New-York tribune., 1907-09-09

antjnue rings by noblenan styling himself Prince
Hugo Erba Odescalchi has led to protests on 'iio
part of principal members of the historic ous
of OdescaIchi, who claim that the vendor OF .fe
rings has no right whatsoever TO style hlIhooAi
Prince Odescalch And the fact of the matter Is
that his name will be sought for in vain III ''ios
pages of the Alnanach de Gotha that are u
voted to the Princes of Odescalchi Stricuy Spea
ing the house of Odescalchi, which furnished sew
eral pontifs to the Church of Rome. notably t'ie
celebrated Innocent XI. became extinct in the iai
line through the death early in the egfl'eeii'
century of Prince Livius Odescalch, the nephew anu
heir of Pope Innocent. Prince Livius sloi3'
before his death adopted his heir his knsfndh'
Bal.hazar Erba grandson of the Marquis Alexander
Erba. and OF his wife. Lucretia Odescalchi' oh,y
sister of Innocent XI. stipulating tllat ne Siioui
abandon the name and arms of the Erbas ana as
sumo those of Odescalchi. He likewise obtained ior
him from the German Emperor the right TO inherit
his own title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
and of Duke of Syrmia. 1t is from this Balthazai
Erba, who had thus become. through adoption anu
inheritance Prince Odescalchi and Duke or Syr1la'
that the nrinces of Odessa chi figuring in the
Almnnach de Gotha are descended the present chlel
os the family being Don Balthazar seventh Prince
of Odescalchi and seventh Duke OF Syrhld' WIN
makes his home in the grand Odescalchi palace on
the Square of the Holy Apostles at Rome whlle
the principal representative in Austria is the sep
;uagenarian Prince Arthur Odescalchi who mas TOT
the last three decades been constantly before the
public in connection with his Guels, his many dl-
IN some of his remote Hungarian castles in thor-
oughy medieval fashion In fact. the record OF ms
stormy life would be enough TO furnish material
for one. but for dozen novels or the most sen
sational order
The elder brothers of that original Balthazar
Fzrba r-ho became Prince Odescalchi and Duke of
Syrmis remained mere Erbas. but were SO prouo
of their relationship Pope Innocent I through
the marriage of his sister Lucretia 70 their grand
father the MARQUIS Alexander Erba, that they add
ed tba name of Odescachi to that of Erba Al
later date the of the house of Erba obtained
the NeapoIan of Prince of Monteleone the pat
en- of which bears the date of March 1928. and con-
frned last year by the Royal College of Heralds-
the Consulta Heraldica-at Rome. The father OF
the vendor Of the collection of antique rings was
the head OF the house of Erba, and was won't to
stvle himself Marquis Innocent Erba Odescalchi,
Prince OF Monteleone. His Hugo has seen ht
70 adopt the style of Prince Odescalchi. thus
conveying the impression that he is Prince Odes-
cslchi whence all the trouble and the controversy
raging.
Prince Balthazar Odescalchi. Duke of Syrmia Is
extremely rich but renowned for his closeness IN
money matters which leads him let out most OF
the floors os his palace in apartments the ground
floor being occupied by wine rooms, where the
wines Of his Hungarian estates are retailed. He
IS a Radical of the advanced type. occupies a seat
Sc sue hin the Senate and his wife was formerly
famous for her beauty and used TO go by the name
of s'T ReIIa del Tizano' owing 70 her extraordi-
nary resemblance the most famous portrait Of IT,
,fan His brother Ladislas. is OF enterprisns
.,,-, ~ mind and has established popular seaside
-esort near Ctvita Veccha. which he has chrstened
rad,spoli MARQUISE DE FONTENoY.