The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-27
Y LA MAHQUIsE DE FoNTENoY.
- KINCE LOLrIS. ALPuONSE, OF -Four

~ RlNCE LOUIS ALPHoSsE oil -Four r,
- bon, who has instituted legal
i proceedings at Lucca, in Italy.
against his Wife, for judicial
separation naming the painter Cam
priani as correspondent. is the only son
of that prince OF the same name. Count
York a Miss Mary Hamel The latter.
although born in Havana. was 10 all
intents and purposes an American girl,
having been brought Up in the United
states, where she had lived from her
infancy to the time of her marriage.
1t was union as unhappy as that OF
the son OF the couple, for, after the
birth uf a boy and girl. they sep
ara ted, the late prince being condemned
to pay al!mony to his wife to the tune
OF $1,000 year. AS he neglected TO
comply with the order. his mother. a
sister of the last Emperor OF Brazil,
her death. in 1901, all payments stop.
ped and the legal proceedings brought
by his American wife against him were
unavailing, owing TO the fact that he
possessed no property that could be
attached; for his mother aware Of his
financial difficulties, had al his solicita-
ton. bcqueathed all of his share in
her fortune to his two children. name
lishman OF the name of William Free
man. and TO his son, the prince who
Is now endeavoring to secure judicial
separation from his wife.
Il IL
ceived the title of Count Rocca -Gugiiel-
ma from the late King Victor En-
manuel. was allowed by King Humbert
to enter the Italian army as Prince
Louis of Bourbon, and until recently
held commission as captain In one
of the crack regiments of the Italian.
cavalry. He was treated with particu-
lar favor by the late King Humbert
and by Queen Marguerite, and ii was
largely owing to this that ne succeeded
in winning the hand and, incidentally.
the fortune OF the daughter of an i'm
mensely rich German merchant. estsp-
ushed at Rome, of the name of Weiss,
who for his services as unpaid consul
general of Portugal in that city. had
obtained the Portuguese title OF Count
Vallabranca- They have four children.
be with the father rather than with
the mother leads to the belief that
there is some foundation for the
charges against his wife.
ton Of one more to the extraordinary
number OF actions at law which during
the past thirty orr forty years have
been brought by the Bourbons. or
against them. In fact; there Is no
modern times occupied so much time
of the French, Spanish and Italian tri-
bunals as the Bourbons. Prince Louis.
the petitioner In the present separation
case at Lucca. had to submit to no
less than seventeen suits in Italy and
France before he could secure posses
sion of the fortune beaueathed to MIN
by his imperial grandmother, Princess
Januarla, of Brazil, most Of them being
brought by his fathers, only brother:
Prince Philip OF Bourbon. and all of
which he has Won. Then there were
the innumerable suits brought against
wife. and the proceedings In France
and in Italy brought by the Orleans
branch of the House of Bourbon in
fact. by the whole Bourbon family. TO
whom Prince Pascal of Bourbon had
married from styling himself Prince
Henri de Bourbon. AS this individual
was only nine years younger than
Prince Pascal. the latter's legal recogni-
ton of him as his offspring was fraud.
ulent The career OF Prince Pascal was
one long series of lawsuits, mostly
by creditors.
have also Contributed to- Bourbon liti-
cation, notably Princess Elvira OF
Bourbon, who was driven by the un-
happiness Of her home life TO run away
with the Roman painter to4 n r Wniie.
instituted proceedings in the, French
courts against the Dukesof Orleans, TO
prevent the latter from using the
Bourbon arms without tne u 1na that or Oh
alone, as chief Of all the house OF
Bourbon. was entitled, There was
something very droll about these two
pretenders to the French crown. fight
ing one another in the courts OF the
French republic and asking the Judges
of the latter to decide between them,
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch
eSile 10 the'remote provincial garrison
e Of ore 81 Of oise his nfatpation for the fair
but frail divorced wife OF one of his
former brother officers, and largely
ed F,mi,ress q reconciliation has hee
effected betwe cen the two brothers.