The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-28
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I.D Prince Charles de Faueisny-
husi9E aan e t,t GSlspy i Th s fa has
crs at the ripe old age OF eiGh-
ty-sevcn, was reat-grandspn OF
King Charles y. of France. When the
latter's son. the Duo de Berry, was
murdered BY Louyel at the Paris opera.
in February. 1920. he confidcd lust be
fore he expired the two iaushtera
borne to him OF his union with Amy
Brown. daughter OF an English clergy
man. to his uncle, Louis WILL, and ~, TO
his father afterwards Charles y. The
King settled handsome fortunes upon
the Girla creating Charlotte. Countess
OF Yssoudun. in her own right. ana
bestowing the title OF Countess ae
Nicrzon upon Louise. They were re-
srectively thirteen and fourteen years
Of age when their father was killed.
| and, although the ecclesiastical mar
riagc which lie had contracted during
his exile In England with Amy Brown
was not regarded as valid By ihe
! French crown, owing TO his failure 70
obtain the sanction thereto from his
| uncle, Louis XVII. and from his faith
er. yet the girls We're brought up at
court as relatives OF tho reigning
| house.
Louise Countess yierzon. married
of General Baron de Charette. Who
played so gallant & role in the War
of 1870. The Generals son, antoine.
| who, instead of contenting himself
with the llluatrious and historic name
| OF De Charette. and with the title
| of baron. so honorably borne by his
rather. grandfather and great srand-
| father, has foolishly and without any
| vestigc OF a right assumed the title
| of marquis, married last November, in
New York Miss Susan Henning. daugh-
ter OF James w. uenning, OF Louis
| vile, Ky.
Charlotte. Countess OF Yssoudun,
married Prince de Fauciguy- Lucinse.
and through this union became the
/ mother Of Prince Charles de Faucigny,
who has Just died. The house of Luz
cinge- Faucisny is one OF the oldest
of the nobility of SAVOY and is family
tree shows many matrimonial alliances
with the now reignlng dynasty OF
Italy. The original name was Fuci-
niaci. which has been Gallici2ed into
Faucigny, and the name of Lucinge.
and also that OF Coligny. came 10 the
family through marriage. The prirce-
~ title is in reality @ Sandman one,
and il was only in ISIS that King
Charles Y. for the sake of his grand
daughter, mother OF the prince who
Il patent, authorizing the members OF the
house of Faucigny-Lucnge ct ColtCny
TO use their foreign honors in France
The late prince, owing to the death
three years ago OF his eldest son, in
Guadalupe, is succeeded in his titles
and estates by his second son. Fer
dinand. who was formerly married tc
the daughter or the Partisan banker
death has become the husband of q
daughter of the Odessa-Parisian corn
broker and speculator. Michael Ephrus-
81 81, a granddaughter, therefore, of the
late Baron Alphonse Rothschild oi
Paris Neither OF his marriages have
! been particularly happy, mainly owinG
to financial squabbles. the prince tax
ing the high and lofty ground thai
1t Is perfectly preposterous to dream
that he would ever have consented Il
contract lnesallance by wedding TIL,
daughter of a mere plebeian banker. OF
cornbroker, If he had not received be
forehand assurances from them tina
they would pay his bills.
Prince Guy. a younger brother O.
Prince Ferdinand. is married to Mer
cedes Terry, daughter and .heiress o
the late Antonio Terry of New York
Guy de Faucigny- Lucinge, who is mucl
more popular than his elder brother
and his American wife. are freuuen
visitors to the United States; We're II
: New York. indeed. the other day whei
! they received the news OF the rata
. illness of the old prince. whicl
caused them to hasten back to Paris
! Much of Princess Guys property Is il
t New York, where Francis Eeert o.
Webb and Henry L. Sprague are III
: trustees OF the trust created for tn
benefit OF his daughter by the lat
: Antonio Terry, whose second Wife wa
4 the well-lsnown prima DONNA SHY
Sand ergOn