The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-16
WE'D BELOW THEIR STATION.
MorganatiO Marriages on the Increase
In Europe.

MOrganatiO Marriages on the Increase
In Europe.
1t is well known saying that cupid
laughs at law" and it certainly appears to
be justified in the case Of royalties who
marry for love rather than state reasons.
Certain it Is, says Poarson's Weekly, that
morganatc marriages are on the increase.
Take, for instance, the Grand Duke
Nicholas of Russia. who was banished by
the Car to Tashkent in Turkestan, because
he fell in love with and married a daugh-
tor of the chief Of police at Orenburg.
His sacrifice was failure as far as hap
piness was concerned for his marriage was
a disappointment, and the Prince fretted
after the fuller life he had formerly had,
and on his recall by the present Gar his
menta health was found to have suffered
severely.
The Grand Duke Paul Of Russia, who held
the rank Of Northumberland and Adju-
tant-General to the Car. was deprived Of his
offices and banished for ten years on the
occasion OF his marriage with the Baroness
Pistolkoff, the beautiful but not altogether
excellent wife Of one Of the Grand Duke
Vladmir's suite. who divorced her.
This Prince has recently been pardoned
and summoned back to report to the Gar
what Europe thinks Of the Russian situa-
ton, but his wife was stopped at the frontier
and had to return.
Perhaps one Of the happiest morganatic
unions is that Of the Grand Duke Michael,
uncle Of the Car, who followed the dictates
OF his heart In marrying a daughter Of
Prince Nicholas Of Nassau by his morgan
attic wife. the Countess Nuremberg. whose
father was the great Russian poet Pushkin.
He Is now restored to favor, and his wife
has been created Countess Torby; but the
Grand Duke clings to his English home ut
Keele Hail. Staffordshire, where he lives in
perfect harmony with his lovely wife and
children, and has been the host Of our own
King, and Queen, while he il beloved by the
people In whose midst he lives and moves.
The imperial house Of Austria furnishes
many examples of such love matches.
One Of the most picturesque romances
was that OF the Archduke John. who Ia
supposed to have been shipwrecked and
drowned 10 1890. but OF whom report has 1t
that he still lives.
He was out. hunting one day when he
surprised a picnic party. Of which Milly
Stubel was one. This girl was only an
opera dancer, but had an pnblemished
fall in love at first sight that he oourted
her under the name Of Johann Orth, q
Viennese engineer. All unsuspecting Milly
returned his affection, and only discovered
his rank when she saw him reviewing the
troops az an imperial field marshal
In vain did he implore the Emperor to
sanction his marriage with the GIRL only
quarrel ensued, and he was dismissed
from tho army. After the death Of his
friend the Crown Prince Rudolph a recon-
ciliation took place, but he asked permis-
sion to renounce oil royal rights, and as
sumed the name Of Johann Orth. Then he
married his lady love and sailed away with
his bride, only to encounter a storm, in
which,it Is believed by most people, his wife
and his crew perished.
Recent, comparatively, Is the decision
OF the Archduchess Stephanie to abandon
her royal position In favor Of her love for