Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
LOSES DUCHY;
GAINS A WIFE
COUNT DEFIES KAISER AND
MARRIES IN AMERICA
Louise CaroW, a Poor Berlin Shop At.
tendant, Is Now Countess Won
Hochberg-Her Husbands
Incorle Cut of
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, Sept 14.-In the we'd
ding at Ossinning N. Y, of Count Hans
duchy of Rohnstock, playmate and
companion of the German crown prince,
a romance was revealed. It is the
strange story of high sense of honor
that prompted a man to sacrifice a
name, fame ad fortune to marry Louise
Carow, a poor shop girl. Won Hoch
berg is a nephew of the princess of
Saxe-Weimar and a cousin of the grand
duke of Sake Weimar.
1t is a story that has agitated the
German court, that has caused the res
ignation of the superintendent of the
royal opera in Berlin, that has es-
tranged dozen ancient families, that
has separated a father and son.
Won Hochberg was told by the kaiser
that If he married the shop girl he
would lose his duchy and his commits
sion in the German army. He WaSNSent
to America and a monthly remittance
was sent to him on condition that he
give up the girl. He refused the remit
tance after a few months and became
a chauffeur in Tarrytown. Then he
cabled Louise Carow to join him.
Had Married Her MorganaticaIIy
Won Hochberg had married her NOR
ganatically in Germany, but that mar
riage, at the request of his father and
mother. was set aside by the kaiser.
So he married her again in the presence
of a little daughter that had been born
to them a week ago.
The ceremony was performed in Miss
Helen Evera's boarding house on Wal
Ter avenue, where Count Ferdinand has
a small hall bedroom. The Rev. DIR.
McWilliams of the Ossinning Presby-
terian church officiated. There was no
music, no choir, nothing except the
clatter of dishes, as dinner was being
prepared in the next room.
And when it was over they christened
the baby. Her mother chose the name.
1t is Johanna Louise. When the baby
is 21 years old she will come into her
title Of Countess Johanna Louise Won
Hochberg.
A Friend of the Crown Prince
The young Ferdinand is a son of
Count Bolke Won Hochberg, the lord of
Rohnstock castle In Silesia, the super
intendent of the royal opera in Berlin,
and the composer of "Clausine" and
"Waerwolff. :" His mother, formerly the
Princess Christine Eleanor Won Scho-
naych- -Caraloth, is cousin of the
crown Princess Cecilia, and as a youth
Won Hochberg attended militry college
vita the Crown Prince william. There
they became friends, and at the crown
princes wedding the latter appointed
the young Count Won Hochberg chief
usher.
Early in life a military career was
mapped for Won Hochberg. and after
his graduation he was appointed lieu
tenant of the First regiment of German
foot and became attached to the kali
sers personal bodyguard. He was con-
tinually at court, whether at Berlin or
Potsdam. When his marriage with a
princess was arranged the betrothal
was announced with great ceremony
In the palace. and the count and his
bride-to-be were both presented to the
kaiser.
The day of his wedding drew close at
hand. Then 1t was found that Louise
Carow, a shop girl, was his morganate
wife. He told his father of this fact
II caused a great connection at court,
and the cancellation of the counts we'd
ding In May scandalized all Germany.
oSS
HAS that pretty young Miss Mill
yuns any hopes about her old husbands
illness?"
mo, she has given up all hope The