New-York tribune., 1908-02-17

Nspies, by whom he left posthumcus son. whom
the 70, ests used to style King Henry V. and who
spent the first half OF life the Duke of Bor-
deaux and the latter mo!ety the Conte de Cham
hord. declining in the 7os to make the sacrifice OF
MS religious. dynastc and political principles ny
means of which he could have secured at that time
the throne of France When the Due de Berry
was murdered his uncle. King Louis XVIII, and his
rather, who afterward succeeded to the crown as
charles " adopted his daughters by Amy
Brown. settled handsome fortunes upon them, and
created one of them Countess Yssoudun and the
oeher Countess de Fierzon. in their own right
charlotte, Countess of Yssoudun. became the wife
OF the Prince de Faucigny- y-Lucigne while her elder
sister, Louise. Countess Vierzon, married Baron
Athanasius oe Charette. father of the living
General Baron de CIarette and grandfa ther, there
fore, Of Antoine de Charette, who is to wed Miss
Gladys Deacon
The mother OF General de Charette was there
tore step-sister Of that Henry V OF France who
as child had reigne6 for few hours France
'hfough The abdication in his favor of his grand
1ather CHARLES " in a vain effort to preserve the
throne to his line Henry V, otherwise the Conte
oe Shanbord, Invariably treated the General de
Charette particularly dear nephew, and
Hembered him handsomely such in his WILL
While the late Comte de Paris and ali the other
members of the House of Orleans have always re-
sarded the general a and valued relative
IN TACT, when Princess Helen of Orleans visited
Rome TO make vain effort TO secure the sanction
OF Leo XIII TO her nominal conversion to the
Church of England, in order TO enable her TO wed
the late Duke Of Clarence to whom she
~ afianced, she made the trip under the care of
the general and the Baroness de Charette, to whom
she had been intrusted by her parents. Just be-
cause the de Charettes put forward no preten-
sons they are treated. not only by the arisocracy
OF Europe but also by its various courts, $ most
distinguished but nou-royal members of the illus
ulous and historic dynasty OF Bourbon.
General de Charette is married to Miss Mary
Polk. of Nashville Tenn granddaughter of Bishop
vrhn sIIoT >,+. tho
War and the generals grandfather that Fran
els Athanasius de Charete who lives in history as
the heroic chic. of the Nendean insurrection in be-
half of the Bourbons the close of the eighteenth
century. Inlicting defeat after defeat upon the
Republican troops with his insurrectionary force,
composed entirely of mobiles and Of peasants. he
was finally taken prisoner in 1896 by General Hoche.
and after drumhead court martial shot down by
file of soldiers the public square of Nantes
The general has fully lived up to the traditions
OF his grandfather for, entering the military ser
vice OF Pius IN. he rose 10 the command of a regi-
ment Of zouaves at Rome recruited almost exclu-
sively from the nobility of France and of other
european countries. and a good deal Of active
service during the decade that preceded the con-
version of the Eternal City into the capital Of
United Italy Thus. in the battle of Castelfdardo
he had Horneric duel with Italian colonel,
the troops of the opposing armies temporarily
pending hostilities in order the encounter,
de Charette carrying off the honors of the day. At
the battle of Montana he was badly wounded,
were many Of the officers and rank and file of his
regiment So numerous were illustrious and his
toric names among them that ii ren1a rked at
the time that the list of the casualties of his regi
ment after the battle of Montana read like "a list
Of invitations TO a ball the Court Versailles
in the reign of Louis XIV After the surrender of
Rome to King Victor Emmanuel in 1870 de Cha
rette fastened TO France. accompanied by all the
Frenchinen of his zouave regiment, raised a force
Of which they constituted the nucleus and did
splendid service against the Germans, first with the
Army of the East. notably the battle of Patay,
where he was badly wounded and his recovery
with the Army Of the Loire, winning successfully
the Cross Of Chevalier and then that officer of
the Legion of Honor. the battlefield. as well IS
the rank of general.
His sons. too. have something Of their fathers
blood in their veins. For Antoine de Charette now
engaged to Miss Gladys Deacon. fought in the Boer
ranks against the English in the last South African
war. along with a number of other young French
mobiles headed by Prince Louis of Orleans younger
son Of CASTOR d'Orleans, Comte d Eu, and Of his
consort the Crown Princess of Brazil. I have
stated above, the Charettes not rich But as
far the celebrity of the the social
prestige. not only in France. but also in every
other country Of Europe concerned. Miss
Gladys Deacon could not have made better match
than by becoming the wife Antoine de Charette,
who has been frequent visitor his mothers
relatives in this country and a familiar figure in
society in New York and throughout the South.
Is THIS COUNT DEAD OR HIDING?
Some years ago Count Joachim Kurt Won Zieten-