The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-16
YANKEE PRINCESsES.
WOMEN BORN IN AMERICA WHO NOW
WEAR EUROPEAN TITLES.

lock-Not All of These Daughters of I'm
clio Sam Have Found Happiness In Titles.
Accustomed though tho Americans nro
to SEQ the daughters of Unclo Sam become
tho matrimonial prey of foreign noblomcn,
it will doubtless DO nows to many of them
that thcro arc no loss than Is women born
ON this sido of tho Atlantic bearing tho
title of princess.
or these only ono Is whnt Is known in
court phrascology as princess in her own
right. Sho is tho princess of Moor, now
tho vito Of tho Prussian field marshal
Count Waldorsoo. All tho othor American
born princosscs havo become so only by
marrying princes, and those whose titles
arc either of German or Austrian origin
have right to tho predicate of sorono
highnoss.
Ono of tho most Important. rs far rs
rank Is concerned, Is Princess Lynar,
formerly Miss May Parsons of Elmen-
hurst, y. She was married some % years
ago to tho lato Prinoo Alexander Lynar,
an officer of tho German army, and since
then has made hor homo ut tho castlo of
Lubbcnau, near Merzoburg, in Prussia
dovoting herself to tho education of hor
daughter and two sons.
Tho Princess Cnmporeale, who also
bears tho tito of Duchess of Aldragana, is
tho daughter of John Binney of Burling.
ton, n. j., and married hor present hus-
bnnd after obtaining divorce from
Thomas Kingsland of New York. Tho
Prince of Cnmporeale was formerly in tho
diplomatic service and spent several years
attached to tho Italian mission ut wash
ington.
Another italian princess hailing from
tho United States Is the stcpdaughter Of
John Maokny of bonanza and Commercial
Ia, f,,~,
nand Colonna, prince of Galatro, prince
of Paliano and prince of Stigliano, as well
as Spanish grandec of the first class
Tho union has turned out unhappily, and
after several extremely sensational cpl
sodos, including flight by the princess to
America with her children, tho couple
have separated and nro now living apart.
Even moro ancient III lineage than tho
Colonnas AFRO tho Ccncis, tho head of which
illustrious house, Don Nirginius, prince
OF Nicovnro, Is married to Hiss Elcanoro
Spencer, daughter of Lorillard Sponcor OF
New York. Tho family traces it's ancestry
in direct limo back to Marco Cincio. who
was project of Pisa in tho year 457 b. c.,
and tho Ccncis can likewise boast of hav-
ing furnished several popcs of tho Catholic
church.
There arc two American Princessses
Ruspoli, and whilo ono forms part of what
is known rs tho black, or papnl, nobility
tho other belongs to tho monarchical par
ty. Thus Don Emmanuel, prince of Rus
poll, deputy III tho Italian parliament and
mayor of tho city of Rome, is married to
Miss Josephine Mary Curtis, daughter of
Joseph Is. Curtis of Boston, whilo Prince
Alexander Ruspoli has rs his vito
daughter Of Thomas Capel Brondwood of
New York. Tho branch of tho house to
a nGn hn1n 1,nI 81,
hereditary dignity of grand chamberlain
to his holiness tho popo.
Besides tho two Princosscs Ruspoli
above mentioned and who reside ut Romo
there nro two others who may likewise be
described rs Amcricens-namely, tho wife
of Prince Paolo Ruspol, who was the
widow of Joseph X. Riggs of Washington,
and Princess Marie Ruspoli, vito of tho
former secretary of tho Italian embassy Mt
Washington and daughter of tho divorced
Marquiso dc Tallcyrand, neo Bessie Cur
It's Of Boston.
To Miss Consulco Vanderbilt belongs
tho double distinction Of being an English
duchess and n princess of the holy Roman
empire, the latter tito having boon con-
fcrrcd upon tho first Duke of Marlborough
by tho Austrian emperor Of the day us n
recognition of his victories over tho
French. Tho title is that of Princess
Mindelhcim, and tho coat Of arms of the
Marlborough family will DO found sur
mounted not only by the strawberry lcaved
ducal coronct of Great Britain, but also
by tho princcly crown OF Austria.
Miss Winnerctta Singer may be descrb-
ed rs twice princess. Her first husband
was tho Prince do Scoy Montbollard, from
whom sho managed to secure n divorce,
and she is now tho vito of Prince Edmund
in,
for his musical compositions. Tho wealth
of tho princess comes to her by inheritance
from her father, tho great sewing machine
manufacturer.
Two American girls bear tho title of
Princess Poniatowski, not altogether just
ly so, since their husbands, although they
bear tho historic name of Poniatowski,
aro not Polish Princes Poniatowski but
nero Italian Princes of Monte Rotundo.
Ono of the Princossos Poniatowski is Cath
arino, daughter Of Eli Goddard Of Now
York, and the other was q Miss Bertha
Sperry, likewise Of this city.
Nor should tho name OF Princess HAITI
feldt DO omitted from the list She is the
daughter of Mr.. Coils p. Huntington, the
California railroad magnate, and married
Prince Francis Hntzfcldt head of tho SEN
Tor branch of the very illustrious house Of
that name. Tho HatZfeldts hold high rank
Mt tho German court tho chief of tho
house being grand cupbearer of tho realm,
and they nro connected by marriage with
nearly oil the great houses Of tho German,
French and Austrian aristocracy.
Tho daughter of Thomas Davis Of New
York bears tho titleof princess and duch-
css of Lanto Monfcltrio della Revere and
of duchess of San Crooe Her husband is
likewise n Spanish gTandeo of tho first
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tcrbc, in Italy. The princess was great
hoircSS md OWNS lnrnn nincns of nrnnnrty