The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-13
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himself time to visit the chateau. and
, nut lev Americans have taken tho.
yut OF the beaten track OF tourists.
Yet II Is wonderfully interesting, and IL
vel worthy OF attention.
Dating from Tho eleventh century.
OF French history Within i,s wall.
nuinbcrs Of Kings and royal princes
'etc porn. married or died Within
Is PRECINCTS judicial asaizcs were held
iaments of the nobility were asscin-
DIED It's buildings have been the
scene Of m"sniticcnt festivities aud
OF terrhlc tragedies. The great Condo
was prisoner in It's dungeons ana
me royal Duke d'Enghcn was shot in
~ dry moal ~ order OF the first Ma
captivity. u waR bcsieged by tho
allies in 1914 and 1915. but without
SUGGEST II was King fnilip Augustus
VINO hrst SURROUNDED the park OF tic
castle win a wall. and beneath Its
trees, till in existence. that canon
Ted monarch OF France, 81. Louis.
DISPENSED Justice
When the war between France and
Germany broke out Empress l.ugeuie
awaited herself OF her powers as
KeSent. TO resort 70 q bit OF feminine
revenge upon 4 beautiful Italian aucii-
SIS who had been the acknowiedg god
inNorite OF SapoiGon III. and who had
thereby excited her jealousy To a FAR
greater detiee tA2n ans OF the other
ladies OF the court OF the Tuileries
WHO h1d found grace in the eyes 81
the Emperor FOR tile duchess was
seized one nigh, Dy the police, at thu
orders u the Empress. and conveyed
under strong escort 70 the Castle OF
Ninccnne. on the. charge Of having
FURNISHED information 10 the Germans
and OF having hcen spy In the pay
Of frintc bismarck: aud there the fair
Italian remained until the overthrow
OF the empire In the carly days OF
September, ana the light from France
oi Eugene: brought about her rcsto-
ration TO liberty
Princes OF the blood marshals OF
France. cardinals. and even Kings, have
been prisoners OF state at Vincennos
IN iact there Is nothing Of tho kind
IN the neislbcrhood OF Paris that Is
50 rich in historic associations. or that
recalls more wildly the past, than
ms ancient chateau wish It's magni
i l,, i hIMare towers and the bea,.ti.
and finished under Henry II.
In rcspons,e to an inquiry which
The family OF young Count Raimund
Iourtalcs who is about 10 marry the
daughter OF the German amba ssador
At Washington. l may mention that
the head ard chief of the entire house
Of Pourtnlcs IS At The present moment
Count otto i'ourtalcs, vino makes his
homo at ifloriSaant, FL Paso county.
Colorado, where he is married 10 a AIiss
lnura Mont Gomcry, and has two grown
UP sons both born there. one twenty
i've and the other thirty. Unless am
much mistaken. he and his sons are
citizens OF the United States His
father was that Count Francis Pour
tales who was for number OF years
director OF tho geological museum al
BOSTON, Mass where he married AIisa
Elise BDchmann. The family, as
nave mentioned before in these letters,
nails from Ncurhatel in Switzerland,
and its tile OF count. which belongs
by birth TO near Il hundred OF IT'S
members. was granted by the King OF
--t- -, ,s...x l..
tccnth century, the letters OF ordinary
Prussian nobility dating from about
forty years previously.
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