New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-19
DENMARK'S ONLY DUKE.
Many Homors of Isaac Singers Son
i1-LGso, Duke Decases.

Old Isaac Singers son-in-law, Ellie Decazez who
narrowly escaped losing his life in the race OF
the autoboats from Alglers TO Toulon is not onI,,
French duke but also Danish one being IN
deed the only non-royal parsonage in Europe 10
possess e Danish title OF that kind. In Den
mark he IS, however. not Duke Decazes but the
Duke q Glucksbers, and, moreover. holds the Office
Of Chamberlain 20 the King OF Denmark besides
which Re Is one Of the honorary gentlemen In wait
,ng q ths French Pretender, the Duke OF Orleans
The origin Of the Dukedon OF Decazes IS not AL
together Hayory, for the first duke that is to say
the grandfather OF the late duke. started out in
lie II q very humble capacity in the household
of the Comte De Provence. who. on succeeding to
the French throne, as Louis XVIII after the down
fall o. Napoleon and the restoration OF the T3our-
haas IN lSl6. created him a count Later on King
Louis induced the King Of Denmark 10 confer upon
DeoaEes the Danish Dukedom OF Glpcksbierg. and
year subsequently. on the strength Of this ele-
vsted him 10 a French dukedom
This did not. however, prevent the duke from
being publicly accused in the French legislature
q having been the chief instigator Of the assas-
sinatioa q the royal Duke de Berry the heir TO
.he throne. whose disappearance contributed so
much toward enabling Decazes's friend and patron.
,bs Duke OF Orleans TO secure possession Of the
crown II 1880, under the title Of King Louis Phi
li3pe Let me add that the dispatches Of Count
3oltz Prcssian envoy the Court of the Tuileries
- his master. King Frederick William III Of
neutrality-suspicious. which have since been pub
fssAsH
ti,r responsible for the assassination Of the Duke
- Pe-rv at the Opera, in Paris. There no
-er,e more universally execrated throughout the
,.g-h ard breadth Of Europe than that OF the first
nuke Decazes, whom every foreign court save
,hst Of Denmark one after another refused TO re-
oejve as ambassador.
I-nder the circumstances. the action Of the pres
.rt Duke II Orleans in barring the young American
duchess Of Decazes from the list Of royalist mem
be-s q the French ar1stoc-acy invited 70 his we'd
ding AZ Vienna, The ground that. as daughter Of
isaac singer she was Of too obscure origin to ac-
company heE husband 10 the Court Of Vienna, was
% saw he least q trifle far fetched. The young
duchess who according to a letter written TO her
New-york lawyer at the time Of her marriage, and
published n legal proceedings here, had 20 furnish
al he money needed for the wedding trip and for
.ba esta blish-nent Of her husband and herself in
paris did NOT long survive this gross afront on
The part Of the French Preten6er. and died sud
denly shortly afterward.
II the young duchess was thus forced 10 provide
au the money needed for the household and for the
expenses, il was not because her husband was i'm
pecuuious, but merely because both he and his fam
,lv took The ground that the young American
e.rl was buying q French title II only fair that
she should pay heavily for II. For his father. the
second Duke Decazes who was for a number Of
years Minister Of Foreign Affairs at Paris. man
aged 10 anass a very large fortune by speculatons
On the Stock Exchange His widow, by birth 3
Mile. Loewenthal. OF Vienna. married few years
ago Prince Joseph Lubornirski. who used TO be
known, account Of his embOnpoint, 'Boule de
suf' C'Saet Bau-D. and whose chief title to fame
Is that he invented a step at the public balls
O. the now defunct Moulin Rouge. the step receiv-
Ing the name OF the pas de Goret." which only
be translated the step OF the young porker."
The American Duchess DecaZes left three children,
girl and two boys. the eldest Of whom, now just
turned sixteen years OF age, will become on his
fathers death. Duke Decazes in France and Duke
q Glucksbiers in Denmark.