New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
4 COL0NNA ROMANCE
prucess. ReconciLed to Her Has
hand Resumes His Name.
--,-s. 1906. By the brentwood Company

ia effect that ''IheTeSes only oauBn-
rev. -. ;ate Duke Of San TeodoTo. who has hith-
ter o. = ho-<eyf bv her fathers title will hence
ff'o -. ths name of her husband. Prince Co
20 20 ,6 viii be known az the Princess Colonns-
~, -,esns that the princess has recovered her
- and has become reconcileo 10 her husband.
M, Marc Anthony. chief or the historic horlui n
DOE . Colouna and Prince Assistant OF the Holy
.hst is to say, chief lay dignitary OF the
Papscy .- ~ .,. ,-,,nass
49, -L.,5 then bore the titis Of Duke Marino,
'. +Ts object os an infatustion on the part OF
- MARQUIS Napoleon de Roccagiovine. great
of that Luclen Bonaparte who was
-, brother O. the great Emperor Napoleon
% 1-.e+-gTsnds9n also OF King Joseph boneparpe'
. .,,ent sc many years at boroento"n' N >.
- vounS marquis made no concealment OF the
- 80, Re had lost his heart TO the Duchess Ma
fac' ' - +hsr renowned for her beauty. No
IT, -. ever ve7tured TO hint that there was any
-, ,rss-yo-ahIe in the young mans aonlIatloh'
- husband fearing that the marquis s aIteh-
U - The duchess might give rise to unpleasant
srt -sguested him in the most courteous
.r.o- and fer her sake. TO abstain 81 any fa'e
- -,-,e from visiting the CoionRs Palace On
.r4ng this communication young hoccasloFih@'
,.s-.,hsr beside himself at The idea that ne codfo
50 bsve compromised the fair name or the
-. =, his alteration blew out his brsinA leaving
-. asking that his fsvorite scsrfplH- e 3eWeleo
- -iercsd through the heart by a ruby
.s -ir should be presented in his name 70 the
duchess. s- .., :.
-ba tragedy created tremendous sensation IN
=. !, wrecked the mind Of the duchess. who.
,io,,s Of he- entIre innocence, developed with
- 1,-ld7rv so pronounced an aversion Tor
- husband regarding him as responsible f"r 'le
isas or the most blaIneless OF All heT aaEirers'
-. .ha refused speak 20 or remain Will hin UT
- rsar his name. She took up her residence
. T7,gisnd under the wing of her moiheF' VINO
T,.,1s ,,-e- g year ago the wife OF Lord
-T-Isirzhar1 after having buried IN turn hef sec
- husband the Duke q san Ieooo'O' Ano heI
s. husband Isoro BursheTsh' eioeSt son anu Heal
:. she Earl Of UestmoTeland- She heTseI was OF
.a,,su,at romantic origin, having been porn sew
-, -. after the death Of her fsther, ths gal
~ and immortal Locke, Of whom 1%oFo Ly''oh
f+.e ,n his novel Ernest MSltraFeTs' ano VINO
h,x-,r made a Runaway mafch VIII e-stst "a
T-or5 7>o1Ieuachs was drowned IN an open post
on Lake Como, under ue 'e1S
,su-1rr their honeymoon IN ltsly.
r,rys Na-fuo who since the death Of his lSther
+os bscorne The" Prince Colonna ana cil'eL "a
;,,s louse has sIways manifested me lIlOst SAl'6 a.
