The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19
BY LA MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.
1ENEN is go historic and MlnutrL


gus name in Europe. being
IL Dorhe by one of the few fami-
ina. lies lies OF the Muscovite, aristocracy
nay ngure In the Almanach de Gotha
me me only one. Indeed. OF these fami-
tuYes to enjoy the predicate Of Serene
shignness." that It is somewhat of a
SH a to find fun-hedged Princess
Ehdeyen earning precarious l!veli-
ne mo9d as an avowed marriage broker
IN Berlin Naturally. this style OF bust
ness ness aoroad brought her into contact
?Seein 10 nave used her name for all
~ is worth. To such a degree was
this the case. that she was incr!mi
C ro,eu ~ the recent TRIAL at Glogau OF
Souht Gunther Won koenigsmarck for
fraud. as one of his disreputable con-
federates.
,io Inc trial has ended in the eonvic-
70 terms of imprisonment with hard
aoor., along with several OF his male
associates Princess Lieven escaping
a any oIner punishment than that OF the
eAgosure oil her means OF livelihood
anu OF her career. owing to the dim
cultys OF actually proving criminal in
,eht; II Is perfectly, true tina, she got
from credulous tradespeople in Ber
IN. and especially at Nauheim. who
were Flctimized to the extent OF many
ed ' go mSc 5f 90, collars RS But she insist
"ote 10 pay In the long run for All
she bought by means OF commissions
~ De optalned IN her marriage brok-
erage business. through bringing about
matrimonial alliances between Euro
pean mobiles and American heiresses
or mli!ionaires' widows. that she was
bar me, me oeneht OF the doubt as to
me princess Is of Russian birth
thirty-fve years Of age, and her maid,
f In N name vas Kewalski; Her arst nus
and after hts death she became the
wife OF the late Prince Alexander
LleVen, who died about three wears
ago she acknowledged during the
course OF the trial that she had no
hNed residence. and that she divided
Aer time between Mannheim. where she
s snaoe heT heahdquar,ers during the
into contact with rich Americans. and
beF!n where she had her brokerage
bureau the manager OF which was a
describe himself on his visiting cards
as the Private Secretary OF Her Serene
hlghness the Princess Lieven." Leon
narat was one OF the, associates OF
and like him, has received long jai!
sentence.
One OF the persons who has had to
suffer a good deal through the swim.
dies IN which the widowed Princess
L!even became Involved has been her
cousin. Prince Andrew Lieven, who
Is me representative OF one OF the
Germs at Berlin. with seat as such
on the Berlin Stock Exchange He is
a grandson OF that old Prince Andrew
AIeNandrov!tch L!even who was for
so many years Minister OF the Imperial
domain at St Petersburg and whose
Vile was Princess Barbara Gaiitzin
The Lievens are Llvonians and
trace their ancestry back. in an nm
broken line to certain Henry Lieve,
who was feudal baron vassal tn tho
Arehoishop of Riga, in the thirteenth
century. They owe their title Of
prince, and their prefix OF Serene
fiighness. TO the fact that the widow
or count Otto Lieven was governess
70 the children of Gear Paul. and the
emperor Alexander I and Nicholas l.
as vel! as the. Czarovitch Constantine
FanloFltch (whO waived his right of
succession TO the throne in favor of
MS younger brother. because he had
eeen priYy to the killing OF his crazy
!hthe:l all three regarded her as
their second mother
sun more famous. however. was her
daughter-in-law that Princess Lieven.
nee Countess Dorothea BenckendorfT
VINO played so important a role in the
political history OF Europe in the
early part OF the nineteenth century.
as Russian ambassadress. first at Scr
I'm, then for twenty years in London
where she was in many matters the
confidential adviser of George ". and
friend" of the great chancellor. Prince
Clement Metternich. Even still more
extraordinary was the influence which
this by no means beautiful woman
Welded at Paris. throughout the
reign Of King Louis Philippe, as the
egeria Of his all-powerfui minister
and premier the historian Guizot who