived for one year, and then,
unable to struggle against misfortune. for
got her troubles by taking morphine and
| thus ended her life.
The two children have been severely
educated by the Duchess de Chevreuse,
noted for her austere manner and devotion
to the church. At the time the
monks were expelled from France the
Duchess de Chevreuse sto cd at the door of
a monastery. near her castle of Sable. and
promised to defend the inmates. The Off
Ger of the law ordered her to leave the
uuOl way lnc HUlUdn Tc-
piled. 81 am the Duchess de Chevreuse"
He became moro decided in manner and
the Duchess struck him in the face and
knocked off his hat. She was arrested,
but Immediately liberated. However, the
fine Inflicted was several hundred francs.
The duchy of Uzes is the oldest in
France, but it is the oldest simply because
| it was the first registered. In the time of
Charles TX, when the nobility was reor-
ganized, each noble was Obliged to register
his title, the coaches of the asprants to the
| dukedoms Of Luynes and d'Uzes met in a
narrow street. Both were determined to
be first at the Office of registration and
neither would give place TO the other.
| The coach Of the future Duke d Uzes was
the larger, his horses the stronger, and he
called to his coachman "a thousand pis-
toles II / arrive first" The coachman
completely annih iated horses and coach
of the would-be Duke de Luynes, and that
is why the Duke d. 'UZes is the first duke in
| France.
There are many alliances between the
LuyneS and UZes families. The latest was
the marriage of the young Duke de Luynes
and Mile. d Uzes, which took place some
three years ago. The Duke de Lnynes
| is cousin of the future bride of the Duke
| 'UZes and the young Duchess de
Luynes Is sister of the bridegroom-elect
Probably the coming marriage will be
celebrated in the quietest manner because
OF the deep mourning of the UZes family
and the severe opinions held by the
| Duchess de Chevreuse.
At the wedding of Mile. dues with the
Duke de Luynes the Duchess de Chevreuse
wore black gown a. devoid of ornament
as the costume of an abbess. The
Parisicns are always delight ted when there
is wedding among the members of the
old French nobility. because. in spite of
the fact that France is a republic, the
people are fond of fine liveries. voitures de
gala and glimpses of roval Princes.
| AT the last Luynes- Uzes marriage, the
! Dowager Duchess de Luynes drove to
church in an eght-sprng berine. blue on
| red wheels, lined with blue satin. The
| coachman's seat was blue. with silk
fringe, and on the panels were the Luynes
arms. There were four lanterns in chis
eled silver, surmounted by the ducaI coro-
net. The coachman's coat was red, with
silver cord at every seam. and silver but
| tons with arms engraved there on; vest
and culot;e prune color. silver garters,
| rose-colored hose and silver buckled shoes.
With powdered wig and three-cornered hat,
| or1amented with lilac and white pumes
he made one dream of any time but the
nineteenth century, any land but republi-
can France. The two foOtmen behind
wore the same livery. and held long staffs
with silver tops. The carriage of the
Duchess d'Uzes was quite as elaborate,
but since then sorrow has come to this
home, and it will be long before the be-
| loved Duchess has courage 10 take part in
such festivity.
The Dowager Duchess de Luynes and
the Duchess Dues. soon to be dowager,
are both comparatively young The castle
of Bonneles. the property of Nine. Dues.
and that of Dampierre, belonging to Nine
ta l,iIVnpe almost Si6p nv ai6o
the young Duke de Luvues never thought
of any other than Mile. Dues as his
future wife. The Dowager Duchess de
Luynes is daughter of the Duke de Dom
| deauville; her husband was killed at the
battle of Patoy, and beside his tomb the
widow vowed never to forsake the name
of her hero and to keep the father always
! in the memory of the children. From her
| infancy she was destined by her great
grandmother, the Duchess de Montmor-
ency. to become the wife of the Duke de
Luvnes, her cousin. The Dowager Duchess
de Luynes has graceful, delicate figure,
dark hair ana blue eyes She Is woman
of taste, but her dress is always simple.
| She has Jewels worthy of queen. and
when her daughter married the Duke
d'Ayen, son of the Duke de Noailles. many
| of these Jewels were transferred to the
casket of the bride. Amiable toward all,
| the dowager Duchess loves youth and is
always surrounded by young girls. She
has wonderful talent for painting and is
one of the best pupils of Cot All her
pct ures are signed Volande Dalbert, and
many have been admitted to the Salon.
Her passion is for travelling, and she
would like to follow the great explorers
on their perilous journeys Some three
years ago she visited America and brought
back many sketches as souvenirs of the
country.
The Duchess does not care much for So
cety, but when she entertaius her guests
are often Kings and royal Princes. Her
castle, Dampierre. is, after Chantilly, the
most wonderful OF the wonderful homes
of France. For the past two hundred years
the exterior has not been touched, but the
father Of the late Duke rearranged the in-
terror in style of Louis XV. At that time
kind of temple was consecrated to Louis
XIII. This temple is an immense salon,
hung with blue velvet, embroidered with
golden fleur de lis. There is no furniture
and not au ornament except a solid silver
statue of Louis XIII as a child. Many
are the fine tapestries and antique pieces
of furniture at Dampierre, although some
of the salons are entirely moderniZed.
The Duchess d Uzes is, of course, one of
the most remarkable women of this GEN.
tury. Every day she visits the poor and