-, ,sssr6 for and devotion 10 bis wife never al
- s,-,so1f IN M influenced tn any way BY her
,,,-,,6a toward him Although she was rich IN her
,uu right through her father, ne Hlsoe po4"'
s surrounding her IN England with every luxury
z,5 oou,fort She had her country seat ana heI
.xn hnuse n Lonodon. and her daughters, VINO
ss6 r.uained with hin. were il constant inter
80. With her Gradually she recovered hef
t.sFh and her reason, and having az iersh pe
,o,o. sensible OF The devotion of her husoann'
ybo,e conduct throughout the affair has been al
,oeether irreproschable. she has now become com
rls-.Y reconcIed aim and has returned 70 Rome
- -ssBros mis- name and her pIace at the head OF
bis household IRON which she has been absent
fa- close upon twenty-five years
The prince and princess have no cons oue ""
6snsbtsrs. WHO have inherited their mothers alto
xstbsr remarkable beauty. One Of them Is married
- ron ANGELO Chisi Of the great Italian house OF
,hst name while che other, lady IN waiting 10
fhs LUesa is the wife Of Don Ieonl Cae'a-i4-
P-nce Of Tesno and heir 10 the Duke OF Serfno-
rerts famous as statesman and as q sc'eht's''
The sreat Roman palace, Of which the long absent
,-4,ossr IA, now resumed the sceptre OF Mistress
i one os the Erandest in the Eternal City and was
Z, III away hack IN the fourteenth century, on Ihe
Square of the Apostles, having had among us &C
ruDznts Pope Martin V. and Julian II. as well "a
that celebrated Cardinal Borromeo, who was sub
s4oueutlr canonlzed Saint Charles The principal
treasure Of the paecs IS CT course, the sacred relic
from which tha Colonna family takes its name
that Is 70 say. portion Of the column 10 "fllch
Christ tied when scourged On the eve OF mis-
cructhzion. and which brought from Jerusalem
10 Rome the first century OF the Christian era
But the large Building is crowded from cellar 10
EsrTet with al sorts OF masterpieces Of art. and
with Tsuables of eveTy conceivable character. For
The ColoInss have fo- more than thousand years
slEsys been enormously powerful and colossslly
rch-that is 70 say, the greatest and most power
fl house OF ts old pstriciate OF the Eternal City
Il s family that has furnished more than half
dozen Popes to the Church, including Marcellus.
u ss' si1tus III, Stephen " and Adrian III in
'ns ninth century and Martin ' in the fifteenth
century.
Is considerable amount OF speculation pre-
's3s ss TO Just what has been meant by Prince
Coionna's title of Assistant to the Holy Seat
II may b mentioned that he has 10 attend
ever ceremony at which the Ponun appears in
state. standing Immediately 10 the right Of the
aie and beEf rfos On s1Ych
occasions rs is aTTagsd in q fifteenth century
Rlns OF black silk. with trunks. black silk stock
'ags, silver buckisd shoes. lace collar and lace
sleeves, sword with steel hilt and mantle. To
MN are given the palms and candles 10 present
20 tbs Pope 20 bless and. prior TO 1870. when the
Fontlh Uted 70 drive about Rome IN state. the
prince assistant Invariably preceded the Papal
eguipase on horseback. II the Pope himself went
ca horseback. thing difficult TO realize in the
pfeSen; DAY, II MAS the prince assistant who
Aeo the stirrup for his holiness TO mount. and
VINO led 'he horse into the squares before the
2urinal the Vatican
Iae Office dates from 1912, when Pope Julian
a. WIN view OF putting end to the perpetual
eo.nes between the houses Of Coonna and Or
f-nl- which had continued throughout hundreds
- years. involving the Eternal City in constant
~Ntofoance and bloodshed. conflicts which culmi-
S'eo IN Prince Orsini and q Prince Colonna
1AAlns al one another In The very pres
- u ths Holy Father, compelled them to be
:, ieconciied 20 one another. cementing the al
Os with the negotiation Of q marriage be
sen Princess LuCcina Orsinf and Mark An
V-uo Colonna II vas on that occasion that he
Suta'eo the Office Of prince assistant, or. 1t
sEte2 n Latin -'Ststor proxiTnus solo Pom
ss1s MaNinh.' Ordaining that Il should be held
e'hstely By the chief Of the House OF Colonna
o ne head Of the House Of Orsini The Or
si"s nave come TO bitter grief financially. largely
loueh The extravaganza and unfortunate specu-
i"ns OF old Primes Philip Orsini, and thus the
@eA outjes OF the office performed by
'Iee Mark Anthony Colonna who until tho
S-h of n1s father the Master Of the House
hola 20 Cnser sraru-..ra..