New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-30
'NNE. 10000 GRACES"
comances OF the Historic Aus
,rian House of WindisChgraetz.

.or,ence Of near half a century ago.
.,v the marriage Of General Prince
i'-.,,b Windischgraetz, commander of the
w. Guard Of Emperor Francis Joseph
,ne famous ballerina. Maria Taglioni
.o.al,ed By the death last week Of her
- Augusta Taslioni. In a private hos
, ,,,al at Berlin, in the presence Of her
r~hsv Prince Francis Windschgraetz,
20 ;uherits the whole OF her very con-
siderable fortune.
rbe beouest VIII prove very welcome to
..o nr,nce. for some years ago he was
..r,ne,le6. by reason OF his financial ex-
...vaaance. 10 surrender his commission
:. ,ne Austrian army. Indeed. so serious
~. the scrapes in which he had become
lived that he found il necessary TO
,.sy. not only Austria. b%t even Europe.
49, south America II was on the condi-
49,, q his keeping the Atlantic between
- that his father and other relatives
:. Austria consented 10 make him an al
,aUance for the maintenance Of his wife
81 children. who insisted upon following
hin into exile
te lived for a time with them az Petrop-
ais near Rio. where one Of his children
use born. and then made his way with
,Lay,, 10 Buenos Ayres, where. through his
f..bar's influence with the Argentine Min
,,-s- az Vienna, he secured a position as
Instructor Of cavalry. While there ne at
.-sc-ed unpleasant attention by HIS arrest
and in'prisonoment for the gross maltreat-
men; OF his then little six-year-old boy.
prince Joseph now sixteen years ~ age.
This cost him his position in the Argentine
rrIr h. fl1 10
,, Brazil he was arrested on the frontier
ss an Argentine SPY.
TIE death Of his father N 1905 enabled
Rim 70 make some compromise with his
c-e6rors 20 obtain his discharge in bank
-uptcy-that Is 10 say the removal Of the
,uratel-and 70 settle down with his chill
srsn a. Neu Pernstein. near Kirchdorf IN
yposr Austria. where he has since resided.
ror h was the only child Of Prince To-
..ph and OF his ballerina wife
Married a Famous BalIerins.
The latter. born in 1888. as the daughter
=. the composer OF "Sataneua." was as
s,pre-,e IN the art OF dancing a. Jennie
I4nd OF A6elina Patti in tie art Of sing
lng. She made her debut IN London in
usa. and Immediately won for herself the
sninence enjoyed by Grisi and Fanny
Elssler Queen Victoria was one Of her
varraest admirers. She subsequently be-
corae premiere danseuse Of the grand
operas Of Vienna. Berlin and st. Peters
burg. and among her best friends was
Emperor Nicholas ! OF Russia.
Just about the same time that Prince
Adalbert Of Prussia contracted a NOR
esnatic marriage with her friend and COM
rade Fanny Elssler created on that o.
cas.oa Baroness Barnim, Duke William Of
Neckler burg Schworln became infatuated
with 7er charms and made her an offer
~ marriage Taglioni however. was too
proud % te coutented with q mere NOR
fanatic union. which was all that the duke
could ofer her. and accordingly she de-
cnnsd 10 have anything 20 do with him.
few wears later she contracted an
o-drarv marriage with General Prince
Joseph Windischgroetz, who had been q
sutton for hcr hand for some six Of seven
years previously. And so hish was the re-
gard !l which she was held, and so ..un-
bleuis, ed was her respectability, that the
Tindischgraetz family. in spite OF its being
4 med.atZed house, decided with the sane
ror Of Emperor francis Joseph 10 concede
% her al tAe titles and prerosot!ves Of a
Princess # Wlndischeroetz.
OF course. the princess did not 70 10
court But her salon became one Of the
most popular .n -hc Austrian capital, and
II was there that Prince Frederick Kraft
Hoherlohc tLc military attache OF inc
Prussien Lm0assv was, according TO the
admission contained IN his aUtobiography,
published some wears ago, enabled to PICK
~ all those valuable pieces Of information
copcerrlr- the military and political moves
q Austria which proved so inva iuab!e 10
the authorities at Berlin. first ana FORE
most 20 Prince bismarck.
Although Prince Francis W,ndischgraeH
has been permitted to take up his resi-
dence In Austria. he has not been able 10
recover his commission in the army. nor
by reason Of mis- mothers non-noble birth,
is he qualified for an Of those Offices
such as Chamberlain TO the Emperor, etc,
which constitute more or less prerogauve
O; men o. blue blood I'm Austria and Hun
gary In one word he is not 'hohahig'
although me is q fun 9edged scion OF one
o. the formerly petty sovereign houses OF
Ge-msrv. which were medistized by the
Congress OF Vienna after the overthrow
o. Na5o'eon ir The second decade Of the
nineteentn century. Ills numerous chill
eren Riu be- subjected TO the same disao-
vsntares although their mother Is by
bsrtb a countess Of the similarly mediatized
house OF Harach. They are all disqualified
By the uop-noble origin OF their grand
mother