The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-06
The DUO DE CHARITIES DEAD
iNtLf or FRENCH PRETENDER
SERTED 49, s. CIiFE NlY
hr and stis brother Nero on the star Of
Cen Mcclellan ana Wrr" Ills Ardent
tdmircrs- link Fought In Two Other
warS-Privatr In the ARMY az france

|p.eta Cso.. De,pwe, to rsp srS
Pssts. Dec. Robert Louis Philippe
Eugene Ferdinand d'Orieans. Due de
Chnr'r~ a brother Of the lat. CONT. 10
, Paris. IS dead. He VIA the uncle ~
Philippe Due Orleans. the French pro-
tender who liz 80 az Twi cken In M England
He himself lived at ~ Rue .Is,n Com Or
Paris. aud rs had a country rl1c" ,eAr
Chantill,
During the American civil ~n- h. and
rUs Elder brother -as Cou,t- j.. Paris
-nrrcd an he -taf n Gen. George B
sloC leusn He sas member ~ tho
Grand ARM OF .he Republic of IN. United
States and also 81 III. society oi TIE Army
II '|a pN'omar
Tn" D'r de Cha-tres was host known
IN A rGericans through his ser-.lco IN III.
Federal army during 'hr ciS,l wIr. With
bis brother. the Comte lie PARIS hs earn"
tn Am"r,cl IN Is8i. AMI Vas mad" a Captain
in he Army 81 n" Potomac. Il" s.rr.d
a. an aids-'ie-carnp "a Cen. Mcclellan
during th- p-rirSular campaign and
resigned IN isT1. returning 20 England
The CONT. Ia Paris N hi- writing, on
his experiences IN America has shown
himsel! n strong partisan - Gen. No
~ "a commander
This was not the only military sorry ice
that the Duo do Char-res Saw. sine" I'M
mediat.ls after graduating from tn.
military school Of Turin IN is5a lie SER Cd
IN the Piedmontese army during the
Italo- Austrian war and vas present AZ
SoHsr,no Later he distin guishai hum
self under an assumed name in the Franco
PrrpsSIan war.
R.ng under The han n eVil" - a R"ur-
bon h" WIS living III England in $50
and his request for a commission IN The.
-~gular army Of Franc. was refused
,f'"' he rey olr'ion 81 September 1 H..
re'urred 20 Pans with Others Of his family
and offered nI- services To IN. Govern.
rnsui NJ tn. l.f.nr. hut was again 10
pulsed He then entered the army under
~. name Of Robert IL Fort. fought IN the
battles nj I.ongcha mp- Morgue- and
Ftr.pagny and wa made a chief 81
squadron in tho army Of IN. Loire.
Rn,au-" ~ his knoSl"dg- % German
h. vas employed IN IN" negotiations 10
fy -h.. boundary line bet wnen m. armies
during tho final armi-'ic-. Gen Chnn1v
afre-wari procured for him IN" decoration
II 'hc Legion Of Honor. and after the
lbrogation Of the Laws Of exile which had
operated against tho Bourbons he be-
am. chIef ot squadron 81 the Twelfth
Cha-Seurs d'Afrilu" n" was ved
from aCriy. ssrvic" N 1855 under the Law
which y. rrni'red no member Of the -ci-
,.-yant royal family 20 serve IN the army
II navy.
The Due dc Chnrrr.- was torn IN PARIS
IN isW When ought years DID he was
ir,v- with his mo-her into exile upon
N" d"'hrrn..In"nt ri hts GRANDPA, her /.
King Louis Philippe Thnv lived for
v"ars in Germany and England In .
SAT- he married his COUSIN rrlnColse !
Princess NJ Orleans one son and two .
daughter, wer" born ~ them. The son.
Prince Jean. DUG de GUI-a married also ;
his cousin. daughter 81 IN" Due Or
leans tn" French pr-tendsr He has a
chsnc" Of becoming French pretsnder
himself IN IN. fulness 81 time Tn.
Due d'Orl.'ans has only one son. VINO
~ still unmarried but quite young enough
To disappoint mis- cousins pro sp"ct+
Primo Joan has q son and rhree iaugh,.r.