New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-08
A DENTAL DUCHESS
Royal Name Concerned in a
Questionable Enterprise.

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Of unpleasant publicity during the last few
weeks In London in connection with a rang
Of shady adventures that. starting n
National Dental Aid Society" for purposes
Of fraud. has swindled. in several instances
ruined, people by the use Of her name is
neither royal nor princess. The woman
is said to have been paid so much a week
for the use Of her name, and while she in
dignantly denies that she received any
money the fact remains that her mama has
been used for some months past as n decoy
by the questionable individuals concerned
without. any protest in her part to extort
money from credulous investors For the
National Dental Aid Society was organ
lied by them. not for the purpose Of ex-
tracing real teeth and supplying artificial
molars on philanthropic terms, but to ex-
tract money from foolish people whom they
induced TO invest in the concern The
men, 1t may be added. have previously been
repeatedly exposed In print in connection
with other similar swindles and have been
more especially shown up by Henry La
bouchere In the pages Of London Truth"
With regard to Maria Tulsa Of Bourbon.
she is. as have said above, neither a royal
highncss nor a princess. She does. how
ever. possess in her own right the Spanish
title Of duchess, her husband. whose name
was formerly Juan de Monclus Caban-
elias, having in accordance with Spanish
laws and customs become Duke of Seville
through marriage. At the time when she
became his wife he possessed a consider
able fortune, but I understand that some
time ago they met with reverses and re-
moved from Spain to London. where the
ouchess, who is childless, now makes her
home at No. % Kensington Square W.
AS she is In the way OF meeting Ameri-
can visitors there it may be as we'll to ex-
plain just who she IS.
The dukedom of Seville was formerly
ono OF the dignities restricted to the princes
OF the reigning house OF Spain and the
duchess owes her possession thereof to the
fact or her being the eldest daughter OF
the Duke Of Seville, although she was not
formally established IN her rights TO the
dukedom until she had defeated her
mother. the widowed Duchess Of Seville
The latter IS a dreadful old woman, OF OBJ
scure origin. who. making her home In
Paris bore as young girl the name OF
Josephine Parade. She never liked her
eldest daughter, Maria Luisa,' rreferring
her two younger girls, and when, after
Maria Luisa married in London Don Juan
de Monclus Cabanellas who possessed
some fortune, the young couple showed a
disposition to resist her constant and ever
increasing demands for money. she, with
a degree of shameless eTrontery difficult
to describe, actually began legal proceed
ings IN the courts OF Madrid against her
eldest daughter, with the object of depriv-
ING her or the Grandezza and of her title
Of Duchess OF Seville, on the ground that
she was illegitmate. The proceedings IN
court brought 10 light the fact that Maria
Tulsa had been born out Of wedlock-name-
ly two years before the union Of her par
ents had been legalized by marriage-wbich
latter however, according to Spanish law,
had the result Of legitimizing her But the
judges held that the dowager duchess had
entirely failed to prove the main plea upon
which her suit against her daughter was
based-namely, that Maria Luisa. although
her child, was not the offspring of the late
Duke of Seville
Popular sympathy was all, OF course. with
Dona Maria Luisa, who was thus confirmed
in her honors and dignities, which include
the srandezza, while the public execration
against her unnatural mother was so great
that she had to be specially protected by
the police from the angry populace on her
way TO and from the court.
The Duke Of Seville. the grandfather OF
tho duchess was a brother of that King
Francis Of Assist who was the consort OF
old Queen Isabella Of Spain At one time
he bore tho name Of Henry, was deepIv IN
love with Isabella and engaged TO marry
Ter. But The match was brought 10 naught
by the intrigue of 1sabella's mother, Queen
Christine. and she was married instead 10
hts eldest brother, Francis.
Prince Henry. disappointed IN love a. we'll
as ambition. Joined a revolutionary move
ment, from the penalties Of which he es-
capped. with the loss of some Of his honorg
lie then married morganatically a lady 81
tho noble house Of Castelvl. by whom he
had four children, and was killed in a duel
by the late Duo dc Nontpensier-that is to
say, by the husband of Queen Isabella's
younger sister-in 1870.
His sons did not inherit the title OF prince
nor. in fact. any OF his honors excepting
the name Of Bourbon. They were left in
dire want. so much so that they were
found actually starving I'm Paris and
spending nights on the benches of the
Champs Elysees and of Cour la Refine, by
ono Of the Carlist leaders. The latter
brought their penniless condition TO the no
tice of Don Carlos. who gave them COM
missions in his army, In which they took
part in the Carlist uprising OF forty years
ago. After the defeat OF Don Carlos the
late King Alfonso interested himself IN
their behalf, revived their fathers title OF
Duke of Seville in favor Of the eldest Of
tho three brothers. at the same time con-
ferring upon him tho Grandezza, vi lille the
other two were glren commissions in the
army
The late Duke NJ Seville was a ne'or-do-
well and IN spite Of the generosity of the
late King vas IN constant pecuniary trou-
bic and financial scrapes, UNTIL for very
shames sake, he vas shipped off by the
Spanish government with q colonial ap-
pointmert. first 10 tho West Indies and
aftorward 10 the Philippines. He died AT
sea, on his way home. leaving as ] have
mentioned above. three daughters by his
,nosaliancc IN 1870 with Josephine Parade.
Tho second Of his brothers, and the uncle.
therefore. of the Duchess of Seville. IS that
ridiculous retired Brigadier General Don
Francis q Bourbon Castelv. who at one
time STYLED himself Duke Of Anjou and
nut forward professions TO the throne Of
France Tho only sensible thing that he
has done has been TO make two rich mar
riaees. Oh each occasion with a Cuban
beiross. the first Of these unions being
solcmnized in New York. He has long been
derrivcd of any active military command.
Ills younger brother. Albert is a much
more sensible fellow and leyel-headed
soldier lie was particular favorite of