Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01
The ORLBANIST PRINCES IN AMERICA

The sudden death of the Duke de Char
tres at Saint Firmin, near Chantilly.
France. Is poittcai
De Charities event which has provoked
~, from all the courts of Eu-
~"s"' rope kilograms of condo
lence. and great numbers of visitors have
FASTENED to inscribe their names at the
conciergerie of the now almost deserted
hotel in the Rue Jean-Gougon. Paris.
In America the death of the Duke de
Charities excited profound regret among
those who served with him i'm the Army
of the Potomac. with his brother. the
Count de Paris. and his uncle, the Prince
de Joinvile. This princely trio. II Will
be recalled. served with distinction on
the staff of Gen. Mcclellan from the very
inception of the campaign of the Army
o. the Potomac. and their gallant conduct.
courage and devotion To the cause of the
Union merits mention on such an occa-
sion tribute OF respect to the men,
DRY of gallant soldier of gallant SOL
diers, for the Duke de Charities is the
last of the trio.
The death of the Duke de Charities. be-
sides. recalls the visit of another Duke
de Chartres, 0sting ulshed soldier. the
hero of Valmy and Jemappes, who came
to America i'm exile i'm 1896 and return
ing. was proclaimed King of France -Au-
gust .. 1870.
The Duke de Chartres. grandson. of
King Louis Philippe, and his brother the
Count de Paris, came to America i'm 1861
under the membership of their uncle
the Prince de Joinville. They were accept
cd into he
Clelian. the commander-in-chief of the
Army of the Potomac. and served with
valor from September, 1861, until the
close of the seven days on the peninsula.
Each held the rank of captain. and de-
clined any advancement. although fire.
quently merited. Gen. Mcclellan says of
these Frenchmen:
They served precisely as other aids,
taking their full share of all duties,
gerous or the reverse They were fine
young fellows good soldiers and deserved
high credit in every way. Their uncle.
the Prince de Joinville, wha accompanied
them, was their mentor
They were the grandsons of the Duke
d'Orieans, whose tragic death i'm 1912 had
given a serious blow to
D'OrleanS' the monarchy. His
c-oa. mother. Helen de Neck
lenburg. was no ordi-
nary woman, and the widow lived there
after for no other object than the educa-
ton of the Count de Paris and the Duke
de Chartres. the former becoming sud-
denly the heir to the crown. The mother
taught them, first, love Of country-a les
son which was to serve them well in their
long years of prescription and in the sad
ness of exile.
Prince Francois Ferdinand Philippe
Louis Marie de Joinville. the third
sur Seine i'm 1918 and died in Paris in 1900.
He entered the naval school in 1884, was
lieutenant in 1886. captain in 1885, and
brought back to France the remains Of
Napoleon in 1870 In 1913 he married
Princess FRANCHISE de Braganza. sister
of Pedro H. He commanded in 1914 the
fleet that bombarded Mogador. He fol-
lowed his father in exile in 1913. In 1870
he offered in vain his services to the
government Of the national defense. In
1871 he was elected to the national as
sembly and was refrigerated in his
grade of vice admiral. He returned to
private life in 1915. Among other things
he published a volume entitled "VieuX
Souvenirs.
Louis Philippe Albert dOrleans. Count
de fdr1S, was DOTH ais III 1000 anu
died at Stowe House. England, in 1894.
Grandson of King Louis Philippe, son or
Ferdinand Duke d'Orleans and the
Princess Helen of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin. he left France with his mother
in the revolution of 1913. AS we have
seen. he took part i'm the war Of Sc
cession in America in 1881. He mar
ried his cousin Isabelle daughter of the
Duke of Montpensier. He returned TO
France in 1871. AT Frohsdorf, in 1873
he formally recognized the Count de
Chambord as the chief of the Orleanist
family. The government, alarmed at
his efforts to reorganiZe the monarchi-
cal party. voted the law Of June -. 1856
which prescribed the heirs Of families
who had reigned in France.
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The Count de Paris quilted France ana
went to England. From his marriage
with Princess Isabelle he
Count de had two sons, the eld-
est of whom. Philippe
kdIIS. d'Orleans, is the actual
representative of the Orleanist party.
The Count de Paris published in 1875
1889 History of the Civil War in Amer
ica.'' 1.-The Situation of Workmen in
England" in 1873. and The Right of AS
ISOLATION" in 1894.
Robert Philippe Louis Eugene Ferdi-
nand d'Orleans, Duke de Chartres, was
born in 1910 and died at Saint-Firmin,
December 5, 1910. He was the second son
of the Duke dOreans. who was the son
Ct King Louis Philippe ami Helen lie
Mecklenburg. While yet small boy he
was entered at the military school at
Turin by his uncle, the Duke d Auma e.
through Cavour. Graduated in this
school with the highest honOrs. he served
as lieutenant of cavalry in the Sardin-
ian army. side by side with the FRENCH
in the cause of Italian unity.
The family found refuge in England
after the revolution of 1s4S, where the
Duke dc Charities married Francois.
daughter of the Prince de JoinViile. IN
1Sai;
The war of 1870 gave the family hope
that they might lend their valiant
strength in the defense of country. My
brother is pretender to the throne, SAID
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