The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-19

How the Daughters Of Don Carlos
Have Married.

Very quietly and without any fuss or
ceremony has the infanta Alice Of Spain.
the youngest daughter OF Don Carlos,
been married of last week to Prince Fred
erick Ernest, of Schonburg- Waldenburg,
one or the junior members of the nedt-
affixed house of that name. The bride S
uncle. the Duke of Parma father OF
Princess Ferdinand OF Bulgaria, offici-
ated in loco PARENTS at the ceremony,
which took place at viareggio, Don Car
los himself and hts young wife being con-
spicuous by their absence.
The betrothal OF the prince and the
infanta took place sho.t,y after the flight
Of the laiter's eldest sister. Elvira, with
The Roman painter. FoIehi. with whom
she eloped In order to avoid the persecu-
ton TO which she was subjected by her
father. who insisted that she should enter
a convent and become nun. SO that he
could enjoy her fortune. And IL the mar
rage OF the Infanta Alice has been so
long delayed 1t has been entirely due TO
the shameful way In which Don Carlos
has behaved toward her, too, In money
matters.
When the first wife Of Don Carlos died
she left the whole of her immense for
tune not TO her husband from whom she
was separated. but in equal shares to her
children. to be paid to them on their mar
rage or on their majority. A most for
giving and kind-hearted woman she did
not desire to subject her husband to the
indignity OF depriving him of any voice
In the management of her estate during
the minority OF the children, and in this
manner he has enjoyed until now an In
terest In the property. which. however,
ceases with the marriage OF the Infanta
Alice. his youngest daughter.
With that mixture OF Spanish avarice
ana Bourbon extravaganza. which is his
most strongly developed characteristic.
he was naturally exceedingly reluctant 10
part with the estate OF his first wife. all
the more as his second wife had brought
him little else than her youth and beauty.
That IS why he wanted to get Elvira into
convent. and why he placed SO many
obstacles in the way OF AIice's marriage,
that the latter has finally taken place
without his presence, legal proceedings
having been instituted IN her behalf BY
her uncle. the Duke OF Parma as one of
the trustees Of her mothers estate. in or
der to force Don Carlos to turn over her
share in the property.
Infanta Alice's husband liz tall. hand
some man. who Is a recent convert TO
Catholicism and has quite recently been
appointed chamberlain OF the Cape and
Sword TO the Pope. Besides this he holds
a commission OF captain in one Of the
crack regiments OF Bavarian cavalry. AL
tho9gH ne can trace his ancestry back IN
an unbroken line TO the year se5 vet his
grandmother was a mere baroness and his
mother a countess. Therefore the follow
ers OF Don Carlos In Spain have every
right TO look upon the Infanta's marriage
IL the light OF n nesslliance.
IL Is generally believed that in spite OF
Don Carlos objection TO surrender the
property K was he himself who at first
arranged the matches for his two younger
daughters. When he married Princess
Bertha de Rohan a few years ago all his
daughters snuhbed her severely and de-
even as IN equal In consequence OF her
non-royai birth. In fact, the situation be-
came so intoierabie that Don Carlos re-
any longer under The same roos as his
young wife. and seat them of 10 live IN
der the care OF daennas at yiareggfo.
Now he has married or the Infanta
Beatrice 10 a mere Roman patrictan. Don
Faoriyic Massimo, Duke OF Antioch. an!
the Infanta Alice 20 Prince Schoenburg.
whose family is inferior 70 the Rohans In
prestige. while the fnfaHta Elvira has run
OF with Folchi From this Il viii be seen
thai Don Carlos has managed. 90 20 speak.
10 close IRE mouth ard 20 stop the sreers
or the three members of his family who
shov-7d themselves most satagonistir 4,
his second wife. His eldest daughter, the
lnfGnta Blanche. is married to Archduks
Leopold or Austria. and M axes q point cf
avoiding her father and all the members
or her family as much as possible prefer
ring 70 Identify herself with that OF her
husband. namely the Hlustsious AID his
torfc house 0. Hapxoarg