New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-12

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Duke de Richeieu Here.
Armand de Chspelle de Jumilhac, Due
de Richelieu. who is also Due de Fronsac
and Marquis de Jumilhac. is now IN thls
country once more, and is staying very
quietly in New York. without making use
Of any of his titles and merely styling him.
self Jean Chapelle.' which latter name is
one of his petronymics. He Is rather
short, like his father. the late duke Is
thirty-ive years old. has q stroaS strain
OF Hebrew blood in his veins and Is son
Of the only American woman who mas ever
attained sovereign rank abroad ana mas
shared a European throne. for his mother
was Alice Heine. native of New orleans
daughter of the New Orleans banker
Michael Heine. and on becoming the widow
of the second Duke OF Richelieu she mar
ried the present ruler Of Monaco. Prince
Albert. from whom she is. however, now
parted by judicial separation.
The dUkedom of Richelieu was first Gre
ated in favor of the great Cardinal of that
name. who played so notable role in the
,
and who at his death bequeathed. with the
Kings permission. his dukedom Of Richie
lieu and of Fronsac 10 his grandnephew-
that is to say. the grandson Of his sister
Franchise This granddaughter was Jean
Armand de vigneret His son was the
famous Marshal Due de Richelieu. who
figured so prominently in European his
tory during the latter half Of the eigh-
teenth century as 2 soldier, as states
man and as q courtier, and who. although
so iiliterate that he was scarcely able 70
write his name. managed nevertheless TO
secure his election as 4 member of the
French Academy at the early age of twen-
ty-four. The boon companion of the Re-
gent Duke OF Orleans. his long life Of
eighty-four years was crowded from the
time Of his marriage, at the age OF four
teen. with extraordinary adventures. en-
bodied in memoirs written after his death,
and which. though correct in most of their
facts. were nevertheless not in any sense
his work. and cannot be described there
fore as authentic
His grandson was that Duke Emmanuel
&c PichelieU who. emigrating % Russia at
the time of the Revolution, was the favorite
of Empress Catherine. and founded the
city Of Odessa. where his statue to-day oc-
cupies q prominent place. At the time Of
the restoration in France he returned 10
Paris and became. IN turn. Minister o.
Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister. DIV
ing unmarried and without issue. in 1872.
he was succeeded by his nephew, the son
OF his younger brother. who held the duke
dom for few months only. AMI who died
in turn. leaving an only daughter. of the
name OF Simplicia- She married Antoine,
Marquis de Jumilhac. and by virtue Of a,
royal patent. bearing the date Of Decem-
Der 70. Is2S. King Louis XVIII revived her
fathers titles of Duke Of Richelieu and
Duke Of Fronsac i'm favor Of her husband
The present Due de RicheeU is his grand
son.
The Jumilhac family was founded in the
early part of the sixteenth century. when
Antoine Chapelle was enuobied under the
name Of De Jumilhac." the narguisate
Of JumiIhac being created IN t655.
The present duke vas engaged at one
time 70 Nile. Pauline de St Sauveur, but
TIE match was broken of. AS he has only
one sister married to Count Gabriel de Ia
he IS destined 70 become
very rich one day. as the part heir Of the
enormous fortune bequeathed to his
mother, Princess Alice Of Monaco. by her
banker father, Michael Heine. Of New Or
Jeans. Let me add that he does not be
long ~ any Of the leading Partisan clubs
and is very little seen. either IN clubland
OF in society.
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