New-York tribune., 1909-01-09
-, 7rKE DIED 1NrEsTATE.

-. -ba existence Of Grand Duke Alexis
Us ;n+irnated that he would hequeath All MS
= - IN his son. Alexis. Count beIeVsho p"In
-. bv Alexandra JoUrouNska- nus n'o1iiei e H'aiN
-. ..-or vbon. after inducing her 10 eiope WIN
q nv. -ha soutn Of France, he married there
I'm 10 u -. ICES o. the Russian Church The
sc'U = -os- he remembered. was pronounced
na+;a1l,- and legally invalid through Its fali-
- % receive the statutory sahcuon OF 'he
I'D Alexis having been persuaded ny count
oa1o4r n leave his fair companion ana 10 pay
sHOU sH,1s ,.isir 70 the United States. she with
=. - cxory where after giving birth TO a son
oItN y JU,5 nuke Alexis was the father. she sub
O 49,, w. ,sr,5ed a Saxon officer, Baron Henry
--.L--nann Her boy later on vas taken Char se oi
. "a, arn- The now widowed Granu Duchess oei
= = ,,a-rying one Of the ladies' OF her housr-
tus' @ -,...ss Marie Troubetskoi, became one or
,bs sides-de-canp OF Grand DuAe 'Io..-,,.,
- vas II understood that ALEXIS beie'ehol'
o1e'S ;,,ss4t:-nste birth. his fathers heir.
.. 80 rouchess Zensde Of Leuchtenners. sister
- <.-o,s General Skoheleff, oleo' IN 1883, sHe
-. ev-,ression 70 the infatuation for Graho ouhe
1Iax+e which had beer the Prlnclpal romance UI
te- and Of his existence. ny nequea'iiins 10 LIE
-, 1,o,rg Relevskoi, all her superb oe"eis' 'ne
scH - ,-n,,b f. is true she had received from
his father. -. r..,
yrr-sv. the iIleEitin1ate brother OF Mary t@oee"
-, scots and f,legitimete son Of King James y r"
- =. Rerer+ Of Scotland, where he ruled supreme
6eeTh
q tbe Franks. who may he said TO have saved
[--,-+.-ao-7 when he vanouished the Saracens al
- h.+-la o< Tours end drove them headlong back
s--o snain was a natural son Of Duke Pepin or
Austria became King OF France and was the grand
father Of Chsrlemagne- William the Conqueror
himself the victor OF the battle OF Hastings ana
.-on vbor7 King Edward traces his descent, wSs
natural son Of Robert the Devil. Duke OF Norman
5r and Ct : laundry girl. daughter Of a tanner Of
FsIs5se and was compelled 10 win by downright
hard fighting the allegiance Of the naughty oarons
Ct MS duchy before he could attempt to Invade
England.
IN fact there IS no end 10 the list Of men who.
hszacapped ny the presence Of a bar sinister on
thsr escUtcheon, succeeded nevertheless in winning
for themselves conspicuous place in history and
lasting niche in the Temple Of Fame Why is it
that the natural children Of royalty nowadays
make so very different a showing and become. in
Esad Of Of p-ide TO their relatives. con-
unusl object Of concern. anxiety and discredit?
When the Grand Duke Alexis died the other day
IL Paris. after spending the closing years OF his
life in atmosphere OF reckless prohigacy and
Indifference TO al the laws Of decency. that alien
stsi from him his relatives well all his
former friends Il found that he had left no
XII whatsoever. nor any testamentary disposition
TIE consequence is that the whole OF his fortune
falls to his Two surviving brothers. Grand Dukes
Paul and Vladimir. while nothing remains for
-Ou1s SeleTskOl- Grand Duke PAU. VINO Is alreeoy
coOsssily rich. having been not only the favorte
child but the principal heir OF his mother. the late
tEsrina- is perfectly content to abandon all his
fgnts 10 the property OF Alexis. but Grand Duke
Eiaoinir, who has often felt the pinch of financial
trsiis. oEing to his own extravaganza and that
o. his sons does not see things in the same light
saa Is hTInly determined TO insist upon his claim
JIst a. present there is a good deal OF negotia-
u'a n progress on the subject. The legal pro-
eesahss which were at one time threatened are
-hey TO Be averted. and il is regarded probable
taal while Vladimir viii take the bulk Of the prop
Us OF Alexis, Grand Duke Paul will content him
sei VIII smaller share. and Hil turn ii over in
'ac' 10 his nephew. young Belevskoi- But the en-
ue matter has been a source Of much trouble. an
Igshce and discussion al ST. Petersburg and the
.IG mat Alexis died among such surroundings in
rams had the effect Of keeping his brothers and
-pne~s' who were in the French capital at the
N1e away from his bedside. and thus it was i'm
P~9ie to get him 10 make any legal disposition
o. his property