The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

privy councillor, and chamberlain TO the
Emperor. She has almost as large
family Of children as her imperial
friend and foster sister. and that the
affectiOnate intimacy between them still
subsists. is shown by the fact that
whereas one Of the girls bears the name
OF Marie Valerie. one of the boys is
called Rudolph. In memory OF the ILL
fated and sincerely lamented crown
prince.
Let me add that younger brother
OF Princess Aglae, namely. Prince
Francis OF Auersperg. makes his home
IN New York. where he earns his liyeli-
hood as a medical practitioner, and is
married to an American girl, Miss
Florence Hazard, daughter of a whole
sale grocer. who has made q fortune
by means OF the manufacture Of pop
uiar sauce
Russia's relgning Czarina has quite
large number Of young people for whose
education, welfare. and future she has
assumed the responsibility. Some of
them are children Of officers who lost
their lives either in the recent war with
Japan. or else at the hands Of the Revo-
lutiOnists. Perhaps the most interesting
Of all these protegees of the younger OF
the two expresses, is her morganatic
brother. II may be remembered that her
father, the late Grand Duke Louis Of
Hesse. contracted a secret morganatic
marriage at Darmstadt with the divorced
wife OF a Russian diplomat Of the name
of Kolomine. the lady being by birth
Countess Kapnist.
The grand duke was forced by queen
Victoria tthe mother Of his first wife)
and by other of his relatives. including
the late Emperor and Empress Fred
erick, and old Emperor William, 10
abandon his bride as soon as they learned
OF the marriage; that Is to say, within
forty-eigbt hours of its taking place.
Queen Victoria. indeed. who happened
to be at Darmstadt at the time. carried
the grand duke off to England. so as to
prevent his seeing Nine. de Kolomine
again. Three months sfteTward the union
was dissolved by the German courts. the
lady rereiving an annuity of $4,000 a
year, and the title Of Countess Of Romrod-
At the end Of the year she gave birth TO
son. OF whom the grand duke was the
father. and of whose welfare and future
AilE AE1Alt4a HdS uSouAAADG ~AA-a o. GaAA-C
she has beeE in Russia.
The Countess Romrod has since mar
ried another Russian diplomat, the Baron
de BacheTacht. who represents Russia in
Switzerland. II IS strange coincidence
that brings his wife back 10 the Swiss
capital For when the first of her three
husbands, NJ de Kolomine, was stationed
there as secretary Of legation, her beauty
and her filrtatiOns led to so much pertur
baton. and to so many duels, that the
Helvetian government is credited with
having requested her husbands transfer
10 another post
Il is the now widowed Grand Duchess
Sergius who first befriended and interest
ed herself in the welfare OF the son born
TO her brotheT-in-law, Grand Duke Alexis,
by mis- runaway marriage with his
mothers maid Of honor, Marie JourOvsky,
niece of the poet of that name. This
ecclesiastical union. falling to receive the
sanction Of the Gar, was never regarded
as legal
The Grand Duke was forced by his
father TO abandon the girl, VINO, after
giving birth to a boy. Of whom the Grand
Duke was the father. married in 1879 a
Saxon officer Of the name OF Baron Henry
de Woehmann. Soon after Princess Eliz-
sbeth of Hesse went to Russia 70 become
the wife Of the late Grand Duke Sergius
she insisted on taking charge Of this boy
of the Grand Duke Alexis. and had him
brought up under immediate care
She obtained for him the title of Count
Belevsk0i, attached him when he grew
up to her husbands staff as an A d. &,
with commission of officer Of cavalry,
and eventually married him TO her own
extremely wealthy and very charming
maid OF honor. Princess Marie TTOubetz-
kOi. Moreover, she interested the young
fellows father In him to such an extent
that he has arranged TO bequeath to him
at his death the whole Of is large for
tune.
Oh Arch D1fka and Arch IlIahAss