New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-10

riai Duke of Lcuchtenberr and the lovely
| heroine of the life of the late Grand Duke
Alexis. was her njece Indeed il was i,,
the Adlerberg salons that zenaide Skoho-
ION one OF the most beautiful and fascinat-
ING women of her dav learned to know
both the stupid but good leaking Duke Of
Leuchtenherg and Grand Duke Alexis fl
= pity under the circumstances, that
Zenaide at her death should have left her
superb collection of Jewels and her consfd-
eraoie fortune to Count Relevskoi, the nat
ural son Of Grand Duke Alexis instead Of
making provision for the weIInigh penniless
ole age OF her aunt. Countess Adlerberg. to
whom she owed so much
The Adlerbergs first came into prominence
with Vladimir Fedorovitch Adlerberg. who
as an officer of the Guards took part in
the wars Of 1872 and 1914. and then became
IN lel'-that is 10 say. at the age OF twenty
fcur-the favorite aide-de-canp of Grand
Duke Nicholas, who in 1928 succeeded to
the throne as Nicholas l.
Aolerberg the illegitimate son Of a
Prince Charles of Hesse- Darrnstadt and of
Mile kammerer. and was about the
same age as Nicholas and very good look
ing. He won his epaulets of major gen
eral in the war with Turkey Of 1928. and in
lS47 received from his imperial patron and
friend the title OF count for the services
which he had rendered as Postmaster Gen
sral In inaugurating a uniform postal rate
and regular postal service throughout the
length and breadth of the Russian Empire.
la 1882 he was appointed Minister of the
Imperial Household, and Nicholas I on his
deathbed recommended him to his son and
successor. Alexander II. Alexander be
came quite much attached TO the Adler
bergs as his father: made the old count s
eldest son. Alexander Adlerberg, popularity
known Adlerberg II, his Fidus ACbates.
and eventually appointed him to succeed
his father as Minister of the Imperial
Household. keeping his purse forever open
al the disposal of his friend
AGlerberg II. husband of the old woman
who has just been borne to her grave. was
not q dishonest man but had no concep-
ton OF the value Of money and not only
had 70 be frequently extricated from finan-
cisi difficulties OF his own by Alexander II.
but, moreover. as Minister of the Imperial
Household, got the affairs relating to the
administration of the enormous property Of
th- reignins family into a dreadful state Of
confusion. When Alexander III succeeded
TO the throne Count Adlerberg had TO make
vey for Count Woronzoff- shkof. He
survived only a very short time Alexander
lis murder. Ind left his wife and sons TO
bear alone the burden of the disfsvor Of
the new regime. for Alexander III was
strongly prejudiced against the Adlerbergs
and as usual in Russia when imperial
favorites cease 70 please tho monarch. the
whole world aban6ons them: fortunate in
deed are they If il does not revenge itself
for their former power by turning against
them as active enemies
One Of the dead coUntess's sons vas for
a long time secretary of the Russian En-
hassy in London. and 4 particular FRIEND
ana cronv of Edward VII thirty and forty
years ago: another vas military attac7e of
the Russian Embassy At Berlin, and spe
Ciallr attached 70 the staff Of the old Ger
man Emperor. while the countess s
nephew and the most nctabl member Of
her circle. vas Nicholas Prince Of Min
grelia- brother Of Princess Alexa oder Ohio
lenSki and a onetiu7e candidate for the
Bulgarian throne. and whom 7 recall par
ticlIarlv in connection with his ininitsbly
Or II manner of singing comic songs. Rus
sian we'll as French I'm 4 ws- that used
10 cause his aunt 70 raise her hands in
laughing horror and protest
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