The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-11
pY IA MAnauIsE DE roNTENoY.

RMANp DE CHAPELLE De
n JUMILHAC, Due de Richeiieu.
~ who Is also Duo de f'ronsac
and Marquis de Jumiihac. is
now in this country once more. and is
staying very quietly in New YORK
titles, and merely styling himself
Jean Chapelle.. which latter name IS
one of his patronymics He is rather
short. like his father, the late duke
strong strain of Hebrew blood In his
veins. and is a son of the only Ameri-
can woman who has ever attained
sovereign rank abroad, and has shared
was Alice Heine, native of New Or
leans, daughter of the New Orleans
banker, Michael Heine. and on becom.
ing the widow of the second Duke oil
Richelieu, she married the present
ruler of Monaco. Prince Albert, from
whom she is, however, now parted by
a judicial separation.
The dukedom of Richeneu was i,rst
created in favor of the great cardinal
of that name, who played so notable a
enteenth century and who. at ms
death. bequeathed. with the Kings
permission. his dukedoms OF Richelleu
and of Fronsac TO his grand-nepheW--
sister FRANCHISE. This grand-nephew
was Jean Armand de Vignerot. his
son was the famous Marshal Duo dc
Richelleu, who figured so prominently
in European history during the latter
half of the eighteenth century as a
soldier as statesman and as cour-
tier and who. although SO illtterate
that he was scarcely able to Write MS
name. managed nevertheless to secure
his election as member of the French
Academy at the early age of twenty
four The boon companion OF the lie
gent Duke OF Orleans, his long life OF
eighty-four years was crowded from
the time of his marriage, at the age
of fourteen, with extraordinary adj
ventures. embodied In memoirs writ
ten after his death. and which, though
correct in most of their facts, We're
nevertheless not in any sense ms
work. and cannot be described, there-
tore, as authentic.
His grandson was that Duke Emman-
uel de Richelieu. who, ENGRAVING 10
Russia at the time of the revolution,
was the favorite of Empress Catherlne
and founded the city Of Odessa. wnere
nent place. At the time of the Restor-
alton in France he returned to Paris
and became In turn minister o. lureish
affairs and prime minister. pylng I'M
! married and without issue in lS22, ne
| was succeeded by his nephew, the son
| OF his younger brother, who held rhe
dnkedom for few months only and
| who died in turn, leaving an only
| She married Antoine. Marquis de Ju-
| milhac, and by virtue of "a royal pat
emit bearing the date Of DecemberSl 9,
ls22 King. Louis xviii revived =, e ,h .i,
fathers titles Of puk e f 81 me ~ hep
/ husband. The present Due De 6lche-
| lien is his grandson.
1 The Jumilhac family was founded IN
the early part OF the saS SI,a l,as cen en-
nobled under the name OF de Jumli,
hac," the marquisate Of Jumilhac belns
created In 1865. Z,
The present duke was y. en . g aam q,
| veur hut the match was broken OH
AS he has only one sister, married e
Count Gabriel de la RochefoucanloL. ne
is destined to become very rlcn On, o o,,,s
day as the part l heir q y th HIS en mother
4 Princess Alice of Monaco, by mel
banker father, Michael sHelne, q New New
i Orleans. Let meeadd that ne ups ~, 70
belong to any Of th 1etl lea seem either il
4 clubland or in society.
Emperor William, by presenting IN
city and seaport of iNlel WIN q esIev,
de Coligny. a reproduction OF the on :.
which he erected some time asn y
the square opposite the royal pat La
at Berlin, calls attention 10 t,.e ~ 80
lAtndL ne is
heroic figure Of the French navy, =. IN, !, y
i Grand Admiral of France, whose fathe
was Field Marshal of France; ana ~,
mother a member OF the iNustr, :, !
French house of De Montmorency,. w
gionists on the occasio on Of the mas mas
sacre of the Huguenots on the hls -
Of ST. Bartholomew, at Paris, lie i e.,
an only daughter, Louise, whose ~ nts ,
husband was slain on that same tate tsl1,
1 full night, by her fathers side. SUP
3lsequently she married William 9
a Orange, surnamed THE Silent" sstadt
4 holder Of the Netherlands, as ~
4 fourth wife. lie. too, was murdered
almost in herjvery arms. OF her mar
rlage with him there was one SON
Henry Frederick of ,orange-whos
4 only child, u daughter, chflstene
Louise, after her grandmother Louis
y Isde Colgny, became the consort Q
A the great Elector or Brandenburs
"A The elector was the, father of FRED