The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-03

aithougn he Is une son OF rov.,i 80
Iv infa ms ta.ner having been the home
IHISht-neadea anu eccontrlc -. .ne
Ghnristina. yet their descent from The
tn ~. ome was so remote as TO extinp,,iss,,
IN ,he,r fo ox, and status OF royalty
have th iy personaSes in Spain VIM
arc tn ne right 70 the title of primer
reisnims ho u,in-heasea acions or tho
E NJ nh,lant' or intanta. Inc DUE is .i'as
n maretSna. Is not an Infant, and conso OF
by tae i n1e < Prince; OUT was created
81 Marohena, Grandee Of Snain n' Duke
- CLASS, anu I>n..nt OF Ine t,r. ui.r
he is eG ,nsrn Elseee. that is to sly.
case. ono oanno ho assau This being the
rhu D Vas morganatic. since his vic,
a anu ,na duchess OF Marchena, is by bril-,
nero NOBLE, like himself. oi't ca
rae DUKE and Ducuess or N,
aitHouen set down in the almnnani. ID
ho,,, ta as resiaent in Madrid, make their
a.fIr.,,i In aarls' In the Rue Dumont
Marcaen, b ins Duke and Duchess OF
N N "hom the eldest Is Marie ChrIstI,,e'
Law tu,'er VIII. according to Spanish
duca, ~ t,i ne' in.ners deatn. inherit mis-
N"ai titie, and become Duchess ~
r ,,.s IN her own right, her nus
u vana becoming. ipso tacto, Duke of
the I conn;r For In Spain alone, OF all
nave inherited titles OF nuoiIitv .hare
.,.e., with their husband when they
s ~ no matter how plebeian his ori-
present "e pni, on the demise OF the
M ai sO VIII. through his wife, become
inc TS spanish Duke OF Marchena'
ytvin nG present duke has only one sur
ut Madrid In the utmost rctirement
ana seclusion. having inherited ne
chrls,ime shd q Tbs his mother, o Inc intanta
brothers Of the Duke of MarchcnaD one
~ them. Don Pedro. of Bourbon, Duke
ameri ngea ~ w ,s1o came over here to
to sell eoi fss IN a. the vain a.temp,
to have been made BY his father a H..
infant SEBASTIAN. The widely heraldad
s.d &C., came TO grief, when It was point
transparent copies. o. else only works
OF art OF inferior masters. 30 badly and
G np,. restored, us to have been de-
sessed The collection was sent banl.
70 Europe. and after remaining for n
t ,5n time In bond at Havre. was sold
me Duke OF Durcal took up his resi-.
dcnce at Paris. with his Cuban Vic
a s,ni three children. He became in
which caused his royal spanish rcIn,
yves to discard him. and finally died
~ Is said By his own hand, when on
o Inc eve OF being called to judicial ac-
count Tor some particularly question
anie transaction. leaving his widow
ana children pennlless. The late Queen
a aSSaneila OF ,Spain came TO their az.
sistance. and secured an allowance FOR
them from her dnughter-in-law. Queen
christina The duchess has since ron.
tracted second marriage. with a II.
ne De-, sessieTcs Of Paris The title OF
LUKE Oh Durcal Is now borne by her
three.
1.-THE The Duke Of Marehena has another
Anso!a. who, known TO hard living.
sueeumhed thereto. whereupon the
widowed duchess, a daughter OF the
great spanish house OF De ouiros and
en- secondes noccs, Don Manuel Mcndez
de Eigo. who was at one time Secretnrv
or the SPANISH legation at Washing
ton. She lives at Aranguez. and has nv
her first marriage two sons. the elder
OF whom. also about twenty-thrcc, has
Inherited his fathers title OF Duke OF
Ansola.
This Is by no means the nrst MARI
age. OF members of the Bourbon family
with untitled Englishmcn: and need
only recall that the late Prince Louis
York In 1869. to Miss Mary Hamel an
American girl. left daughter, who Is
married TO an Engl!shman OF the namn
OF william Freeman. with whom. In
curing the closing years OF his life.
Queen Victoria. whenever she visited
me south OF France. made point OF
very much. to dinner. at least once Ao 10
twice during her stays. and Womb
inya riably include In the invitation thr
rrince's English son-in-lnw. William
Freeman.
IN none of the obituaries published
on this side of the water OF DR. vii.
neim Jensen. the well known German
novelist and poet. who died last week
do find any mention Of tho fact that
., was OF Jewish birth, and that ono
OF his daughters. Catherine Jensen. he
came In 1892 the morganatlc wife OF
FRINGE Ernest, second son OF the reign
Ing Duke OF -Meiningen. The lat
ter could not very well object to the
union. being himself morganaticaliy
Franz, now Baroness IIeldburs. So he
gave his consent. and bestowed upon
Prince Ernest's wife the title of Bar
oness Of saalfeld. which "a borne by her
children.
The prince. who holds the rank OF
ma or OF infantry in the German army.
makes his home at Munich. whore, fol-
loving d the s example Of his father-in,
mainly 70 literature and to art. hold
Ing aloof from court functions. al
though treated with the utmost kind
ness and consideration by the mem
Der of the reigning house of Bavaria
His existence Is transformations In the
extreme: indeed. that OF man in tho
most moderate circumstances. and he Is
very far from rich: In fact cannot even
afford to keep carriage and horses.
His eldest son George Baron Saal-
field. Is cripple having lost leg
three years ago. by being run over by
one of the Munich trolley cars which
he was endeavorinR to board on the
front platform. while II was In mo-
ton.
The lads misfortune is merely one of
the series shat seems to overtake the
morganattc offspring OF royalty, upon
whom one might almost declare that a
species of blight rests. Thus tho Earl
of Munster. eldest son of William ~.
of England. by his union with the act
ress, Mrs. Jordan, blew out his brains,
al his house In Belgrave Square. in
London, about five years after the ac-
cession of Queen Victoria. Count Vic
tor Mirafori, eldest son Of Count En-
manuel Mirafiorl. the natural son of the
late King Victor Emmanuel of italy.
was killed by fail from his horse
Then there was Count Rheina. NOR
ga matte son OF Prince Charles of Baden.
who threw himself out OF window and
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