The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-30
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"a General Prince Joseph Wind
ischGrsetz. commander OF the
Archer Guard OF Emperor Francis
Joseph, to the famous baller.na. Maria
Ias!ione, is recalled by the death last
week OF her sister. Augusta Taglione,
IN private hospital al Berlin, In the
presence OF her nephew, Prince Francis
"lndischEraetz. who inherits the
whole of her very considerable for
come 10 the prince, For some years
ago he was compelled. by reason OF his
! financial e%travaGanoes. 10 surrender
his commission in the Austrian army.
Indeed. so serious were the scrapes in
which he had become involved that he
FOUND II necessary TO leave not only
Austria but even Europe, for South
America. II was on the condition OF
his keeping the Atlantic between them
that his father and other relatives In
Austria. consented to make him an al
iowance for the maintenance of his
! Vile and children. who insisted upon
! following him into exile.
He lived for time with them at
Petropo!is. near Rio. where one of his
chiidren was born. and then made his
through his fathers influence. with the
Argentine minister OF Vienna. he
secured position as instructor OF
cavalry. While there he attracted un-
pleasant attention by his arrest and
meEt OF his little ;hen six year old
I boy, Prince Joseph. now sixteen years
! OF age. This cost him his position in
! the Argentine service, and when he
attempted 10 return to Brazil he was
arrested on the frontier as nm Argen-
tine spy.
The death of his father in 1906 en-
apled him to make some comprom mise
charge in bankruptcy-that is to say.
the removal OF the curatei-and 10
settle down with his children ut Neu
bernstein near Kirchdorf In Upper
Joseph and OF his ballerina wife.
The latter born In 1881. as the
daughter of the composer OF "sata-
dancing as Jennie Lind or Adelina
Patti in tho art OF singing. She made
her debut in London in lS49, and I'M
mediately won for herself the emf
n ,.,ni.s enjoyed by Grisi and Fanny
warmest admirers. She subsequently
became premiere danseuse OF the
| grand operas of Vienna, Berlin and
ST: Petersburg. and among her best
friends was Emperor Nicholas /. of
Russia
Just about the same time that Prince
Adalbert of Prussia contracted a
morsanatic marriage with her friend
and comrade Fanny Elsler. created on
that occasion Baroness Barnim, Duke
William of Mecklenburg-S chwertn be-
! came infatuated with her charms, and
made her an offer of marriage. Tagli-
one however. was too proud to be con
tented with mere morganatic union.
which was ali that the duke could
offer her. and accordingly she declined
to have anything to do with him
A few years later she contracted an
Joseph Windischgraetz, who had been
suitor for her hand for some six OF
seven years previously. And so high
was the regard In which she was held
bility. that the Windischgraetz family
in spite of it's being a mediatiZed
| house. decided, with the sanction oil
| Emperor Francis Joseph. to concede
to her all the titles and prerogatives
of a Princess of Windschgraetz
or course the princess did not go to
court. But her salon became one of the
| most popular in the Austrian capital
Kraft Hohenlohe. the military attache
of the Prussian embassy, was. accord
ing to the admissions contained in his
autobiography. published some years
valuable pieces of information con
corning the military and poIitice
/ moves OF Austria which proved so in
valuable to the authorities at Berlin
FIRST and foremost to Prince Bismarck.
Although Prince Francis Wiudisch-
graetz has been permitted to take
up his residence in Austria, he has
not been able to recover his commits
sion in the army, nor. by reason OF
his mothers non-noblo birth, is he
qualified for any of those Offices. such
as chamberlain to the Emperor, etc
which constitute more or less prero-
gative of men of blue blood in Austria
and Hungary. In one word he is not
! "hoffahig," although he is full
nedged scion OF one OF the formerly
petty sovereign houses of Germany,
which were mediatized by the Con-
e.ress of Vienna, after the overthrow
OF Napoleon in the second decade of
the nineteenth century. His numerous
children Will be subjected to the same
disadvantages, although their mother
Is by birth countess of the similarly
mediatized house OF Harrach. They
are all disqualified by tho non noble
origin OF their grandmother
I The house Of windischgraetz is one