Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-09-14
COUNT OF PARIS.
Claimant of the French
Throne Dead.
Was a Notable Figure in Euro
pean History.
ParticiputOr In aud Historian of Ou
Civil War.

The Count of Paris died Mt Stow House
shortly beior" u'r,urS SUNDAY morning All
he members Of his ftmily W. ga ounl him
whcn he died. Ihr body WAS buri 4 at Wcy
bridge, Surrey. IT." on 'iai medical rertlr.
cate saws thHt Il. nth was due to Intestinal oh
Iruction and exhaustion. The cher uf the
Orleans family 10y right Of birth was the
Nomle de Parls, rll, st son -; the Duke OF
Orleans. who was killed by car
riag" ne l'nt in 1N! AMI who was
the eldest SON Of k,ng Louis Phi ippe. His
Royal HighnrsI wl~ 81 years Of ag" having
been born in 1896. From 1850 the Count Of
Paris was regarded a. the legitimate Bour-
bon heir to the thron" Of France. In him
were indulged the ciHtmS TO reign In France
OF the two Bourbon lines that have run
separately and parallel since ths assassin
alton In 1910 OF Henry ", the ntst French
king OF the House Of Bourbon. He went TO
England with the rest OF his family after the
revolution oflAiNund was educate IN compar-
ative priva"S at CRr'mont, with his young
brother, the Due DE Chartrrs. But In 1861,
when the American C,vll War broke ou',
both these young princes took rhe opportunt-
" to gain some experience OF military ser
vice. They obtained staff appointments With
the rank Of captain in the amy of Gen.
McClellen, md went through campaign on
the Potomac. The COmte de- PARIS, after his
return to Europe, applied himse to politi-
cal studies, AMI wrote some essays upon the
English trades unions and other topics OF
social economy, aud upon the state OF Ger
many and the international affairs of
Europe. In 1870 when France was strug
Cling against the G 'rmau Invasion, both this
Prince and his brother asked permission to
serve in the French army for the defence OF
their native land. At the close OF the year
1871 the Count Of Paris was admitted n mem-
her OF the National Assembly at Versailles
und NJ Thiers, president OF the French
Republic In 1872 the Assembly voted the
restitution Of the prop rty OF the Orleans
family. The Count OF Paris and his son, the
Due Orleans, frequently gave expression u
their royalstic ideals. In 1899 the Due dor
leans tried to a-ousa enthusiasm IN the royal
cause by asserting that his family hal been
unjustly ban shed from France He oaimed
French citizenship and entered France. He
was arrested and imprisoned. President Car
not pardoned him on condition that he woult
leave France. The Due dOrleaus left France
Immediately and never returned. In 1886 the
Expulsion Bill was passed, torbidding the
soil OF France to the direct heirs OF families
that had reigned in France The bill was
aimed at the Count who won't Immediately to
England. In March, 1893, the Count Of Paris
made his last plea for the rrs:or tlon OF the
monarchy. The plea WAS in thu form OF IA
circular letter, In which the Count said The
Monarchists must let France understand that
the monarchy alone can give to her strong
and stable government. whose sole object will
be the public welfare In 1890 the Comte
de Paris visited this country. Ono OF
the chief objects of his journey was
10 visit the battlefield OF Gsttysburg
to see for himse the scene Of the
great events so minutely and graphically de-
scribed In his History Of the c vii War In
America. The Count OF Paris made several
| tcrary ventures, the most notable Of which
was this II History Of the C,vll War Thi'
sixth and last volume Of the work came out
In 1898 The Oldest child Of the Count OF
Paris. Princess Marie Ameler Louise Helene.
who was born Mt Tw.rkenham, England, In
1859 was married to tho Crown Prince OF
Portugal npw King Charles /. oi Portugal.
The oldest son. Prince Louis Philippe Robert
Due d Orleans who was horn in 1869, has
made himself conspicuous on several 0cca-
siOns There ARE also four other children
Princesse Helene Louise Henrietta, born in
1871: Princess Marie lsabelle, born in 1873 ;
Princess Louise Francoise. born in 1882, and
Prince Ferdinand Francois, born in 1881.
The ,uDte-s Of Paris, to whom the Count
was married In 1867, and was the daughter OF
the Duc de Montpensier survives her nus
band.