The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-26
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I LA MARauIsE DE FoNTENoY.

b1 LA MAHauIsE DE FONTESOY.
VI Is not often that a royal person
age Is entertained by seeing him
i sell, and especially his matrimo.
MAJ affalrS, portrayed on the comic
opera stage. Yet this Is what has fall
len to the share of Prince Joachim of
RUSSIA. whose name figures in the
residence unknown and who has
oeen turned out OF the German army
oy his cousin. the Kaiser. and depriv
ed OF az hts military honors and dlgni
ties lie is now staying at MarIen6ad
under the name Of Cou Joachim
Hohensteip,,' while living with him a
ms reputed m~organatic wife is The
hno% von L~iebenberg. formerl,
the music hall stage OF Berlin.
II is for her sake that he Is an
eSlle from the lane OF his birth and
OF the blood. For Germany's dipio.
matte representatives abroad have
peen directed TO prevent his recogni-
non as a prince of Prussia by the
are accredited.
The other evening Joachim and the
baroness attended the local theatre in
The Count OF LuXemburg,' which had
so great a success in London at paIy's
last summer. and which is in reality 4
m u staging OF their " matrimo-
ourg' a Russian grand duke wants To-
marry Angelo Didier, an opera singer,
put she must have a title before the
bankrupt Bohemian Count OF Luxan-
burg Is offered 100000 to agree to
marry her without seeing her. and tc
oeing divorced from her within three
question was Marie Sulzer. the "Rus
sian grand duke" was Prince Joachim
Of Prussia. and the Count of Luxtm.
DnrS a penniless Austrian nobleman
OIL the mama nf Earnn Wa IL.
benbers. Prince Joachim was so in.
iatuated with Marie Sulzer, aver dur.
he the lifetime OF his father. the late
Prince Albert of Prussia, who died ga
Regent OF Brunswick. that he was bent
on marrying her. But Prince Albert.
who entertained a holy horror foE
everything in connection with thu
stage, endeavored to prevent this by
stipulating in his will that il his sou
married n omar not of noble rank.
he should forfeit his share in his
enormous estate. Prince Joachim, there
fore, after his fathers demise, ar
ranged that Marie Sulzer should lesv.
the stage. and marry in London Baron
victor Won Li%ebenberg. The baron was
to quit her on the, wedding day. and
rather to allow himself to se divorced,
on the ground OF desertion. leaving
Marie Sulzer his name and the bona
Joachim expected TO avoid tho provis-
ions of his fathers will
The marriage of Baron Victor ysA
L~iebenberg and OF Marie sulzer took
place in London and they left one an
other within an hour after the we'd
ding ceremony. as arranged. But be-
fore the divorce proceedings could be
completed, Emperor William interfcred,
as head of the ~reigning house of Prus.
sia. Taking advantage Of the fact thai
Marie Sulzer had forfeited her Ger.
man nationality, and had become an
Austrian subject, by her marriage t.
n r 2 n Il liz 4kr
he caused her to be expelled from
Germany. as an undesirable alien, and
sent Joachim off TO Germany's African
colonies. on military duty. The prince
leaving Africa without the permission
of the Emperor. and rejoining the
meanwhile divorced Baroness Lieben-
berg In Europe, his name was removed
from the ranks OF the German army.
and he was forbidden by the Kaiser
TO take up his residence on German
territory, Moreoyer, the administra.
vested in the hands Of his youngest
brother, Prince Frederick William.
who last year married Princess Agatha
of Hohenlohe, at Potsdam. and Joachim
is virtually dependent upon the al
lowance made to him by this brother.
Joachim is one of the most gifted
mombers of the reigning house OF
fame in the musical world as a com
poser of some works of considerable
merit. apd which have attracted a good
deal of popular attention. Two of his
operas. of a light order, have been
produced. under an assume name. on
the Berlin stage. with much success.
He shares the intense devotion OF his
late father to Bach and Handel. his
fondness for the works OF Mendels-
sohn. Beethoven and Mozart, and is u
most accomplished performer on the
N%oloncello. being a pupil of tho well
known master of that instrument, Pro,
fessor Luedemann.
Prince Joachim Eust not be con-