The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-22
COUNTESS OSTHEIM
WIFE OF EX-PRINCE
BY LA MARauIsE DE FoNTENoy

by LA MARauISE DE FONTENOY.
L - ouNTEsS oSTHEIM. who has
been conspicuous figure at the
IN New York Horse Show during
the past week, is the daughter
OF skipper of the mercantile ma
rine of the name of Lottero. and mar
ried Just a year ago in London the ex
Prince Hermann OF Sake w eimar. The
i latter had a few weeks previously
I been deprived of his rank and status
of a member OF the reigning house of
saXe-Weimar, had been barred from
the succession TO the throne, and had
ordinary noble, being accorded tho
title of Count osthetn.
The ex-prince, who is only about
Twenty-Five years of age, was attached
Guard in Berlin, inHl905. and as heir
presumptive to the grand ducal throne
| of Saxe-Weimar and to the immense
private estates that go with the chief
tainship of the family, was received
with open arms at the Kaiser's court.
But he had inherited from his spend
thrift father spendthrift tastes, and
soon became involved in monetary diff.
nculties of so serious a character that
| he was transferred by way of dis
cipline to the Eleventh Lancer Regi
ment. stationed In the dull littlo town
of Saarburg
In the hope of restoring his shattered
fortunes, he became In 1906 a sutton
for the hand, and incidentally for the
| fortune. of Marie Bonaparte, who has
since married Prince George OF Greece.
and whose fortune is derived from her
fathers part ownership of the public
gambling tables of Monte Carlo. But
although Prince Hermann was much
nearer throne than George of Greece.
since owing to the fact that his father.
Prince William of Saxe-Weimar. is vir-
tually excluded from the succession.
and that both marriages of the reign
ing grand duke are thus far childless.
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Marie Bonaparte and her father gave
the preference to George of Greece,
md rejected Prince Hermanns suit
The failure of this project of rich
still further difficulties. and ultimately
the law interviewed, that Is to say.
he was judicially declared, not merely
insolvent, but likewise placed under
all civic rights and legal responsible
ties, as If lunatic, his affairs being
vested in the hands of q trustee APP
pointed by the court. The investiga-
ton OF his conduct in connection with
these financial troubles resulted in his
being first of all placed on the retired
list of the army, and then removed
from the latter altogether. Being vir-
tually next in the line of succession.
1t became necessary, under the circum-
stances, to lose no time in eliminating
him therefrUTn, and accordingly he was.
as mentioned above, reduced just a
year ago, from the status of prince
of the blood to that of a mere noble, |
being accorded a small annuity by his
cousin. the reigning grand duke, on
condition that he keep out of Germany
He seems to have met Wanda Lot
tero in Paris, and to have married her
in London, civilly. that is to say, at
the registers office, instead of in
church.
The ex-prince, now Count ostheim,
may find some of his fathers old |
n q a
creditors over here For the career
of his father, Prince William of Sake
Weimar, was even still more stormy
He found 1t necessary to leave Euo
in the foreign legion of the Dutch
army In Sumatra, came to the United |
States. and under the name OF Viii
liam Rohde." earned his living by
royal. He received remittances 'FRONT.'
home, but like most remittance men,
he always managed to spend them long
before they came to hand, was often
frequent experience what it was to go
hungry, and picked UP a living as a,
store clerk, salesman,
and even as waiter, the only prince
can boast of such extraordinary vicis-
overtaken by illness, his relatives
took compassion on him, Drought MN
ilcIiip dllu lulSeu mn ipaSN W 'i!Se''sAi'
He then married Princess Gerta Isem-
burg, with whom he lives at Heidel-
berg, where he Is not above recalling
old times in the United States with
American students at the university,
over a friendly mug of beer Or glass
of wine.
While his name figures on the re.
tired list of the German army. with
the honorary rank of major, he is not
allowed by the Grand Duke Of Sake.
Weimer to reside in his dominions and
is virtually boycotted by all the courts
Of Europe. 1t is understood generally
that all the necessary steps have been
taken to exclude him from the sue
ression to the throne, in favor of his
younger son, Prince Albert, VINO is 2
lieutenant In the Second Regiment OF
Cuirassiers stationed at PaseWalk.
Lord Ashtown, who has fallen into
the hands of professional moneylend-,
ars, with whom lie is now engaged in
for a relatively small amount
In the neighborhood OF S4Q,000a,is q
resident Irish landlord and a violent
anti homeruler, living almost entirely
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