New-York tribune., 1908-02-19
sn-rnrNs OLD NOBILITY.

There are fev families tha- have paved mere
notable role III the history C Sweden than ta- o.
Baron Carl Bouds. UEo has been oiSiatc-7d os
XIX G-staf as special ambassador 70 Pans
T7---e ana Madrid 10 notify his accession 10 the
throne oF Sweden FC- i has furnished not oniy
s-u-aerog- archbishops. field rnafshals, adHllrals'
rrtre ministers and grand EeDeschals OF the KING
CON but likewise kings. one OF WECil i a
rational saint namely -. Eric. who reEned over
Sweden from -ls2 1c l160. and Charles VII. who
.e.sae5 from I+3S 1s7o In the seventeenth cen
tur7- Baron Gustav Bonde vas Grand Treasurer Of
kingdom and President o. the Council OF k
.e-~- during The minority Of King Charles VI 4
Baron Charles Bonde Was The pienipotentlary of
Sweden Er the court OF AeTsalles II Lle reign o.
LOUIS XIV and negotiated in London a treaty ot
defensive and offensive alliance between Great
r7r7rs,- and sweden In the eighteenth century
other Baron Gustav Bonde was chancellor of the
EucleuJ University OF Jpsa-a, and ms nainesake-
Baron Gustav B0nde. was grand chamberlain OF
ne court 10 the last OF the kasa kings OF sweden
q the beginning Of The nineteenth century me
father q the present special ambassador Of KING
Gustaf fled q similar office just baf century
Hg3 when he was appointed 70 notify 10 the for
sign powers in special mission the accession 10 the
ra-oae Of King Charles Ky, uncle OF the new
JInE
The principal home Of Baron Carl Bonce Is MS
superb Chateau OF Erics5erg situated at distance
G some hours from Stockholm. IN the midst Of an
sz-z-e extending area Of some my tl-ou-
sand acres the park Immediately around the
cnateau having been laid cut according TO designs
q Lero-re the creator Of the gardens OF the Pal
ace ot Versailles Ericsberg has d. y for hundreds
years IN the possession Of the BO0ce family and
filed from cellar garTet with priceless iF-4S-
Of art and history, among them the throne OF
King Charles VII Of the Bonde family, and when
occupIes a conspicuous position in the grand salon
The chateau Is particularly famous Tor lis Won
der1uI coisction OF books and manuscripts, which
Include the correspondence anr records OF the
Earous Baude, as well Of other Swedish nopies
related 10 the family VINO held high oftce ID the
Service Of the in The iIteeiltI' slAlee4'1H'
Eeveuteenth ana eighteenth centuries among
others there are a number OF letters OF Carali4al+
Iuchel.eu of the Marechal de Luxembourg OF KING
Suscavas aGolphus Of Cardinal MazaTln ana o..
Freoericx the Great Worthy guardian of al t1ese
literary treasures. Baron Carl Bonce pLoiisLS7
each yea- 2 volume Of anecdotic history q the
Te-gn cf Gustayus II.
sEenen IS one Of tie most aflstoefaIc coul
tries ~ Europe, n this sense oE the "ofc-iIaI
,Hera are few nations where the nobility has re-
fsirsg 70 ss,eb great extent its ancestral estates
the ownership az the land and TIE soc4a4 pIeS'ise
a, sica invariably accompanies the possession 0L
vast tracts OF territory through huhaTeoS o.
-e-rs 70 j. q uarriciate that Is extremely proud
& as lineage and OF tie purity or us oIood ai4I
,r.iob ,s xiii even in these democratic bH-eS SUI
reientlv powerfui 10 have been Ia PosllIoA "