New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-12
OUR ROYALSETTLER
Princess Alice of Bourbon's
Home an Florida.


Princess Alice Of Bourbon, whose de-
parture from Naples for America / men
rioned in these letters in December last
slipped into this country under the name
~ her present husband. eN-Captaln LIMO
del Prete. unnotioed, spent severa! days
7-ith him In New York after landing with
cut attracting any attention ana is now
seitled in Florida, where she has devoted
q portion Of the considerable fortune Which
she inherited on the death Of her father
las, year 10 the acquisition Of large
plantation, on which she purposes TO raise
oranges and horses To the latter she Is
psssionately devoted, and as her husband
Vas noted during his service with the cav
elIy as one Of the crack riders and most
caring horsenen OF the Italian army they
ay be said TO have the same tastes ana
az likely 10 make a success OF their stud
carIn. if not OF their orange plantation
II Princess Alice has come to America
80 make her home il is because IN FLORIDA
she Will be able to live free and IN
1rau1melled life. without being subjected to
nj tho hunliliatIons and affronts which have
fallen 10 her share during the last few
wears She has plenty of money, enough 10
enable her TO live wherever she chooses.
and il is only natural that she should
elect a country where she will be able TO
.orret the past and to live only for the
present and for the future She is a dsugh-
.e- Of the late Don Carlos. legitimist pre-
ende- TO the throne OF Spain. and OF his
rrst wife, Princess Marguerite Of Bourbon.
SISTER OF the last sovereign Duke OF Parma
ore OF Princess -Al.ces sisters is Arch
chess Blanche wife of Archduke Leo
nod Salvador of Austria: another sister IS
married TO Prince Fabrizio MasNn1o, at
Rome while the third and remaining one
- hat Princess Elyira whose elopenent
WIKI the Roman painter Felchi, e married
:ssn. vas a source Of SO much scandal
some ten years ago. As there is no such
!; i-r as divorce in Italy. Felchi has been
unable 20 we'd Princess ElIira, and they
i've together at Milan, Feichi having re-
Gently come before the public in connection
-7,A a duel which ne fought with Don
francesca del Drago. whose younger
,.ror her. Don Giovanni del Drago. long in
business in New York. is now married to
tie -r1,ilti-r,Illionaire widow Of New York
brewer. Mrs. Schmidt.
Ae for Princess Alice. he ~as married
.o~ the first time a. Venice by Plus y. then
Ts--ia-ch and Archbishop of that city, TO
r.noe Frederick of Schoenburg- Walden
tcrg. This union was dissolved by oil
scrce granted at Dresden in 1896. and vas
s-nulled three years later by the Roman
Catholic Church through a decree granted
RI Rome in May, 1906 There is a child by
This first marriage. born on June 2, 1907.
Although he still figures in the Almanach
Dc f1otha for the current year prince
o. the house OF Schoenburg-Wa ldenburg,
ar6 Is expressly stated in the Papal de-
cree Of annulment Of his parents marriage
10 ne legitimate. yet there is litigation in
progress on the part Of the agnates of the
family OF the princely house in question 10
deprive him of his name and title. on the
ground that he is not the offspring Of the
prince, although born in wedlock. They
base their pretensions on the extraordinary
Evidence given by both Princess Alice and
Prince Frederick himself during the divorce
rial IT Dresden The boy, nearly eight years
cd. IS with his mother in Florida. Princess
AIoe has ITO children by her second hus-
hand, whom she married civilly immedi-
r-elv after her divorce and enthusiastically
sf-er the annulment OF her first matri-
ruonial alliance by the Holy See.
ror those who might be disposed TO judge
Ibis royal lady harsl,, it would be well
"a recall the treatment 10 which she and
Ior sister were subjected By their father,
-ba late Don Carlos. In fact, one Of the
-easone why her marriage TO Prince Fred
e-ick Of SchoenburgW aldenburS was an
--IIed ~ the Church was that she had
been literally forced into II by her father.
2 lose cruelty was also largely responsible
20 Princess Elviras fight from her IN
fappv home with the painter FoIchi. Prin-
cess Alice vino IS entitled TO the predicate
Of royal fighness. was one OF the two
oval ladies who vent TO Manchuria dur
- the Ear between Japan and Russia in
orier 70 nurse the sick and wounded the
other being the then Princess Eleonore Of
EsIss. now Queen of Bulgaria. Princess
= ice has dropped all attributes Of her rank
since ner arrival IN America, and lives
under tho name Of Nine. del Preto. Her
husband has 2 sister, married to a pros
Porous Italian manufacturer in the neigh
Herhood Of New York, OF the name OF
L3igi Ripamonto
he money q the Princess comes to her
.-"m her mother, the late Duchess of
Madrid. who Inherited a large portion Of the
-rTilne not only Of her uncle and aunt, the
''eirte and CGfntesse de Chambord. but
30 q the last sovereign Duke Of Modena.
I.@ Duchess Of Madrid. despite the abomi-
maze treatment 70 which she had been
'-";ected by her husband, Don Carlos. left
f';2 Z life interest. amounting 10 virtual
@-trol Of her property. which she be
so'-' Don Jaime. IN equal shares. OF course
~ understanding was that Don Carlos
loud make liberal provision for his chill
t.'7- This. however, he failed to do. He
rT1-ied a woman very much younger than
LnlseH. Princess Bertha de Rolan, and not
or drove his children from beneath his
roo but declined 70 contribute ANYTHING
r. ,h,l- support.
u was owing 70 this tina: Don Jaime.
NJ! LIS fathers death, was in constant pc
'--la-y straits, on one occasion coming
-1'o prominence in connection with the
H-"niag, at Paris, q a celebrated necklace.
t.at lad belonged 10 Queen Marie An
fo-nette. II the refusal too. OF Don
'ar-os 70 pay the dowrtes promised TO
-'--ncess Alice that wrecked her first mar
rage and which rendered the married lie
n his ether daughter. Princess Beatrice.
o Prince aassir1o so unhappy that on
TO separate occasions she endeayored TO
commit suiciCe, in one instance oy throw
iiS herself into the Tiber. Moreover Pri--
c.-& E!yira was often in dire want during
- %ears that interviewed between her
HlSa' with the painter Folchi and the death
- her father, which a. length placed her
-- Possession Of her share Of her mothers
.a--une