The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-12
AMERICAN-BORN PRINCESSES
List OF Yankee Girls who Have We'd
ded Titled Foreigners.
st. Louis Republic.

Increasing frequency of marriages be-
tween American women and European
noblemen has made our American noble
women no longer numbered by the dozens.
but by the hundreds. and although the
title OF princess is the least common OF all
the titles acquired by American girls
through marriage, there are, including Miss
Grant, who recently married Prince Can
tacuzene, twenty princesses American born.
OF these one of the most brilliant mar
riages was that Of Miss Elizabeth Field and
Prince Don Salvador Brancaccio. Duke of
Lustra. Prince Of Triggiano. Marquis of
Brancaccio and a Spanish grandee OF the
first class. The princess is the daughter Of
the late Mr.. ]. Hickson Field. OF New York.
and the marriage took place with much
pomp and circumstance in Rome, on March
8, 1870. The princess is lady in waiting to
Queen Margherita Of Italy, and lives at the
superb Brancaccio palace at Rome. She is
a great beauty and an especial favorite Of
the Queen.
Another marriage of an American girl
with an Italian prince was that Of Miss
Eva Bryant Mackay, stepdaughter Of Mr..
John w. Mackay, to Prince Ferdinand Sala-
trO Colonna. Prince of Paliano. Prince Of
Stigliano, a Spanish grandee Of the first
class and an officer in the Italian cavalry.
The marriage took place in Paris on Feb.
IL, 1885. The prince and princess have since
separated by mutual consent.
One Of our American princesses Is aunt by
marriage to an Empress, for the Princess
of Noer, Countess Won Waldersee, Is aunt
to the empress Augusta Victoria of Ger
many, and the princess has been mother
to the Empress for many years, and the
advice of Aunt Mary is esteemed at the
royal palace by both Emperor and Empress.
The princess was Miss Mary Esther Lee,
daughter of the late David Lee, OF New
YORK. She was married April IA, 1874, to
General Alfred, Count Waidersee, abide
camp general of the German army. Inc
princess was married before this to an Aus
trian nobleman, and the title OF Princess or
Noer is In her own right and was given her
by the Emperor Of Austria.
The Princess Hatzfedt was Miss Cla "a
Huntington, of New York. and daughter OF
Mr.. c. +. huntington. Her husbands fam
lily is one OF the oldest in Germany, and
Count Hatzfeldt. cousin or the prince,
also married an American girl. Miss Moul-
ton, of New York.
The Princess Salm Salm is another Ger
man princess. =, sn W was MISS u.s. Agnes t Jay,
Sam Salm in Washington at the beginning
of the civil war, as he had come to America
to join the Union forces out OF a spirit of
fine adventure. The marriage took pace at
Washington in 1851. The princess has mar
ried again since the death of the prince in
1871, but she still retains her title.
The Princess CzaykowsEi was Miss Edith
Collins, of New York, and great-grand-
daughter OF, Commodore Vanderbilt. She
was married to Prince Reched Bey Gay
kowski in Paris in 1895. and lives at The
Hague, where the prince is attached to the
The Princess Poniatowski was Miss Sper-
ry, of San Francisco. The prince Is of Pol
ism extraction, but Italian by birth and
breeding. He is a son OF Prince StaEislas
Poniatowski who was master Of the horse
to the Emperor Napoleon III. The family
is descended from the old lombard Counts
Of Tarelli, who In 1863 emigrated to Poland.
In 1863 Count Stanislas Poniatowski was
elected King of Poland.
There is another American Princess Pom
iatowski. She was Miss Catherine Goddard.
of New York. She married Prince Charles
Poniatowski April 3. 1880, and lives in Italy.
| The Princess Belossarky was Miss Susie
Whittier. of Boston. daughter of General
| the prince in Paris in 1895, and has live1 In
| Russia ever since at the Palace Belossarky,
on an island in the river at ST. Peters
burg which has been owned by the family
| for many centuries. The prince is abide
camp to the Grand Duke Vladimir.
Another Russian princess is the Princes
elyn Partridge of Chicago. a famous beauty
| and belle. She was married to the Prince
in Chicago in October of last year and the
| Prince has decided to become an American
citizen. He was formerly enc of the Imperial
Guards at ST. Petersburg.
The Princess Frances Auersperg was Miss
Hazard, of Shrewsbury Manor n. J., and
| she was married to the Prince I'm June OF
| this year. The Prince Is an Austrian oil
LOted lineage and Is studying medicine IN
| this country. The prince and princess have
taken up their residence at Shrewsbury
Manor.
The Princess Camporeale was Miss MARY
| Binney, daughter OF Mr.. John Binney, OF
| Burlington, n. j. She was married TO the
Prince at Burlington in 1855.
| the Princess de Lynar was Miss May Par.
| sons daughter of George Parsons, of Elm.
| hurst, Q. She was married in 1871 TO the
\ late Prince. Alexander de Lynar, of the
| German army. The princess is entitled by
| order of the King of Prussia. to the title Of
| Serene Highness.
| There are two American Prncesses OF
| Ruspoli. Princess Emanuel and Princess AL.
| lexander. The former Miss Josephine
1 Curtis. daughter OF the late Joseph Cur
tbs of New York She was married In 1Ss,
| at Paris.
The Princess Alexander was Miss Eva
| Broadwood. of New York, and was married
| in 1877 to the prince. The family Is rela ted
| TO the Bonapartes and is one OF the mos'
/ ancient Of Tire Italian nobility. The prime,
| is mayor OF Rome. His brother, Prince
/ Francis Ruspou is hereditary Crane
| chamberlain TO his Holiness, the Pope.
The Princess Louise de Scey-MontebellarC
| was Miss Winnaretta Singer. daughter o.
| Isaac Singer. of Boston She was married
| in Paris in 1887.
| The Princess de Susanet was Miss Field
| of New York. and was married in Paris e
| the prince. who was an officer in the Frenci
| army.
The Princess virginius Genet vicovarrt
| and Marquise of Roccopriora. Counties,
| Palatine. was Miss Eleanor Spencer. daugh
ter OF Mr. Lorillard Snencer. OF New York