Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-08
An ArChduke Of Austria and His
Faithful Love.
RENOUNCED HIS RIGHTS
To Marry the Woman OF His Heart and
Choice His Wife Destined 10 PLAY an
Important Part In AustrO-HungarIan Affairs
The Experience Of The ArOhduke In His
Love Affairs.


Hafsburg family. His mother was
Princess Annunciata, daughter Of the
deposed King Ferdinand IL. Of Europe.
In his boyhood he inherited nearly all
of the immense wealth of the Two 81
Giles. Princess Annunciata was the
second wife of Archduke Karl Ludwig,
who had q weakness for contracting
marriages with the young daughters
Of crumbling dynasties.
Archduke Franz visited America dur
ing the Worlds Fair at chicago. He
landed at Victoria, b. c., and travelled
across the continent stopping a few
days each at several Of the more i'm
portant cities lie was in Chicago only
a few days He Travelled incognito but
with a considerable suit, and declined
All social courtesies.
4,e is a very big man. standing
feet inches. He has light brown hair
and mustache blue eyes and a pink
and white skin as fair as a wOmans
He has never been a popular man in
austria. In manner he is insolent,
oyerbearing and pugnacious. He has
been mixed up i'm countless scandals
and escapades His uncle the Emperor
Francis Joseph, was in the habit some
years ago. Of horsewhlpping him for
ais scandalous conduct, and on several
occasions he beat him with his fists.
The late empress of Austria could
not tolerate him. It is said that she
would consent to his attending royal
functions when his presence was So
Cially required only on the understand
ing that he would not attempt to ad
dress her or approach her.
He became heir presumptive to the
Austrian throne upon the tragic death
of his cousin, the Crown Prince Ru-
dolph. Soon after his father died, and
he thus became heir apparent.
Many marriages were partially ar
ranged for him with women Of royal
rank, but he refused to enter them.
rIrst, 1t was planned that he marry
the Crown Princess Stephaine, widow
of Prince Rudolph Then it was an
nounced that he would wed Princess
Elizabeth, the young daughter Of the
Crown Prince Rudolph. Only two years
ago an attempt was made to arrange
a marriage between him and the Prin-
cess Mathilde, daughter Of Prince Lud-
wig of Bavaria,
The archduke was sent on a long
tour of the world, but when he got
back to Austria his passion for the
countess was as strong as ever, and in
June, 1900 he formally renounced the
right Of succession to the imperial
throne and welded Countess Chotek.
His wife is now 80 years old, a very
beautiful and attractive woman. and
for years had been very popular I'm
Vienna and also I'm Bohemia, where her
father has large estates
The natural successor to the arch
duke as heir apparent would be his
brother, the Archduke Otto The lat
ters succession. however, has been
practically annulled by his repeated Of
fenses against decency and society.
These led to his Punishment from the
Austrian court and made him a social
outcast
Archduke Otto is the most unpopular
man i'm Austria. In 1886, when a very
young man, he married the Princess
Marie Josephine of SaXony. BY her he
has two sons. ArChduke Charles Fran
els and Macmillan Eugene. The elder
is now 13 and will be the successor Of
Archduke Franz-Ferdinand as heir ap-
parent
At the time of her marriage It was
generally expected that the princess
would be content to do as other NOR
ganatic wives Of archdukes do, that is,
live I'm strict retirement, completely
cut off, not only from the court, but
but from society, dead in fact so far
as the world is concerned. This was
altogether a mistaken assumption. Be
fore the princess had been many
months married It was made abundant
ly clear to all concerned that she was
destined TO play a very important role
indeed, not merely socially, but like
wise politically. Up to the time Of be-
coming her husband Archduke Fran
els Ferdinand had been regarded as a
thorough nonenity. especially in polit-
ical matters. It was believed that he
knew nothing about matters Of state,
and cared less, Indeed, his supposed
ignorance and disinclinatiOn to learn
anything about the matter were a
source of very serious concern to those
who realized that he might at any mo-
ment, by the death Of his uncle, be call
ed upon to succeed to the throne
Since his marriage however, all this
is changed The archduke has already
placed himself at the head of one great
political party and publicly proclaimed
himself to be the determined opponent
Of the other In a speech which ere
ated sensation throughout Europe, he
stated that his sympathies were all
with the Clerical party I'm Austrian pol
lucs, and that he regarded those who
are trying to loosen the boAds that
unite Austria TO the Church Of Rome
as traitors TO his country and to his
house. These utterances would never
have been made by the archduke but
for his wonderfully clever wife, in
whose hands he is as wax. Nor need
he be blamed for this, for she Is
woman Of the most extraordinary abil-
ity with a nimble wit, a persuasive
tongue, a charm OF manner that few
can resist, and an ambition as strong
as 1t is subtle
1t is the pope alone who has the
power to relieve Archduke Francis
Ferdinand Of the obligations contained
In his solemn vow never to claim for
his wife, or for the children which she
might bear to him, either imperial