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cumstances of much brutality. He
then proceeded to exile her from Ser
via and forced the complaisant me-
tropolitan of the national church OF
Servia to de, rec the dissolution OF
her marriage, at the same time de-
priving her of the title of queen and of
al royal attributes.
Prince Of Monaco.
The reigning prince of Monaco has
been another cent sr of matrimonial
complications HIS first wife Is still
living, her marriage to the ruler OF
the famous little principality having
been annulled by the Vatican, though
the papal decree STINT ltaneously pro-
nouneed that her son was in every
sense Of the word legitimate. Princess
Mary, whose mother was princess of
the reigning house of l'aden and
whose father was the Eng ish duke
of Hamilton, as forced by Ter kins-
and guardian, the late Emperor Ma
to Albert of Monaco. The latter
showed himself singularly negle tful
and unkind husband, and her life at
Monte Carlo became so intolerab e
that she took to flight carrying her in
FAINT child with her. She sought refuge
at Florence, where the Italian police,
acting on behalf of the prince, made
sensational attempt to take the boy
away from her. The plot was frus-
trated by the Grand Duchess Marie of
Russia, who took mother and infant
under protection and defied the 1tal-
ian authorities to cross the threshold
of her residence. Today Princess
Mary is the wife of Count Tassilo Fes-
tetics of TOlna. one Of the magnates
of the Austro- Hungarian empire, and
occupies an excellent position at the
court of Vienna.
Prince Albert married again, the
next princess of Monaco being an
American girl, a daughter of the New
Orleans banker Michael Heine. His
second matrimonial venture, however,
turned out as unfortunately as the
first for a judicial separation has re-
Gently been arranged between the
prince and the princess, each having
many charges against the other
In Russia and in Germany.
"All the younger married couples
of the imperial family of Russia are
living happily together But the white
haired widow of the late Grand Luke
Constantine, grand-uncle OF the pres
emit car, spent the greater part of her
life apart from her husband, one of
the most brilliant and accomplished
men of his day 1t was solely owing
to the influence of his brother, the
Emperor Alexander H., that the scan
dial of divorce was averted. Con-
stantines other brother, the Grand
Duke Nicholas. likewise made no
pretense of living with his consort,
who, forced by his behavior to leave
his roof, took up her residence in
convent at Kieff
The existence of Princess Your
ieffska and the presence at the court
of ST. Petersburg of the handsome
children whom she bore to the EN-.
peror Alexander II. constitute incon-
vertible evidence of the fact that he
was husband only in name to the
Empress Marie, made no pretense of
living with her husband, the duke of
Leuchtenberg, after the first three or
four years of her marriage,
THE reigning houses of Germany
have been peculiarly prolific in di-
yorees and separations. One of the
Processes of Prussia, Louise by
name, is divorced from Prince Alexis
of Hesse. She is now a woman of 20
and makes her home at Wiesbaden.
Her brother, Prince Frederick
Charles. the celebrated general, to
whom belongs the credit of the cap
ture of the French stronghold of Metz
in 1870, spent a considerable portion
if his life apart from his wife who
was only dissuaded from obtaining
divorce by the old Emperor William.
Prince Albert of Prussia now re-
gent OF Brunswick, spent a singularly
unhappy boyhood, owing 10 the
troubles between his parents, which
eliminated in sensational divorce.
After the dissolution of the marriage
his father contracted a morganatic
alliance with Mile. de Rauch, by
whom he had Il number of children,
who bear the titles Of counts and
countesses Hohenau. Prince Albert's
mother, Princess Marie of the Neither
lands, became the wife of one of her
gentlemen in waiting and died about
Is years ago.
Sorrows of Humbert's Sister.
The late ling of Holland lived only
few years with his first wife, Queen
Sophia, one of the intellectual prin-
cesses of the reigning house of Wur-
temberg, their union having been in
every sense OF the word marriage de
CONVEYANCE politique. The same may
be said OF the match between the late
Prince Napoleon and Princess Cloth
Hide, sister OF kiag Humbert of Italy
There was no pretense Of affection in
the latter union, which was contracted