New-York tribune., 1907-12-20
CHARLES < HIS ANCESTOR

--, r-,,.5e1or,e Comes the news of the death
there Of Prince Rodolphe de FaucgnF Luclnes e'
de Colisny whose youngest brother is naarrled to
New York girl the daughter and heiress OF the late
Antonio Terry. Much OF her property Is IN We"
York a portion of il is in the West lndles anu
Francis Egerton Webb and Henry - Sprasue were
rhe trustees Of the trust created by the VIII oi
Antonio Terry for the benefit OF ms dauShtei-
Terry was twice married, and his second wife was
the well known priIIla donna Sybil Sanderson- inc
rrinc.s Of Faucigny Lucinge have the royal blood
of France and Of Italy in their veins, and tle
prince who has Just died was great Great-efaho-
aon of King Charles of France 1t may be re-
membered that when the latter's son. the DUO oe
Berri s5ss assassinated in Paris. the Opera in
February 1890 he conhded just before he expired
his two daughters. born 10 him OF ms union III
England with Amy Brown. TO his uncle, LOUIS
XVIII. and 10 his father. Charles " The King
ee;tled handsome fortunes on them and created
Charlotte q Countess OF Yssoudun and Louise a
Countess of Vierzon, each in her own right
Louise married Baron Athanasius de Charette'
father Of the new living General Baron de Charette,
who played so gallant role in command of the
Popes troops prior 1870. and afterward at the
head of The Breton Mobiles in the Franco-Prussian
Mar. The general is married 10 Miss Polk, or the
well known Tennessee family of that name and
which furnished 10 tie United States its eleventh
President. Charlotte. the elder of the two daugh-
ters of the Due de Berri, married the Prince de
Fssclgny Lucinge ct de Colisny, by whom she had
four children. is the eldest OF these. the head
Of sf- house. eghty-three years of age. who
is the father of the prince who has just died at
Guade.oupe.
Tie house Of Faucisny-T.ucinge is one Of The
Oldest of the nobility of Savoy. and its family
Tree shows many matrimonial alliances with the
how reigning dynasty of italy. Tie original name
vas Fuciniaci- which has been Gallicized into
faucigny. ard the os LueinSe ard also
that cf ColIcny came 10 It through marriage The
priRceiy title in reality Sandman one and 1T
was on,y In 162S that King Charles y, for The
sake OF his granddaughter. consented to grant a
Patent authorizing the members Of the house CT
Faucigny- -I.ucinge to use their foreign honor5 in
France
AS 90 Amy Brown, TO whom reference has been
mace above. she the daughter OF an English
clergyman. the Rev. John L. Brown. OF Maidstone
Kent. ana contracted a secret ecclesiastical! mar
rage sith the royal Due de Berri during tie
ia'iers exile IN England. This marriage was not
recognized legal I'm France after the Bourbon
restoration owing tc its having failed to receive
.he sanction OF the dukes father and OF his uncle
LOUIS XVIII. lie therefore compelled for
oynastc reasons 10 wed. during the lifetime of
amy Brown, Princess Caroline OF Bourbon Naples.
VINO a Few months after his sssination gave
s4th TO son. known throughout his life as
"nite de ci4alnbord ard who child reigned
r"-r the abdicatioii In his favor by his grand
ss,nef, King Charles X. Amy Brown survived
s1a1 rips old age. dying II the beginning Of tho