The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-26
BY LA MARauIsE DE roNrENoY.
It he ex-vicomtesse de Tredern Is

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HE ex-Nicomtesse de Tredern Is
always in litigation with one or
another OF her relatives. the
most recent object OF her legal atten-
lions have been her SON the Vicomtc
dc Tredern. She had appealed TO the
courts 10 prevent him from marrying
I an actress OF she name of Mile. Lefevre,
{ upon whom he had lavished largo sums
of money, and she likewise demanded
ihat her son should be provided with
a conseil judiciare. that is to say. tina,
8 he should be judicially proclaimed in
solvent. incapable of managing his
/ own affairs, which were TO be vested
In the hands of i trustee. and that lie
I should be deemed Incompetent 10 con
! tract any legal obligation, or fulhl any
/ civic duty The courts declined to
! prohibit tho Vicomte dc Tredern from
marrying Mile Lefevre, but did pro-
/ vide him with consell Judiciare,
/ whose consent he viii be Obliged TO
| obtain before No IS able to contract
I any marriage.
! Incidentally the suit brought 70 light
the fact that the young vicomte' $
mother. who for more than a quarter
( Of century was known as one OF the
! most conspicuous figures in Partisan
/ society. has been compelled TO drop
I her name and title. and TO style herself
, prudent enough to secure a divorce
from the Nicomte Chreticn de Tredern
In 1855 and since then a law has been
enacted deprIving Divorces of tho
names and titles OF their former hus-
bands
Nine Jeanne Say may be said to have
lost. not one, but two well known
titles end historic names. For her
first husband was the Marquis Roland
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tenth Duo de Brissac. He me, with
! his death on the battlefield In 1871.
in the closing struggles OF the Franco
German War Hts widow and her 1T
tie boy, then three years old, took up
eheir residence with her father-!n-
law. tho old Due dc Brissac. A little
more than year afterwards she sacri-
feed her title of Marquise de Brissac.
in order 10 contract n marriage with
the Breton Vicomte de Tredern. in spite
Of all the warnings OF her friends.
who knew that her character would
Ill accord with that of De Tredern: q
man quick to take offense, extremely
keen on the score Of principle and
honor, and thoroughly opposed to the
easy-goinS ways OF that smart and
ultra -fashonab society with which
the widowed Marquse de Brissac and
her sister, Princess Amcdee de Broglir
birth of couple Of children, two
sons and daughter, the latter. Renee
married to Count Gabriel de ScsmaI-
son. the Ultimate hed couple parted; and
whereas De Trcdern was too devout
a Roman Catholic to demand a divorce
his wife took the earliest opportuni-
ty after the divorce law was enacted
10 secure her liberation from her few
remaining matrimonial bonds. The re-
N q nj
with young De Tredern brought to
light the fact that his father who
had meanwhile succeeded, through his
own fathers death, to the title OF
Comic DE Trcdern. has been In the
habit OF making him an allowance of
500 a month.
The 'Trederns are one OF the Oldest
houses of the Breton aristocracy, and
tho family is stated to have been
founded by the legendary knight.
Derrien, who. with his squire. November.
vanqushed and slew a monstrous dra-
gon The descendants of this knight
took fheir name De Tredern from
lands which still remain to this day In
the family and from tho twelfth CEN
tury EDWARDS 1t is to be frequently
found mentioned in the pages of French
history. stephen de Tredern took part
In the Crusades as one of the princi-
on historical record as having been
knighted by that monarch at the close
of the great battle OF Mansoorah. With
all that. they bore no title, until that
of count was conferred upon them
In 177e. In medieval times, indeed,
titles were almost entirely unknown
among the old aristocracy in Brit
tany The Trederns are to be found
among the victims of the Royalst
cause t the close OF the eighteenth
century: and one of them. William do
Tredern, was shot as a Royaiist leader.
at Quiberon. Count Louis de Tredern
was an influential member of the Con-
stituent Assembly at Paris in 1913,
and the present Comte Chretien de
Tredern is one OF tho most influential
and popular members OF the Paris
Jockey Club.
His eN-wife is the daughter of the
great sugar refiner Say; and her name
is familiar as Vicomtesse dc Tredern
on this side of the Atlantic by the
number of lawsuits which she insu-
tuted in vain attempt to prevent her
only brother Henri's American widow
and sons from inheriting his property.
by dsputing the validity of his mar
riaGe. Nine, Henri Say is closely rolat-