The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-04
ADOPTED DAUGHTER
TO INHERIT WEALTH

/ Is married 10 Coun, Zleri DIAL Verne
The late Duke .Adinolfo dc Ia Grazia
was the only son or this second mar
rage OF the Duchess de Berry. made
MS home ~ his chateau OF Bruntlsoe. in
me Austrian province Of s,yria. ana
~ MS lovely Ncnd,anini Palace at
enico, and bore a striking resemblance.
70 his half brother lie late Comto d.
thambord, from whom he differed in
mat he was not lame. OF tho Dukes
| chlidren, a son and a daughter have
married into the German princcly
| house or Snlm; the younger son. Peter.
mas mas welded the Eoya! Princess Beat 4,
! sovereign Duke Of Parma while the
eldest son and successor 10 ali ,h.
! ,t},,, ana estate is; as have. men-
laughter OF Archduke and .lrchduchess
l;ainer Of Austria.
Her name was prior 10 her marrla9e
Maria van Waidcck, and Shc was IN.
/ only child OF the late Archdukc Henry
and Of his actress wife, Leopoldine Hon.
man, whom ne married in defiance OF
the Emptror's prohibitions They spcT,,
the first nineteen years OF their mar
ricd life abroad, in exile, mostly in
Switzerland
uIli!imately, through the intorcession
dohcu. ana few months later q com
piclc reconciliation took place the En-
peroF inviting the Archduke to come 10
Nienna with his wife and daughter
they arrived in the capital, in which
the Archdukc had not set foot for
nearly twenty years, and took UP their
r ,ei!1 At the Hotel sachcr, the Arch
| peror, who. restored 10 him all his
honors and dignities. anu conferred
upon his wife and daughter the titles
OF EaronesSeS Waidcck.
The interview between the two cou-r
sins was most afIactionate But ii was
the last that ever took place. Fol on
was seized with violent attack of i'll
ness. which few hours later also
Frustrated hi; wife. Their s,fferings
Ii no ,'. n, nrooa ply by ptomaine poison
ing day they succumhed within an hour
o. o. one another, leaving their only child,
me inc pretty eighteen yecar,old Marie. an
The suddenness OF her parents death
and the loneliness OF Tie young girl
VIVA was without any relatives on her
inother'S side, and whose bereavement
was rendered doubly cruel BY the fact
that II occurred at the very moment
wnsn brighter prospects scanned TO 10
opening UP for tho family after their
many years Of banshment aroused
universal sympathy, nowhere more 50
t man a,m9ns her imperial kinsfolk. Her
MS wife. at once came forward took
| charge OF their niece, giving her a
| home beneath their roof and adopting
her rs their own child, while the En-
| pcror settled upon her a large sum Of
money, at the same time con ferring
upon her the title OF Countess Wal
| ucEh III Hcf own right t4. EAEst #
Two years later she contracted, with
I enc consent OF the Emperor. and with
! that Of her adopted parents a marriage
with Count Enrco Licchesi-Palli, to
whom the new Duke de la GraXia, and
| to whom his father abandoned at the
time Of the wedding, his minor, but yet
ancient title of Prince of Campofranco
Since then. ehc young couple have lived
| very happily in chateau OF Archduke
!tainer. at BoZcn, In Austria. and will
now take possession OF the old, Dukes
Lalacc AT Venice, and of his castle at
Brnnnsec. in Styria. with their llttld
| girl.
Copyright, 1911, ~ the brentwood
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