New-York tribune., 1907-12-11
LAST OF THE TRENCKS.
One of Them the Celebrated Pris
onrr of Frederich: the Great.

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,-o,,,+ G,,stay Won Ger Trenck. whose death has
., taken place at the advanced age Of eighty-fve,
- his country place of ScIakaulack, in East Prus-
sa is the last survivor Of the family which fir-
,shed cne OF the sensational ronances of the
ei-h.eenth century, its hero being Baron Frederick
vnr der TreRck no incurred the ennlity of Fred
ysct he Great by his love affair with the latter
s.efsr Princess Amelia of Prussia Fer this he
was THROWN into prison at Spandau, and after~aEd
irto the fortress Glalz- Managing to effect his
escapc by means OF tie most marvellous ingenuity
and daring he made his way 10 Russia, where he
wen the favor Of Empress Elizabeth. He next
heard ~ at Vienna, where his cousin, Francis Won
der Trenck, with whom he is often confounded.
MAS prison at the time.
Francis was general in the Austrian service
whs had had a most extraordinary career. and
who having the hattie Of Sorev actually sue
ceeded in penetrating 10 the headquarters of Fred
the Great. allowed the latter escape while
ne ana his troops devoted themselves to leoting
the valuahles of the fugitive menarch and of the
princes and generals Of his suite. Francis was &C
Csised Of having been bribed by King Frederick 10
permit the latter to escape After several spent
in prison he succeeded in recovering his liberty.
through the assistance of beautiful woman, the
Baroness Lestock with whom he fed TO the Neither
lands Recsatured there. he was brought hack to vi
enna and consigned perpetual Imprisonment in the
spielberg. where, finding escape impossible he
poisoned himself. At his death it found that
he had bequeathed all his fortune to his cousin,
Bsren Frederick der Trenck.
Fer a time Frederick remained IN Austria and
served from the rank OF captain that of
colonel in Austrian regiment of cuirassiers-
Having received q message from his mother TO the
effect that she anxious 10 see him before her
death he Nentured into Prussia where he was
promptly seized by Frederick the Great and closely
imprisoned in the fortress of Magdeburg, where
efforts 10 escape secured him the honor Of a
specially CONSTRUCTED cell. exceptionally heavy
nhS nd rle and ar .in4lflle hrt
sentries- There he remained for ten years. and in
spite of all the precautions adopted by the autlori
ties managed once effect his escape. with
drawing this time to England There he occupied
himself by writing bitter attack on Frederick
the Great the Macedonian here and also
piled his famous autobiography, Not until after the
death of King Frederick. in l7ss was he able TO
return 20 Prussia where he as stated to have had
q nest affecting interview with Princess Amelia
Z few days before her demise.
In i7Ss the publication of his memoirs in French
gave him wide netoriety at Paris, where the
Bastie had Just been sterned by the Pepuiace and
IT'S prisoners set at liberty His fate compared
with theirs. and for time the bouevards abounded
with exhibitions Of his waEeH ef1lgy loaded down
with chains. in counterpart of the terrible dun
Eeon II which he had been confined for so many
wears NagdebuTE. Encouraged by this, Baron
Frederick der Trenek set out in 179l for Paris
pTeclaimng his enthusiastic adherence to the doc
trines ef the French Revolution Instead. how
ever. eff ceiHg received, as he had expected, with
open arms. he arrested his arrival in the
French capital q secret ennissary OF the Prus-
sian government and after confinement IN the
prisen OF ST Lazare dragged 10 the guillotine
where his execution. July % 1874. was marked
by more than ordinary cruelty. since, instead Of
being strapped to the board face downward. he
was fastened 10 il fat his hack, and kept for
fully ten minutes in that position gazing upon the
knife before il wss allowed to descend upon his
throat
His ia Paris served 10 recall at Berlin the
stary Of his romance with Princess Amelia Of
Prussia and of the cruel sufferings which he had
undergone at the hands Of Frederick the Great,
fer no other reason than that he had ventured TO
raise his eyes lady of the House Of Hohen-
zeileTn and win her heart; and King Frederick
William IL taking the ground that he owed some
compensation 10 the Non der Trenck family, al
xauced from the rank of baron to that of count.
The old count whose death has just taken place
was the grsn6-nePhsw Of the famous prisoner OF
Frederick the Great There remains al the pres
ent moment of tiae family only daughter, Eva by
name who is Tried q German of the name
of Moschke. Bhe has been settled for years at
Petersburg, in the Transvaal