Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-12
YANKEE PRINCESSES.
WOMEN BORN m AMERICA WHO NOW
WEAR EUROPEAN TITLES.

but One Have Entered 1t Through We'd
Iock-Not All OF These Daughters Of I'm.
Gle Sam Have Found Happiness In Titles.
Accustomed though the Americans are
to SEQ the daughters Of Uncle Sam become
| the matrimonial prey OF foreign noblemen.
| it will doubtless be news 90 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. All the other American
born princcsses 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 as
rank is concerned. Is Princess Lynar
formerly Miss May Parsons of Elmen.
hurst, o. She was married some 20 years
ago TO the late Prince Alexander Lynar
an officer of the German army, and since
then has made her home at the castle OF
Lubbenau, near Merzoburg in Prussia
devoting herself 10 the education Of her
daughter and two sons
The Princess Camporeale, who also
bears the title of Duchess of Aldragana is
the daughter Of John Binney of Burling
ton, n. j., and married her present hus-
band after obtaining IA divorce from
Thomas Kingsland Of New York The
Prince Of Camporealo was formerly in the
diplomatic service and spent several years
attached to the Italian mission at Wash
ington.
Another italian princess hailing from
the United States Is the stepdaughter of
John Mackay Of bonanza and Commercial
cable fame. She is married to Don Ferdi.
nand Colonna prince of Galatro prince
of Paliano and prince of Stigliano, as we'll
as a Spanish grandee of the first class.
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 are now living apart.
Even more ancient in lineage than the
Colonnas are the Cencis, the head of which
illustrious house, Don Virginius, prince
of Vicoyaro, " married to Miss Eleanore
Spencer, daughter of Lorillard Spencer of
New York Tho family traces its ancestry
in direct line back to Marco Cincio, who
was project of Pisa in the year 457 b. c.,
ing furnished several popes of the Catholic
church.
There are two American Princessses
Ruspoli, and while one forms part of what
is known as the black, or papal, nobility
the other belongs to the monarchical par
ty. Thus Don Emmanuel, prince OF Rus
poll, deputy in the Italian parliament and
mayor Of the city OF Rome, is married TO
Miss Josephine Mary Curtis, daughter (
Joseph b. Curtis of Boston, while Prince
Alexander Ruspoli has as his wife a
daughter of Thomas Capel Broadwood of
New York The branch of the house to
which Prince Alexander belongs holds the
hereditary dignity Of grand chamberlain
To his holiness the pope.
Besides the two Princesses Ruspoli
above mentioned and who reside at Rome
there are two others who may likewise be
described as fundamentally, the wife
of Prince Paolo Ruspoli, who was the
widow of Joseph X. Riggs of Washington,
and Princess Marie Ruspoli wife OF the
former secretary of the Italian embassy at
Washington and daughter of the divorced
Marquiso dc Talleyrand. nee Bessie Cur
It's of Boston.
To Miss Consuloo Vanderbilt belongs
the double distinction of being an English
duchess and n princess OF the holy Roman
empire the latter title having been con
ferred upon the first Duke of Marlborough
by the Austrian emperor of the day as d
recognition of his victories over the
French. The title is that of Princess
Mindelheim, and the coat of arms of the
Marlborough family will be found sur
mounted not only by the strawberry leaved
ducal coronet Of Great Britain but also
bt- 4 bn r,riycpiv prnEp mi Austria
Miss Winneretta Singer may be describ
ed as twice princess Her first husband
was the Prince de Scey- Montbelard, from
whom she managed to secure a divorce
and she is now the wife of Prince Edmund
de Polignac, so widely known in France
for his musical compositions. The wealth
of the princess comes To her by inheritance
from her father the great sewing machine
manufacturer
Two American girls bear the title OF
Princess Poniatowski. not altogether just
ly so, since their husbands, although they
bear the historic name of Poniatowski
are not Polish Princes Poniatowski, bui
mere Italian Princes of Monte Rotundo
One of the Princesses Poniatowski is Cath
arine, daughter of Eli Goddard of New
York, and the other was Miss Bertha
Sperry, likewise Of this city.
Nor should the name of Princess HAITI
feldt be omitted from the list She Is the
daughter of Mr. Coils II Huntington the
California railroad magnate, and married
/ Prince Francis Hatzfeldt, head Of the sen
Tor branch Of the very illustrious house oil
that name The Hatzfeldts hold high rank
at the German court, the chief of the
house being grand cupbearer of the realm
l and they are connected by marriage with
= nearly all the great houses of the German
French and Austrian aristocracy
The daughter of Thomas Davis Of New
York bc5lrs the title of princess and Ouch
ess of Lante Monfeltrio della Revere and
] Of duchess of san Croce Her husband Is
likewise Spanish grandee of the first
class and owns beautiful place near vi
terbe, in Italy. The princess was a great
s heiress and owns large pieces of property
on Nassau, Pine, Broad and other down
town streets of New York
Tho list may be completed with the
= name of the Duchess de Dino, princess
d. dc Talleyrand. Perigord, who Is the di
, vorced wife of Frederick Livingston OF
New York She was married in 1887 Il