New-York tribune., 1907-04-20
MAX DE BATTLE WEDS.
Claimed By an american Countess,
bat MarTieS Lady Miller.

sF-s Iangtry's brother-in-law, Max de Battle
mo has been repeatedly claimed in this country
as husband by an American woman styling herself
sbs Countess 6tavrR, married at the British Con-
,,late at Brussels March Is according to the
r,,glish papers, Ada Mary, only child OF Francis
Henry Paget, OF BirstalI, Leicestershire. The
announcement, however. fails 10 mention that the
s,-i5e has already had three previous husbands
soa that she was known Lady Miller at the
sl-na OF her union TO Max dc Battle. Her first
husband was Godfrey Webster her second hus-
rand was Thomas Gerald Walker OF Maunby,
vorIzshire while her third husband Sir John
snler OF 8IanderstOn. Duns Berwickshire. who
divorced her last fall Max de Battle figuring as
the correspondent in the case Sir Johns elder
brother and predecessor IN the baronetcy was mar
vsea 70 Lord Curzon's sister. Max IS elder
brother CT Sir Hugo de Battle, husband OF Mrs.
1angtry but having been born before his parents
had It in their power 10 egalize their romance by
marriage could not inherit the baronetcy Of his
father, the late General Sir Henry de Battle
The American claimant 10 Max de Battle halls
From e. upstate village in New York: is the
,ssgw OF Charles Titon OF this city. and
married Italian OF the name of Stavra, said
10 have been a count and to have been killed
An the Boer She makes her headquarters
when in New York at the Savoy. and insists that
.be was married 10 Max de Battle in 1892. having
made his acquaintanse when he brought home 10
her from Africa the news OF the demise OF her
Itanan husband and his dying messages. She
claims that Max deserted her when his extrava-
aZance compelled her 10 cut down his allowance,
and shows a number OF letters in his handwriting
fn which he refers 10 her as his wife, especially
one dated Sumnerlea, Maidenhead. August Is, 1892,
and which runs as follows:
Dear Sir: On my return here my wife. who is
known to you as the Countess stayyal showed me
q present YOU had given her. AS I DO not allow
my wife 10 accept presents from men she has
+1aturnng your gift regret You should have bean
Snsled but am sure you will appreciate our rea-
sons for the fact Of our marriage not being known
yet Faithfully n J. dc Bathe" On the other
hand Max de Bathe has stated IN interviews 70 a
and San Francisco, that there had never been any
Max de Battle has figured somewhat frequently
A. the divorce court; for besides being concerned
as correspondent in the Sir John Miller case last
respondent IN the suit brought by Sir Charles Ross
Of 'FalnaEowan, against his first wife. Winifred
of Lady Ross. yet the testimony went TO show that
~ " i,I-i0 -s,e4 Ne ~
red Ais second wife being Miss Patricia Ellison.
i ~ 9ie ~ tba ;nI,asiI og Traiana M in 7775 -
Another De Battle. Henry by name. was Lord
Chief Justice Of England IN the reign OF King
Henry III.
MONACOS CROWN PRINCE NEVER CANDLES
Monaco's Crown Prince. now thirty-seven years
Of age. keeps himself much IN the background
that II NAV be as well 10 state that he received his
military training in France. and served for a time
with the Spahis. in Tunis and Algeria, where he
was extremely popular with his fellow officers He
IS very suiet and Unassuming, never CANDLES
even touches card, and has managed to remain
entirely free from any scandal Since his fathers
divorce from his American wife. who was born at
New Orleans the daughter Of the banker,
Michael Heine. ne has been great deal
with him. and lives partly at Monte Carlo but
mostly az Paris where the two princes have
mansion IN the Avenue du Trocadero; for the
Prince Of Monaco besides being independent
sovereign. Is a French noble, his dukedoms OF
Valentinois, OF Mazarin and OF Mayenne being all
oS them Gallo dignitles
The crown prince stands in the peculiar posi-
ton Of being the legitimate offspring Of a marriage
decreed TO be non-eEistent His mother Lady Mary
Douglas Hamilton. sister OF the late Duke OF
Hamilton managed 10 secure from the Vatican a
decree annulHng Der marriage with the present
Prince Of Monaco, on the ground that she had been
tOrosd against her viii wed him by her mother.
princess Of the reignlng house or Baden and by
her hnsInan. Napoleon III. who indeed gave away
the bride Rt the wedding IN 1859. But the decree
which afterward confirmed by the civil courts
OF Monaco expressly stipulated that the only child
of this marriage. namely. the present Crown Prince
OF Monaco. should be regarded legitimate.
When LADY Mary eft her husband she carried her
little boy with her on 70 italy. where attempt
made by the Italian police. acting in the name Of
Che Prince OF Monaco 70 take the child from her
by force az Florence. was frustrated by the Grand
Duchess Helen Of Russia The former Princess OF
Monaco Is now the wiHe of Count Tassilo Festetics
Grand Master OF the Court OF Hungary. The crown
prince resembles his mother and the ducal house Of
Douglas Hamilton 10 far greater degree than he
Goes his father.
Failing the crown prince. who IS still unmarried
the throne Of Monaco would 20 10 Duke William
of Urach whose mother was Princess Florestlne OF
Monaco. sister OF the late Prince Of Monaco. and
aunt therefore, of the present prince. She was a
most disagreeable old woman, hard featured and
sour faced. who married only late in life and who
used 70 be regarded having been mainly respon-
ahle for the troubles between her nephew, the
present Prince OF Monaco. and his first and Eng
lish wife. This being the case Il IS somewhat
astonishing that the Crown Prince OF Monaco
should And 50 much pleasure IN the society OF
Duke William OF Urach. knowing, as he must, how
nauch misery his mother had to endure at the
hands Of the late Duchess OF Urach.
Duke William OF Urach stands in much the same
relation TO the Crown OF Wdrtemberg as does the
present Duke of Teck- For the same way that the
late Duke OF Teck was the son OF the Royal Prince
alexander OF WGrtemberg. by the Hungarian
Doontess Claudine Rhedey. was the late Duke Of
OTaeh son OF the royal Prince William Of Wtir-
teEnoerg and OF his mOrganatie wife. Baroness
"ihelmine Tunderfeldt The late duke received
al lis birth the ttle OF a Count Wurtemberg and
married as his first wife Princess Theodolinde OF
A~Gchtenberg. this marriage connecting him by
nes OF knsnsnship with the reigning houses OF
Russia, Sweden. Baden and Bavaria the founder
q hae House OF LeuchtenbuTg being Eugene de
beauharnais. Etepson OF the great Napoleon and
eon of Empress Josephine After the death OF
9heoooinde de Leuchtenberg the late Duke OF
braeh married Princess Florestine OF Monaco.
The two women had little in common. either
n looks or in ancestry For the father Of the late
Duchess OF Crach fourth rate actor the
%oE1e St Martin Theatre Paris until the death
o. very distant relative suddenly placed him quite
Unexpectedly upon the throne OF Monaco as Prince
Fiofestan His wife was the daughter OF a small
eharcutier. pork butcher. named Gilbert in one
he