Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-08
PRINCESSES
AMERICAN WON
EN- WEAR THAT TITLE.
Italy Has the Largest Share-Russia
and Poland Secure Five-Germany
and Austria Six.
ON the New Idea Woman's Magazine.

From the New Idea Woman's Magazine.
There are no less than twenty-one Ameri-
can women now enjoying, more or less, the
title of princess. Some of them have given
up trying to enjoy the prince-but that is
not a new story.
One of the most brilliant Of these mar
riages was that of Miss Elizabeth Field and
Prince Don Salvador Brancaccio, Duke of
Lustra, Prince of Triggiano, Marquis of
Brancaccio and a Spanish grandee of the
first class. The princess is the daughter of
the late ]. Hickson Field of New York, and
the marriage took place with much pomp
and circumstance in Rome, March 3, 1870.
The princess is a lady-in waiting to Queen
Margherita of Italy, and lives at the superb
Brancaccio palace at Rome She is great
beauty and especial favorite of the
queen.
The Princess Cantaeuzene was Miss Julia
Dent Grant, granddaughter of Gen. u. S.
Grant and daughter of Gen. Frederick Dent
Grant. She was married to the prince with
great pomp at Newport in 1895, the full
Greek service being performed She lives
at st. Petersburg, where her husband is at
tached to the cars guard.
Another marriage of an American girl
with an Italian prince was that of Miss
Eva Bryant Mackay, stepdaughter of John
w. Mackay. to Prince Ferdinand Salatro
Colonna, Prince of Paliano, Prince of Stig-
liano and an officer in the Italian cavalry.
The marriage took place in Paris, Febru-
airy II, 1885. The prince and princess have
since separated by mutual consent.
The Princess Hatzfedt was Miss Clara
Huntington of New York, daughter of Col
lis P. Huntington. Her husbands family
is one of the Oldest in Germany, and Count
Hatzfeldt, a cousin of the prince, also mar
ried American girl, Miss Moulton Of
New York.
Met in Washington.
The Princess Salm-Salm is another Ger
man princess. She was Miss Agnes Jay
and was born in Vermont. She met Prince
Salm-Salm in Washington at the beginning
Of the civil war, as he had come to Amer
lea to join the Union forces out of a fine
spirit of adventure. The marriage took
place at Washington in 1861. The princess
has married again since the death of the
prince in 1870, but she still retains her title.
The Princess CZaykowsh was Miss Edith
Collins Of New York and a granddaughter
of Commodore Vanderbilt. She was mar
ried to Prince Reched Bey Czaykowski in
Paris in 1898 and lives at The Hague. where
the prince is attached to the Turkish en-
bassy to Holland.
The Princess Poniatowsk was Miss Eliza
beth Helen Sperry of Stockton, Cal. The
prince is of Polish extraction, but Partisan
by birth and breeding.
There is another American Princess Pom
iatowski. She was Miss Catherine God
dard of New York. She married Prince
Charles Poniatowski April 8, 1850, and lives
in Italy.
The prince was very fond of hunting big
game in our northwest. He visited this
country frequently for this purpose, but
few months ago, while about to start out
on another hunting expedition, he was over
come by fatal illness and died in New
York city.
Whittier of Boston, daughter of Gen.
Charles A. Whittier. She was married to