Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-04-25
ROYALTY IN DIVORCE
wDDlNos WHERE CUPID WAS AB.
SENT. SEPARATION FOLLOWED.
RECORD Or UhAApp.NEss
The List Recently Enlarged by the
Legal Separation Of infanta Eulalia
of Spain-Other Failures OF Note
Which History Has to Chronicle.

Love rarely plays any part In the
matrimonial alliances of reigning
families" says Stewart c.. Grant III
the Junior Munsey "Dynastic consid-
erations force their members TO Weu
even when they desire to remain
single. and political considerations
limit their choice
Long is the list of the European
ueens. expresses and princesses who
for one reason or another have been
constrained to live apart from their
husbands Not long ago the roster
received a notable addition in the per-
son of the Infanta Eulalia of Spain,
who, later being pointedly careful
during the past two years to avoid be-
| ing anywhere near her husband. late
| ly obtained a legal separation from
him
| "The domestic misfortunes of the
Infanta Eulalia are Of particular in
terest to the American people, be-
cause she is one of the four ladies of
| royal rank who have visited the
| United States. the other three being
the late empress of Brazil; Princess
| Theresa of Bavaria. eldest daughter
of the regent of Bavaria, and Princess
Louise, duchess Of Argyll, the fourth
daughter of the late Queen Victoria.
couple of weeks at Washington last
summer, cannot, strictly speaking, be
regarded as a royal lady. She was
recently divorced from her nncon-
genial husband and has resumed her
maiden name of Princess Louise of
Schleswig- Holste!h.
Sad Story Of EuIalie.
THE Infanta Eulalia represented
| the Spanish crown at the festivities
organized by the United States in con
/ nection with the four hundredth ami
versary of the discovery of America
! by Columbus Those who met her on
| that occasion were able to draw their
own conclusions concerning the con
trast between the high-spirited, bril-
| liant and in many ways fascinating
| princess and her husband. Don An
tonic, a poor creature mentally as
we'll as physically, 1t was impos-
sible to believe that the infanta could
regard her husband with any other
sentiment but that of contemptuous
pity.
"The Infant had always been the
| fayorite sister of the late King Al
| fonso and the most popular princess
of the reigning family at Madrid, and
| when the announcement was made
that a marriage had been arranged for
| her with her first cousin, Don Antonio
| who was the only son of Queen
| Isabella's younger sister the late
| duchess of Montpensier-a good deal
of popular feeling was manifested. 1t
was known that the marriage had
been arranged partly in the hope OF
| preventing the old duke Of Montpen-
| sier from continuing his detestable in
| trigues against the Spanish throne
and partly for the purpose of cutting
short little romance in which the
princess figured as the heroine, while
| the hero was reported to be good
| looking young foreign diplomat, who
was suddenly transferred from Madrid
| to another capital at the request of
| King Alfonso. This had the effect of
rendering her especially interesting in
| the eyes of her countrymen.
"Eulalia is by no means the ONLY
member of her family whose marriage
has proved an utter failure. Her
mother, old Queen Isabella, has been
| separated for more than 80 years from
| her king consort, Francis of Assist.
! Born as Spanish prince of the blood,
| King Francis is so diminutive in
| stature and afflicted with such child
| ish treble yoce thta it is easy to under
stand the meaning of the queens re
main that when she married she had
expected TO find a man, but had been
! disappointed to discover herself
mated to an infant-Spanish term for
prince
/ Queen Isahella's sisterin-law, the
! late lnfanta Isabella. who died two or
| three years ago. had been separated
for at least two decades from the Po-
| lish nobleman Count Gurowski, whom
| she had married after most sensa-
| tioual and romantic elopement ac-
| complshed in the true oldfashioned
/ manner by means Of rope ladders and
post ehaises Small blame could be
ascrihed 10 the count for abandoning
her. Her yagarics were such that At
/ is charitable TO presume that she was
mentally unbalanced, and she remains
! on record as the only member Of the
royal and historic house of Bourbon
who was buried without any religious
services whatsoever, her obseques be.
| ing Of the character known as civil
Milan and Natalie.
Few people knew the exact re.a-
/ ton between Queen Natalie OF Seryia
and her husband, the late King Milan.
Their divorce was pronounced and an
nulled so many times that ii became
! difficult to say whether her SerVian
majesty was divorce or not
Probably no other crowned head in