New-York tribune., 1905-11-03
I,AMpIERRL'S DUCHESS.
H;storic French Chateau Loses Its
Mistress-4 DORA Wcds at Rome

Many houses OF the old French aristocracy are
n,aced in mourning by the death OF the Dowager
r,uchess of Luynes. who Will be remembered
bsv,ne spent a summer at Newport about twelve
,...,. seo with her children. She
a.r~hter OF that patriarch of the French nobility,
rh. Duke de La Rochefoucauld Doudeauvile. and
a. such BavarsS&n princess. and for many years
=, her ridowhooi shared the social supremacy of
p,-,s with the Do~aGer Duchess, OF Uzes She
los, her husband at the battle of Loigny, during
+be Franco-German war Of 1870. in spite of which
b. cared for the German officers Quartered IN her
,l.,orio Chateau of Dampierre as il they had been
her honorcd guests
Tbs chateau which has been in the possession
., al. Dukes de Lsiynes for nearly three hundred
-,.ar, 4. situated about twenty miles from Paris,
:. mentioned in records far back 1857 as being
, r1anorsI estate. and consists of square building
with two wings juttinE out on either side. hanked
at thu extreme angle Of each pavilion by small round
.nuers and surrounded by a moat Of running water
The red brick Is picked out with white stone Inc
chateau is approached by an outer and an inner
co,rt ward separated from one another oy hhius-
,rsde At the back and at either size racing tho
beautiful gardens are broad terraces reached oy
eight. of steps and lined by baiustrades The
whole looks out TO gardens similar 10 those Vi
Versailles and extensive woods. while opposite the
lert wing is magnificent sheet OF water at whose
f,r.hernost end is an island with four little
pavilions.
z-o,,,,,e. could be written about the hall. with its
staircase,
cleut frescoes: about the Salons one oi "iilCh -
srocisJlv devoted to the memory Of Louis XIII; to
the chapel to the gardens and to the park but II
ix sufficient say that Dampierre Is one oi inc
anex monuments of the genius or Mailsart tiie CIV
..or of the Palace OF Versailles, Of tife Dome OF
tn. Inyalides and OF the Place Nendome- Aouis
Nv snen. much of his time there. and ms Foiisi
consort Queen Marie Lecznska- maoe no less eiiat
sx prolonged stays at DampierTe. Mfne- ue -, ot,.
nadour the Mareschal d'Estrees. Coioert, the IN
d. Saint Simon. author Of the famous ineiNoiS
n. Cardinal de Lorraine, Louis XVI anu e
.F-;. antoinette and many other historic Petsoii-
,ee, have been Hospitality entertained at Da4Np-
ayr. and unlike many French cha'ea0'' ~
c.oed all injury at the time of the great nc
owing to the Duke de Luynes of the oas oeci,,S IA,
ns ... ,1onp with th, royal princes and the
ohIes and TO his remaining quietly AT baihpie.te
throughout the whole Of the Reign OF Ierror' ne
u-as a,on, n describe himself Citizen" huvnes,
bacarne a member Of the Senate IN Io4S' anu o-'N
80, tho reign OF the First Napoleon
II is TO his son that Dampierre Is lIoeD'e -
= ~ tie finest statuary and pictures he was d
man Of great erudition and a collector u Ai.
nras conspicuous among whch are ihs"e
nratsd masterpieces representing the soiu'ii
No sacrificed a considerable part OF ms loF'e.e 10
I,e ~ - .ra pavalist pretender the late Count
a. -l,.,nhord and like his and grahosoii ie
,nained aloof from the Tuileries. 1or 'He "a
xbose widow has just died at Dahpieiie, -, 80
commission in the Papal Zouaves uhtii 'he nv s
- hic
him to place his sword at the disposal u
1rru PARTY OF THE DUKES
-. s,,rs end master of Dampierre is the
- ,,.,,a,an. and grand master OF the househoio
or .be Duke of Orleans, attended MN as SUI
III. time of his marriage at Vienna anu III ',io m
,,rorabIe event OF a royalist restoration "ouia u
7,,,htadIv b. appointed Minister or the Roy se
r-oad Marshal of the Court. He Is
--.ed IN : sister of the present Duke d'Uzes anu
his onlv sister is married to the Duke oe SoAiii.s
and his wife's brother is married 10 the Du"e N
Fa-issac All these young dukes and duchesses
each bearing historic name ana posses .ra
great wealth. form very Influential coterie iO
e-o known In Paris as 1.-THE party Of the dukes
If &c from the house OF the Duke de Lug -S 80
Paris that the Duke OF Orleans was caIlieu %.
to prison after his return TO France III oe1h VI
the decree of banshment pronounced against hiiii'
1z;s ae,,ot,o, To the Royalist pretender does not
prevent the Duke de Luynes from placing ms s"oio
at the service OF the republic, and he hoios Cum
mission on the reserve OF the lith f,ekliAeh' y.
C.hausseur A Cheval. Besides being LUKE Oh
r,,-,ss t,a "a likewise Duke of Chevreuse, Prince
Of NeuchateI and of Vallensin, titles wnlch nave
heen In his family for two hundred years; Duke oi
Montfort and Count de Dunois, all or them names
that have figured repeatedly in French history The
family is originally OF italian origin, and lis
ratrouvmic is d. Albert which is the Gaicized form
Of Alberi The Albertis were in the thirteenth ana
fourteenth centuries one OF the graadest parlcial
houses of Florence They have been settled In
the Dukedom of Luynes dates from 1913. when 1t
was created in favor of Charles Marquis dAlbert
and Constable of France. Unlike SO many other
French honors Il has descended since then through
the male line direct and as the present duke has
two OF three young sons the further succession
seems be assured.
AN Up TO DATE NOBLE.
In one way the death of the late Duchess Of
Luynes will be somewhat OF relief to her son. the
duke For like many other great women. she
had little no knowledge of the value or money
and behaved with such extravaganza that when her
son attained his majority he found his great in
heritance terribly embarrassed; so much so that
when his sister married the Duke de Noailles. in
her at the time full the fortune to which he was
entitled Fortunately the duke is singularly able
business man, and has not only restored order to
his affairs and prosperity to the ducal house or
Luynes but has likewise managed to make a new
fortune by his mining ventures in South Africa
Thus he is president Of the North Witwatersrand
Gold Mines which among the most profitable In
South Africa, and has among his fellow directors
General Sir Stanley Clarke, the senior equerry Of
King Edward and Sir Lepel Griffin.
The representative of the company at Johannes
burg is Jacques de Waru, who owes his title of
count, not tc any reigning sovereign but to the
Duke Orleans who conferred it in recognition of
Mime de waru's great success in collecting funds
for the royast cause among her new rich friends
and social aspirants at Paris. As to whether the
Duke OF Orleans in his role pretender and never
having reigned has any right 10 create titles OF
nobility is another question.
FROM STABLE TO PREMIERSHIP.
Nine de Warn is the daughter Of that extraordi-
nary man. who starting life a Yorkshire stable
boy named Ward went out with a string OF English
horses TO Italy, where. through the favor of the