The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-14
FAMOUS GIRLS TO WE'D.
ONE IS PRINCESS HELENE AND TIE
OTHER rs MILE. LUCYFAURE.
Duke OF Aosta TO Mary tho Firsl-A Noted
Orator the other-Ups aud Downs of
aGreat Family.

hNcc 10 inc ltolie OF = iillcc arc a"pAN t'
take place A little thing Ike a wedding
has more than onco upset the govern
mental structure OF France and has
plunged tho nation into tho vortex Of In
iornai strife II IS not probable that
either OF these weddings viii have re-
suit SO disastrous, and particularly one OF
thCm viii tend 10 cement the feeling Of
unity and peace in the Republic. hui no
ono can say what effect the other we'd
ding may have iu time. This last is tho
approaching marriage OF Princess Helene
OF Orleans. second daughter OF the late
Comto dc Paris prctcndcr 10 the throne
OF France. 20 Emmanuel, Duke or A"sia'
son of Prince Amadeus cN-hihh OF opalH'
We're The Prince OF Naples 90 die the DUKE
of Aosta would bo heir 90 the throne OF
Italy.
Every move on the part OF tho Orleans
family is jealousy watched by the lead
ers OF the French Republic. Tho koy
ullsf party has never given up the nope
OF seeing the E0urbOns restored TO pOw-
or aud the nobility Of The nation again
holding its mOnarchlcal prestige such a
marriage as the one about 10 take place
means increased power 10 the Xiled
Orleanists. The family SIS "a rich one.
aud for many years has borne the entire
expense OF maintaining the Royalists
and Keeping alive what little enthusiasm
there u.s. Provincial papers have been
subsidized for years. and the guarded
uffcranrcs OF these journals have been
made with tho hope OF tanning into lively
activity m0narchlcal wish IN The minds
Of the pcasantry With 20 branch Of the
italian house of royalty practically az its
back the claims of the Orleanists would
he dangerous
There i- cslly one other married daugh-
Ter of tho lato Comte DO Paris. and she is
now The Queen OF Portugal The COmto
and iis family were allowed 10 return
20 France after the overthrow Of Nap0-
leon DID. bat when 10 was announced that
Dis eldest daughter the Princess Amelic.
was 10 marry Prince Charles. heir TO the
throne OF Portugal. the friends of the Re-
public saw what the danger might be.
and The COmte a1l his family were again
oVilcd Since that time they haze lived
hlIpily a. stowe House. England. where
the Welding ceremony which Will make
Princes Helene Duchess of AOWe will
probably Doe performed during the pres
ent month. 10 is also sail that King
liumbct. Queen Margaret and the Prince
OF Naples viii attend tho wedding, and
~ 10 takes place boz England the royal
party will call upon Queen Victoria.
Premier Crispi and Baron Blan VIII also
NNNfNN NNr NNNIINn iiiftilf tIff
sInfNGIH or THr FAMILY.
The Duke Of Aosfa is man of frcat im-
portdnce 300 italy. King iumbert was
his fathers elder brother. His cousin.
tho Prince OF Nuplcs. is 'hc Only barrier
between him and the italian throne. The
Duke is "a young man OF twcnty-siX years
lie has two brothers. \i'tor. Cont az
Turin and Louis. Duke of Abruzzi His
father married second time iu lAsS bis
choice being his niece. Princess Letitia.
daughter of Prince Napoleon BOuduartc
and Princess Iioulde. By this marriage
De- had "a SON. lllmbert Count of Salcmi
who IS now but Sis years of age The
family of the Duke Is descended from The
Counts OF Savoy, who hourlshcd in the
a vrnth century
This is not the only strength Of the or
leans family in other thrones. a daueh-
ter OF the Luke of Char.res. uncle OF
Louis PHILIPPE Robert. Duke of orleans,
and present head OF the family. is
Princess of Denmark. ana son OF the
Duke Of NCmOurs. grandunclo Of Louis
PHILIPPE Robert. would have been Emperor
Cousrrt of the Brazils but for the rcvolu-
ton few Years ago Another cousin Us
Prince Ferdinand OF Bulgaria, who suc-
ceeds hravoly boo holding tho throne I'm
the Balkans.
Besides her married sister. tho prin-
cess Helene has two other sisters. lsa-
belle and Louise. and two brothers All
Of tho children were born in ENGLAND and
raised according 10 the English custom.
rbov are moro English I'm temperamcnt
man Tronch with the exception of the
cilcet brothor the Duke of Orleans. who
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throne ae lai1 down hv the doctrines of
the Ro,aiist Marty
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