New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07
"HERINpERIAL HIGHNESS.'
ua.r frs Edmund Wickham Be
eoue Princes PGlRologo.

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III, =. found n the AImanach &c
-. ~ in any OF the other standard Works Oh
- either foreign or English. OF her IN
,t-,oss .1,o Princess Eugene Palaologo
per- to. ~, the subject Of Fl gsh society
70 = --,,7.eb women 8 great London daily news
- savc-ee q column and half OF It's Vaiuap'e
-. or tho understanding that she i a u
5---sbe-7 foreigner. In reality she Is al F-He'
- n Mrs Edmund Wickham. whose huSoal"
"u''' -,,,,l t., the English army. She lives ..
- 80 a horse looking HYDE Park, ana
- daughter and four sons the eldest OF whom
= hears tho title Of Prince iHeodoIe' anu
= -aos=esseS an imagination that Is ne Ho91
al th4r- about her. besides her II Ie. slhce'
= .,e s 70 believe her no less than tee ncSt
..a,io attempts nave beer made upon hei re
=. f-ss-i1ares that both she and nCT sun cor
t.--e . peril II the dynasty now reiS'ili-s oN-:
-..oe since the people of that country NoUIu
.e7-arJv prefer being ruled over by scion OF
80 imperial Greek dynasty of Pal#oioso riIl'
-, 81 alien house. such as thar Of King George.
she bi-ts that the latter would he relieved
=. ,esrn Of her death. the inference belnE 1na'
:. ,oo- rnar. may have iusugated the attempts
~ be- Hfe concerning which nothing mas ever
-es- known by tho English police
# the time ~ the capture 81 Constantinopie oH
=. turks sa 1853. The throne Of what was then
lBoSn as The Byzantine Empire was occupied uy
he PslFo'oEo dynasty Emperor CoTlStai't-e
rfu1self vas killed The stornhng OF the CITY
--hfie
escsped and 10 have found refuge in Western Eu-
,7. Ts-.+ II was generally believed that they all
became extinct shortly afteTward ms lhlP'e9
sior prevailed until some years ago "At'H -
Mrs Edmund W.cknan suddenly put foIlii On
n TIE effect that she was the hhea' u.s.
ard principal heiress az the Paleooso iaiN-'E &c
sr-rnula+as IN immense amount 81 cocuI7el''FF
- DC SOW. T--gIish parish registers. from ina
British Museum from the ROYAL Co4iese OF f1eId'u-
s-5 f-o-. the National Library At Farls, All OF
-irh rended 10 show that she IS oeslehdec on tHe
st.z J5a rro77 a certain Theodore Palsaologo.
-. - t,.-fss IN tbe old parish church OF Ian
- >. cornwall This Theodore Palsaologo
claimed 70 be the great -grea--Great- grandson OF
rrc-7ss Al alleged second and younger brother OF
0o,s-s---i-e VII rho last Greek Emperor Of Con-
s-artt-opIe
re- long time Mrs Wlckhams pretensions were
s45es T2-1- suddenly a. a moment when the rela-
lions ee---e4r s. Petersburg ana Athens were ex-
5---77- GRAINED she was invited to submit the
s,---,e--s-v evf1ance which she had gathered to-
..+ba- concerning her lineage 70 the Holy Synod
a. = Petersburg This supreme tribunal OF the
Mrsrovfre Church which is composed % the lead
= nj -is-chs and rneJropolitans of the Orthodox
p;ts eventually issued decision by which l.
,or~sflv recognized the pretenFions OF Mrs. Wick
= - bs descendant II the female line of the
To- ,,,- one az The Byzantine eupcrors Of Con
-t-,-fs and in cEe letter addressed to her
- ra~ her imperial highness the Princess
r-gsrio Pa college" while her son young Wick
bsr uas described in the same missive as The
Fr-r-e Protector Of the Glorious Traditions OF the
Orthodox Byzantine Empire
TIE Ru.stLa government however had nothing
., Il. with tkis * -raordinary document and
-e,be- Mrs Wickha.l nor her offspring are on
tba listing list Of the Russian Embassy in London
while II is needless add that neither their
r-f7ceiv tile uor their Byzantine names ara
.4oogrize6 either at the Muscovite Embassy in
ENGLAND or bv any Of the European courts.
7r-Flr to he
action q the Holy Synod St Petersburg IN the
natter 10 anything else than a desire make
tbs -9yal house Of Greece feel uncomfortable BY
showing 70 King George and 10 his sons that the
Holy synod had hand candidate. not only
tar the throne Of Greece but also for that OF the
Sultan II the event OF the Turks being driven
OH Of Europe
Everybody is aware IN Russia OF the hope enter
ts!red a Athens that Greece is destined inherit
Corstznurope and the reigning house Of Greece
70 ruls OF the shores of the Bosporus. This
would not SUR RUss1a's plans projects. as she
fesGs sne would be able 70 control powerful
Greece 70 keep the latter sUbservient 10 her
VII Il Greece had possession Of Constantinople.
In one word the Holy Synod. which is imbued
WITH Pausiav IDEAS II the most pronounced type,
evidently wished in recognizing Mrs. wickham
&c descendant 0: the Byzantine imperial house
n PaIeoiogo 10 hold her in reserve a card
70 play against the Hellenic Crown Prince Con-
stsntines pretensi01s 70 a Greek throne Con-
saHfinopIe
II is hardly necessary TO point out that even il
MS "lckhsn were ever much an authentic
descendant from the alleged younger brother OF
ne last Emperor Of Coustan tinope, the very fact
MAJ her descent merely through the female |
Ah7 roos Il Of any dynas1C value For other
wise there are, 7 hsvc SHOWN IN these letters
outaAers and grocers who. being able TO trace /
hsr descent through the female line TO former |
nhsS q England. SUCH is Henry VII would be /
entitled 10 style themselves Princes OF Great |
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