Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-20

Spanish throne. The second Don Car
los i'll the line of pretenders died in
1861. ThereupOn the present Don Car
los became the pretender to the throne
of Spain as Charles VII in legitimate
succession. and the loyalty of the Carl.
lists has centered about him since that
time.
The Dretender who figures IN the tele-
GramS of today is the nephew of the
second and the grandson of the first.
He is the son of his predecessors broth
er Juan and bears the full name of
Carlos. Don Maria dc los Dolores Juan
lsador josef Francesca Quirino Anto-
MO Miguel Gabriel Raphael de Bour-
bon. On his behalf Carlist uprisings,
speedily repressed took place Il 1869,
1870 and 1872. but the instruction
headed by him in person after The alb
dIcation Of King Amadeo in 1873 proved
much more formidable, and kept the
northern part of Spain, the Basque
provinces OF the Pyrenees, in great con-
( fusion till the beginning Of 1876. when
( i was finally crushed. Don Carlos
/ himself crossed over into France. and
! issued from Paris q proclamation. in
! which he declared that while patriotism
/ enj0ined upon him . peaceful attitude
/ at that time, the same patriotism might
/ counsel a change OF opinion, and he re-
manned free 10 reassert his rights at
any favorable moment
Don Carlos has been twice married.
His first wife VAS a princess of the
/ house Of Bourbon and a niece of the
/ Comte &c Chambord. At the time of
the marriage, in 1861, and for many
years later, the couple were very poor
They lived at Passy after the failure
of their last attempt to gain the throne,
and were in actual restitution at times.
Once Don Carlos had TO sell his favorite
war horse to obtain food Some Carlist
TO the pretender, who sold it again fer
the same purpose
The deaths of the COmte and Com
tesse de ChambOrd, who left the most
of their great wealth 30 their favorite
niece, the wife OF Don Carlos, placed
|
stances. but when she died it was found
that she had left her money in trust
for her children leaving but small
allowance to her husband. He had
neglected her shamefully, and they had
lived apart for many years. He cast
about for means of relief, and in less
than a year married the wealthy Prin-
cess Marie Berthe de ROhan The mar
riage took place April %, 1894. the bride
being just twenty years younger than
her husband. She is q member of the
illuStriOuS house OF Rohan, which
alone, of all the noble families OF
France and Austria, has the right OF
addressing the sOyereigns as cousin.
Since the death of the Comte DE-
ChambOrd Don Carlos has been looked
on with a new interest as a possible
pretender to the French throne. for by
that death he became the head of the
branch of the BourbOns which descend.
in direct line from the second son o.
Louis XIV. In the COmte de Cham
bord the male line of Louis XIV be
came extinct. The Orleans line, thu
head of which is the Due d'Orleans, de
sends from the Due d'Or!eans,
brother of Louis XIV.
Don Carlos, who may become Charlie.
VII of Spain, has five children by hi.
first marriage among them one son
Don Jayne, now in his 28th year who
is no doubt willing to pose either a:
| dauphin OF France or infante of Spain
Don Carlos himself was expelled from
France in 1881 on the ground that he
had allied himself with De Chambord
Then he crossed over into England and
lived in London for some time. OF late
he has alternated between Venice and
Viareggio. where he has splendid es-
adjustments. There are said TO be
nearly 1900 Carlist clubs now alive il
Spain.