The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

and she inherited a large fortune from
her mother
The Count Czaykowski is the repre-
sentative of the Turkish government at
the Hague, and is of Polish descent.
One of the most beautiful American
princesses is the Princess Braneacclo,
of Italy She was Miss Elizabeth Hick-
son Field, of New York, the daughter
of ]. Hiekson Field, Esq. She was mar
ried at Rome, in 1870, to Don Salvador
Brancaccio, Duke of Lustra and Prince
of Triggiano, Marquis of Brancaccio,
and a Spanish grandee Of the first class.
The princess is lady-in-Waiting TO
Queen Margerita of Italy.
The title of prince of Brancaccio was
created in 1891, and the residence of
, the noble pair is the superb BrancacciO
palace at Rome.
The countess di Forresta was Miss
Skinner of New York, and was married
| in that city to the Italian count, who
was then charge d'affaires for his gov
eminent at Washington. He had been
prominent figure in society for num-
| Der of years at Washington and Ban
Harbor. He was afterward transferred
to Madrid, and is now the Italian rep
Fesentative at Munich. The count anc
| countess have one son, to whom DR.
| William A. Dunn. of Boston is goliath
er, the doctor having also been best
man to the count at his wedding.
The Princess COlonnas marriage, al
though brilliant one, was, as all the
world knows, a most unhappy one. She
was Miss Eva Julia Bryant, the daugh-
| ter of Mrs John w. Mackay and her
first husband, DR.. Bryant.
The marriage took place in February,
| 1885, at Paris with much pomp and cir
oumstance, and for a while it seemed q
most happy marriage, but now the
prince and princess are separated.
The prince is a member of one of the
proudest and oldest houses in Italy. He
| has many titles: Prince of Galatro
| Prince of Paliggiano, Prince Colonna
and Prince of Stigliano, a Spanish
grandee of the first class, and an officer
of the Italian cavalry.
The princess now lives with hei
| mother, Mrs. John w. Mackay, and the
two children divide their time between
mother ami father.
| The Princess Poniatowski was Miss
| Elizabeth Sperry. the daughter of one
! of the most prominent and wealthy mer
of Stockton, Cal The prince and prin-
cess were married at Stockton and have
ever since resided in San Francisco
The princess has the full enjoyment Of
her title with all its honors and aces
series, yet she lives in her own country
among hel own people.
The prince quickly adapted himself Il
American customs and manners, and i!
now established in an extensive mininf
business in San Francisco. He is al
Italian, although his ancestors many
generations ago We're Poles as his nam,
plainly tells
Tho Co111atace If TV,lIo t. tI,o ,,,1.. A -,
erican woman who ever married a king
Her husband, however, was not born t
be king, but was made king consor-
by his first wife, Donna Maria II. de
Gloria. Queen of Portugal He wa.
Prince Fernando of Sake oburg.
Gotha, and received his title Of king il
1887; he was regent during the minority
of his son, from 1853 to 1855 Don Fer,
nando held in Portugal position sim
liar to that held in England by his frs
cousin, Prince Albert, the husband O.
Queen Victoria
The Countess of Edla was Miss Ellis,
Hensler of Carver street, Boston, anC
was born of humble parents, who Tttl,
dreamed that in the future their daugh
ter's name would be written in the roy
al red book Of Europe as that of tn,
honored wife of a king.
Miss Hensler had superb voice
which proved her fortune, and made on,
of the prettiest love stories of the cen
fury. BY the kind efforts of friends
she was sent to Europe to perfect he
voice, and when she appeared in opers
at Lisbon 1t was the opening night O.
the opera season, and the birthday O
the king. All the royal family wal
present, and from the royal box tn,
king saw and fell in love with the beau
tiful American singer and made hast,
to honor her with an offer of his hanC
and heart.
The marriage took place in the roya
chapel June TO- 1859, and just previous
to the wedding the kings brother, tn,
Duke of Saxe-Coburg, conferred upol
Miss Hensler the title of Countess O
Edla of Saxe-Coburg.
The marriage was one of ideal han
piness from first to last. The king wa
man of the most refined tastes in ar
and music and literature, and his wifi
WAC a woman of rare accomplishments
whose tastes followed his closely. The,
lived in the superb palace, Pena Castle
surrounded by an immense estate
which was cultivated under the super
vision Of Don Fernando himself. Man,
trees and shrubs We're imported from
| Massachusetts, the native state of TIL
| countess, and this was done at the ex
! press wish of the king.
The countess might have been Ouee,
of Spain, for in 1869 the crown Of Snail
was offered to Don Fernando by Cen
Prim and Gen. Serrano. But Don Fer
nando replied that he preferred hi
peaceful private life at Pena, and III
countess shrank from the duties of ;
| queen
Don Fernando died in December 1885,
and since that time the widowed count
ess has lived in retirement at Cintra.
| The Countess Won Moltke- HuitfeId
was Miss Bonaparte of Washington tn
great granddaughter of Prince Jerom
| Bonaparte, who was king of Westpha
LA. The countess is, therefore
eat-grandniece of the first Napoleon
She was married at Washington in De
| cember 1896, to Count Adam Va,
| Moltke- Huitfeldt, and went direct,
abroad, where the cCant is attached +,
the Danish embassy at Paris.
The Countess Bella Zichy was Form, a.
y Mrs. Fernando Yznaga, nee Miss No
bel Wright, and she was married to fl,
| Austro- Hungarian nobleman in New
York after obtaining a divorce in sontl
| Dakota from Mr.. Yznaga, the brothe
J of the Duchess of. Manchester.