The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-19
YANKEE PRINCESSES.
WOMEN BORN IN AMERICA WHO NOW
WEAR EUROPEAN TITLES.

II
| but One Have Entered IL Through We'd
| lock-Not All of These Daughters OF Un-
Gle Sam Have Found Happiness In Titles
| Accustomed though the Americans are
| to see the daughters of Uncle Sam become
| the matrimonial prey of foreign nobleinen,
| II will doubtless be news to many of them
that there are no less than Is women born
| ON this side Of the Atlantic bearing the
title of princess.
OF these only one Is what Is known In
court phraseology as princess in her own
right. She Is the princess OF Noer, now
the wife of the Prussian field marshal
Count waldersee. A II the other American
born princesses have become so only by
marrying princes, and those whose titles
are either Of German or Austrian origin
have right to the predicate OF serene
highness.
One of the most important. as far rs
rank is concerned, Is Princess Lynsr,
formerly Miss May Parsons of Elmen-
hurst, o. She was married some 20 years
. AGO to the late Prince Alexander Lynhr,
an officer of the German army, and sinco
then has made her home at the castle OF
Lubbenau, near Merzeburg, In Prussia,
dcvoting herself to the education OF her
daughter and two sons.
The Princess Camporeale, who also
, bears the title of Duchess OF Aldragana, Ia
the daughter Of John Binney OF Burling'
, ton, N j. and married her present hus-
, hand after obtaining a divorce from
Thomas Kingsland of New York. The
Prince Of Canporeale was formerly In the
Diplomatic service and spent several years
attached to the Italian mission at Wash
ington.
| Another italian princess hailing from
| tho United States Is the stepdaughter OF
, John Maokay of bonanza and Commercial
cable fame. She is married to Don ferdi-
nand Colonna, prince CT Galatro' prince
D of Paiiano and prince OF Stigliano, as Wen
9 as a Spanish grandee OF the first class:
Q The union has turned out unhappily, and
{ after several extremely sensational cpl
sodes, including flight by the princess to
, America with her children, the couple
!, have separated and arc now living apart.
Even moro ancient in lineage than the
Colonnas are the Concis, the head OF which
J. illustrious house. Don VirginiCs, prince
IS of Vicoyaro, is married to Miss Eleanore
!, Spencer. daughter of Lorillard Spencer OF
a Now York The family traces its ancestry
In direct line back to Marco Cincio, VINO
, was prefect Of Pisa in the year 4o1 Is. W.
,s and the Cencis can likewise boast OF nav
= ing furnished several popes of the Catholic
\ | church.
q There mr., two American Princessscs
r Ruspoli. and while one forms part of what
n | is known as the black, or papal, nobility
r the other belongs to the monarchical par
ty. Thus Don Emmanuel prince Of hus-
RS poll, deputy in the Italian parliament anu
- mayor OF the city OF Rome, is married to
Miss Josephine Mary Curtis, daughter OF
- Joseph b. Curtis OF Boston, while Prince
y Alexander Ruspoli has as his VIE
Is daughter Of Thomas Capel Broadwood oi
IS | New York. The branI.i Of the house te
0; which Prince AlexanGN belongs holds the
al hereditary dignity of grand chamberlain
to his holiness the popo.
- Besides the two Princesses Huspoi
above mentioned and who reside at hoin'
80 there arc two others who may likewise p'
IL described as Americans-namely, the VIII
y, of Prince Paolo Ruspoli, who was th'
q widow of Joseph X. Riggs of Washington
We and Princess Marie Ruspoli, wife OF th'
former secretary of the Italian embassy q
ar Washington and daughter OF the divorces
,a Marquise de Talleyrand, nee Bessie Cur
=. | tis of Boston.
er To Miss Consuleo Vanderbilt belong
" the double distinction of being an Englisi
rk duchess aud a princess of the holy Roman
IT. | enpire the latter title having been con
be ferred upon the first Duke of Marlborough
he by the Austrian emperor OF the DAY as
nm | recognition of his victories over tn
go French. The tit.J is tLaG ot Princes
:. Mindelheim, and tho coat OF arms OF tn
'o Marlborough family will be found sur
| mounted not only by tho strawberry ieave
10, | ducal coropet of Great Britain, but ais
- by the princely crown OF Austria
Miss Winneretta Singer may be descrit
cd a. twice princess. Her first husban
was the Prince do Scey- -Montbellard, iroi
whom she managed to secure divorce
10 and she is now the wife of Prince Edmun
4" de Polignac, SO widely known in Franc
'eo for his musical compositions. The wcalt
ost OF the princess comes 10 her by inheritine
es, from her father, the great sewing machif
or | manufacturer.
bet Two American girls bear the title I
an | Princess Poniatowski, not altogether Jus
lon ly SO, since their husbands, although th'
- bear the historic name of Poniatowsk
% %,on are not Polish Princes Poniatowski, b'
len mere Italian Princes of Monte Rotund
re. One of the Princesses Poniatowski Is Cat
the arine, daughter Of Eli Goddard OF Ne
be- York, and the other was Miss Berti
in Sperry, likewise OF this city.
IN Nor should the name of Princess Hat
IL feldt he omitted from the list. she Is tl
daughter of Mr. Coils z. Huntington, q
'is- California railroad magnate, and marri'
>te- Prince Francis Hatzfeldt, head of the SO
OF ior branch of the very illustrious house
on that name. The Hatzfeldts hold high rar
and mt the German court, the chief OF .
lew house being grand cupbearer OF the reaii
and they ore connected by marriage WI
nearly all the great houses OF the Germa
French and Austrian aristocracy.
A.. Tho daughter of Thomas Davis OF M
'Ne York bears the title of princess Hnd duc
on ess of Lante Monfeltrio della Rovere a
any of duchess of San Croce. Her husband
phe likewise q Spanish grandee OF the III
are class and Owns beautiful place near \
terbe. In Italy. The princess was gre
boiress and owns largo pieces OF proper
Ight. on Nassau, Pine, Broad and other do'
town streets of New York.
The list may be completed with
name of tho Duchess dc Dino, primo
do Talleyrand- Pcrigord. who Is the
,a..l vorced wifo of Frederick Livingston
Now York. She was married in 1887
m to Maurice do Talleyrand- Perigord, duo
Dino. like herself divorced, bis Il
wife having been Miss Bessie Curtis
Boston: by that OF Princess fturhl
daughter OF !. Greene of Georgetows,
lsses C.. and wife of Prince Angel de Nturoi
wed the adoptod son and heir of the late 4
We pcror Maxhnilian Of Mexico and by
I we Princess dc Suzannet, daughter OF IA
,a,d son Field of New York. YORK %
we nal "
Y. Fuliy Explained.