New-York tribune., 1908-08-31
NOT RrNDING IN LAW.

rb. dissolution Of a norganatic union is more OF
IN ecclesiastical thar civil affair. For morgan
alto marriage differs In this from the o.oliais
marriage that 1t is purely ecclesiastica out not
civil contract. 1t marriage which legaIzes
the relations of the husband and wife In the eyes
of the Church, but not in those OF the law ho, al
anv rate to the OF investing the wife and the
children born to the union with the customary rights
II, the name and property of the husband AND father
Quite a long list OF names could be furnished OF
royal and imperial princes who. morganaucaIS
married have been obliged to secure IN one fashon
or another the annulment OF these unions by the
Church for reasons OF state and for dynaSuc
causes In several instances the royal husbands
have taken advantage Of the fact that their NOR
ganatic marriages were not binding In the eyes Oh
the law to coolly wed woman of their own rank
without taking the trouble to sunder tneir former
union by means of an ecclesiastical severance. ~
case OF this kind that of King George ~, VINO,
In spite of his secret marriage with Mrs. Ihomas
Fitzherbert and without taking any steps to OBJ
tain a dissolution Of the union, contracted another
matrimonial alliance with Princess Caroline OF
t,r,,n.utck That this marriage with Mrs. Fftz-
herbert which, according to the terms OF the Eng
lish Constitution and OF the Act OF settiement'
should have deprived him OF all his rights 10 the
English throne, really existed. has been estao-
lished by the publication two years ago, with King
Edwards permission, of the certificate signed by
George himself by the officiating clergyman, by
Mrs. Fitzherbert's brother, Jack smyth. and by
her uncle. Henry Errington.
On the otner mana, hiuS HfSoeilSh ViiiAohA VI
Prussia, although married, first OF all to Princess
Elizabeth of Brunswick and then to Princess Louise
Of Hesse, contracted during the existence OF the
unions the latter OF these princesses morganatic
that is to say ecclesiastical marriages with Count
ess Julia voss whom he created Countess Ingen-
helm and after her DEATH with Countess Donhofr,
whose children by him received the titles OF Counts
of Brandenburg. In each instance these morganatic
marriages were celebrated by pastors OF the Lu-
theran Church Queen Louise giving her consent IN
writing to the union.
THE ALMANACH DE GoTHA SILENT.
It is a great mistake to imagine for moment
that all the morganatc marriages OF royalty are
recorded In the Almanach de Gotha. and In similar
works OF reference. In many instances they never
reach the OF the public. and remain unknown
to all those connected. directly or indirectly.
with the courts concerned. Thus mention has
ever been made in the Almanach OF the fact that
the Queen of Rumania had morganatic stepfather
In Baron Francis Roggenbach. who died last winter.
and in the same way few people, beyond the men,
bers of the reigning houses of England and Ger
many. aware OF the fact that King George Tvs
favorte sister, Princess Elizabeth OF Great Britain
was privately married to a Mr.. Romers, one Of the
gentlemen waiting to the King her father. for
number OF years, before at the mature of forty
eight she became the consort OF the Landgrave of
Hesse. 1t her monument at Homburg which
the Kaiser and King Edward jointly inaugurated
the other day. the occasion CT their meeting at
Kroenberg. near by. Inc marriage or the princess
to Rorners when she was twenty had been contract
ed with the knowledge and with the Official
approval OF the reigning family. For II is record
a havfng been very quietly solemnized In the Chapel
ROYAL ST James's Palace. in the presence of her
parents the King and Queen. and Of several Of
her brothers and sisters.
LORD wOLSELEYS REVERSES.
Lord wolseiey's surrender OF the lease OF his
charming country seat at Glynde. in Sussex. and
the sale OF all the treasures with which he had
surrounded himself there. comprising many valu-
able engravtngs and paintings. nne old furniture
and, above all, many beautiful specimens Of