New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-27
Not His Moraanatlc Wife.

n IS 10 Berthe CcIntssse d. Clinchamp
who died ten days ago ct Ter place near
Chantillv. that the French nation. or rather
tho Institute Of France. is indebted for the
possession Of the superb chitesu Of chan
tllly. with its vast park and lake, and
for the priceless treasures of art and
Archaeology. Of history and Of literature
which the palace contains. II is for this
reason that not or + the members Of the
royal House Of Orleans was present IT
her obsequies: FOR they knew fun well
that II was at the instance Of Nine De
Clinchamp that the Duo dAumale had he
Qlesthed Chantilly 10 the institute 81
France. and they bitterly resented tie
alienation not only of the great estate
itself but still more Of the innumerablc
family relics, and. above all, Of the family
pspers Of which the duke was the Gus
t9dan Contrary TO general belief. Nine.
Ge Clinchamp was not the Duo d'Aumale's
m0rganatic wife, nor was She his belle
annie But she was during me latter por-
lion of his life the mistress Of his home.
She was the daughter Of the BarOnne Dc
tlnchamp. who was the secretary and
reader 10 the Duchesse q Aumale. and g
the age If seventeen. on having school.
vent 70 live with her mother and 10 ss-
sis' her in her duties - Orleans House,
Twickenham where the Duo and puchesse
i'Aur1ale eyi,ed from Franco BY the rev
r'ution Of 1915 then made their home.
Vher her mother died she took hor place
20 secretary 10 the duchess and when the
6Ichess in turn died. I'm December. 1853.
months before tho outbreak Of tho war
between France and Germany. Mile Berthe
ds Clinchsmp was retained a member IF
IRE household. in order 80 sct &c ady N
vaitng 70 tho drchess's mother the
Fr.ncess de Sslerne
The Princesse de 81 1erno nas dread
'l' I'D woman. She was 9lvavs eccentric.
and n the latter wears - her life her
oddities developed into malignant lUnacy
q an intermittent character demanding
ne most constant care and attention. She
rss b. birth Archsucheas Maria Clemon
t're ~ Austria. and Was the youngest SIS
fe-. rof n Queen Marie Antoinette. As has
been stated elsewhere bur - Empress
Marie Louise of France and ~ Emperor
Ferdinand If Austria IN aunt, therefore
Of Emperor Francis joseph
Af'er The war # ls70 the princes ~ the
HoIsa - Orleans were permitted :" re
turn n Frame The DC q Aumsle took mp
HE residence a. Chauulv while his
rnother-in-law. the Princess dc Salerne.
vas established in the reighborins chateau
~ g Firmin. with Mile Dc Clinchamp as
lady N waiting and 90 mistress ~ the
household. m reality. however. as the
crazy old arChduchcsss wardres7. The
Princess Dc Salerne survived her son-in-
laws return 10 France for some eleven
Years. dying in the early SOS. having sur
lived her husband, Leopold of Bourbon,
Prince Of Sslerne and one If the eighteen
children Of Ferdinand I Of Naples ana OF
Queen Caroline. by rnc.H than thirty years.
Among the visitors 20 the Princess Of Sa-
lerne during the last ten years Of her NE
~ the Chateau Of s. Firmin was her
niece. the late Empress Elizabeth Of Aus
tria who was so much moved by the ten
De- care bestowed upon the princess ny
Mile de Clinchamp and by the gloom Of
such an existence that she bestowed upon
her the much coveted order Of the star
Cross aud induced her husband Emperor
Francis -Joseph, 10 create Nile. Dc tln-
champ 4 countess Of the Austrian Empire
She presented both the patent OF countess
and the insignia OF the order Of the star
cross 10 Mile. De Clinchamp in person on
one OF her last visits
sy the time that tho Prircessc DC Salernc
he'd been laid 10 her much needed rest the
'orntesse de Clnchamps black hair had
grown completely white and the duke
inercupon turned over tie chateau 81 81
Firnip as q country seat 20 his nephew,
The late Duo De Chartrea, and established
the countess at a much smaller chateau