The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-18

country, as having spent the greater
part of the winter before last in Phila-
delphia, Baltimore. New York inc Bos-
ton. the newspapers at the time being
full of reports OF her cngagemcnt to
the son OF Professor Hilprccht, one OF
the curafors OF the museum OF tho
University of Pennsylvania. the slor?4i
originating in the fact that she made
the trip TO the United States in tho
company of tho Htiprccht family.
The Ssemburgs are not rich. In fact.
quite a number Of them have occu-
pied tho %iimelight, in connection with
financial difficulties, during the last
two decades, and IT wa, IS probably on
this account that Princess Marie's
Younger sister, elizabeth. was permit
whose moro h bourgeois birth was
atoned for by his wealth, and who.
bearing the name OF Louis Desrous-
seaua. obtained some months ago from
Observation-Disclosures being the name
OF the village adjoining one of his
estates in the Department du Marine. in
france 1t is necessary for me 10 add,
tnat not having secured thu authorize
ton OF the French government &c ar-
cept or use this foreign title. tho
dignity has no value in France. and
cannot be employed by It's owner in
any official or legal document.
The ~YSemburg family enjoyed petty
sovereignty until II lost its throne In
the great u%pheavaI OF Central Europe.
caused BY Napoleon at the beginning
of the nineteenth century, but, lihe the
other mediatized houses. retained a
number of p~refogatiYes, including that
OF marrying on a footing If equality
with the now reigning dynasties of the
old World.
The family is in no sense OF the
word unknown on this side OF the wa
ter. One of its members, Prince Leo
pold, was over here as a sutton for
fHa II "A nd ~ fha rIa,t ott.p ~ IT, ratta
road a magnate, Pullman, until the
latter. learning that II the marriage
took place the girl would not be re-
ceived on q footing OF equality bY her
idrcn would be barred from succession
to tire family estates. peremptorily ve-
toed the match. The prince has since
welded Princess Olga Of Saxe-Weimar.
brother Charles married IN London an
American girl, Miss Bertha Lewis. OF
New Orleans, and by reason of her
somewhat awkward position in Ger.
many, makes her home with her hus-
band altogether in Paris; while still
another brother. Prince Victor, on mar
rying, at ~Nuremburs. Leontine Rohrer.
was compelled 10 wed her m~organati-
Grand Duke of Hesse the title OF Bar
oness Rombach, since she is debarred
IL, Germany. where she and her hus-
hand make their home. from using the
Vile ol TIlI|CESS' lSSlUpuTe.
The mother OF these three princes.
namely. the Dowager Princess OF
Ysemburg, is by birth an Austrian
a~rchducaess. and attracted some at
tention a few years ago by her kindly,
though altogether unsuccessful. efforts
to bring about the rehabilitatio and
reform OF her misguided niece, Prin-
cess Louise of Tuscany, ex-Archduchess
of Austria, eX-Crown Princess of Saw
ony. and now separated from her
Italian husband, the pianist Toselli,
Princess Ysemburg chaperoned the ex-
Crown Princess for a time, but was
obliged to give up the task as a bad
job.
Another Princess Yscmburs. aunt of
that Princess Marie whose betrothal is
Just announced. has undergone still
more extraordinary experiences: for.
having been divorced In turn by her
cousin. Prince Adalbert Ysemburs. and
by her second husband, Baron Robert
~Pagonhardt, of the WurtemberS army,
she endeavored to recoup her fortunes
by means of notwithstanding enterprises
in Germany and in switzerland. which
involved her not only in bankruptcy,
but also in charges of fraud, followed
by the issue of warrants for her ar
rest, and the publication OF official no.
tees that She was wanted" by the
police.
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