New-York tribune., 1909-06-18

DauPhin in the Temple. when the young princes
uncle the Comte de Provence, assumed. as Louis
XVIII. the rank of king in partibus. Antoine
dAvaray, chief of the House of Besiade, which had
already won fame for the loyalty OF its devotion
to Henry ", grand master of the household
TO Louis XVIII (who then Comte de Provence).
prior to the Revolution, and when the latter broke
out organized all the means for his masters won
derful flight from the palace of Luxembourg and
from France. Louis narrowly escaped capture
and sharing the fate OF his Ill fated elder brothe-.
Louis XVI. the guillotine. and although held
up in history a monster OF ingTatitude ne never
forge what he owed to d'Avaray. both in connec-
ton with his escape and in the counts devoted
and unselhsh service throughout all the long and
dreary years Of exile. D'Avaray died a short time
before the actual restoration, but Louis XVIII on
his accession to the throne transferred the duke
dom his faithful retainer's old father. whose
second son-that is to say, Antoine dAvaray's
younger bCother-inherited the title. The of
the dukedom. by Louis XVIIIs wish, and in
recognition all that he owed TO Antoine
d'Avaray. adorned with the royal lilies of
France and with the heraldic motto selected by
the King. ''Vicit tier durum pietas." The present
Duke d'AvaTay is the fourth of his line.
Other dukedoms of the Restora tion those OF
the Due de Ia Chatre. the Due de Damas. the Due
de Crion, the Due de Narbonne and the Due de
Caylus, OF which only the last named remains in
istence, al the others having become extinct The
great Talleyrand also created Due de Talley-
rand with remainder to his nephew. and the duke
dom will be inherited bv the present Prince de
Sagan, husband OF Anna Gould on the death Of his
aged and demented father. Later on. and prior TO
his death. Louis XVIII elevated Henri de Chaste-
lux TO the rank Of Due de Rauzan on the occasion
of his marriage with the daughter and heress of
the last Duke Of Duras. but this dukedOm was
merely "a brevet." and hereditary Still an
other dukedom of Louis XVIII was that of De
cazes. bestowed a retainer OF the humhlest ori-
gin who had served him in q number Of capac-
ities before becoming Minister OF Police. He was
object Of so much execration, both at home and
abroad. that when it became necessary TO send him
abroad escape the demonstrations OF popular III
will whenever he showed himself public several
OF the foreign courts refused to receive him as Am
bassador Of France His grandson the presen; ana
third duke is widower Of Isabel Singer, one OF the
daughters ard heiresses Of the sewing machine
magnate
The Abbe de Montesquieu Fezensac celebrated
both a statesman and a divine, also received
a dukedom. namely. that OF Fezensac with re-
mander TO his nephew. Raymond de Montesquieu
Fezensac whose grandson is the present and third
duke. He is chIdless and with his death the duke
dom will become extinct There are few men more
respected on the French turf and in the Partisan
great world than this duke, who is president Of the
French Jockey Club and OF the half dozen for
eign members of the English Jockey Club; also an
old friena of King Edward The duchess Is a
. daughter of the old French House of d1vry. The
dukedom OF BIacas also the creation OF
Louis XVIII in favor of his Secretary Of State and
ambassador at Rome and at Naples, Count Pierre
de Blacas This duke likewise received the title OF
prince from Emperor Ferdinand Of Austria. with
the rank of Austrian count and countess for the
Junior members Of his family. The present duke is
the fourth prince and duke Of his line, and al the
BIacases are not only French counts but also Aus
triaH 'grafs.'
With regard 10 the dukedOms Of Charles Y, only
those of de Sabran, OF de Cars and OF de CaraTnan
remain in existence. Nine. Standish. who for the
last thirty-hve years has been OF the recognized
leaders OF French fashion and of the great world
of Paris. and who is the most intimate friend II
France Of Queen Alexandra and Of the Czarlna
. Dowager is daughter Of the old Duke de cars
The dukedom Of Caramap is held by the fourth
duke who the chief of that RiQuet family OF
which the junior branch is the Prince de Chirnay
and de Carauan. The founder OF the RtQuet fam
4 ily. 1t may be recalled. was the creator OF mat
great Canal du Mudi. de Languedoc, when con-
stitutes the French waterway from the Atlantic TO
the Mediterranean, and was constructed some TWO
hundred fifty years ago The duhedoIns OF
4 F5erges St Winock. of Caderousse and OF RiViere
have all become extinct though the fame OF the
Duke de Riviere, the French statesman and
+ ambassador who secured for France. with consid-
erable difficulty and risk, the statue Of the venus
OF Milo now IN the Louvre at Paris, Will survive as
long as that statue remains in existence. He was
/ an uncle by-the-bye. Of Henri RoChefort-
MARQCISE DE FONTENoT.